Barbarella Orlando

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Barbarella Orlando is the new wave dance club on Lee Road in Winter Park, where the crowd that followed it from its downtown years still packs the floor. The room runs goth-friendly and free-spirited, with light-up tables, strong drinks and DJ sets built on new wave nights and Visage reunion energy. Regulars call it still the best dance spot in town, nostalgic and welcoming in equal measure.

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