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| After a very late night in Sanford on Friday night, we were up bright-eyed and bushy tailed early Saturday morning for the monthly "House & Coffee" event at Qreate Coffee in Orlando's Creative Village. |
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| Last month we arrived at 9:30AM and found this long queue which took close to 2 hours to get inside! |
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| So this time we cleverly arrived closer to 8:00AM and the line was much shorter! |
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| We arrived early enough to catch the tail-end of 7:00AM opener, DJ Shiv (USA). |
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| This event is "House & Coffee" so House music, of course. |
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| The early crowd. There is no charge for attending this event but the requirement is to purchase something, anything, such as a coffee, tea, baked item. The menu is outside before you come in. |
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| This is a regular coffee shop on other days of the week. |
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| The crowd inside was beginning to grow. |
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| Shift change at 8:00AM with DJ Nuans (USA) taking over and delivering an animated House set. |
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| First time seeing him play since he opened EDC-Orlando last November on the kineticFIELD main stage. |
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| WOW! Only 9AM and we're already on our third DJ of the morning! We could have been home sleeping but instead bouncing to House music with some sweet tea! |
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| DJ Cole Stanton (USA) with more of an EDM set. |
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| By now the place was packed! |
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| "House" plants. |
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| We spotted the next set of DJ's coming on. |
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| DJ Eccentra (USA) |
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| DJ Antonia Rivano (USA) |
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| They would play as a DJ duo with each playing a couple songs and then switching. |
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| Capacity reached and no more entries. |
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| The queue outside. When x number of people departed, x number of people could enter. This is why it's imperative to arrive early. |
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| First time seeing them play and it was such a great set. |
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| DJ Chino (USA) cooling the crowd down with some CO2, |
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| SO much fun! |
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| A good time was had by all. The next "House & Coffee" takes place on Saturday, August 2nd. Doors open at 6:30AM and the DJ's start playing at 7:00AM. Come early, take a nap later. Free tickets HERE. |
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| OK, from Saturday morning to Saturday night and yes, with a nap in between. Orlando's undisputed new hotspot is Alfie's HiFi located in the Mills/50 District. |
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| Even though we arrived before 10:00PM, there was a line outside and we entered the front room to find this crowd at the bar! |
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| And then headed to the back room to find this. |
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| This is where the booth is and we found DJ Ponchartrain (USA) already in progress. |
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| A lot of 70's being played by the NYC-based DJ during our visit. At Alfie's, all the music is off vinyl. |
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| The DJ's typically bring their own records but the club keeps a stash available too. |
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| The crowd skews 20's & 30's, many of them likely seeing those round black things for the first time and being amazed that music can somehow come out of them! |
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| DJ Sleazy McQueen (USA) would also play last night. We understand he's relocating to Spain so last night might have been is final Orlando appearance. |
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| A good time was had by all. |
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| Just two blocks further south from Alfie's HiFi is Grumpys Underground and since we were in the neighborhood, it was our next stop. |
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| DJ Nelly Fre$h (USA) was just concluding his set with DJ Robert (USA) taking over. |
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| The music was fast & furious! |
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| While we often hear Breaks at Grumpys, last night was a Drum & Bass night. |
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| And DnB often needs some narration and that was provided last night by MC King Bread (USA). |
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| Only a few on the dance floor when we first arrived. |
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| Spotted in VIP: Eric & Maureen |
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| Spotted on the dance floor: DJ Fun-D-Mentlz (USA) |
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| Spotted in General Admission: Jasmin |
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| Spotted twirling: Thomas |
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| Spotted on the patio: DJ Gr3ywolf (USA) |
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| NOLA-style DnB last night! |
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| A good time was had by all. |
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| We next headed over to Orlando's Milk District and the Iron Cow where the monthly "Lovestruck" event was taking place. |
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| We walked into this! |
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| With "Lovestruck" resident DJ Nina S (USA) on stage. |
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| House music, of course. |
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| Singing many of the vocals, MC Amanda H (USA). |
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| Dance floor was absolutely packed! |
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| Around 1AM the fog rolled-in and if we didn't know better, we would have thought we were in San Francisco. |
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| "Lovestruck" alternates between Iron Cow and Bikkuri Lounge and the next event is at Bikkuri on Saturday, August 16th. It's so much fun; you shouldn't miss it. |
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| Spotted at the bar: Morgan & Donavan along with DJ Dity (USA) who had played earlier. |
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| Spotted on the dance floor: DJ Dack (USA) and Amelia. When you spot them at an event, you know you're in the right spot. |
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| A good time was had by all. |
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