Rome’s famous Goa club will close after almost three decades

A sad blow for Italian nightlife, Rome’s much-revered Goas Club has announced that it will close its doors for the final time at the end of October. 

Bringing an end to 26 years of electronic music culture in the Italian capital, it has been confirmed that property developers will transform the iconic club space into university classrooms. 

Goa’s owner and co-founder Giancarlino told DJ Mag Italia: “We have done everything possible to stay where we are, but every proposal made has been rejected.”

“We created Goa Club 26 years ago through a thousand sacrifices, we were young and with little money in our pockets,” he added. “We found these warehouses behind the old general market and today only crazy people like us could have opened a place there and redeveloped the area of ​​Via Libetta in that way. An area that, at the time, was completely bare and devoid of nightlife. I leave with many memories of affections and friends who have passed between these walls.”

With no possibility of overturning the plans, Goa club has released a series of final events – building to a climactic ending on October 31st with Donato Dozzy, Adiel and Eva Geist.

It’s not all doom and gloom, though, as this isn’t the end for Goa club as a brand. Plans are already in place to relocate the club to another location within Rome. 

“For the new era of Goa, we have identified two possible locations, very beautiful and larger than the current spaces,” says Giancarlino. “This will allow us to prepare a Goa Club 2.0 with a greater openness to art, including exhibition spaces, workshops, and recording studios open during the day.”