
Once named locally as the 'best non-douchey club in Hollywood', King King will close its doors for good on 31 January
LA club King King, known for house
nights such as Deep and Soul & Tonic, is to close for good on 31
January. The club's owner Mario Melendez says King King, which opened
in 1988 on 6th Street and La Brea and moved to its current home on
Hollywood Boulevard in 2001, is no longer a good fit in a
neighbourhood that's “gone more towards open-air bars and sports
barsâ€.
King King's best-loved nights include
Deep, Incognito and Soul & Tonic. It was Soul & Tonic
promoter Adam Auburn who first broke the news, saying on his Facebook
page: “Personally, I was so inspired by King King's uniquely pure
house music vibe, the warmth of the red glow on the brick walls, the
feeling of being on a dancefloor where every single person around
you, no matter what race, creed, or orientation, were all dancing
together, free of judgement, free of worries, deeply immersed in the
raw, uncut sounds of true house music.â€
Fellow King King promoter Alan
Agbayani, who was behind the Incognito parties, expressed similar
sentiments, calling the club “an institution for house music in LA,
just like Smart Bar in Chicago. It never sold out and never opened
its front doors to Hollywood, literally and figuratively, since you
could only enter in the back through the parking lot.â€
The final Soul & Tonic party, which
is also its fourth anniversary event takes place at King King on 5
December, with Mark Farina headlining. For details of other upcoming
events, see kingkinghollywood.com
VIA: LAweekly.com
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