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The imposing front entrance of Mannequins Dance Palace on a cloudy August afternoon, about one month before the place was shuttered. When things were slow you could walk right in the downstairs entrance but on most nights an elevator ride was required. During the glory years of Pleasure Island the elevator would take you all the way up to the 3rd floor attic from where you had to work your way down. In the latter years the elevator would just Read More...
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Eminent Domain flattened both Circus Circus and Club Juana. Cabaret International long gone as well. I think Rachel’s is still there. Casselberry now safe for decent folk again.
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Downtown bars are changing names more times than Prince. You likely know about the changes coming to Barbarella. The back half will become part of the cluster of bars run by Ashley McCammon and Hurst Marshall — Social, Bar-BQ-Bar, Sky60. Owner John Gardner was looking to get off Orange Avenue but decided to keep the front half of Barbs, the indoor section at 68 N. Orange Ave. He’s changing the name to Independent Bar, “which Read More...
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SCATZ IS ORLANDO NIGHTSPOT HOT SPOT FOR UNDER-21 CROWD Gone are the days when teen-agers in ponytails and crew cuts sat bashfully around dance floors — boys on one side, girls on the other. In these times of individualistically pouffed, gelled and spiked hair, the young adults who frequent Scatz mingle excitedly and dance feverishly to such thumping grooves as Cameo’s “Back and Forth” and Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam’s “Head to Toe.” The under-age-21 Read More...
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Cyberzone was the greatest late night that ever was open in Orlando. Finally closing its doors in 2001 due to intense legal pressure and the “anti-rave” movement, it marked the final legitimate late-night to fall in Orlando. Boasting a super custom Klipsch sound system, touch-reactive bar tops, cosmic UV blacklight paintings, a spaceman, an alien, a back room larger than most clubs, a “liquid lounge” vip, bubble poles, state-of-the-art video system, and of course the Read More...
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Revolution Nightclub closed March 29, 2014 and was remodeled to be reopened later in 2014 as the RBarr.
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18 and over adult club. They only sold soda, no alcohol. Good Times!! Lots of FAKE drunks in this place!
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lots of boys becoming men from this place! And girls made lots of money for their college tuition LOL
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Funny Farm Comedy Club – Orlando
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Tabu Night Club in downtown Orlando has been one of the best downtown Orlando nightlife spots for years. This downtown Orlando nightclub plays mainly hip hop, reggaeton, latin, salsa, meringue, bachata, top 40, dance and old skool. In early 2011 Tabu was relaunched as The Beacham.
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Club Nowhere – Orlando
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(Swing girl & cocktail servers) – Mako’s, a Church Street in Orlando bar whose scantily clad waitresses have been featured on MTV.
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ORLANDO — Jennifer Borrego planned to party. Instead, she and almost 100 others ended up crying in their nickel beer May 5, the night the new owners of Church Street Station capped Nickel Beer Night, a 25-year-old Wednesday evening beer swilling tradition. “It was just so out of the blue,” says Borrego, huddling in the weekly Nickel Beer Night group hug with other 5-cent fans. “A lot of people are very upset.” In fact, Read More...
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What is happening with Orlando bars lately? First, Parliament House – perennial winner of Best Gay Bar in our Best of Orlando readers poll – files for bankruptcy (chapter 11, so they’ll try to reorganize and keep things afloat, but it’s still sad to see), then we learn that Bar-BQ Bar, Eye Spy and Sky 60 (which we just named Best Place to Dance in the Rain in our Best of Orlando 2014 issue) will Read More...
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ICON was a multi leveled Orlando club with 3 bars.
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1988 According to a 1988 story in Orlando Weekly, DJ Kimball Collins discovers an acid-house night happening at the old Beacham Theater in Orlando and before long, he morphs it into AAHZ, the legendary house-music dance party that attracts people from all over Florida and turns Orlando into an epicenter for club culture. 1993 The Dust Brothers (later known as the Chemical Brothers) headline a massive rave at the Edge Nightclub in downtown Orlando, giving birth to an Read More...
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Times have changed since teen-agers sock-hopped to the sounds of Bill Haley and the Comets. Poodle skirts have given way to minis, duck tails have become moussed spikes, and the high school gym, well . . . the gym is obsolete. Visage — a flashy teen nightclub that makes streamer-bedecked basketball hoops look almost primitive — is the type of place for the ’80s. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, hundreds of teens file through Read More...
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On Nov. 1, the Parliament House held its “Last Dance on OBT.” Days before, however, the new owners of the property had already filled out the paperwork to have the 1962 motel property demolished. For the LGBTQ community, the closure of the Parliament House was a huge loss. The roadside motel became a gay resort in 1975 providing a place for people to be themselves and meet one another. During the AIDS crisis in Read More...
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Pleasure Island, we hardly knew ye. By now, I’m certain you’ve all heard the news: On September 27, 2008, Pleasure Island will cease to exist as we know it today. Walt Disney World Resort announced on June 27 that it will be completely re-imagining the Downtown Disney area, with new shopping, dining and other experiences, including a completely re-imagined Pleasure Island. Not quite 20 years old, Pleasure Island will close its six remaining nightclubs: Adventurer’s Read More...
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During Church Street Station’s heyday, the street was closed to motor vehicles each evening and the complex of bars and restaurants became one large street party. But Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando eventually built their own nighttime-entertainment venues, and Church Street Station fell into decline through a series of different owners.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orlando nightclub is now getting a $5 million renovation that will turn it into a concert venue able to hold thousands of people, comparable in size to the House of Blues. The club at the corner of Orange Avenue and Concord Street was once a Firestone tire company and transformed into Club Firestone in the 1990’s. This entire location is getting a major facelift with plans for an expansion that will take Read More...
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Located on Lee Road on the side of a shopping center, the Top 40 music format always drew a crowd! But the place has sat abandoned for more than a decade!
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I have fond memories of Andy Huges and Rob-E spinning breaks and house music all through the 90’s. Club features 2 levels with 2 major bars and a huge dance floor. The name may have changed since I was there last.. It used to get packed on Friday nights. This was a regular stop while bar hopping and free before 10 pm. Nestled between East Central and South Magnolia, this downtown dance club offers a Read More...
