Downtown dance club and video bar Oddfellows began a massive expansion and renovation project just before the pandemic shut down everything last year. That explains why the popular nightspot on the ground floor of the Ogden wasn’t able to reopen until about a month ago, but if you haven’t returned to its dancefloor just yet, now’s the time. Oddfellows is combining a grand-opening celebration with its sixth-anniversary party for Labor Day Weekend.
Owner Harvey Graham says it was tough to watch Fremont East clubs and bars come back with a vengeance while the Oddfellows upgrade trudged along, slowed by COVID-19, but it was worth the wait. The space is now close to 4,000 square feet, almost twice as large as before, with a much larger dancefloor and a new, separate speakeasy. Extra bonus fun: There are pinball machines and frozen drinks.
“I think we’re even more unique now,” he says. “It’s the same vibe, but now when we have Friday ’80s night, when can do the ’90s in the back room. We’re still exploring how that space is going to play out, but we can program two different things each night if we want.”
Oddfellows was already a club apart, the rare venue Downtown or anywhere else where actual dancing is a regular occurrence, so a bigger, better version is a significant step.
The upcoming Footloose Friday ’80s night will also feature a ticket giveaway for Morrissey’s shows at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, then Saturday brings the “Back From Hell” grand reopening party with Sunday wrapping the weekend with an anniversary bash. –Brock Radke
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