Houston, Texas
Day for Night 2016
2016-12-17 to 2016-12-18 at Former Barbara Jordan Post Office, 401 Franklin Street, Houston. 73 performers are recorded from the sources listed at the foot of this page.
Dates
2016-12-17 – 2016-12-18
Days
2
Venue
Former Barbara Jordan Post Office, 401 Franklin Street
Performers recorded
73
Record
What happened
- Moved downtown into the former Barbara Jordan Post Office at 401 Franklin Street.
- Three music stages, with a separately ticketed Friday-night event preceding the two festival days.
Bill
Lineup
Reproduced as published. Lists are present in the page source whether or not they are expanded.
Top of the bill: Aphex Twin, Björk, ODESZA, Travis Scott, Run the Jewels.
Music59 listed
- Aphex Twin
- ODESZA
- Travis Scott
- Kaskade
- Björk
- Run the Jewels
- RZA + Stone Mecca Rider
- Nick Murphy (Chet Faker)
- Butthole Surfers
- Blood Orange
- Little Dragon
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Squarepusher
- Blonde Redhead
- Thundercat
- Kamasi Washington
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- John Carpenter
- Washed Out
- Ariel Pink
- Lightning Bolt
- Arca
- DJ Windows 98
- Oneohtrix Point Never
- Liars
- Lower Dens
- S U R V I V E
- Matmos
- Clams Casino
- Mykki Blanco
- Marcel Khalife
- Chelsea Wolfe
- Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats
- Welcome to Houston
- SG Lewis
- SOPHIE
- Tobacco
- Nothing
- Soulection
- Mary Lattimore and Jeff Zeigler
- Fat Tony
- Jock Club
- Wild Moccasins
- Buoyant Spirit
- Vacation Eyes
- Limb
- Hevin
- -Us.
- Jerk
- MNYNMS
- Maramuresh
- Pfaff
- Splendid Emblem
- Kult Dizney
- DIVISION
- Night Drive
- Josh Dupont
- From Beyond
- Futurelix
Light and installation14 listed
- United Visual Artists
- Björk Digital
- Golan Levin
- NONOTAK
- Shoplifter
- Tundra
- Robert Seidel
- Damien Echols
- AV&C + Vincent Houzé
- Michael Fullman (VT Pro Design)
- Ezra Miller
- Jesse Kanda
- Alex Czetwertynski
- Herman Kolgen
Measurement
Attendance and economics
Each figure keeps the measure and the party that produced it. Unlike measures are not merged.
| Advertised ticket price | General admission from $150; GA plus Friday party from $250; VIP from $700 On-sale prices announced by the organisers, reported by ABC13 · source |
|---|---|
| Estimated total local output | Nearly $20 million reported for the city A study referred to in a later Houstonia retrospective · source Recorded as a secondary reference. The underlying study has not been retrieved and its method, sponsor and boundary are unknown; it should not be compared with the University of Houston analysis of Free Press Summer Fest. |
Visual archive
10 sourced images, films and galleries from 2016
Grouped by what each item documents. Creator, source archive and year accompany every item; publisher galleries are linked rather than reproduced.
Sound (2)
Light and installation (2)
Light and installation · gallery
Houstonia: Day for Night: The Art
Light and installation · gallery
Hyperallergic: At Day for Night Festival, a Surreal World of Light Provides Respite From the Music
Making-of (3)
Crowd (2)
Crowd · gallery
The Austin Chronicle: Houston's Day for Night Festival 2016
Crowd · gallery
W Magazine: At Houston's Day For Night, Festival Season Is Literally Still Lit
Posters and identity (1)
Historical images and films are reproduced or embedded here for documentary and reference purposes, with the original creator and source archive named on every item. Where a source permits linking rather than copying, its photography is linked and cited instead of reproduced. No image on this page is generated, reconstructed or stock. Where the source archive names no photographer, that is stated rather than a credit inferred.
Provenance
Sources
01 · ABC13 (KTRK) · Independent reporting
Day for Night festival lineup revealed; Bjork, Butthole Surfers and Aphex Twin to perform
Used for: 2016 dates, venue, sound and light rosters, ticket tiers and prices
02 · JamBase · Third-party compilation
Used for: 2016 dates and edition record
03 · Houstonia · 2019-06 · Independent reporting
Used for: Reported production cost, unprofitability across all three editions, a secondary reference to a $20 million impact study, and the outcome of the foreclosure sale
04 · Houstonia · 2018-08 · Independent reporting
Amid allegations, Day For Night festival removes founder
Used for: August 2018 publication of affidavits alleging sexual assault, and the creditors' statement removing the founder from ownership and involvement
05 · Houstonia · 2018-11 · Independent reporting
Day for Night is done (for now, at least)
Used for: November 2018 public foreclosure sale of the entity holding the festival and Free Press Houston; founder's denial of the allegations
06 · Kiffer Keegan · Organiser-published
Day For Night — design and motion archive
Used for: Festival design, motion work and documentary photography credits
Cite this reference
- Plain
- Live Index, "Day for Night 2016", Live Index, August 24, 2026, https://liveindex.io/projects/day-for-night/2016
- APA
- Live Index (2026, August 24). Day for Night 2016 [Reference guide]. Live Index. https://liveindex.io/projects/day-for-night/2016
- Chicago
- Live Index. "Day for Night 2016." Live Index, August 24, 2026. https://liveindex.io/projects/day-for-night/2016.
- BibTeX
- @online{projects-day-for-night-2016-2026, author = {{Live Index}}, title = {Day for Night 2016}, organization = {Live Index}, date = {2026-08-24}, url = {https://liveindex.io/projects/day-for-night/2016} }