The Family Nightclub Brisbane Valley
Ah yes, The Family. The pinnacle and the ultimate venue in Brisbane. Good way to start a review eh? Already calling it the best place in Brisbane… is it a title well deserved? Or am I just being overly bias in The Family’s favour? It’s really hard to say, I have been going there since they opened and I have seen them shape and form themselves into Brisbane’s most exciting nightclub with hard work and excellent management. To begin with, we can look at the sheer size of the Family: it is by far the biggest nightclub in Brisbane (I am sure that title can extend to QLD). Nevertheless, size doesn’t usually matter for most venues, just look at the Pavilion in West End for example, it is massive, yet - and yes you can quote me on this - it’s Brisbane’s Biggest Waste of Space. The Family on the other hand is one of Brisbane’s iconic venues, it is recommended to all by all and, for me personally, most Friday nights, I count down the minutes in anticipation. Just thinking about being there makes me excited, I can see the Family lights breaking through the smoke-filled dance floor, catching the green bright lasers in my hand as I wave through the air in synch with the DJ. The music slows, picks up, faster, faster, faster, and then explodes in classic Trance climax style. Ah, I want to be there now!
The Family Nightclub
8 McLachlan Street
Fortitude Valley, 4006Tel: (07) 3852 5000
2000+ CapacityFriday: 9pm-5am
Saturday: 9pm-5am
Sunday: 9pm-5am
Located on McLachlan Street, Fortitude Valley, you can easily make your way to the Family by foot from anywhere in the Valley. Around the corner from The Sunbar and further on from The Monastery; if it wasn’t for the long queue of Family-lovers that queue patiently in line, the Family can generally be well hidden. From the outside you tend to not notice that the little entrance, generally manned by 3-4 security guards and a door girl, leads inside to a massive venue. If you have never been, the building size can be a little deceiving; it is a lot bigger on the inside than it looks on the outside. Depending on the night, and the time, getting into the Family can take anywhere between 2 minutes and the greater part of an hour. On special nights when big acts are playing, the line can stretch all the way around the corner to The Sunbar, while during those easy nights when the resident DJs are playing, there may be no line at all (which is a shame because the resident DJs are fantastic).
The Family has always been host to the biggest names and best DJs that come to Brisbane, from DJ Tiesto to Deep Dish to Paul Van Dyk and the bi-annual Ministry of Sound Clubbers Guide / NRG tours plus specials like Gods Kitchen and very soon, Benny Benassi. No other venue in Brisbane can claim to have been host to such big acts. Of course these acts come at a price- for example Deep Dish being priced in at about $55, and Paul Van Dyk at $48. When you think about it, it is a fair amount of money to be paying to see a DJ spin records (even though PVD did all his music on two Laptops- but that really isn’t the point). Those not familiar to the scene find it amazing that people like me are willing to pay a huge amount of money to watch a DJ simply ‘replay’ songs. Unfortunately for those people, they are really missing the idea. If you don’t like Trance (Progressive and other), House or similar music, then the Family might seem alien to you. If you are not familiar with the music, then it might even be painful. Nonetheless, there is still hope for you!
Yes, there is lots of hope! Trance and house and most importantly, Electronic Dance Music (EDM) isn’t something that you simply like or dislike, I have gone from the horrible days of Punk Rock to Heavy Metal to Industrial to Techno and finally I have found my home in EDM and Trance. If you never listen to Trance/House by choice, then the Family can be a good experience, it all depends on you. If you are not willing to give the music a chance, it will render you deaf and its repetitive nature will drive you mad. So if you are new to the Family or if you are not a regular, next time you go, just try to appreciate the music. Given, it may be hard if you don’t know any of the songs, but rest assured no one knows all the songs that get played. In order to appreciate the music, the first rule is: DO NOT look for deeper meaning in the lyrics. Trance is definitely not lyrically based, sure Vocal Trance is my favourite type of Trance and it does have a lot of lyrics, but they don’t really have to make that much sense. There are a number of reasons for this. One- because its about the music, not the lyrics and, two, because most of Trance doesn’t come from English-speaking countries. Vocal Trance is very much European, with the majority coming from Germany and Holland. The main point here is that the music is only as good as you let it be.
Most people believe that with places like the Family, you can only really appreciate the atmosphere if you are on drugs. This is absolute rubbish! I can’t speak for everyone, but from my perspective, the music is all you need. If you let the music in, if you accept the music and take it for what it is, in other words, if you stop resisting the music, stop finding faults, stop actively not enjoying it, stop blocking it out, then it will fall in place. It is indeed a very hard feeling to explain, when the music is about to reach a climax and the DJ is really into it and the strobe light starts flashing fast enough to give you a seizure and you know it’s coming, it begins to build up… and then it all explodes! As a friend of mine puts it: It’s orgasmic!! Might sound stupid, but it’s a good way to describe it.
Anyway, enough about the actual music, let’s get back into talking about the venue. To put it simply and realistically, the Family Nightclub has a monopoly on the nightclub market in Brisbane. It’s true! Brisbane offers very few alternatives (prove me wrong!) that can match the Family’s overwhelming aura and atmosphere (not to mention the line up). Sure you have Uber, and sure you have.. whoops, had, The Monastery (closed from refurb at the moment) and hell, I’ll even put GPO (upstairs) on the list if you want. So let’s go through them. Uber? It’s actually kinda sad; when they first opened I wrote a rather favourable review of them, because they had so much potential. Good venue, change of scenery, and sort of the right idea! I was in Uber just over a week ago, and boy had things changed. The bar staff were almost as bad as Strike Bowling Bar in the city. They really didn’t care, took literally 10 mins to get service when there was hardly anyone waiting, not to mention the bad attitude. Yeah, sure it was just that bartender and he could have been having a bad day, but this is service we are talking about here, there should be no exceptions. Even if we ignore the service, Uber itself was just not happening. The visiting DJ was scratching the records like he was stuck in a time wrap back in 1996. The atmosphere was about as exciting as being stuck in a mine for 2 weeks (yeah sorry, I had to). So that’s Uber.
What about GPO? Well, to be honest, since the whole new Super Upstairs thing has started, I haven’t had a chance to go there on a busy night, I really tried last Saturday but the line was longer than an episode of neighbours and I hate waiting. Nonetheless friends who have gone, think very little of it. It’s just like it used to be, but with a bigger dance floor. Sure these days Baby Gee is at GPO but without the Family sound system and atmosphere, what’s the point? The thing is, no matter what these venues seem to do, no one has the credibility of being an actual nightclub like the Family does. The reason being, the Family was built to be a nightclub, GPO was built to be a bar. Uber, well, it’s a waste!
The service at the Family has never been one to rave about. From the moment you line up, the bouncers check you up and down and the door girl checks your ID and depending on your fashion sense they will let you in or kindly ask you to step out of the line while creating an elaborate excuse about why you can’t get in. Back in the days when the Family first opened, it was actually harder to get in. You had to look reasonably fashionable. The first time I ever went (over 3 years ago), I got rejected. Yes, I admit it. It hurts to admit it, but it’s true. No suits, Microfiber pants, etc allowed. It’s the Family, not The Sunbar. Semi-trendy jeans and smart casual shoes (no, Nike isn’t smart casual) plus a T-shirt bought in the last 10 years will most likely get you in these days. Why is that? Much like The Sunbar, the focus has changed from having that nice exclusive club/bar feel to having that overcrowded money-making feel to it. In other words, it has changed from
“Hey there, sorry but we can’t let you in with those shoes”
to
“That will be $15″
Can you blame them? It’s hard to say. Having all that market to exploit all by themselves can lead to a little bit of greed. I mean, if you reject your potential customers, they will just go somewhere else - mind you, GPO seems to have a stricter dress code than the Family. So you can’t really reject customers when they are going to pay entry fee. Back in the early days, there was no entry fees (cover charge) before 10pm, nowadays there is a smaller cover charge before 10pm and a higher one thereafter.
Cover Charge Range:
Before 10pm
After 10pm
Min
$6*
$10*
Max
$15*
$65
*(up to $65 on touring DJ nights)
When you enter the Family, the first thing that you will (or should) realize is that upon waking the next morning, you are going to have ringing in your ears- which is generally more annoying than the sound of Eddie McGuire’s voice. Trust me. If you stay in and around the dance floor for more than 3-4 hours, you will have ringing in your ears. Don’t panic, it will go away (no comment on permanent damage given weekly exposure - I guess I can be the test study for that in 20 years time). 
The second thing you will notice is that the place is rather huge. From the main entrance you have a choice of walking upstairs to the “uncle” or downstairs to the “basement” alternatively, you can go straight to the “balcony”. Personally it’s always good to start at the balcony, check out who is actually playing, have a drink or so then head downstairs to the dance floor (basement). Early in the night, the dance floor usually includes 10 or so people dancing away in their own style. Lesson Number One, noone cares how you dance. If you are not a dancing person, it’s usually because you think others are judging you because you’re not the most talented dancer. Who cares?! Usually these others are the ones sitting on the seats feeling more insecure than Kim Beazley in a Speedo (oh the imagery) about themselves. Just get up and dance- no one cares!! It’s good fun, you will enjoy it. Lesson two, you can’t appreciate the Family if you don’t dance. I can’t stress this enough. I really can’t. Otherwise there really is no point, granted, the music is good, the atmosphere is awesome too, but you don’t go to the Family to sit down and have a Deep and Meaningful do you? No, you go there so you can dance like a dying bird on steroids… you get the point.
Drinks are expensive. A bottle of water is about $5.. yep. I know, you don’t have to tell me. You know what? Orange Juice is cheaper! Don’t worry about water, not only do you lose $5, but everyone will think you are on drugs. That brings me to one of the more down to earth problems facing the Family. Its reputation: it truly is the biggest and the best in Brisbane, but it also has that ‘drug scene’ reputation going for it. Is it true? To be honest it’s hard to say. These days its getting common for the Police to be in and around, only a month ago there was a massive raid with sniffer dogs and the whole lot. Lots of Ecstasy tablets were seized and a few people were arrested. Of course the media gobbled it up and again, the reputation sank further into its dark little corner. One should really make up their own mind about it. I have been going to The Family pretty much since they opened, and ever since then, I have generally always had a good time without the need for anything extra. As I said before, the problem seems to be that many people can’t appreciate the music without drugs, or that they feel that its part of the experience. Its not, there is no other way of putting it. It really isn’t. I am a big critic of drug use in the scene and there is no excuse for it. I am not going to go into it here. The reality is, yes, there are people at the Family who are on drugs, and yes the proportion might be higher than other venues, but at the end of the day, it’s not your problem. If you are there to enjoy your night, the Family is a great place to be; besides, most of those under the influence are usually super friendly. So it’s no big deal anyway. Temptation can be deadly and it’s not worth it. I have been asked for and offered drugs at The Family; this doesn’t happen anywhere else, so I suppose you can gather your own picture.
If you get past the reputation and concentrate more on the venue and the music, you will love the Family. With great local DJs like tyDi and (if I’m generous) Baby Gee. You will be sure to have good night anytime you go. Things to note. Friday night is the Trance night, with residents like Tydi Playing, while Saturday nights are more house and Sunday’s.. well, its Fluffy night. I will let you figure what fluffy night is the same way I had to 
By the way, all these photos were taken by me, please don’t take them without asking first. Thanks.
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May 16th, 2006 @ 8:21 pm
Ladies: be wary! The stairs are rather scary!
(Especially when you’re wearing 5″ heels) I am a changed woman after that place. I no longer wear heels out drinking, lest I fall down a flight of darkened stairs in a nightclub…like the Family!!!
Also: Al Al Al, DO NOT. And I mean DO NOT waste your time with the GPO. You’ll be bored and disgusted. No more need be said.
June 27th, 2006 @ 7:49 am
Yes, those infamous little stairs everywhere! Fell down @ least 3 times (of course it had nothing to do with the copious amounts of alcohol I had to drink - Ill just blame the shoes)!! And girls, if you’re wearing a short skirt and a gee and walk up the stairs to the ‘bongo room’, you will certainly drawn a lot of attention! I’M LOVIN’ FAMILY!!!
June 30th, 2006 @ 8:24 pm
[...] Its nice to have a routine sometimes. Something to look forward to every week. I used to always find my self at The Family Nightclub on Fridays and in The Sunbar on Saturdays. The Family never got boring, The Sunbar did. Times have changed, I am not at Family as much as I used to be and I am hardly ever in Sunbar since the novelty wore off. However one recent trend that has started in my life is my routine sunday breakfast in West End. I have been going to West End for breakfast for a good year now and having tasted what is on offer I thought it would be good to write a summary. [...]
July 22nd, 2006 @ 6:40 pm
[...] GodsKitchen are back for another tour of Australia, they will be making their stop in Brisbane on Friday the 29th of September at where else but The Family Nightclub in Fortitude Valley. I remember clearly the last time GodsKitchen played (the photo on the right was taken during Cosmic Gate’s set) and it was one of the best nights at The Family. [...]
July 25th, 2006 @ 5:47 pm
[...] Last weekend was really big, I was at The Family Nightclub on Friday night, listening to the great sounds of DJ Tydi till around 2:30am. If you’ve ever been to The Family on a friday night, you would have most probably heard him play. As far as my opinion goes, I think he is one of Australia’s best DJs as he leaves the rest of them leaps and bounds behind. If you want more information, check out his website and listen to his song is it cold as it is fantastic. You can also do him a favour by voting him as the number 1 DJ in Australia! You can do that here. [...]
August 28th, 2006 @ 3:59 pm
I wanna spank, don’t matter if ya can’t dance. Just make that ass bounce, just shake what daddy gave ya!!!
October 2nd, 2006 @ 2:10 am
I think that this night club needs to provide a ‘duty of care’ to its patrons.
The upstair’s balconies surround the dance floor. Glasses often get knocked or thrown from the upper level.
Perhaps plasticware upstairs or a net to shield the dancers??? A night is ruined by an ambulance for a friend!
The Empire had to provide nets to save vehicles as well as pedestrians…why can’t Family make all dancers feel safe?
March 7th, 2007 @ 1:10 pm
YES THE FAMILY IS THE PLACE TO BE AND I KNOW WHAT FLUFFY NITE IS. YEP THE STAIRS AINT GOOD WHEN U WEAR HIGH SHOES. BUT THE MUSIC IS THE BEST
April 3rd, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
sorry guys to be the grim reaper but my experiences at family have always been terrible taking 30 minutes just to walk up one flight of steps while ur arse is being grabed and ur bra undone through the back of ur top is not my idea of a good time also the tickets are outragously priced and you cant move on the dance floor without risking your feet getting squashed or an elbow to the face ( if anyone can move it that far) sorry, i wont go back but im glad u guys enjoy it
April 4th, 2007 @ 10:16 pm
ok, so ive only been to the family twice, but it is my new favourite place in the whole world, the best trick with the stairs is 2 go with ppl whove been there more times than they can count and who no exactly were those killers are, pretty sure the article says it all - ‘the ultimate venue in Brisbane’
April 16th, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
family rockes plain and simple although i havnt
been there for like 2 years cause in victoria but
ecept for all the snobs who think there top
shit…
it has to be the best club in brisvagus.. xxoo
April 21st, 2007 @ 8:17 pm
stupid dress code.
so dumb, I HATE this!!!!
they didnt let me in last sunday coz i had a black pants… everyone was supposed to wear a jean for this night!!!!
drove 1h for nothing.
no more family for me.
April 30th, 2007 @ 1:09 pm
I’ve tried to get in at the family a few times, and always been rejected on ‘dress code’. What the hell is with that?
May 20th, 2007 @ 7:30 pm
Yeh, your’e right, *&!# THE FAMILY, the dress code is one of the most strict, in the whole place, the only club where me and my friends could get into and they didn’t even look at what we were wearing was the the MASS, and its not too bad a club either. So yeh fuck the family.
June 2nd, 2007 @ 6:15 pm
Thanks for all the info ppls. I will be starting work at the Family tonight - thought I’d better read up on it since I’ve never been there. I’ve only just moved to Bris from Toowoomba so I’m thinking the Family will be a significant change to the pub/club’s we have in Woombyland. I can’t say I like it or hate it yet but I can say I am definitely looking forward to 8pm tonight. xxx
June 14th, 2007 @ 9:45 pm
FAMILY definately has a reputation as a Top Club, coz thats exactly what it is!
if you are having trouble getting up the small flight of stairs from Balcony to Uncle, there is actually another set of stairs that are well lit and easier to climb, if you know where the exit is, you will notice another set of stairs going up…a bit easier when your wearing heels or a short Skirt!!
when you have a sound system, lighting and Dj’s like FAMILY its only to be expected thats theres going to be a bit of a crowd!!
as for cover charge, think of how much people pay to go and see a band…its the same thing!!
June 26th, 2007 @ 4:36 pm
Help Us! Will be first time visitors to the family in july and we’re not sure wot to wear can someone help us and give us some idae for us gals, we dont want to be left standing at the door and no were to go cause we want to party hard, get us!!!!!
June 29th, 2007 @ 11:02 pm
Joanna,
Almost anywhere you go, they are trying to boost their female:male ratio. I’ve been accepted into family without dressing up (old grey skate shoes, jeans and a boring dark red shirt) just because I was with a girl, I think. I have been refused while dressing much better.
When I’ve been to Family with my mates, we’ve usually got in wearing the standard valley outfit:
- white leather shoes (work like magic in the valley)
- jeans
- nice, funky bright T shirt
For girls, I’d say try to look sexy, it doesn’t matter how provocative or modest you are. If you look like you’ve lifted a finger to dress up you’ll do well getting into clubs.
August 16th, 2007 @ 6:33 pm
this club is by far the maddest! i live in ipswich n used to go to PLAYERS!!!! omg!, iknow! lol maddest dj eva!!! wooooo rok the club dj! techno all the way!
September 13th, 2007 @ 7:43 pm
hmm when you say white leather shoes.. exactly what kind? I’d reather get a stylish pair rather than a $30 pair of colarados that just doesn’t sit well with me
October 3rd, 2007 @ 3:36 pm
Words cannot describe the family nightclub.
Drugs, alcohol aside- NO ONE can go to family and not go back. The music is so amazing, with winding trance and progressive, to hard techno, i dont care how you dance- just meet me on the basement every friday night.
Serah x
October 4th, 2007 @ 11:32 am
i haven’t been to the vally for age but i luv it since the first time i have been there wit my best mate and some oh his friends and cuzins gee i luv that place i think i am going there next weekend but i have to pass my exam first then i can think of clubbin’! but yer the piont is…Family…is da best! and the satairs are scary expecially when ur drunk.. wen u can see between the stairs and the floor down very scary!
December 16th, 2007 @ 1:43 pm
My son went last Sat to the club for the first time and come home with a black eye. Out of the blue some idiot punched him and he soon found himself surrounded by 4-5 other guys all getting into him. The security guards went quickly to the scene.
I want to thanks them for their fast action to stop the fight. I hate to think what could have happend to my son. Its such ashamed a goodnite out can be spoiled by sickos.
January 2nd, 2008 @ 9:01 am
i had the best night of my life at the family on new years… thanks : )
January 17th, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
great info guys, im not one to party in brisbane so this will be my first time in a night club, and so far this sounds like the best. wish me luck
February 9th, 2008 @ 11:30 pm
This is the best review of a dance music venue/dance music scene I’ve ever read! Tavelling from Perth to visit Family in April for Tieso! Hope they don’t pack it to the rafters though - I want to dance!!
March 1st, 2008 @ 10:53 pm
Has any nightclub ever rejected a woman, ever?
March 10th, 2008 @ 10:34 am
hi i have the royal box hired out the boys want to wear suits, they will be on the list will there be more leaniency? im scared. cos im paying 900 for this room and want the 20 people on the list to get in
April 3rd, 2008 @ 10:42 am
tiesto at family in a month…… the chicks there are dirty and not good looking, but its good to get the dancing shoes out for a night and just loose yourself… and loose everyone your with lol. overall a decent club, but when they pack it for MOS or special events becomes a C***FEST… well its always a c**Kfest
May 11th, 2008 @ 6:46 pm
Agreed, though i have to say although I frequent the family regularly these days but my original experiences were all a horrible failure. However i’m happy to put that down to bad company (as good or bad as a club may be the company you are in always affects your night). The music is great not only because they have choice djs but especially because you can pick and chose the type of beats you want to listen too depending on your mood. One thing i beg though, filthy smoker that i am, is please, please put more chairs in the smoking area!!!! I am a fan!!! but… i also have to berate you for your scathing report of The Met, my advice is give it another go i think you could be plesantly suprised by the not so recent improvements…
September 16th, 2008 @ 11:29 am
do they have to be white or can they be black low cut shoes and i got white low cuts as well
February 7th, 2009 @ 2:35 am
hello, my first night clubbing at the family i get kicked out cause i showed up some poofter cause his moves were shit house. i have rang the police several times in concern of my license being left at your venue. if my license isn’t recovered and returned to me further legal obligations will be taken into acrion and sewing your so called night club will be more then a happy option for me. reply with caution as im recording detail information into the events in which took place on the 6th of febuary 2009.
February 27th, 2009 @ 9:05 am
I bin goin to the family for 2 yrs now there was a stage were i was goin friday night, saturday night, every wkend l love family and wish it would be open more nights its the best club to be partying at til 5am in the morning!!!!!
May 7th, 2009 @ 7:43 pm
Just turned 18 on sunday, going to the family tomorrow night..
Pretty nervous, because im not sure if ill get in..
Im a total tomboy and hate wearing anything dressy.
Would I pass in jeans, leather shoes and a button down ?
June 18th, 2009 @ 11:57 am
Family is good if there is someone good playing. Other than that I probably wouldn’t ever go there again.
I like the fact that GPO has a stricter dress code and only lets people in with a certain image. I’d rather be around cool people and good music than in a crowded smelly dirty place.
June 28th, 2009 @ 10:13 am
THE FAMILY IS A JOKE ! I FIRST WENT A FEWS YEARS AGO, I HAD JUST CAME UP FROM MELBOURNE. I CHECKED OUT SOME GIG GUIDES AND RECORD SHOPS IN SEARCH OF SUTABLE CLUBS/VENUES, THE FAMILY SAID THEY PLAYED TRANCE,PROG(I EVEN SEEN THEM FLOGGING THEM SELVES IN PSY TRANCE ADDS) ALSO I RECIGNISED SOME ARTISTS/DJS, I PICTURED THE MELBOURNE VENUES I HAD SEEN THEM OR WOULD EXPECT TOO, IN ORDER TO HAVE AN IDEA OF THE TYPE OF CROWD. SO ANY WAY I ROLLED UP, IT WASNT WHAT I EXPECTED, I SEE A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE, BEING MADE TO STAND AND WAIT FOR JUDGMENT FROM SOME BITCH.. I SEEN A FEW CATS RECEIVING VIP ENTRY. SO I WALKED UP TO ONE OF THE 4? GUYS ON THE DOOR AND OFFERED HIM $ TO LET ME IN, HE SAID “YES, JUST WAIT TILL THE DOOR WAY CLEARS”.THEN THIS STUPID POWER TRIPPIN BITCH SEES ME AND SAYS THERE WAS A DRESS CODE ! NO “STREET CLOTHES” ALLOWED. I TURNED TO SEE SOME OCA DORKS WEARING SHIRTS WITH COLLARS, UGLY SQUARE CUT JEANS AND CHEAP LEATHER SHOES THAT LOOKED LIKE SCHOOL SHOES. AMAZED I TOLD HER DESCRIBING THIS PLACE WITH TERMS HARD,FAST,PHAT,PROG,TRANCE, WAS A MASSIVE MISREPRESENTATION OF THIS CLUB. I SAID, “SO I HAVE TICKS TO DEEP DISH NEXT WEEK CAN I SEE THEM IN THESE CLOTHES” ? “IVE WORE THESE CLOTHES TO CLUBS ALL OVER THE WORLD….. BUT THEY ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR “FAMILY IN BRISBANE”…. THE TRANCE SCENE AT THE FAMILY IN BRISBANE IS FOR A SELECT GROUP ONLY HEY ? AND “TRANCE IN BRISBANE HAS A DRESS CODE” HOW GOOD DOES THE FAMILY AND ITS STAFF THINK THEY ARE WITH THERE COUNTRY TOWN CLUB THATS YEARS BEHIND EVERY ONE ELSE ?? MELBOURNE AND EVERY OTHER CITY HAVE CLUBS JUST FOR A PARTICULAR TYPE OF CROWD AND DRESS CODES, BUT THEY ARENT TRANCE CLUBS THAT BOOK MAJOR TRANCE ACTS… WHAT A FUCKING JOKE !!!
July 8th, 2009 @ 3:26 pm
The Family is an awesome place to go clubbing, you may need to be on “something” some nights to put up with the overbearing amount of people or the rude men who feel its necessary to grab and pinch parts that don’t belong to them(not condoning this whatsoever), but if you go there expecting the perfect club you’ll be disappointed. If you go there looking to have fun, do that, but remember that it’s not perfect and yes, it could use some work.
For people living in Brisbane, who’re looking for a good night out in Brisbane, who like decent music, not the cheesy shit that gets played all around brisbane; then come to the Family, On friday night they play world class trance, and upstairs Karma and the rest are always cranking decent electro. not the ministry of sound shit you hear, either awesome remixes of that or different underground (soon to be) anthems.
My Opinion- The Family rocks, i’ve been clubbing for over 4 years. No club in QLD beats it, and on Friday nights, you’d be hard pressed to find a club more worthy of the 15$ cover charge you pay to get in. It’s a place so big you won’t want to leave, and offers more than good music and drugged up ravers.. It’s an experience.
Take it as you will, say what you want, the Family will be there for ages, and there’s a reason; The Family is a good clubbing experience.
Don’t expect perfection, but expect a good time and you’ll have a ball!
P.S> I’ll be playing there soon enough! VOTE DJ JER ITM Top 50 Local DJ’s!~
September 4th, 2009 @ 1:42 pm
what can i say, family is honestly the fk’ing shit, been going there for little over a year now, and it never gets old (bar when its a dikfest) but yeah, its awesome, young druggo ravers always were the coolest haha. IM PEAKIN!!!!
September 4th, 2009 @ 1:42 pm
im going tonight to see bexta wooo
October 31st, 2009 @ 3:46 am
Haha…. you know.. the funny thing is when i posted this last post… i didn’t realise i’d become the next resident DJ @ Family.. Just finished my first gig there.
Come to the Family. Period.
May 14th, 2010 @ 4:24 pm
i have heard that the family is a very good place for a female to pick up with another female. i was just wondering if anyone can tell me if this is true.
my partner and i would like to frequent a club that has a little style about it, and has the opportunity to for us make ‘friends’ with women ??
i guess i am asking for something like the beat… but better ??
eve
May 20th, 2010 @ 11:19 pm
I remember going to this club ages ago, like in the early 2000s. The worst thing was always the dress code, one night you’d get in, the next week you wouldn’t. They often seemed to look at the group you were in too and the way you were all dressed. Oh yeah and drugs were rife there back then. Might go check it out again for old times’ sake but I hope the dress code has relaxed a bit.