NIGHTLIFE LIST
NIGHTLIFE
I Nightlite is listed as a diary. tirst byday (in this section each ol the two particular days or the fortnight are treated as one), then by city and then by venue. Special Club nights are listed under their club name tollowed by their venue. A separate venue list follows the diary listings. with addresses and phone numbers. He In order to be as accurate as possible. only those discos able to contirm their prices and days are listed in the diary. The venue list may be consulted tor more nightlite locations - but check with venue. Please send intormation ten days belore publication.
KEY: [S] students and guestsonly;
IND] no denims; [NT] no trainers;
[A] available for private hire on certain nights. please contact venue.
FRIDAYS Glasgow
I The Alhambra 31 Waterloo Street. 221 3260. 8pm—midnight. Free. Resident DJ with the latest sounds.
I The Batcave at Henry Afrikas. 11pm—3.30am. £4 without ticket. IBennets 11pm-3.30am.£2.50. Mainly Gay with Hi—NRG music.
IThe Choice 11pm—3.30am.£4. Newclub takes over from Pzazz.
I Cleopatras 10.30pm—2.30am. £3. Non-stop mixed disco sounds in the West End. Come early — stay late. [A]
I Colors at Fury Murrys. £2. 11pm—3.30am. As expected. ‘The Geezers‘ have established themselves easily in Furys with their wide variety of groovy sounds.
I Crash at the Cotton Club. 11pm—3.30am. £3.50 (£2.50 with ticket ). A wide mixture of music will be played by DJ David Ross. a bit different from normal disco material. Look out for drinks promotions every week.
IFollies 10.30pm—3.30am.£3.50. Chart-based disco sounds. [ND] [NT]
I Hard Rock Cane at the Venue. 10pm till late. £3.50. Live music and disco.
IJoe Paparazzi llpm—3.30am. £2 (£1 students). ‘True Colors' Joe‘s claim. but I thought Colors had moved to Furys'.’
I Hollywood Studios 1 lpm—3.30am. £3.50. Over 21 House disco. [A] [NT]
I Joy at Sub Club. 11pm—3.30am. £3.50. [N
I The Kraze at the Warehouse. 11pm—3.30am. £2 with ticket; £4 without. Deep house. funk. hip-hop.
I Maytair 1 1pm—3am. £3.50. Over 25s night in the ballroom and Radio City at the Cameo Suite. See below.
I Mr D's 10pm—2am. £4. Fun atmosphere and games at Shawlands' one and only nightclub.
I Panama Jax10.45pm—330am.£3.50. Soul and mixed chart music with resident DJs. Tommy Arnold or Raymond Davrcn.
I Peggy Sues 10.30pm—3am. £1.50. Divorced and singles night.
I Radio City at the Mayfair. 10pm—2am. £1.50. Psychedelic sounds to match the groovy wallpaper.
I Rattles 10.30—3am. £3. Disco sounds with DJ Roddy Stewart. [A]
I STOMP at Mardi Gras. 10.30pm—3.30am. £2.50.
I SWOS (Single. Widowed. Divorced. Separated club) at Rooftops. This runson Fridays and Saturdays and plays 60s‘ and 70s‘ music. Members£l (£5 tojoin); non-members £2.
I Tin Pan Alley 1().30pm—3.30am. £4 without ticket; £3 with.
Edinburgh
I The Adventures ot Tin Tin at the Mission. 10pm—4am. £2. A ‘fun time'one presumes.
I The Amphitheatre i0pm—4am. The Friday Night Spectacular. £3.50. [A] [ND] I Buster Browns llpm—3.30am. £2.75; half price drinks and admission before midnight. Chart and dance music. Aimsat over 20s atmosphere. [A]
I Cale St James Club 25 Disco Fri and Sat 8pm—2am. £1 members; £2 non-members. Membership £2. A wide range ofpop sounds played to a relaxed. friendly crowd. [ND] [NT]
I Chaplins at Finsbury Park's Night Club. 11.30pm—6am. £2. Free before midnight. the middle floor of Finsbury is nowopen serving snacks throughout the night. Dancing upstairs. [A] [NT]
I Edgars 10pm-—4am. £1 before 11pm;£2 before midnightz£3 after. Quirky interior with plenty ofdark corners. Also Edgars has probably the most expensive air conditioning. very cool. [A]
I Freedom Express at Wilkie House. llpm—3am. £2.50 (£2). Impressive international array of sounds. Acid jazz. new beat. Afro sounds from the Spanish Harlem team.
I Grindlay Street Union Rpm—1.30am. Cheap drinks galore. usually busy. but lacking anything to lift it out ofthe identikit student mould. [A]
I The Holy Club at Bermuda Triangle. 10.30pm—4am. Style-conscious club from the Spanish Harlem stables. Up to the moment sounds all night long.
I Insomnia at The White Swan Cellar Bar. 10.30pm—2.30am. £2. New club playing hip hop. deep house and underground dance.
I Millionaire‘s lllpm-bam. £2. (£1 before midnight). Mostly but by no means exclusively gay club with a predominantly Hi-NRG soundtrack.
I Outer Limits at Coasters. 10.30pm—4am. £2 till 1 1pm; £3 after. Very popular conventional disco. [A] [NT]
I Potterrow Rpm—1am (Happy Hour 8.30—9.30pm). Students Free1guests£1 . Good selection of alternative sounds but go easy on the draught beers if you‘ve any engagements on Saturday.
I Reggae Club at Shady Ladies. 10.30pm—3am. £2. Best conventional reggae selection in town complements a good skank atmosphere.
I The Renaissance at Barbados Suite. 10pm—3am. £1 .50. Indie sounds being played to increasingly large crowds. Music also on the upswing despite an over-reliance on the ‘jangly‘ side ofthings. I Rock Night at Madisons. 9pm— 3am. £1 before 1 1pm; £2 after. Busy and pretty much what you‘d expect.
I Teviot How 7pm—2am. Four bars. two discos and live bands. Not for the faint-hearted. [S]
I Underground at the Venue 9pm—4am (Happy Hour 9—10pm). 9June only: £2. Wide selection of punk alternative sounds played at ear-shredding volume.
I Zenatec 10pm—3am. Free before 10.30pm; 50p before 11pm; £1 before 11.30pm; £3.50 after. The aptly-named ‘Beat the Clock‘. All drinks are halfprice before 11.30pm. [A] [ND] [NT]
SATURDAYS
Glasgow
I The Alhambra 31 Waterloo Street. 221 3260. 8pm—midnight. Free. Resident DJ with the latest sounds.
I Bennets 11pm—3.30am. £3. MainlyGay with Hi-NRG music.
I Brat Pack at Knightsbridge SW1.
7pm— 10.30pm. £1 .50 with ticket;£2 without.
I The Brown Paper Bag Co at Tin Pan Alley. 10.30pm—3.30am. A new nightwill be starting on 10 June. Worth checking out going by other clubs previously successful on Saturday nights in Tin Pan Alley. The name and theme will change each month with the idea to move away from the deep house garage sound. Tequila and So|£l. I The Choice at Pzazz. 1 1pm-—3.30am.£4. DJs include Segan. Harry. and Colin Barr. Beers and slammers £1 . iced teas £2.
I Cleopatras l0.30pm—2.30. £3. Non-stop disco sounds in the West End. Come early — stay late.
I Cotton Club 1 lpm—3.30am. £5. The night at the Cotton Club. What more can be said'.’ [A]
I Follies 10.30pm—3.30am. £4.50. Chart-based disco sounds. [ND] [NT]
I Hard Rock Calle at the Venue. 11pm till late. £3.50. With DJ George.
I Henry Atrikas 11pm—3.30am. £4. Playing the best in Balearic Beats. soul and house. Look out for live PAs as well.
I Hollywood Studios 11pm—3.30am.£4. See Fri.
I House Live at Tin Pan Alley. 10.30pm-3.30am. £3.50. The House Live is back on the top floor ofTin Pan Alley by popular demand.
I Kiss at SW1 . £3.50 (look out for promotional tickets in bars).
I Libra at Hollywood Studios. £3.50. Over 25s' disco. Also on Wednesdays.
I The Mad Hat Club at Joe Paparazzi.
1 lpm~3.30am. Slightly unusual name fora slightly unusual night (they had a juggler on the door on opening night!).
I Mardi Gras l(l.30pm—3.3(lam. £4. Mardi Gras Club Night. A mixture of house and chart sounds. [A]
I Maytair l 1pm-3am. £3.50. ()ver21s disco in the ballroom and llelter Skelterin the Cameo suite.
I Mr D's See Fri.
I Panama Jax 1 1pm—3.30am. £4 Soul and mixed chart music with resident DJs. Tommy Arnold or Raymond Davren.
I Rattles 10.30—3am. £3. Disco sounds with DJ. Roddy Stewart. [A]
I Savoy 11pm—3am.£3.50. Over 21s‘ night at Glasgow's largest disco. [A]
I SLAM at Fury Murrys. 11pm—3.30am. £3.50.
I Sub Club 11pm—3.30am £4. The evergreen Sub Club is still as popular and trendy as ever. so be prepared to queue if you arrive after midnight. All sortsof dance music will be going down tonight. [A]
I SWOS (Single. Widowed. Divorced. Separated club) at Rooftops. See Fri.
I Teenscene at the Savoy. 7pm-l0.30pm. £2 with ticket; £1 without. Under 18s' disco with Radio Clyde DJ Gary Marshall.
Edinburgh
I The Amphitheatre l l .30pm—4am. £4. Halfprice before 1 1pm. Entertain yourself in style in Scotland's Ultimate Nightclub. [A] [ND]
I Buster Browns t tpm—4am. £3.75. Worthwhile night with steady youthful crowd. Buster Browns‘ Under- 18s disco. 8—11pm.See Fri. [A]
I Cate St James See Fri for details. Good venue which is free to hire for private functions. [ND] [NT]
I Chambers Street 8pm— lam (Happy Hour 8.30—9.30pm). 75p. Restrained student disco and all the better for it. [S] I Chaplins at Finsbury Park's Night Club. 11.30pm—6am. Chaplins‘ middle floor bar is also now open through to 6am. See Fri. 1A1 INTI
I Cinderellas Rockertellas 9pm—3am. £2.50; £2 before 11pm. lmmensely popular mainstream club. DJs Rick Baker and Gary Glover host the ‘biggest party in town.‘
I Club Sandino at Liberty's. 3 June only: 10pm—3am. £2.50 (£1 .50). Ever-popular monthly mix of salsa. jazz. soul and more. I Coasters 6.30pm—10pm. £1.50. Under 18s.
I Dance and Soul at Shady Ladies. 10pm—3am. £2. A move to Saturdays for a club which has achieved popularity by showcasing a wide spectrum ofsoul sounds.
I Edgars 10pm—4am. £2 before midnight; £3 after. Membership forms for the suitably impressed available at the door. I Hades at the White Swan Cellar Bar. Starts 10.1une. 10pm—2am. £2(£1.50 before 1 1pm). New home for popular alternative club.
I The Hooch at Coasters. 10.30pm—4am. £2.50. Yogi with Acid House. soul and jazz.
I Juiu at Wilkie House. 1 1pm—4am. £2.50. New club from the makersof Spanish Harlem. Expect upfront soul. garage and 70s‘ disco and more.
I Kangaroo Club at The Mission. 10.30pm—3am. £2. Still going afterall these years. Youthful atmosphere with easy dance music. Predictable. but still a good venue.
I Mambo Club at Coasters. £2. Taking over from the Goombay Beat with a far superior selection of reggae and rhythm. I Millionaire’s 10pm—6am. £2 (£1 before 12). See Fri.
I Outer Limits at Coasters. 10.30pm-4am. £2 before 11pm; £3.50 after. American sprung dancefloor and good music makes for an energetic Saturday. [NT]
I Overload at Buster Browns. 8—11).3(lpm. £1 .50members; £2.50non-members. Under 18s' club with more than the usual chart music to offer to a more discerning audience.
I Rock Cate at the Venue. 9pm—3am. See Rock listings for details ofgroups
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