Vancouver’s old A&B Sound store is reborn as the city’s most exotic late-night spot
Vancouver nightclubs tend to be one-trick ponies. One space, one DJ, one theme running throughout.
Vincent Alvaro thinks this is a bit boring. So he wants to shake things up with his new club, Five Sixty.
Located in the old A&B Sound store at 560 Seymour, it’s much larger than most local nightclubs – 28,000 sq. ft. spread over four floors. The size means it can have several different themes within the overall space. When it’s going full-tilt, 500 patrons will be able to walk around and choose between three separate mini-clubs, each with its own DJ.
But Alvaro sees it as more than just a hopping late-night space. He wants Five Sixty to be a cultural hub, a place where creative people will meet and mingle.
“We’re focusing on the arts community as patrons,” he explains. “People involved in film, fashion, music, the visual arts, design, that type of thing.”
One of the ways he plans to attract the art crowd is by showing original art. Video art will be shown in the main dance space; a mezzanine will have a photo gallery. A painting by Attila Richard Lukacs is behind the bar in a lounge.
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