Most people think of Disney World and Mickey Mouse when they think of Orlando, Florida, but there is a local club scene to appease college students and teenagers vacationing in the area. It may be 21+ to drink in Orlando, but there are plenty of clubs for the18 to 20 crowd for dancing.
Located in downtown Orlando, Tabu, which is a renovated theater, has more than one evening when those 18 to 20 years old are always welcome. Sunday night is Latin Night with a DJ playing Latin hip-hop, salsa, merengue and reggaeton. Thursday evening draws in the 21 and over crowd with an entrance fee for women and men that includes a four-hour open bar.
Tabu Nightclub
46 North Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32801-2419
(407) 648-8363
tabunightclub.com
Roxy, located in downtown Orlando, is a two-level club offering different music and themes on a nightly basis. Sunday is reggaeton night and all women, even under 21, are free before 11 p.m. For Roxy Orlando's Saturday dance party everyone gets in free until 11 p.m. and drinks are free until 11:30 p.m. There occasionally is a cover charge, which costs more for those under 21 and for men. The club is closed on Mondays.
Roxy
740 Bennett Road
Orlando, Florida 32803
(407) 898-4004
roxyorlando.com
You may remember this club from a 2007 MTV show called \"The Wild Girls of Mako's\" that followed a bunch of girls on spring break. Mako's has a Mardi Gras theme every evening it is open. The downtown Orlando club welcomes everyone 18 and up and has a DJ playing top 40 music. The bar has a \"spring break\" vibe with scantily clad shot girls; bartenders and revelers taking body shots; bikini contests; and a packed crowd. There is another Mako's in Atlanta under the same management.
Mako's
27 West Church Street
Orlando, FL 32801
(407) 420-1111
anythinggoesatmakos.com
The club is open to ages 18 and up with a small cover charge for those under 21 years old. Theme nights include a five-year flashback, where music that is five years old is played all night, and '80s nights. The club is located next door to Tabu in downtown Orlando.
Independent Bar
70 North Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32801
(407) 839-0457?
www.independentbar.net