{"id":28586,"date":"2024-07-04T11:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T15:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=28586"},"modified":"2024-07-04T12:44:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T16:44:18","slug":"club-reports-grape-the-grain-lil-indies-swirlery-wine-bar-mcqueens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=28586","title":{"rendered":"Club Reports: Grape & The Grain, Lil Indies, Swirlery Wine Bar, McQueens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We don’t get out often on Wednesday nights but with today being Independence Day (4th of July) in the United States, there were a lot of club options last night to check-out. We began in Orlando’s Mills\/50 District away from downtown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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First visit ever to Grape & The Grain<\/em>, a beer & wine only venue located along Virginia Drive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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When you come in the front entrance you’re greeted by this large bar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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But out back is where the action is. Here you’ll find this large covered patio and ample uncovered seating to get comfortable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We also found DJ Mike House (USA) pumping out appropriately-named House music.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It was mostly non-vocal during our visit with some songs with vocals towards the end of his set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And the dance floor was quickly occupied after we arrived.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dancing at Grape & The Grain<\/em>! Who knew? Actually, quite a few people. We’re told that on the last Sunday of every month this dance floor gets absolutely packed! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in the backyard: Renee & Larry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in VIP: DJ Mike House, Danica, DJ Lola B (USA) & DJ Atnarko (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joined by more!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And joined by even more!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Heidi & Jody<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Happy Independence Day to you too, sir!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coming on next, DJ Kris Kokopelli (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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You don’t want to miss his show this<\/strong> Saturday night at Arena Art Bar<\/em> (our beloved Suite B Lounge<\/em>) as Kris is joined by some legends: DJ Andy Hughes (USA), DJ Lee Coombs (GB\/USA) & DJ Dave Cannalte (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More vocal House had the dance floor bouncing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Good times! We’ll need to come back during one of their Sundays.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Remaining in the Mills\/50 District, a first visit to Lil Indies<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Located beside and kind of behind Will’s Pub<\/em>, we walked into this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Towards the rear, a night of Yacht Rock was happening!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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With DJ Jerry The Reverend Johnson dba DJ Captain Jerry (USA) putting out the tunes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joined by Riptide Rizzo (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Most of the congregation stationed themselves over near the bar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Riptide Rizzo jamming to Rock tunes such as ZZ Top (USA) “La Grange” and David Essex (GB) “Rock On”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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You would think that with Grape & The Grain<\/em> being located on a street named Virginia and next stop Swirlery Wine Bar<\/em> being located on a street named Michigan, that they might be just a few blocks apart, right? Nope, not even close!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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When we heard DJ Amber Jane (USA) would be playing here, we knew we had to go.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A night of Breaks. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We last saw Amber Jane playing this past March at Savage Labs<\/em> in Miami as part of DJ duo Snack Pack (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dancing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Posing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in the booth: DJ Justin Taylor (USA) dropping by to say hello.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the sidewalk: Christina with DJ Mighty Shari (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the front foyer: Christina, Ernie, Jody Marie & Shari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Always animated!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The music ended early at Swirlery <\/em>(oh wow, that rhymes) <\/em>and we got to see her one more time before we headed downtown for one more stop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Located upstairs above Bullitt Bar<\/em>, McQueens Social Lounge<\/em>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We literally caught the last minute of a House set from DJ K1KO (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted backstage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Josh Lawrence (USA) coming on next.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The music was mostly House last night and maybe a bit of Indie Dance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We last saw Josh Lawrence when he played in front of thousands on New Years Eve at Universal CityWalk<\/em>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There was considerably fewer last night at McQueens <\/em>but the bar was jammed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As was the dance floor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The lasers were flying.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The drinks were good.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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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":28635,"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-28586","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\/07\/DSCN4652-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7OlZE-7r4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28586","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=28586"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28640,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28586\/revisions\/28640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}