I have always wanted to explore the old RC Cola Plant in Wynwood. RC Cola had its origins in Georgia just like Coca-Cola but it never became as popular. The building is open sometimes for tours and as an event space. It was closed the day I finally had the chance to come by but I still was able to enjoy all of the art painted on the outside of the building. In 1905 RC (Royal Crown) Cola was founded by Claud Adkins Hatcher, a Columbus, Georgia pharmacist who enjoyed creating soft drinks in the basement of his family's wholesale grocery business. The company was originally called Union Bottling Works. Royal Crown Ginger Ale was the first flavor followed by Royal Crown Strawberry, Royal Crown Root Beer and Chero-Cola. One day Hatcher overheard a route salesman describe a competitors tall bottle as being knee high which inspired him to create the Nehi line of fruit flavors in 1924. These included orange, grape, root beer. By 1925 the name of the company had been changed to Chero-Cola Co. and there were 315 plants in 14 southern states for bottling Chero-Cola and Nehi. In 1928 the company changed its name again to the Nehi Corporation because of the popularity of the fruity soft drinks. Things were going along well for the corporation until the Great Depression and the stock market crash of October 1929. Business finally began to stabilize by the 1930's but Hatcher passed away suddenly at the age of 46 on December 31, 1933. His will provided for the establishment in 1938 for the Pickett and Hatcher Educational Fund named after his good friend Devitt Pickett. The fund offered college educations to students who couldn't otherwise afford them. The fund is still operating today benefitting thousands of college students. Hatcher was succeeded by Vice President H.R. Mott who led the company to profitability in the 1940's by streamlining operations and cutting expenses. In 1946 celebrities such as Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Joan Crawford advertised for the company. In 1955 the name of the company was changed to Royal Crown Cola Company. In 1961 they made a breakthrough with a diet cola that tasted good and had no aftertaste. Diet Rite Cola took the company to new heights until cyclamate, the low calorie sweetener used in the soda was banned in 1969. 1975 brought to the public the popular ad campaign "Me and my RC." In 1980 the first caffeine free RC cola was introduced and in 1983 Diet Rite was eventually reformulated with NutraSweet. In 1984 RC Cola was bought by Chesapeake Financial Corporation an affiliate of Victor Posner and the headquarters was relocated from Atlanta, Georgia to Miami, Florida. An unfavorable court ruling against Posner spelled the end of RC Cola and it closed down in 1993 due to financial mismanagement. After becoming abandoned, the building began attracting graffiti. Today the RC Cola building is a focal point of the prestigious Art Basel held every December. It has appeared in the movie 2Fast2Furious. The plant is now owned by the Mana Urban Arts Project nd it is used for parties, festivals, events, and trade fairs. Art pieces painted there are under the curation of the Bushwick Collective. A full list of upcoming events can be found online. read more

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It's an abandoned building! It's Public Art! It's a Grafitti Mural! It's a Movie Set! It's the Old RC Cola Plant!! George M. gave a great historical lesson on it, and I had the chance to check it out during the Wynwood Art Fair this afternoon legally ;) I'm half tempted to take out a star because there were no industrial piping by where they used to make the soda, but there was killer grafitti and you could inhale the history in the air, and see some real cool industrial architecture. I also got to see the making of an action film while sauntering through the facility. This place has potential too, for either a killah Halloween party or Full Moon drumming! read more

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My favorite WMC/MMW Party is Above and Beyond at the Old RC Cola Plant. Great venue for such great music. Easy to navigate and walk around. Open air parties are my favorite and even better when weather is cool at night. Nothing sucks more than being packed like sardines feeling all hot and sweaty. Not here! read more

So you've been to Wynwood Walls on a certain Saturday and think street art is just tubular Well, why don't you sauner on over a couple blocks and check this place out Mostly filled with local graffiti artist (different than street artist) and not containing the creature comforts of a restaurant on the premises I find The Plant to be a little more interesting and infinitely grimmier The best time to check out the art inside is on a random weeknd day On the south side of the grounds there is/was a hole in the wall that you could crawl through to scope out the guts of this graffiti magnet Graffiti timeline of the RC Cola Plant: (thank you New times) *Early 1990s: The words "Yammy, Yammy, Miami" are displayed on one of the walls *1995 through 1998: All illegal pieces *1999: Illegal blockbuster done by graffiti legends Crook and Crome (Crook and Crome are two of Miami's most infamous graffiti writers. During the height of the controversy surrounding these two artists, they executed an enormous blockbuster on this wall during the daytime.) *2000-2001: Lebo painted the wall and was dissed by Miami graffiti writers. (Lebo Lebatard is a Miami artist with a fantastic career. He is known for painting a lot of music-inspired works of art and is the brother of the sports writer and radio host Dan Lebatard. The reason it got dissed is because the wall belonged to Miami Graffiti writers, and Lebo painted over their works. Though he is a respected artist, he's not a street artist. It probably wasn't intentional, but that's what happened.) *2002: Meks, Aim Crew, Freek, Ultra, Gwiz, Dam Crew, Cure, Msix, Bane, MSG, and the inkheads painted a mural for use in the movie 2 Fast 2 Furious. *2005 (est.): Altoids uses local graffiti artists to create a writer's album for promotional purposes. *2008: Primary Flight takes over the plant with permission from its current owners. *2009: Primary Flight redoes both the interior and exterior of the property for Art Basel. *2010: Primary Flight will again rework the old RC Cola Plant as part of its Art Basel installation. read more

Great spot to take some paint and practice a piece or whatever it is you want to do on the wall..this place has so much history..if you know you know.. read more

We went for the A&B show and unfortunately didn't stay long. The bathroom situation was scary. There was only one entrance and exit to the port o potties and it was extremely overpacked to the point that you couldn't even walk. I ended up paying a security guard to use the VIP bathrooms. Than we made our way to the bar which was another mess, after waiting almost 20 minutes to order a drink we decided that was enough and left. It's a shame because we never even got to see who went for and we spend $75 each on tickets. read more

Location: On NW 6th Avenue. The plant is a series of buildings but you can only access one of them (I think it's corner NW 23rd). That said, I'm told the gate isn't alway open. The place: The RC is an abandoned cola plant that is, in fact, condemned (the building I explored). If you're into graffiti and street art like me, then you'll love it. It was awesome to see Montreal writers up on the walls as well as some international artists too. When I went, the lot outside the building I was in had some kind of shoot going on so I had to come back to shoot some of the pieces I want, like Sipros, Shok 1 etc. Note that if you plan to go, wear runners or old shoes - much of the flooring is wet with 1-2 inches of water and it's also slippery. You enter at your own risk - the building has structural damage. Make sure to check out the area around! I went alone and had no problems but I tend to go around with a f**k you attitude when I'm solo (=-D Service: N/A Price point: N/A read more

What a horrible experience! 6 of us paid for vip. The bathrooms were Porto potty's with no tp and no way to wash your hands with 1000's of people? Water was $ 8.50! How can you charge that for water? Smirnoff vodka ? Was that some kind of joke? 18$ for it? Lol! Your literally standing on the side of the freeway in a seedy neighborhood. Lastly the security guards were selling and pushing drugs very aggressively. The job is to protect people! We go out all over town and will be sure to let people know about this horrible place. read more

I will never, attend any event here or a Blockparty event ever again. Between two lines we all waited 3.5 hours just to enter. Even when it looked like rain coming we were left to wait in line while many photographers took pictures of everyone as the waiting line grew. Thanks to the brewery across the street that allowed so many to use the restroom. They did not allow umbrellas or chairs, this information was not available until we arrived there to enter. Worse there were no seating, so we stood until 1am, the show was suppose to end at 12am meaning they no nothing about time. People were passing out. Food trucks had hour long waiting lines Sore, swelling feet caused us to leave early on main attraction. read more

Went here for the wynwood fear factory event. The place is the perfect venue for a halloween party. Huge acts from around the world including Borgore, Benny Benassi, Adventure Club, Laidback Luke, Armin Van Buuren, Lost Frequencies, Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike came here to perform on a huge earth shaking great sounding stage. Everything was laid out perfectly from the drinks, the food and bathrooms were all easily accessible. The ribs food truck in the back was cooking up a storm I had their pulled pork tacos that were surprisingly good for a music event. There was lots of graffiti art to look around and an open sky under the stars for a perfect setting for a concert. The lines in the front moved really fast to get in and major props to the security for maintaining safety during the show. It was a great time and amazing venue for any concert. If there is another show i'll be there in a heartbeat. read more

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Checked in here because of the Sprung Beer Festival. I am not sure how much I can say about this place other than it is the perfect space for festivals. I actually like the fact that it looked like an abandoned lot from the outside, but a whole new world awaits inside. I also liked the graffiti on the inside since it gives it a unique face. Overall this venue has the right space to throw a major party, festival or anything that involved food, music, booze and happy times. read more

WORST place to have a concert!!! I don't understand the thinking behind Best Life Festival 2018.. No seating and the festival was from 2-12a.. Lawn chairs Not Allowed, no lie, water $7!! Can of soda, $4. That should be ILLEGAL! Walked in expecting seating being no chairs allowed, wrong. True story, from the time I was there 5 ppl fainted! Food trucks ran out of food. Sad but left early. Terrible production read more

Two reviews and both used the word "saunter." I love it. It's a nice woody word Sauuunnnnterrrrrrr