When Tiktok dance challenges meet Nakuru night clubs
A photo of the stage at Space Next Door night club in Nakuru taken on April 5,2025.
The party scene in Nakuru is always evolving. From when the city centre was the sherehe capital to nowadays where revellers opt to party in their neighbourhoods.
More keen on the clubbing scene, it seems there is a merger between tiktok trends and the music being played.
Take for instance last weekend at Space Next Door. While DJ Crème del Crème was doing his thing, the dance moves from the different revellers were seamless almost as if watu walipatana nyuma ya tent for dancing lessons before coming to the club.
For those of us who have two left feet, we could only sit and marvel at the talent around us.
Within no time, club’s dancers hit the stage leading the choreography that revellers picked up on and flowed with.
Wondering what was happening, a friend of mine opined, “If you were on TikTok , then nothing happening here would seem new to you. The dance moves are just a compilation of the current TikTok dance challenges.”
I sat there remembering the good old days where we would go clubbing na kila mtu angedance vile anajiskia. Back then, the only standard dance moves were helicopter, kadunga, Chinese and sting before we ‘get down.’
Nowadays when gengetone comes on there are moves to it, reggae on the other hand has people using imaginary machetes to cut their friends necks in the name of mapangale and arbantone has a balance of well-coordinated foot works and hand movements.
On our table, I noticed only two of us out of the five were seated down.
Upon conversing with my friends, they said they enjoyed it because it was a space where they could execute all the moves they see on TikTok.
On the other side of the club, I noticed other party people even taking it a step further and filming themselves as they danced to “Tiktoker” by Gody Tenor and Tipsy Gee keen to create content and hopefully increase their followers.
My friends and I then decided to club hop. When we landed at 7D Platinum “Kifo cha Mende” by Iyaani was playing and the situation was the same.
Anyway another weekend is upon us, wale wa sherehe mpatane dance floor”.