Photos | Swing, Sweat, Repeat: Caravan Palace at 9:30 Club

by | Apr 27, 2025 | ELECTRONIC & EXPERIMENTAL, FUNK & JAZZ, PHOTOGRAPHY, POP & TOP 40

Caravan Palace hit 9:30 Club in DC a weeks ago and blew the place open to a packed house. No speeches, no slow build — just lights up, beats heavy, and bodies moving.

The French group has made a name twisting swing and electronic into something reckless and alive, and they delivered exactly that. Live instruments swapped mid-song, slick visuals flashing, the whole room bouncing without a second thought.

Photographer Benjamin Lahoussine was there.


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