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Posted by Volterock on Oct-29-2008 22:12:

Can a non-alcoholic club exist?

I was thinking of starting a club where people who are addicted to alcohol can go and not be tempted to drink and still have a fun time. Do you think something like this can stay afloat?

Has it ever been done before?

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Oct-29-2008 22:21:

Yes, it has been done before. The Paradise Garage served no alcohol.

This thread has also been done before, by me:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=462646

Posted by Mr Game+Watch on Oct-30-2008 15:10:

Arc in NYC, just a snack bar that sold pretzel sticks, chips, water and soda. Everybody who went you can tell was there mainly for the music. It was perhaps the greatest club I've ever been to.

Danny Howells 10 hour final set, nuff said...

Posted by Monocle on Oct-30-2008 16:07:

no alchy = lots of drugs?

Posted by Pjotr G on Oct-30-2008 16:52:

people go to the toilet and take a hit of beer

Posted by LoveHate on Oct-30-2008 16:53:

jus go to all ages raves.

Posted by chach on Oct-30-2008 16:56:

lame

Posted by elFreak on Oct-30-2008 16:59:

it used to be able to exist

montreal had sona, aria, stereo, circus.

now only circus is left...with what dj's charge these days it is hard to make a profit without alcohol sales.

Posted by Max Thomson on Oct-31-2008 00:12:

Rise is an afterhours club in Boston that does not serve alcohol and has been going strong for awhile now. www.riseclub.us

Posted by Unable on Oct-31-2008 00:16:

Cool concept but very tough to run. It would have to be in quite a large city.

Posted by DJ Blitzkrieg on Oct-31-2008 16:52:

It better have a damn good DJ lol.

Posted by chesco on Oct-31-2008 17:37:

If you look at the old video's from the early outdoor rave scene in the UK you notice a distinct lack of drink being consumed. Just thousands of people out their box on good drugs and dancing away, right now if you took drink out the clubs in britain they'd be closed down within a month.

We're a nation of alcoholics.

Posted by elFreak on Oct-31-2008 17:39:

That, or just that people put djs so fucking high on the pedestal that they have become seriously overpaid for what they can bring in vs alcohol.

Posted by Zild on Oct-31-2008 17:41:

I can't drink so I hope things like this can happen. It really sucks partying all night and watching everyone slam down drinks like nobody's business.

Posted by SPANIARD on Oct-31-2008 22:03:

From the North American standpoint, the question is more 'Can a club without alcohol survive without the constant threat of being raided for drugs?'. Alot of the best clubs I know of in Canada like Stereo in Montreal and the old Boa in Toronto were always under that threat for not serving alcohol (opening at 1-2am) because the cops would be suspicious of their being 500-1000 people being in a club at those hours given the circumstances... more so in Toronto. I get the concensus that it's much tougher over here to keep a club open with certain limitations than say a major Western European city, the authorities understand that it's going to go on and if it's victimless then leave it alone.

Posted by adi_hanson on Oct-31-2008 22:47:

In the UK we have 24 hour drinking laws, even in my local nightclub i got them playing dumonde-never look back at 6 AM while supping on beer.
A party isnt over , till its over

Posted by chesco on Oct-31-2008 22:56:

quote:
Originally posted by adi_hanson
In the UK we have 24 hour drinking laws, even in my local nightclub i got them playing dumonde-never look back at 6 AM while supping on beer.
A party isnt over , till its over

In england you have 24 hr drinking laws..

scotland not so, clubs by law stop serving drink at 3am, anything after has to have a later license applied for which cost a fortune I'm reliably informed.

on sundays nowhere is allowed to serve drink before 12:30pm..

Posted by adi_hanson on Oct-31-2008 22:59:

quote:
Originally posted by chesco
In england you have 24 hr drinking laws..

scotland not so, clubs by law stop serving drink at 3am, anything after has to have a later license applied for which cost a fortune I'm reliably informed.

on sundays nowhere is allowed to serve drink before 12:30pm..

oh well , england has the 24 hour law.

i was at tiesto in august in london and i was boozing until 7 am

Posted by Unable on Nov-01-2008 00:44:

quote:
That, or just that people put djs so fucking high on the pedestal that they have become seriously overpaid for what they can bring in vs alcohol.

How does this explain the overwhelming majority of venues/nights where the DJ is getting paid fuck all?

Posted by daphunky1 on Nov-01-2008 00:59:

I've been to several non-alcoholic raves (in Canada), where everyone was heavily searched upon entry so no alcohol was being snuck in.
Once everyone got in and pop their pills, they cops just chilled by the entry way unless there was a problem.

And also, there is a big festival (shambala) in Canada that does not allow any alcohol in for the whole weekend, and its been going on for years.
I think I'd generally rather be in a non-alcoholic crowd. The dancing and energy, sober or rollin, is better.