{"id":27957,"date":"2024-06-02T14:04:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T18:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=27957"},"modified":"2024-06-03T17:10:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T21:10:33","slug":"club-reports-mon-a-q-arena-art-bar-grumpys-underground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=27957","title":{"rendered":"Club Reports: Mon A Q @ Arena Art Bar, Grumpys Underground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Several buildings downtown were showing their support for “Gay Days”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Most of the events are taking place near Walt Disney World<\/em>, Universal Citywalk<\/em> and Sea World<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In a previous life, The Arena Art Bar<\/em> was Suite B Lounge\/Peek Downtown<\/em> which we always called “Orlando’s Home of Breaks”. And last night it became once again, Orlando’s Home of Breaks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Of course we first had to get past Door Hostess Tori who was scrutinizing our tickets to make sure they were legit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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With approval to enter finally received, we walked-in to find DJ Frankmatik (USA) in the corner booth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Breakbeats were the order of the evening, being played, of course, off vinyl.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Even before 10PM, there was already a crowd in the club.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lots of Suite B<\/em> memories in this room, especially when Breaks are being played!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Up next, DJ Bounce (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Playing a Breakbeat version of “I Just Wanna Use Your Love Tonight”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Even this early in the program…..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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…..he had the club bouncing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ’s? Yes, we saw DJ’s! Spotted on the dance floor: DJ Loops (USA) flanked by DJ Slay (USA) and DJ Love Lee (GB\/USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted by the stage: DJ Loops with Sandra.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted by the bar: DJ Ms. MF (USA) with friend.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: DJ \u00c6on (USA) with Holly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted near the bar: DJ Geebo (USA) (far left) with his entourage. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted by the box office: DJ Alpha (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: DJ Berto (USA) (2nd from right) with DJ Love Lee (far left) along with Jim & Janet. When Jim & Janet are at a Breaks event, you know it’s a great one!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: DJ Freeda Sol (USA) with friend.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted by the pillar: DJ Pepper (USA) with friend.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted dancing: DJ Ofay (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted with his bride: DJ Ofay with Natasha.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Around 10:45PM, DJ Loops (USA) would take control.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lots of what we now call Classic Dance in his set. Back then, so many Dance hits were Breaks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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That look you get from great Breaks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crowd was building for the headliner who would be arriving shortly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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So great to see our old home drawing crowds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Geebo (USA) coming on briefly to deliver some scratchin’ lessons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We haven’t seen Geebo on the decks since before covid. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Some great turntablism!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We met so many peeps last night. Some we knew (like Frank) and some were new.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And then the limo pulled up, and there she was! Last night’s headliner, looking amazing, Dance Singer Mon A Q (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Group pose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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She delivered her three biggest hits beginning with “Feel The Rhythm<\/a>“.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Followed by “Take My Love”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Everyone in the club was watching intensely!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And finally, her biggest hit, the one everyone was gathered to hear her sing. Making it high on the Billboard Hot Dance Play<\/em> chart back in 1997, “Stay In Love<\/a>“. And we got the extended version too; Crank up the volume! Awesome!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Arena Art Bar<\/em> is themed like it’s a sports arena. There’s a Box Office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bleachers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A real scoreboard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One thing it doesn’t have are arena prices like that other arena across I-4. Karly was kept busy last night!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And Suite B<\/em> original bartendress Lindsay tends here occasionally as well. Spotted last night with friend.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Following Mon A Q was no easy feat and DJ Ofay had that responsibility.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And he delivered, playing my absolute favorite “Everyday<\/a>” <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Club stayed jammed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A good time was had by all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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But wait, there’s more! Breaks were happening at The Arena<\/em> last night but they were also happening over at Grumpys Underground<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We arrived after midnight to find DJ Jimi the Genius (USA) in the perch at the front of the room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It’s always a great night when this Miami-based DJ plays Orlando.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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That look you get from great Breaks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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That look you get from great Breaks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Grumpys <\/em>was as crowded as we recall seeing it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jimi the Genius had the dance floor bouncing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ’s? Yes, we saw DJ’s! Spotted by the booth, DJ Nelly Fre$h (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in VIP: DJ J-ROK (USA) with Roxana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted outside: DJ Losman (USA) with Sandi Kathleen and Jasmin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the front foyer: DJ Timebomb (USA) with Tanyia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the patio: DJ Solstice (USA) & DJ Spark-D (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in the booth: DJ Jimi the Genius with DJ Sketti (USA) who had played earlier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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So many familiar faces at Grumpys <\/em>last night!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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When Jimi the Genius teams up with DJ Supernaut (USA), they become DJ duo $uperGeniu$. The two will be playing at The<\/em> Hammered Lamb<\/em> on Saturday, June 15th, presented by Best of Breaks<\/em>. Advance tickets can be purchased here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Taking over late, DJ duo Bass Misfits (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After 1AM and the dance floor stayed jammed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Megs was holding her ground though.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Not just one club playing Breakbeats last night, but two<\/strong>! And they were both amazing events. Everywhere we went last night, a good time was had by all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28001,"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-27957","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\/2024\/06\/DSCN3214-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7OlZE-7gV","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27957","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=27957"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28055,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27957\/revisions\/28055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}