Welcome to October! Just not much going on:
THU 08OCT ALFIE'S HIFI DJ Frankmatik (USA)
FRI 09OCT GRUMPYS Bass Badies: DJ Freeda Sol (USA)
FRI 09OCT SIGNAL DJ Magic Mike (USA)
FRI 09OCT VANGUARD DJ duo Gorgon City (GB)
FRI 09OCT ALFIE'S HIFI DJ duo Latenight Society (USA)
SAT 10OCT IRON COW Lost In Trancelation: DJ Sean Tyas (USA/CH)
SAT 10OCT ELIXIR BAR DJ 19:26 (I)
SAT 10OCT SAPPHIRE LOUNGE DJ Nina S (USA) & DJ Mr. Nukem (UAE)
SUN 11OCT ELIXIR BAR DJ L.P. Rhythm (GB)
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| Fans of Ghirardelli have not had any problems locating their new temporary location beside the No. 2 Bridge to Pleasure Island in Disney Springs Town Center. It's been crowded during recent visits. This is in the former Sprinkles spot. No ice cream ATM though. Their permanent location in Disney Springs Marketplace is under heavy renovation until sometime early next year. |
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| Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill in Disney Springs West Side has closed. This apparently occurred in mid-September. A replacement restaurant has not yet been announced. It was kind of in a poor location, positioned between the Exchange building and the massive Coca-Cola store. |
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| You may recall they used to have this large building along the main pathway on the West Side between Bongo's Cuban Cafe and House of Blues. It was mostly demolished and replaced by Spanish-restaurant Jaleo. |
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| We've returned back to Orlando after that quick trip to Cancun and began our club rounds. At our second stop, we found DJ Vint Soul (USA), DJ Mighty Shari (USA), DJ Scot Marc (USA) and DJ Johnnie Sebastian (USA) playing, having played or will play at Morse Code in downtown Winter Park. All the Saturday night pics are posted to sister website Orlando Entertainment News HERE. |
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| We did this thing called a bar/club crawl in Cancun and at our first stop, Real DJ Pepe Cancun (MEX) was playing a lot of EDM. We did not expect that in Cancun. Pics from the crawl are now posted to sister website Orlando Entertainment News HERE. |
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| DJ Oscar Hernandez (MEX) led last night's White Party at the RIU Caribe Resort in Cancun. We've got the photos on sister website Orlando Entertainment News HERE. |
And just like that, we're in October!
THU 01OCT HURLY BURLY Opening Night
THU 01OCT CELINE DJ Goddard (GB)
FRI 02OCT VANGUARD DJ Said the Sky (USA)
FRI 02OCT IRON COW DJ Miraxy (USA b2b DJ Eccentra (USA)
FRI 02OCT GOOD TIMES Abyss: DJ Lavidicus (USA)
SAT 03OCT BROKEN STRINGS DJ Recipe (USA)
SAT 03OCT MORSE CODE DJ Mighty Shari (USA)
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| When we were out at Pleasure Island this past weekend we noticed the long lines that still exist outside Gideon's Bakehouse. Apparently, everyone wants sweets. |
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| But no lines whatsoever outside new sister property Six Ravens. Apparently, no one wants coffyns? |
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| We're off on another trip, this time to Cancun, Mexico. These are the planned flights: DL MCO-ATL DL ATL-CUN AM CUN-MEX AM MEX-MCO |
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| In the clubbing history of central Florida, one venue among the top on the list was Club 600 North in Daytona Beach. Last night was time for a reunion show with headliners such as DJ Mark Sanchez (USA) and DJ Jimmy Joslin (USA). Pics are now posted to sister website Orlando Entertainment News HERE. |
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| Tomorrow, September 27th, is the 18th anniversary of Pleasure Island closing and ironically will be the final night of Atlantic Dance Hall as well. Last night sister website Orlando Entertainment News visited both PI and ADH. All the pics are HERE. |
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| As the 18th anniversary of the closing of Pleasure Island approaches this Sunday, we look back at the DJ's that worked that evening. In this photo, source unknown, we see DJ Willy Lugo (8TRAX), DJ Lon (PI Live), Erik Dennison (Programming), DJ Pete (Motion), DJ Eric Michaels (8TRAX) & DJ Hollywood Bob (Motion). We don't have pics of who was working over at Soundstage Club. |
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| We spent the entire evening inside Mannequins where the music came from the two guys at the far left as seen in our photo, DJ Dave Cannalte and DJ Peapod. |
Just a few events on Friday while Saturday is jammed!
THU 24SEP 480N WINE BAR DJ Chino (USA) & DJ Nasty (USA)
FRI 25SEP ALFIE'S HIFI DJ Casper (USA)
FRI 25SEP ATLANTIC DANCE HALL DJ Mynd (USA)
FRI 25SEP IRON COW DJ Dani Orieta (USA)
FRI 25SEP CELINE DJ Saint Pepsi (USA)
SAT 26SEP GRANDVIEW LIVE Club 600 North Reunion: DJ Icey (USA)
SAT 26SEP TACO KAT DJ Alex Pastor (EC/USA)
SAT 26SEP AXE TRAP Anniversary Show incl DJ Rob Bates (USA)
SAT 26SEP IRON COW DJ Mighty Shari (USA)
SAT 26SEP AERO BAR DJ Richie Rich (USA)
SAT 26SEP VANGUARD DJ Virtual Riot (D)
SAT 26SEP THE ABBEY Gimme Gimme Disco Night
SAT 26SEP ELIXIR BAR DJ Mele (GB)
SUN 27SEP ELIXIR BAR DJ Locklead (NL)
SUN 27SEP ALFIE'S HIFI DJ Romano Arcaini (D/USA)
SUN 27SEP ATLANTIC DANCE HALL CLOSING NIGHT!
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| When we were out at Atlantic Dance Hall this past Friday night, we noticed that they had reduced their operating days to just 3X per week. But no one there told us, even if they knew, that Atlantic Dance Hall is permanently closing. And not much warning either. This coming weekend will be their final weekend. Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday and then it's done. |
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| We first began going to ADH a few months after Pleasure Island closed. Lots of PI peeps attended those first few years. The place was always pretty empty and we wondered why it was there and why they didn't advertise their existence. We were told that Disney was contractually obligated to the nearby Swan and Dolphin hotels to provide them a dance club. With few exceptions, the place was usually dead. But these last few years we've really seen some large crowds there at times, even with no advertising. So it's a total surprise they're closing. Not as sad as when PI closed but sad nonetheless. BLOG ARCHIVES PHOTO ABOVE FROM 2012. |
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| We've been visiting Atlantic Dance Hall for all the years since Pleasure Island closed and there has never been any nightly entertainment out on the boardwalk. But for our past few visits over this summer, there has been free entertainment taking place outside the convenience store. We've seen music, we've seen a barbershop quartet, we've seen these comedians. Interesting. |
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| Sapphire Lounge is a new club in the former Stonewall Bar spot next to the soccer stadium. An impressive show that sister website Orlando Entertainment News visited last night. Saturday night pics HERE. |
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| Located where Jellyrolls once operated, replacement entertainment venue Hurly-Burly is scheduled to open on October 1st. Orlando Entertainment News was out there last night to get some outside photos which you can find HERE. |
