Disco Demolition Night

Disco Demolition Night was a promotional event held on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Organized by a local radio station, it involved a staged destruction of disco records between games of a baseball doubleheader. The event aimed to express anti-disco sentiment but quickly escalated into chaos, with thousands of attendees rushing the field, damaging property, and causing safety concerns. The night symbolized a backlash against disco music's popularity, highlighting cultural tensions related to music preferences and youth identity during that era.