'High School Musical' Party

Overview

These days, Zac Efron is making serial killer movies and getting stuck in the outback, Vanessa Hudgens has Spring Breakers on her resume, and song-filled, school-set Romeo and Juliet adaptations aren't sashaying across our screens. Back in 2006, it was different. That's when audiences were only just discovering High School Musical — the Disney TV movie that spawned two sequels, thrust its stars to fame and made viewers everywhere wonder just how many hats a teenager might need.

Because there's never a bad time to celebrate the original High School Musical — which turns 16 in 2o22 — and because blasts from the past never go out of style, The Brightside is throwing a huge party that's all about the hit movie. Step back in time from 11pm on Saturday, May 14, and dance to 00s tunes from the film like you're a class newcomer falling for the resident basketball star.

Actually, with Disney slinging plenty of other hits over the past few decades, you can expect plenty of love for — and songs from — the mouse house's huge catalogue as well. If you haven't belted out 'Hakuna Matata' at a bar, have you really taken its message to heart? From fellow animated classics like Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, to the likes of ex-Mouseketeers like Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, prepare to get mighty nostalgic — all for a $20 ticket.