Love Island's Nic Vans brings his DJ set to Grewal Hall on Nov. 14

The Season 7 runner-up turned touring DJ plays an 18-and-over night in downtown Lansing's 900-capacity hall.

For a whole summer, Nic Vans was someone millions of people watched on their phones. On Saturday, Nov. 14, he'll be the guy behind the decks at Grewal Hall at 224, a few blocks from the Capitol. The downtown hall announced the date on Oct. 15. Its listing has doors at 7 p.m. and an 18-and-over age limit, with tickets through Grewal Hall and its partner See Tickets.

For anyone who missed the show: Nic Vansteenberghe, who goes by Nic Vans, was the runner-up on *Love Island USA* Season 7, as WUFT reported when he passed through Gainesville last fall. After leaving the villa in July 2025, he started calling himself a "wannabe DJ" and played his first festival set at Escape Halloween that October, according to Elite Daily. In the same interview he said he has 10 tracks he's shaping into an album.

What started as a novelty has turned into a real circuit. Last fall he worked campuses on the America's College Party Tour with GreekFest. Yahoo caught him stepping behind the turntables at UConn, and at the University of Maryland stop he brought out Olandria Carthen, his girlfriend and fellow Islander. This year the dates got bigger. His own site lists LIV in Las Vegas, Foxwoods, the Ritz in Tampa, Mosaic in Kansas City and the Forum in Columbus, among others. Kansas City's Power & Light District billed his set as progressive house and dance pop, and Westword reported that his Denver club date ran through its first tier of tickets.

What started as a novelty has turned into a real circuit.

Lansing gets him in a room built for nights like this. Grewal Hall at 224 sits at 224 South Washington Square and holds about 900. It's standing room only unless an event says otherwise, which suits a DJ set: no seats to defend, just floor. The hall has become a regular stop for touring acts in a city that often watches them drive past on the way to Detroit or Grand Rapids, and a recognizable name on a Saturday in mid-November should draw plenty of people who still have opinions about the finale.

What to know before you go. The hall's FAQ says all sales are final, with refunds possible only if a show is cancelled or postponed. Bring a valid ID; you'll need it at will call and for an 18-plus door. If the show doesn't sell out, the box office sells tickets the day of the show. Check the See Tickets link before you plan around a walk-up.

Whatever you thought of the show, it's a Saturday night downtown with the floor open and a crowd that came to dance. That's reason enough to go.

Sources: Grewal Hall at 224 — home / events (grewalhall.com); Grewal Hall FAQs (grewalhall.com); Grewal Hall Info (grewalhall.com); Nic Vans at Grewal Hall — See Tickets (prod-nts-api.seeticketsusa.us); DJ Nic Vans — official site (nicvans.com); Love Island USA Season 7 runner-up visits Gainesville — WUFT (wuft.org); Nic Vansteenberghe interview — Elite Daily (elitedaily.com); Love Island USA finalist enjoys college experience on UConn campus — Yahoo (yahoo.com); Nic Vans — Power & Light District (powerandlightdistrict.com); Love Island's Nic Vans Denver DJ show announced — Westword (westword.com)