Photographs by Alex Schechter

As up-and-at-’em tourists sat down to an early breakfast in nearby Midtown cafes, the Saint at Large’s All Saints Halloween After Hours party at Club Purgatorio was just getting started. We stopped by around 8am to join the crowd who had chosen strobe lights over daylight. Upstairs from the quiet, cozy coat-check lobby was a thriving dance party, and the crowd—mostly shirtless (and very attractive) men—showed no signs of slowing down. Junior Vasquez, who started his set around 9am, had the packed dance floor in a trance that was broken only during a brief interlude of burlesque-ish sideshow performances. These included the spectacular Narcissister (who actually makes a show of putting her clothes back on, rather than taking them off), Xander the Witch Doctor, and a contortionist. Scantily clad hotties took turns up on the dance podiums, and one dancer was even kind enough to offer the whole club an impromptu peep show. Let’s just say he was good with his hands.