{"id":15665,"date":"2022-04-03T12:16:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T16:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=15665"},"modified":"2022-04-05T22:23:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T02:23:03","slug":"club-report-barbarellas-final-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=15665","title":{"rendered":"Club Report: Barbarella’s Final Night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Most recently we knew it by their prior name Barbarella<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And in between Barbarella <\/em>names, most-famously as Independent Bar<\/em>. But sadly, last night was their final night downtown after operating for about 37 years at this location and thus Orlando’s longest-running dance club.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We thought we’d beat the crowd by arriving around 10:30PM. We walked into THIS!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And just as it should be on a Saturday night, DJ Indie John (USA) was in the perch delivering the good stuff!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Working in tandem with Lighting Tech Ernie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The dance floor was wall-to-wall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Saturday night format of 80’s New Wave and Alternative had the floor as packed as we’ve ever seen it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Indie John would alternate with DJ Kimball Collins (USA) all evening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Along with “Sunday Night Vinyl”, Thursday’s “Mac & Cheese” night, Friday nights’ recent Discoth\u00e8que and their monthly Gothy “Memento Mori” nights, Barbarella <\/em>has long stood for quality entertainment. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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But with a generally older clientele, many of the regulars stopped coming downtown after the covid19 re-openings which necessitated a move to a more suburban location where free parking and improved security could be offered. Of course, OEN <\/em>will have full coverage of their new venue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We first discovered Independent Bar<\/em> following the closure of Mannequins <\/em>at Pleasure Island<\/em> and our subsequent search for someplace new. So we’ve been coming here for more than 13 years!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in the booth: DJ Gregory B (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in VIP: DJ Icey (USA) with MC Collaborator (USA). We had just seen both of them perform last week at Galaxy Music Gathering<\/em> in Miami. LINK<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Emily & CJ (from afar).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: CJ & Emily (close-up).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted by the bar: Tina, Laraine & Renee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in Economy Class seating: Whoop Whoop Frank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: DJ Matt (USA) and friend. Over the years we’ve seen Matt working the decks here in Orlando but he was also the weekend resident DJ at Barbarella Tampa<\/em>. LINK<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the famous VIP bench seat: Tracy with DJ Dave Cannalte (USA). Read all about this famous VIP bench seat in this prior OEN<\/em> article here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance platform: Angelique<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Lynette & Adam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Yochi and friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance platform: Barbarella <\/em>bar staff having one last dance!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2AM and last call had passed yet no one was leaving!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ditto at 2:30AM when John said thanks and goodbye but the peeps wanted one more song<\/strong>! And another!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And the shiny disco ball stopped spinning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And the strobes stopped strobbing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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But this is what we’ll always remember. We hope that it carries over to their new location opening in 2 weeks at 4141 N. John Young Parkway. Because at Barbarella<\/em>, a good time was always had by…..all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1899],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-reports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/277673862_10223313582722710_3385975253011947911_n.jpg?fit=489%2C757&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7OlZE-44F","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15665"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15728,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15665\/revisions\/15728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}