Friday Funny

Downtown Update: Another 4 Bite The Dust

Four more nightclubs are permanently closing in downtown Orlando. The largest venue closing is Attic Nightclub on Pine Street. We've rarely visited the past few years as they lost their relevancy.

 

They shared space with Treehouse that had this entrance on Magnolia Avenue. We used to love going here to have pictures taken sitting down on their grass floor.

Technically uptown rather than downtown, Oliv Bar is also closing this month. We called this place "the little bar with the big bar inside". Lots of fun times in here and we're going to miss it. Not pictured, Motorworks Brewing formerly Orange County Brewers which is downtown on Orange Avenue is also closing. Downtown is becoming bleaker and bleaker as the City of Orlando runs off bars and clubs with nothing to replace them.

This Weekend In Techno Town

I bet you thought last weekend was the final weekend of May. Nope, there's more!

THU   28MAY     OLIV BAR     DJ Darcii Darka (USA)

THU   28MAY     IRON COW     DJ Eccentra (USA)

THU   28MAY     PALM TREE CLUB     DJ Jack Swoon (GB) 

THU   28MAY     ALFIE'S HIFI     DJ Frankmatik (USA) 

FRI     29MAY     IRON COW     Tun Tun: DJ Antonia Rivano (RCH/USA)

FRI     29MAY     VANGUARD     DJ Dimension (GB)

SAT    30MAY     WALL ST PLAZA     DJ Max Styler (USA)

SAT    30MAY     VANGUARD     Rabbit In The Moon & DJ Icey (USA)

SAT    30MAY     BARBARELLA   DJ Rob Bates (USA) & DJ Dave Cannalte (USA) 

SAT    30MAY     480 WINE BAR     Latin Quarter Reunion: DJ Leony (USA) 

SAT    30MAY     ALFIE'S HIFI     DJ Brian Burnside (USA) 

SAT    30MAY     ELIXIR BAR     DJ Ferra Black (USA) 

 

 

KingBob Got Published!

Back in May, 2009 or 17 years ago, Dewayne Bevil of the Theme Park Rangers column in the Orlando Sentinel solicited his readers to submit ideas on improving Walt Disney World. We sent one in about Pleasure Island and he included it in his column. Long live Pleasure Island!

 

PI Update: Motion One Last Time

In June of 2009 club Motion reopened one more time. It had closed with all the other Pleasure Island clubs in September, 2008 but early in 2009 management allowed private rentals to take place in Motion. As part of Gay Days that year, someone did rent the place out for a club night and Save Pleasure Island Blog was there. To our knowledge, this was the final club event ever inside Motion. You can view our article from that night HERE.

 

Club Reports: Noir Lounge, Palm Tree Club, Broken Strings Brewery

“Someone has a birthday, we're so glad. Let us count how many he has had. When we count the pennies, we are told; DJ Slique (USA) is 54 years old. It was a night of mostly Breaks last night and sister blog Orlando Entertainment News was there for Night 3 of this party weekend. You can find Saturday night pics HERE.

 

Club Reports: Good Times, Morse Code, Grumpys Underground, The Patio, Aero Bar

DJ ZZ (USA) and DJ Eric Berretta (USA) were just two of the many great DJ's we saw last night around Orlando. Friday night photos can be found on our sister website Orlando Entertainment News HERE.

 

Concert Report: Kiesza (The Social)

Dance singer Kiesza (CDN) sported kind of a gothy look last night in concert at The Social. Sister website Orlando Entertainment News has all the pictures HERE.

 

Friday Funny

We're posting our Friday Funny one day early because we attended a Thursday night concert which will serve as our Friday content instead.

 

This Weekend In Techno Town

I think it's a holiday party Weekend!

FRI     22MAY     PALM TREE CLUB     DJ duo Cocodrills (USA)

FRI     22MAY     VANGUARD     DJ Audien (USA)

FRI     22MAY     MORSE CODE     DJ Eric Berretta (USA)

FRI     22MAY     ALFIE'S HIFI     DJ Misturada (USA) 

SAT    23MAY     ALTIRA POOL     DJ duo Latenight Society (USA) 2:30-8:30p

SAT    23MAY     BROKEN STRINGS  DJ Andy Hughes (USA)

SAT    23MAY     ORLANDO WAREHOUSE  DJ duo Sidepiece (USA)

SAT    23MAY     ELIXIR BAR     DJ Technasia (HK/F)

SAT    23MAY     ALFIE'S HIFI     DJ Tomi Jonas (USA) 

SAT    23MAY     PALM TREE CLUB     DJ Chino (USA) 

SUN   24MAY     INNER ROOM   DJ RobE (USA) & DJ Monk (USA) 

 

 

PI Update: When The Data Lines Were Severed

In May of 2009 the railroad cars that had been used as Pleasure Island ticket booths remained outside the No.2 Bridge to the Island. But they had been idle since PI closed the prior September.

Since tickets are no longer going to be sold at those ticket booths, there apparently was no need to connect to the computer server that used to be in the office located upstairs in Mannequins.

So the connection was removed and fresh concrete covered where the lines used to run. This was adjacent that bridge. Long live Pleasure Island.

 

Save The Date

Sunday, September 6th / Labor Day Eve

Club Reports: Alfie’s HiFi, Scholars, Luna Bar, Memento Mori @ The Axe Trap

No CD's, no flashdrives, no laptops. Everything at Alfie's HiFi is played off vinyl, last night by resident DJ Sean Samaroo (USA). All the club pics are posted on sister website Orlando Entertainment News HERE.

 

Club Reports: Manikin Lounge, Oliv Bar, The Robinson, Taco Kat

DJ Guiliano Lomonte (I/D) and DJ Sachin Talikot (IND/USA) are just two of the many DJ's we saw last night at our four stops. All the Friday night pics are on sister website Orlando Entertainment News HERE.

Friday Funny

 

DJMAG: The Top 100 Dance Clubs (2026)

The April-June issue of DJMag is out on the newsstands and it includes the Top 100 clubs in the world as voted on by magazine readers. There are 10 clubs in the United States. You can see the entire list HERE but here are the U.S. clubs:

84  MARQUEE LAS VEGAS

72  LIV MIAMI BEACH

70  OMNIA LAS VEGAS

65 HAKKASAN LAS VEGAS

64 AVALON HOLLYWOOD

48  EXCHANGE LOS ANGELES 

44 ACADEMY LOS ANGELES

39  SILO DALLAS

14  CLUB SPACE MIAMI

6  ECHOSTAGE WASHINGTON DC 

 

This Weekend In Techno Town

After a weekend with music festivals all over the area, things slow down a bit:

THU   14MAY     480N WINE BAR     DJ Nasty (USA) 

THU   14MAY     ALFIE'S HIFI     DJ Brian Burnside (USA) 

FRI     15MAY     TACO KAT     DJ Guiliano Lomonte (I)

FRI     15MAY     CELINE     DJ/Sax SoDown (USA)

FRI     15MAY     OLIV BAR     DJ Crudawg (USA) 

SAT    16MAY     ELIXIR BAR     DJ Skream (GB)

SAT    16MAY     VANGUARD     DJ Acraze (USA)

SAT    16MAY     LUNA BAR     DJ Mighty Shari (USA) 

SAT    16MAY     ALFIE'S HIFI     DJ Sean Samaroo (USA) 

SUN   17MAY     ELIXIR BAR     DJ Luuk van Dijk (NL)

 

 

 

Trip Report: Maho Beach, Sint Maarten

Postcard purchased during my visit last week to Maho Beach in Sint Maarten.

My re-creation of the photo with the Delta flight from Atlanta. The beach is famous for commercial aircraft landing directly over beach goers. The most popular times to hang-out beneath the landing planes are early afternoon when the large widebody jets arrive; KLM from Amsterdam and Air France from Paris. 

CW Update: Could The CityWalk Lily Pad Return To Its Concert Role?

We've received word that Hot Dog Hall of Fame in Universal CityWalk will be closing in July.

With bleacher seating similar to baseball parks around the country, they were famous for serving hot dogs themed to major league ballparks such as Chicago-style dogs, NYC-style dogs, Dodger dog-style etc. Interestingly, HDHOF will be replaced by a different hot dog restaurant called Fat One's Hot Dogs & Italian Ice, a new concept from Joey Fatone and Joe Mulvihill of boy band fame *NSYNC (USA).

This area of the restaurant we've always referred to in the past as the Lily Pad. Since the restaurant opened in 2014 it has always been used only as another seating area.

In earlier years the Lily Pad was home to electronic music concerts every Sunday night of Labor Day weekend. The 2013 show was the last one and it was headlined by DJ Baby Anne (USA). 

The CityWalk plaza used to get packed for those annual shows because during those years you wouldn't normally hear electronic dance music at CityWalk except that particular night. We can hope but it seems unlikely the Lily Pad will return to it's concert role at CityWalk. But it sure would be cool if it did.

Club Reports: Gimme Gimme Disco @ The Abbey, Magic Mike’s Birthday Bash @ Ace Cafe

It was like a night at 8TRAX last night as the Gimme Gimme Disco show returned to Orlando. Saturday night pics are on sister website Orlando Entertainment News HERE.