This Weekend In Techno Town

WEDNESDAY OCT 31
More Halloween action downtown tonight including at Tier Nightclub with Top 40 from DJ Irie (Miami Heat, Carnival Cruise Lines). ($10-20)  

THURSDAY NOV 1
Roxy continues to bring in top notch DJ's!  Thursday hear DJ's Beltek (SLO) and Felix Cartal (CDN) on the boards!  ($15)

FRIDAY NOV 2
You can never go wrong with an all-female DJ lineup and such is the case Friday night at High Society Hookah Lounge on SR436 in Winter Park!  Hear DJ K8 from 10pm to 11pm, DJ Scarlett from 11pm to Midnight, DJ Jennifer Marley from Midnight to 1am and DJ Funkbaby from 1am to Close!  (Price NA)

SATURDAY NOV 3
No doubt the best of the female DJ's is Baby Anne and she'll be overseeing the revolving dance floor at Amphitheatre in Ybor City this Saturday night!  She's sure to be playing her great new hit Mantra!  Resident DJ Doco opens.   ($10)

A couple times every year CityWalk brings in a guest DJ spinning EDM and this Saturday night is one of those nights!  Miami DJ Rascal (Cameo, SET) will be at The Groove and we'll see if the tourists can figure him out!  At Universal CityWalk.  ($7)

Also this Saturday night downtown don't miss DJ Tooltime playing House and Top 40/Dance at Vixen Lounge!  Always a good crowd and the price is right!  (FREE)

Ocala Dance Festival 6 takes place in January but nothing wrong with having a Pre-Party a couple months earlier!  Multiple ODF DJ's playing multiple sets this Saturday night at Suite B Lounge.  (FREE until 11pm, then $5)

EDC Update: Just 10 Days To Go!

We're just 10 days away from Electric Daisy Carnival - Orlando!  Taking place from 1pm to Midnight on Friday and Saturday, November 9th & 10th, EDC will be the largest Electronic Dance Music event to ever take place in Orlando and features the #1 & #2 DJ's in the world plus many others.  And we're still hoping for a few last minute surprises!  The DJ line-up with dates can be found here.  Tickets can be ordered here.  Don't miss this epic event!
READERS, EDC ENDS EACH NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT BUT LOCAL CLUBS ARE STILL OPEN!  RETURN TO THIS WEBSITE NEXT WEDNESDAY BEFORE EDC FOR A LARGE LISTING OF OTHER DJ EVENTS IN TOWN BOTH NIGHTS!

PI Update: Splitsville Opening In December?

Blog roving reporter Thommy sent this over to us but I'm skepical that this means Splitsville is opening in December.  It looks like Disney is having a "Splitsville Grand Opening Media Preview" on December 7th.  But does this really mean Splitsville is opening in December too?  Can't tell.  Officially they're supposed to be opening in Fall, 2012.  And Fall doesn't end until the first day of Winter which is December 21st.  So it's possible.  But the last time I peeked inside it was nowhere near completion.  So they could hold a Media Preview and still not be ready to open.  We'll just have to see. Supposed to be a lot of announcements on December 7th too, probably about the Fantasyland Expansion, maybe about Carsland coming to Disney Hollywood Studios, an update on Avatarland at Animal Kingdom and a long-shot.....something about Downtown Disney?

PI Update: Pleasure Island Nightclubs To Close

If you haven't heard the news, all of the nightclubs on Pleasure Island will close by September 28, 2008 so that they can provide us with new and exciting offerings to take the entire Downtown Disney experience up a notch.  So stay tuned.

The PI club closures were announced exactly 3 months prior to the closing date. About a month later the above-pictured flyer was released and placed in hotel brochure racks along with the normal Disney literature.

We're still waiting.

Club Report: Halloween At I-Bar

Downtown Orlando on a Saturday night coupled with this being the main night for Halloween celebrations.  Orange Avenue and Church Street blocked off for street parties. I knew it was going to be crowded when the parking garage I usually go to and always park on the ground floor was so jammed I had to park up on the 6th floor!

Although this was the main "party" night for Halloween this year, a number of clubs will be having Halloween parties again this coming Wednesday night!

Following the pathetic Florida-Georgia game, I didn't get downtown until nearly 1am so I stuck with Independent Bar only.

No costume contest here but plenty of revelers were dressed-up nonetheless.

I stayed in "my spot" and maintained a low profile!

And enjoyed the interesting scenery.

Club Reports: Simons Nightclub, Spannk, Sharab Lounge (Gainesville)

This is the Florida-Georgia football weekend and with the big game taking place in Jacksonville, a lot of people are out-of-town.  So Gainesville holds Fest, a weekend with numerous downtown clubs bringing in Rock music bands.  Gainesville does have a successful Rock history of acts making it big; Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Sister Hazel, Less Than Jake & For Squirrels all having originated here.

But I was told all the EDM clubs are closed during Fest, including the venue I really wanted to check out, Simons!  A club that dominated Florida's House scene back in the 90's, DJ's such as Deep Dish, Carl Cox, Felix da Housecat, Richie Hawtin, Icey, Josh Wink, Sasha & Digweed have all played here. And they've reopened, but unfortunately not last night!

Another club known for EDM and also closed was Spannk.  Their locally famous "Neon Liger" Saturday nights with DJ Vi stays packed for Electro and Nu Disco.  The club recently brought in DJ Icey to play and you can see on the window that Revolvr is coming.

But Sharab Lounge, another downtown venue, was at least open!

DJ Sketch was in the downstairs bar area spinning House!   No dance floor here though. 

There were some trick-or-treaters though out on the town!

Moving upstairs found DJ JD spinning an awesome 90's Dance set which then moved into a number of songs that were popular at Mannequins during it's final year.    

It got pretty crowded up here! 

And a good time was had by all!

Techno/Dance Concert Calendar

Here's an update from sister Blog Orlando Club List, the one place to keep track of who's coming to Central Florida spinning EDM.  Not only is Electric Daisy Carnival coming to town next month with some of the world's top DJ's, but even smaller venues around the area continue to bring in high quality EDM talent from around the world!

TECHNO/DANCE CONCERT CALENDAR:
27OCT DJ ROSSONE (USA) - TIER NIGHT CLUB

31OCT DJ IRIE (USA) - TIER NIGHT CLUB
01NOV FELIX CARTAL (CDN) / BELTEK (SLO) - ROXY
03NOV BABY ANNE (USA) - AMPHITHEATRE
09-10NOV ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL - TINKER FLD
16NOV COCODRILLS (USA) - SENSO SUPPER CLUB
17NOV BABY ANNE, FIXX, SHAL, CHRIS B  (USA) - CLUB V
23NOV CHUS & CEBALLOS (E) - SENSO SUPPER CLUB
27NOV FEDDE LE GRAND (NL) - SENSO SUPPER CLUB
04DEC DUBFIRE (IR) - SENSO SUPPER CLUB

Villains Dance Party Coming To DHS

Disney has all kinds of special events planned for 2013 and one that caught my eye is a special "Villains Dance Party" at Disney Hollywood Studios next September!  Partying with Disney Villains sounds like a fun night!  As stated in the Disney Parks Blog:  Unleash the Villains: Friday the 13th in September 2013 is a special day, so Disneyland park and Disney’s Hollywood Studios are staying open until the 13th hour (1 a.m.). Maleficent, Captain Hook, Jafar and other Disney Villains host a dance party, complete with limited-edition collectibles and other nighttime mischief.  Check it out!

Meanwhile, you don't have to wait until next September to participate in a Dance party at Disney World.  At Magic Kingdom you can visit Stitch's Club 626 Dance Party!  DJ Pete (8TRAX, Motion) shared this photo with us below of him leading the party two weeks ago and we also have a file photo of DJ Hollywood Bob (Motion) doing the same! 

 

All the DJ's that run Club 626 have told me that it's grueling!  It runs over 5 hours nonstop and requires the DJ to stay actively involved the entire time.  Since they assume the crowd hanging around constantly changes, the music and routines do repeat during the performance. So if you're at MK and want to dance, check out Stitch's Club 626 Dance Party! At EPCOT on New Years Eve there are EDM dance parties at China and Italy.  That's just 2 months away! Put that on your calendar too!  

Concert Report: Die Antwoord (The Beacham)

Crazy night at The Beacham last night as the very bizarre Electronic Rap/Rave group Die Antwoord (ZA) was in town!

Songs are performed in English and Afrikaans.

Lead male vocalist Ninja.

Lead female vocalist Yolandi Vi$$er.

The crowd went crazy for back-to-back hits "Baby on Fire" and "I Fink U Freeky", the latter which is embedded at the top of this article.

And a very good time was had by all!

DJMag Releases List Of Top 100 DJ's

DJ Mag has released their 2012 list of the world's Top 100 DJ's as voted-on by their readers.  Here's a list of the Top 10 and you can go to the full list of 100 here.

01. Armin van Buuren (NL)
02. Tiesto (NL)
03. Avicii (S)
04. David Guetta (F)
05. deadmau5 (CDN)
06. Hardwell (GB)
07. Dash Berlin (NL)
08. Above & Beyond (GB)
09. Afrojack (NL)
10. Skrillex (USA)

So if you're going to Electric Daisy Carnival - Orlando you'll get to see the #1, #2 and #9 DJ's in the world (and possibly #7 per the rumors). 

This Weekend In Techno Town

THURSDAY OCT 25
The DJ duo of Wardt van der Harst & Willem van Hanegem (NL) yet  much easier to remember as W&W bring their Trance act to Orlando for the first time ever, playing at Roxy. When it comes to Trance, the Dutch rule!    ($10)  

FRIDAY OCT 26
Another Orlando institution, DJ Eric Berretta (Club Firestone, Coliseum) will be hosting Fright Night at Suite B Lounge this Friday.  An original part of the Future Sound of Breaks CD series, the Breakbeat/Electro specialist is a special treat to listen and dance to!  ($5)  

Also on Friday night, House DJ Mark Farina (USA) will be performing over at Senso Supper Club.  Senso continues to provide us with a strong line-up! ($15)

SATURDAY OCT 27
When Tier Night Club opened this past February to begin their so-far successful run, their opening DJ was RossOne (USA) from Miami.  He returns this Saturday night with Top 40/Dance.   ($10)

PI Update: Donkeys Of Pleasure Island

Save Pleasure Island Blog Reader ClubMaster shares with us this week the above video from Adam The Woo who likes to visit and film "closed places" and post them on his website.  In this film he visits beautiful Pleasure Island in March, 2011 which was a few months before the remaining club signs were removed.  My main criticism of this video would be that while the Pleasure Island name was based on Pinocchio, the Island's theming had nothing to do with Pinocchio that I'm aware of but the producer uses such a connection as its central theme.  Thanks for sharing, ClubMaster!  (Readers, if you're aware of PI videos we've not posted before, please email me the links!)

EDC Update: More DJ's Announced

Electric Daisy Carnival - Orlando announced 7 additional DJ/DJ Acts earlier this evening, making an already strong line-up that includes the #1 & #2 DJ's in the world even better!  Additions are:

Carl Craig
Cosmic Gate
Jon Gaiser
Loco Dice
Richie Hawtin 
Tommie Sunshine
Victor Calderone

EDC will be the largest electronic dance music event to ever hit Orlando!
Tickets here.
Full DJ list with performance dates here.
Thanks to our roving reporter Thommy for this update.

PI Update: SkyCam Views

It's great to have the Characters In Flight tethered balloon operating again so that we can give you great views of the Pleasure Island renovations that are sure to come any year now.

A nice view of Mannequins Dance Palace from 400 feet (122 meters) above the Island.  If you've never taken the ride, I highly recommend it.  It's $18 ($15 for AAA/CAA members). 

8TRAX  (formerly Cage, formerly Videopolis East)

Former home of Rock'n'Roll Beach Club (formerly XZFR Rockin' Rollerdrome) and club Motion (formerly Fireworks Factory Restaurant, formerly Wildhorse Saloon).

Comedy Warehouse with the still operating Laffers Cantina in front of it.  Also a good view of the current West End Plaza with Green and Purple Stages.

Soundstage Club (formerly BET Soundstage Club, formerly Neon Armadillo)

Adventurers Club

Curl by Sammy Duval (formerly Superstar Studios)

Paradiso 37 restaurant (formerly a collection of shops including the Missing Link Sausage Company fast food takeout restaurant)

The massive Raglan Road restaurant, bar, pub complex. (formerly Pleasure Island Jazz Company and Merriweather's Market food court)  Sosa Cigars is in the foreground.  In the four years since the clubs were closed, two were torn down but all the other club buildings remain standing empty. Paradiso 37 is the only thing new in the four years however it was under construction at the time and was coming anyway.