Hialeah Mayor Esteban "Steve" Bovo sent an emailed statement to New Times via the city's communications office, saying Hialeah would work to accommodate the wishes of residents who live near the venue but that he supports bringing more entertainment to the city with businesses like Factory Town. The post suggested that the city would also "explore legal remedies" and "continue to fight this at all levels." The City of Miami Springs released a statement on Instagram with a graphic of the word "NOISE" inside the red circle-backslash symbol: "The City of Hialeah issued a permit for this outdoor concert without restrictions on complying with any type of noise ordinance. Mayor Mitchell, Councilmembers, and the City Manager have been in contact with Mayor Bovo's office, and Commissioner Rebeca Sosa's office, in order to get their assistance on what can be done to stop this." Hialeah police did not respond to a request for comment from New Times. Sunday, Miami Springs police urged residents to report the noise to the Hialeah PD and tagged and "#HialeahPolice." "Unbelievable that the music is so loud it travels for miles," commented another. ![]() "The music/noise pollution coming from one of our neighboring cities is unacceptable," one Facebook user posted on the Miami Springs Community Spotlight page. Factory Town hosted concerts into the wee hours every night from Thursday through Sunday, featuring performances by Loco Dice, Michael Bibi, and Claptone.Ī post shared by Factory Town Though the warehouse space doesn't have any immediate residential neighbors in Hialeah, the sound from the venue appears to have traveled all the way to Miami Springs, Mayberry-like hamelt of roughly 14,000 residents, mostly young families and retirees, according to U.S. ![]() But the decibels seemed to have been cranked up this past weekend for Miami Art Week. The event space opened over Halloween weekend and has hosted live music and DJs since. But there wasn't much they could do, because its source - Factory Town, an outdoor music venue in an industrial warehouse district - was out of their jurisdiction at 4800 NW 37th Ave. Sunday, Miami Springs Police Department dispatchers say, they'd received more than 100 calls complaining about the noise. Curtiss) yet sports a markedly different cultural and urban identity, one that sometimes puts the neighboring municipalities at odds with one another.īy 1:30 a.m. No windows were broken: It turned out the loud music wasn't coming from the neighbors or even a house down the street, but from an entertainment venue nearly two miles away in Hialeah, a municipality that borders Miami Springs and was founded by the same aviation pioneer (Glen H. "It was maddening," he tells New Times in Spanish. Though he tries to stay on good terms with his neighbors, Robert Torres was so sleep-deprived and desperate, he was tempted to throw rocks at the neighbors' window to get them to turn down the music. Then they figured the reverberating noise was coming from the house next door: It felt that close. “Fatboy Slim at The Masquerade Pacha Ibiza.Septuagenarian retirees Robert and Lilia Torres couldn't fall asleep on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights, owing to the persistent "boom, boom, boom" of the bass that thumped through their Miami Springs home until 3 a.m.Īt first the pair thought their roof was going to collapse on top of them. ![]() What’s the best DJ set you’ve seen this year? The Masquerade parties have gained worldwide recognition and this year he took the concept round the globe with events in Peru, Bogota, Barcelona, Amsterdam and is heading to Melbourne, Australia in November. This summer his renowned Masquerade parties returned for a season at Pacha in Ibiza, inviting the likes of Kerri Chandler, Todd Terry, Paul Woolford and many more to join him. This year he’s kept his foot firmly on the dancefloor, remixing Rune’s iconic ‘Calabria’, and has collaborated with Mylo for a rework of ‘Drop The Pressure’, as well as releasing a single ‘Make Love Not War’ featuring the vocals of Nathan Nicholson. Rising to fame with his early hits ‘Cream’ and ‘No Eyes’ featuring Jaw on Exploited, he’s kept up a consistent run of releases ever since, last year releasing his third studio album ‘Closer’ that featured guest appearances from Seal, James Vincent McMorrow, Like Mike and more. Rising star DJ/producer of 2022: “James Hype.”įor the past decade, the masked enigma Claptone has continued to rise, enthralling crowds of thousands with his catchy records and engaging DJ sets. ![]() Best known for: “Being unknown, and for my golden mask, of course.”įave tune of 2022: “Claptone, Rune ‘Calabria (Claptone Remix)’.”
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