scenester

noun

scene·​ster ˈsēn-stər 

plural scenesters

informal

: a person who is part of a social or cultural scene

Young entertainment and fashion scenesters check out the action at The Living Room, one of the town's popular late-night cafés.

—Entertainment Weekly

In Chicago record execs schmoozed retailers on a chartered el train, plying the wanna-be scenesters with champagne.

—Jancee Dunn

Examples of scenester in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As if to cool that fire, classical selections are used to bed large swathes of the film, with electronic grooves that hark back to the heyday of acid house from Paul Hartnoll, co-founder of British rave scenesters Orbital. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026

New York’s uptown rap scene began cross-pollenating with the downtown new wave groups, and in 1981 Bambaata was invited by graffiti artist and scenester Fab Five Freddy to perform at venues like the Mudd Club and the Ritz. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026

On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, where in the late Nineties 3 Doors Down grew such a rabid fanbase that label heads Monte Lipman of Universal and Jason Flom of Lava/Atlantic came in person to meet them, local scenesters remembered the generosity Arnold and the band showed them. — Jim Beaugez, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026

Outside, dolled-up scenesters swarmed the barricades under the glow of the discotheque’s instantly recognizable marquee, lighting up Instagram stories for twenty-four hours. — Alex Catarinella, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above