A promotional portrait photograph showing Vick Lavender. Captured in a close-up shot, Vick Lavender looks forward while wearing large aviator-style wire-frame eyeglasses, a ribbed olive-green knit beanie, a grey collared shirt, and featuring a trimmed grey-and-white beard and mustache, set against an indoor backdrop under soft natural lighting.Vick Lavender Credit: vicklavender1 / Bandcamp

Hard to believe, but St. Petersburg dance music curator Open House Conspiracy has been at it for a decade-and-a-half.

To mark the anniversary, the group—which has brought the likes of Mystic Bill and Patrice Scott to town—welcomes Chicago scene staple Vick Lavender to the warehouse district. Expect to hear the Sophisticado Recordings boss show off stuff he picked up working with acid-house producer Jerry McCalister and his Strictly Jaz Unit co-conspirators Glenn Underground and Boo Williams.

Tickets for the Open House Conspiracy 15-year anniversary happening Saturday, Oct. 10 at Suite E Studios in St. Petersburg are still available for $19.10.

Digi Vaults Vol. 1 by Vick Lavender

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This article appears in Oct. 08 – 14, 2026.

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