Studio 60, the Allapattah nightclub that has operated at 2300 NW 36th Street since 2006, has reemerged from a 16-month renovation with an entirely new sound. Ownership is steering the venue away from its longtime Latin-music focus and toward house, tech, and dubstep programming across two distinct rooms, the Jungle Room and the Egyptian Room.
The shift, first detailed by Miami New Times, puts Studio 60 in direct competition with Miami's established dance-music circuit at a moment when the city's electronic scene is expanding well beyond South Beach and Wynwood. The club held its soft opening on July 3, booking Florida-bred house producer Rello, and followed with a bass double-header featuring Benda and Vastive and a set from Belgian tech-house producer Nightfunk in July, according to the same report. Studio 60 has announced dubstep artist Flux Pavilion for a stint on September 26, and the venue says it is focusing on the main Jungle Room until Miami's high season begins in September.
Lucas Gilschenk, Studio 60's director of operations, told Miami New Times the goal is to blend multiple genres under one roof rather than court a single type of crowd. “[Gilschenk said] Studio 60 does not seek to serve only one type of client,” per the outlet's reporting, and Gilschenk added that the venue aims to blend bass, house, and dubstep in the same space. He also said Studio 60 can fill a gap as Miami's nightlife scene continues to move away from its traditional hubs.
Two Rooms, One Roof
The renovated building can book different acts in its two rooms on the same night, letting Studio 60 program a broader range of electronic acts than a single-room venue could manage. The club offers VIP tables alongside a large dance floor, and the report notes Studio 60 carries a lower table minimum than comparable venues. The renovation itself included upgraded decor, a new lighting rig, and LED panels throughout the space, per Miami New Times.
Tyler Turnbull, Studio 60's director of talent, also handles artist relations for DAER Nightclub at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, a high-production bottle-service venue that lends his booking work at Studio 60 added industry weight. Turnbull said the club is programming its dance-music room more diversely than most Miami venues attempt, and he said Studio 60 aims to deliver an enjoyable experience regardless of which room a guest chooses. Gilschenk separately runs Nowhere Lounge in downtown Fort Lauderdale, giving him a footprint on both sides of Broward and Miami-Dade nightlife.
A 23-Hour License and Miami's Shifting Nightlife Map
One operational edge for Studio 60 is its 23-hour liquor license, a holdover advantage tied to licensing rules the City of Miami introduced in the early 2000s for the Park West entertainment district. Wynwood, by contrast, still enforces a standard 3 a.m. last call, a restriction rooted in citywide alcohol regulations that keep neighborhoods without special district extensions from hosting late-morning dance events, according to City of Miami records. Studio 60's location near the Earlington Heights Metrorail station adds another practical advantage for late-night crowds moving between venues.
The rebrand also lands amid a broader industrial-corridor shift in South Florida nightlife. Factory Town, the Hialeah venue that opened in 2021 inside a converted mattress factory, has become a magnet for large-scale dance events, as Hoodline detailed in its coverage of the Hocus Pocus 2026 rave sprawl. That same competitive landscape produced a yearlong federal lawsuit between festival producer Insomniac and the operators of Club Space, which was settled in July 2026, according to Hoodline's reporting on the dispute.
A Venue With a Complicated History
Studio 60's return also comes with a difficult backdrop. In January 2024, a 61-year-old man was killed in an ambush robbery shooting outside the club, and Miami Police arrested a 44-year-old suspect that March, as reported by Local 10 News. Hoodline covered the arrest at the time in a piece on the murder charge tied to the shooting, which preceded the club's extended renovation period.
The corporate entity behind Studio 60, Studio 60 Cafe and Nightclub, Inc., traces back to a Florida incorporation in January 1996 under the name Roco, Inc., before adopting its current name in July 2006, according to Florida Division of Corporations records. The venue previously secured zoning approval through City Council Resolution 3257, which granted a special exception for a supper club and nightclub use at the 2300 NW 36th Street address, per City of Miami archives.
Allapattah itself is in the middle of rapid change. A proposed nine-story, 383-unit residential project on NW 35th Street sits near the club, part of a wave of redevelopment Hoodline has tracked in its report on the neighborhood's nine-story housing proposal. As new residential towers rise near an industrial corridor built around late-night venues, the kind of noise and zoning friction that once played out in downtown's Park West district could eventually reach Allapattah's doorstep.
