{"id":270918,"date":"2026-05-14T14:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/270918\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:37:09","slug":"downtown-miamis-underground-sound-room-goes-phone-free-to-keep-partiers-in-the-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/270918\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Miami&#8217;s underground sound room goes phone-free to keep partiers in the moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"Hands holding a phone recording bright stage lighting in a dim room. Bokeh background and party mood in a nightlife setting.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shutterstock_2690925521-2-1024x683.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shutterstock_2690925521-2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"Hands holding a phone recording bright stage lighting in a dim room. Bokeh background and party mood in a nightlife setting.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShutterstock\/Piotr Piatrouski<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a data-force-follow=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/secretmiami.com\/author\/bianca-marcof\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy- class=\"avatar avatar-40 photo\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/profile1-150x150.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/profile1-150x150.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-40 photo\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tStaff Writer\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\tMay 14, 2026<\/p>\n<p>If you didn\u2019t post about it, did it even happen? We\u2019re all spending more and more time glued to our screens in this digital age, and nowhere is that more apparent than being out and about in Miami. The entire city can feel like one giant backdrop for the perfect social media post.<\/p>\n<p>But popular Downtown Miami nightspot <a href=\"https:\/\/secretmiami.com\/jolene-sound-room-miami\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretmiami.com\/jolene-sound-room-miami\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Jolene Sound Room<\/a> is pushing back against the glow, urging guests to break the habit and live in the moment by announcing that it is now a phone-free space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe invite you to be present, to let go and be one with the dance floor,\u201d the venue wrote in an Instagram post last week, before adding, \u201cWe will be covering all phone cameras and we encourage to keep [it] away at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phone-free clubs have been a staple in techno capitals like Berlin for years, and Jolene joins a growing list of venues putting stickers of the phone cameras of partiers in an effort to foster deeper human connection and respect for artists without worrying about being recorded.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miaminewtimes.com\/music\/why-this-downtown-miami-venue-is-going-phone-free-40546919\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.miaminewtimes.com\/music\/why-this-downtown-miami-venue-is-going-phone-free-40546919\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">Miami New Times<\/a>, co-owner Coloma Kaboomsky (who also runs Club Space) said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith phones becoming an extension of most people, we want to encourage being present and stepping away from the digital world while we partake in what we consider to be the ancestral practice of gathering around the sound of drums.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tucked underneath the historic Julia &amp; Henry\u2019s building on Flagler Street, Jolene is a retro-inspired dance club steeped in history. It sits in what is believed to have been Al Capone\u2019s liquor stock tunnel and is designed to evoke a 1970s recording studio aesthetic, making it a hotspot for music lovers who prefer a curated auditory experience over a mega-club atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>And there\u2019s something quite refreshing about shutting off your phone and taking in all the vibes. Who would\u2019ve thought?!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd 200 E Flagler St, Miami, FL 33131<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shutterstock\/Piotr Piatrouski \u00a0\u2013\u00a0 Staff Writer \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 May 14, 2026 If you didn\u2019t post about it, did it even&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-270918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}