From the Arts Section of the NY Times, reported here from Daily Radar. It's an idea I've thought about for a long time and it's happening, since I have a job that often requires me to get up as early as 6 AM!
LAST Sunday, under a slowly revolving disco ball, a dance floor in Brooklyn was jumping. The German D.J. Losoul spun techno and house, and the crowd — many in it wearing sunglasses — moved, two-stepping and twirling with arms raised. Toward the end of the party, when he let a single beat crescendo for several minutes before abruptly cutting it off, the crowd cheered — and then booed. The fun was nearly over, and it was barely 9 p.m.In this case they were doing it along a riverbank in the afternoon, with lights strung on the trees, til moonrise. 
Aficionados of dance music are used to waiting until the wee hours to catch top-of-the-line talent. But especially in summer an array of early parties, some outdoors, offer a respite from late nights and expensive clubs, allowing people with day jobs the opportunity to hear the latest in experimental beats and still be at the office on time in the morning.
Then they have a bunch of quotes from people my age (50s) and I actually got the article from a friend in group of "Geriatric Ravers." One afternoon venue they mentioned is the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in Queens. Come to think of it, I actually went to one of those things when I was in NYC and I have the pictures!
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