Tivoli, I Choo Choo Choose You!

I was a lucky ducky last week when my friend scored us tickets to Bacardi Express at the Tivoli. I'd never been to Tivoli before and I gotta say, I'm rather shirked at all my friends for not telling me what I was missing!!

Miami Horror Crowd

Bacardi Mojitos

Yves Klein Blue

Maybe it was La Roux being cute and fierce at the same time (didn't know that was possible either), maybe it was Yves Klein Blue singer Michael Tomlinson hanging by the bar hugging his fans,  maybe it was dancing to Dj Sampology's Super Visual Smackdown - go see this kid if you can, he is simply fantastic at what he does, and I'm yet to see anything else quite like it. Anyways, the point I am trying to make is that I can't put my finger on one particular thing that made me love this as a venue, and maybe my opinion is somewhat biased because I saw bands I absolutely love put on a terrific show, but this place is fantastic.  And I am going to go there again as soon as I can.

I love that it's not too big.  I love that you can go upstairs for a better vantage point or stay downstairs and dance amongst the throng.  I love that it's got history.  This is where the people have been playing for years, folks.

I love the art deco feel and that the music WORKS in the space.  Which is so important.  I despise nothing more than going to see a band and the sound being terrible, which so often leads to those in charge overcompensating for the lack of sound quality with volume.  This really is a great place for bands to play.