Miami Nights

KAPOW!~ More Winter Music Conference madness fo yo ass! This week we bring you the Opium Groups lineup, the "Evil Empire" (In a very good way) of clubs in Miami. Owning some of the most successful venues in Miami Beach the Opium Group lays claim to Prive (ultra lounge), Opium Gardens, Set (ultra lux club) and Mansion (Super Club). The WMC line up for The Opium Group is so large you will have to click the "read more" link at the bottom of this post to get the entire picture. But as a service to you, our loyal occasional readers, I will highlight what in my opinion are the banging events. Leave your thoughts in the comments on The Opium Groups lineup this year.

TUESDAY, MARCH 25th @ MANSION

• MSTRKRFT, Benny Benassi, Boys Noize, Fischerspooner & friends

• Danny Howells Presents Dig Deeper

• STEVE AOKI, DIM MAK & BPM PRESENT BANANA SPLIT @ SET (UPSTAIRS ROOM)
  Steve Aoki, DJ AM, MSTRKRFT, LA Riots, Pase Rock & Eli Escobar, Bloody Beetroots

Swedish House Mafia
• Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso & Steve Angello plus special guest Dirty South. Room 2: Kissy Sell Out, Alex Metric & Burns

• Benny Benassi & Dirty South

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Set leads the pack for the most nominations by any Miami venue for this year's 2008 Club World Award to be held Wednesday, March 26 at -- um, well Set during Winter Music Conference. The Opium Group's luxury lounge is nominate for Best Lounge, Best New Venue, Best Sound System, Best Video System, Best Interior Design and Best Resident VJ. Cameo also scored multiple nominations for Best Lighting System, Best Interior Design, Best Renovation and Best One-Off. Mansion, Pawn Shop, Space, Karu & Y, Nikki Beach and Prive also scored nominations.

Full list of nominees after the jump. 

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As a result of The Mark's untimely closure, Josh Menendez' long-running indie party Black Lipstick is relocating to Set Nightclub. This Thursday (8/23) will be the first night, and to ring in the new venue the always-decadent Bronques from Last Nights Party will be hosting the affair. Ladies of ill repute: this means wear your good panties.

Can the usual Black Lipstick customers afford to slam down cocktails at Set's usual prices of $10 - 15 a piece? That remains to be seen, but I think this will be an interesting experiment in taking the usual sound and style of the indie scene up to the next income bracket.

Set Nightclub is located at 320 Lincoln Road on South Beach (Miami Beach, FL). Door can be very selective. Get there before 12 to avoid a long wait. 

Update: No more Bronques - rescheduled. Ladies, don't worry about wearing underwear.

The flagrant folks at Supermarket have put together a new flyer campaign for Thursdays at Set and it's a doozy: