 The names of some of these parties were the "White Party" (held Easter weekend), the "Black Party" (held the weekends before Walpurgis night and Halloween, at which many danced in skimpy black leather outfits), and the "Red Party" (held the weekend before Valentine's Day).At the height of the AIDS epidemic, because fewer people were going out dancing, from 1987 to 1989, the Trocadero was partially closed down and only hosted Disco Parties and special events.In the spring of 1989, at the suggestion of Steve Fabus, San Francisco gay dance party promoter Gus Bean began his first house music club at the Trocadero, the Crew Club.