Clubbing with James Tran

Favela Nightclub downstairs area

It’s a new promoter, same music and same venue. Been nagged to go as I was originally going to go to The Tunnel- so here we go!

Quick review: Friday rnb @ Favela (New Promoters)
Assessment Time: Midnight – 3:00AM
Opening Hours: Unknown – 3:00AM
Lockout: None
Website: http://www.favela.com.au
Address: Kings Cross, Sydney
Dress Code / Door Policy: Casual ok.
Entry Fee / Cover Charge: $25. $20 on guestlist.
Guestlist: Yes, facebook event.
Occurence: Weekly on Fridays.
Cloak Room: $5
Bar: 2 bars.
Music: RnB
Crowd: Asians and Wogs. Mostly asians on the dancefloor
Entertainment: An MC, but that’s about it.
Atmosphere: Initially pretty shit an later picked up for a short bit in the main room.  Downstairs was a private function but it was pretty dead.
360 Video:

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Related:

• RNB Superclub @ Tank Nightclub – Friday 4th September 2009
• Fridays @ Privilege, Fridays @ Cargo Bar, 28th August 2009
• RNB night @ Home Nightclub, then Pontoon Bar – Friday 21 August 2009
• Pretty Young Thing (PYT) Fridays @ Sapphire Lounge
• Candy Paint / Chocolate City @ Havana Club Deluxe (Friday Night)

Highlife - Favela Podium

I’ve always wanted to go back to Favela. With Privilege Bar closed, their Friday RnB nights moved to Favela – It was time to check it out – Dance buddies C and Marty are with me tonight – here we go!

Highlife @ Favela Nightclub Sydney

Assessment Time: 12:50am – 1:50am
Website: http://www.favela.com.au, http://www.paulstrangepresents.com
Address: 1 Kellet Way, Potts Point, Sydney
Dress Code / Door Policy: Casual ok. Hats were ok in here.
Entry Fee / Cover Charge: $20
Guestlist: send to guestlist@paulstrangepresents.com
Inside: This is a two room setup. As you walk in, you will see lounges and a central bar. On the lower level is a tiny dancefloor area for 20 or so people and a DJ. This is where the old school and funky house is playing. There are two separate flights of stairs to go up to the main room. Here is a slightly larger floor for 50 or so people. Bar, DJ, and lounges along the side. There is also a VIP room if you choose to borrow.
Cloak Room: None
Bar: $4 Tap Beers, $6 House shots. The wait was about 5 minutes for a glass of water.
DJs: Moto, Tikelz, Samurai, Mo Funk, Maurice Beats
Music: RnB, Hip Hop, Old School, Funky House. No real complaints.
Crowd: Mostly white. I think we were the only asians in here. Everyone here is young and good looking.
Entertainment: There is an MC in the main room to help out with the atmosphere. The lights help as well.
Atmosphere: It was pretty crap throughout the whole place. I heard Saturdays are packed, so I assumed Friday tonight was to be awesome as well. Well, it wasn’t. It was pretty shit. There were no more than 5 people on the dancefloor below, and no more than 10 in the main pit of the dancefloor.

Videos:

Walkthrough:

Video of the ceiling lights:

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Related:

• Sundayze @ The Albion Hotel Parramatta: Sunday 20th December 2009
• Homemade @ Home Nightclub Sydney – Saturday 3rd October 2009
• Fridays @ Albion Hotel (Gasworks Nightclub) – 25th September 2009
• Homemade Saturdays @ Home Nightclub – 9th September 2009
• Sunday @ Mars Lounge (Queen’s Long Weekend 2009)

I bought some nice shoes. Apparently this was going to be hard to get in so I dressed up…

[ Coco @ Favela ]

Website: http://www.favela.com.au
Address 1 Kellet Way, Potts Point
Music: House, Retro
Cover Charge: $20
Crowd: Young, mostly white but it looks like they were taking everyone in

[Favela]
Walked in and saw the restaurant / lounge area. People drinking and relaxing. I went straight upstairs – The dancefloor in front of the DJ is quite small but you could basically dance anywhere around the lounges in the area. Looking above are the lights, which take up the entire space of the ceiling. I thought the lights would play according to the music, but it follows a predefined lighting pattern. Nethertheless its sexy.

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