Factory Town — Attraction in Hialeah

**UPDATE: We attended factory town for both Hocus Pocus 2023 and now Rose Avenue/ Elrow 2023 this year and to say I am impressed is an understatement. Everyone involved with production, lights, sound, art installations, are just beyond words. The team really outdid themselves and are truly paving a new way for festivals. These guys are not afraid to go above and beyond, and the fact that the team is so passionate about this project truly shows the moment you enter an event at factory town. I think I have to say this is by far my favorite outdoor rave venue in south Florida. Amazing job guys.

Factory town is so much fun. We went a few times for their special events. They have pop up vendors for food, and hand crafted items, etc. The drinks can be a bit pricey if you’re drinking cocktails but beers are decently priced. If there’s automatic gratuity, I’ll usually tip from 5-7% extra because the bartenders are usually quick about it. The ground is mostly dirt on the pathways but gravel on the main areas, I wouldn’t wear white shoes if you don’t want to be stepped on or getting them dirty walking through. There’s different areas with different djs playing on the grounds. Rule of thumb like anywhere, keep an eye on your belongings. Unfortunately my phone did get stolen at Elrow but I also was not going to let that ruin the evening! We’ve seen so many good djs here!! Carl Cox, Fisher, Solomun, Chris Lake, Joshwa, Mau P… it goes on! The lighting and visuals are amazing, I loved the alien-outer space setup. The sound quality is so good too! I always see the vip on the next to the stages and they always look like so much fun to be dancing in, I would love to experience that one day. For parking, it is in the warehouse district in hialeah so expect to walk or pay for parking. We usually chip in to pay to park closer to the venue anyway. All good experiences here! Yes it sucked my phone was stolen right out of my bag but I also feel like I should have been more aware so next time I will remember that and be more responsible about that. Porta-potties were also updated recently so that was also...

STAY AWAY FROM THIS VENUE!!! Just as the most recent comment below mine had mentioned, I also had my phone stolen at this venue as I attended the Circoloco event during Art Basel on 12/9. I have been an attendee of Club Space affiliated events and venues for years as well as many festivals/events across the US for over a decade and this has certainly been one of the most violating experiences I have endured at a venue that truly jeopardized my safety and that of other attendees.

My phone was stolen from INSIDE of my closed zippered crossbody purse while standing off to the side of the main stage crowd-not even 20 minutes into being at Factory Town. This is the first time have ever had my phone stolen and it was immediately turned off. And with that said, any attempt to recover my phone was not even going to be a viable option.

The lack of security personnel and actual police presence inside is unfathomable and the balance of the non-safety staff inside does not care about your safety either. If you are approaching them to ask a question or for assistance rather than lining their pockets with your money (i.e.-purchasing drinks/bottle service, merchandise, etc.) they brush you off and ignore you. I had to approach 4 different event staff to even get pointed remotely in the direction of the Lost and Found area.

The Lost and Found "area" is solely a large QR code on the wall that will lead you to a landing page to show you what has been turned in without a physical person to actually help you with your issue along with a "security guard" that is just ready to send you away. Although the website says that you "file a claim", there isn't actually a landing page to do so. Again, this further emphasizes their lack of concern for personal safety and to withhold their liability.

Overall, there is an extreme lack of genuine respect for others in today's dance music community and venues like Factory Town are now just full of scammers and professional thieves that are being overlooked by security by this event group to...

We went to Hocus Pocus / Factory Town and had a good time, but parking scammers messed it all up. Everybody planning to go there should read this review.

After we've arrived, we've got parked in front of a warehouse with the help of some staffers in vests and equipped with light sticks. They charged us $30.

When we came back early in the morning our car was gone.

There were now 3 different guys sitting in chairs and telling us that we had parked in a tow away zone of their company, while there were still many cars parked and one other car was even standing on the spot where our car had been.

They said that we should have parked with them and that those guys who parked us were not allowed to do so.

Fun fact, they even told us that they were already there when we arrived, but that was an obvious lie because the area is relatively small.

After some discussion about this obvious scam, we went to the towing company. The guy there told us that the owner of the warehouse is living in Chile and is personally surveying this warehouse via camera all the time, even at night. I'm not kidding, that's what the guy said to us.

I mentioned that the guys who were sitting there right now did pretend to be the owners. He said that they were lying and that we would still have to pay $145.

So, we did in the end because we really wanted to go home.

It's obvious that this messed up our whole experience with Factory Town, and whoever is responsible at Factory Town should do something against those scammers.

The companies involved in this:

RALPH AUTO SALES, INC.

ASAP TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC

BTW I will also file a...