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How can I party and still get my beauty sleep?

Laurie Bag' and Susie Lee began a movement. Earlybirds Club, a party for women who want to dance and get to bed on time, is headed to Philly.

Many describe that party -- which ends at an appropriate 10:00 pm -- as a form of therapy and a rare chance to exhale and reconnect. 

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Going out to a club and dancing until 3:00 am is an early 20’ right of passage. For many women and queer folks, the ritual usually involves putting on a slightly too tight outfit, wearing heels that just may kill feet, drinking cheap alcohol without any regard for the next day’s hangover, and sleeping in well past noon.

But then the years pile on, and so do responsibilities -- as careers, partners, and kids get in the way. The time for such shenanigans tends to fall by the wayside. Still, shouldn’t those carefree, joy-filled nights of dancing stay on the table, no matter what our age?

Smiles and bubble guns can be expected at Earlybirds parties (Meagan Shuptar/billypenn.com)

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That’s where Earlybirds Club is swooping in to fill the void. The concept, dreamed up 18 months ago in Chicago by friends Laura Baginski and Susie Lee, is a series of dance parties for GenX and Millennial women, lesbian, trans, and nonbinary people (LGBTQIA+), where drinking is optional, one can wear whatever one wants (orthopedic sneakers and fanny packs welcome), and leaving well before midnight is encouraged.

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Already, the club has spread into multiple cities with sold-out tickets in Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Boston and Providence, Rhode Island.

And now, for the first time the party is headed to Philly. Source: Earlybirds Club, a dance party for ‘middle aged-ish’ women, is headed to Philadelphia

The story of Early Birds Club Co-Founders Laura Baginski and Susie Lee

(Notes from Chicago) The story of Early Birds Club Co-Founders Laura Baginski and Susie Lee

• Julia Binswanger, billypenn.com at WHYY, Aug. 7, 2025; Freepik.com; Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation) (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly