FESTIVAL
CLUBS
FRIDAYS
I Blue Oyster Club 1 lpm-4am. £2. Ever-popular gay club with an ermm. eclectic playlist . . . Kylie. Jason and perhaps a bit of Dannii too. Love it!
I Buster Browns 10.30pm-3.30am. £1.50 before 11.30pm/£3 after. Mainstream chart sounds mixed with soul. oldies and rave. Available Mon-Thurs for private parties.
I Cathouse at The Mission. 10.30pm—4am. £2.50/£1.50 with fiyer. Yo! Rockin‘. Happy hour from 11pm—1am. I Century 2000 10pm-4am. £3 before midnight/£5 after. Fairly middle-of-the-road dance night in an extravagant setting.
I Pure Juice at the Citrus Club. 11pm—4am. £5. Balearic heaven. Bouncy beats. plus regular big-name guest acts and DJs— tonight. it‘s the formidable Streetrave posse from Ayr. with the great Graeme Park of Hacienda fame.
I Fringe Club 10pm-2.30am. Free with Fringe Club Membership. A club within a club. featuring the Shag boys with their unmistakable mixture of ‘non-cxciusive‘ dance music — ie anything from Abba to Frankie Valli via Guns N‘Roses.
I Fuzlon at The Music Box. 10pm—3am. £5. Upfront Euro-dance for dressed-up. clued-up kids.
I Finsbury Park. 1 1pm—4am. £2. Chan sounds.
I Freedom 92 at The Citrus Club. 7.30pm—10.30pm. £2.50. Under-18 night. for trendy little bruvvers and sisters.
I Madison's Rock Night 10pm—4am. £2. Pretty self-explanatory. this one.
I Mambo Club at Cavendish. l 1pm—4am. £4/£3. See Preview.
I Mambo lnn at the Playhouse Studio.
11pm—4am. £4I£3 before midnight.
Membership £5: gives£1 entrance discount every night. See Preview.
I Marley's Reggae Klub at Network 3. 10.30pm—4am. £2.50. The city's longest-running reggae night (fourteen years. better believe it). with roots. ragga. lovers. heavyweight dub and dancehall. I MllllOl‘lSifOS midnight—6am.Scc11thst I No Phuture at the Wee Red Bar. 10.30pm—4am. £3/£2.50. Remember Acid House? You do? Bandanas. Smiley T-shirts. crap records. Well. four years on this lot are trying to resurrect it. with a new night featuring the sounds ofthe second summer of love. Oh. you sad people.
I Pure at The Venue. 11pm—5am.
See Hitlist. I Red Hot Pepper Club 10pm—4am. £4. I Shall at Moray House Student Union. 11pm—4am. £4/£3 before midnight.
See Hitlist. I Sky at Cavendish. 10pm—4am. £3/£2. A monthly club for women only. I The Solution 8.30pm—4am. With a restaurant. three cocktail bars. cabaret and live music. The Solution provides the more mature clubbers (over 255) with a relaxed venue for late night socialising.
I Somethin' Else at the Festival Club. festival FM‘s drop-in club which aims to provide a ‘steamy end to a hard festival day‘ with a little help from London’sJazz Cafe DJs.
I Spacehopper at The Vaults. 10pm—4am. A new night of 705 retro (if that makes any sense). with local DJs Jeremy and Angus. and music ranging from Abba to Chic. Sweet to The Clash.
SATURDAYS
I Blue Oyster Club llpm—6am. £2 before 12.30am/£4 after. Sec Fridays.
I Buster Browns 10. 30pm—4am. £2 before 11.30pm/£4 after. See Fridays. I Century 2000 10pm—4am. £5/£3 before midnight. Mega Party Night with regular PAs. I Cubik at the Music Box. 10pm-3am. £5. Solid dance action with regular PAs and a large. if not too tall. crowd. if this doesn‘t get your feet on the floor and your armsin the air. then nothing will. I Euphoria at The Calton. 11.30pm—Sam. £8. Bass-heavy hardcore tunes (sorry. tunes probably isn‘t the right word here) from the hotly tipped Marc Smith of TTF remix fame. the Waxman. Eggi and M88. I Finsbury Part 11pm—4am. £2. See Fridays. I Freedom 92 at The Citrus Club. 7.30-10.30pm. £2.50. See Fridays. I Fringe Club 10pm—2.30am. Free with Fringe Club membership. See Fridays. I Ketch at Shady Lady's. 10.30pm-4am. £2. A veritable cornucopia of indie music from the 805 and 905. I Mambo Club at Cavendish. 11pm—4am. £4/£3. See Fridays. I Mambo Inn at the Playhouse Studio. 11pm—4am. £4/£3 before midnight. See Fridays. I Millionaires midnight-6am. See Fridays. I More at The Citrus Club. 10pm-4am. £6/£5 before 11.30pm. New club to replace Soma with Cubik DJs Dave Gillan. Brian Dickson and Kelly so expect upfront dance mayhem. I Red Hot Pepper Club 10pm—4am. £4. I Shait at Moray House Student Union. 11pm—4am. £4/£3 before midnight. See Fridays. I The Solution 8.30pm—4am. See Fridays. I Soma at The Vaults. 11pm—4am. See Hitlist. I Somethin' Else at the Festival Club. See Fridays. I Timewarp at The Mission. llpm—4am. £2/free before lam. A new night featuring a truly eclectic music policy — ie absolutely anything at all. so long as it comes from the 605. 705 or 805. Doesn‘t cut the options down much. does it? I Wave at the Venue. 11pm—5am. Members and guests only. Always a good night guaranteed. Often just as busy as Friday's Pure but with a less upfront (ie not so hardcore) music policy.
SUNDAYS ’
I Buster Browns 10.30pm—3am. £2 before 11.30pm/£3 after. See Fridays.
I Century 2000 10pm—4am. £3/£2 before midnight.
I Disco lnlemo at the Cafe Royal Bistro Bar. 9pm—1am. See Hitlist.
I Eclipse (Junior) at The Music Box. 4—9pm. Entry with membership or flyer only. Strictly 14—17-year-olds. The best in dance for wee ravers. tonight featuringa PA by Glasgow‘s Q-Tex. whose ‘Natural High‘ EP is fairly bouncing up the Bacardi Dance Chart.
I Fringe Club 10pm—2.30am. Free with Fringe Club membership. See Fridays.
I Lacuna Head at the Venue. From 2 Aug. Hard left alternative sounds ranging from Fugazi to Jonathan Richman. Tuneful or what?
I Lassoo at The Pelican Bistro. 9pm—2am. Silly country and western.
I Love Wash at the Citrus Club. 10.30pm—5am. £5. A new night from G-Spot productions featuring deep house funk from DJs Alon and Dave 8.
I Mambo Club at Cavendish. 11pm—4am.
£4/£3. See Saturdays.
I Mambo Inn at the Playhouse Studio. 11pm—4am. £4/ £3 before midnight. See Saturdays.
I lied Hot Pepper Clue 10pm—3am. £4.
I The Solution 8.30pm—4am. Wonderful. wonderful gay night featuring male go-go dancers and some of the worst PAs we‘ve ever seen. You have to go.
I Somethin' Else at the Festival Club. See Fridays.
MONDAYS
I Fringe Club 10pm-2.30am. Free with Fringe Club membership. See Fridays.
I Mambo Club at Cavendish. 1 1pm—4am. £4/£3. See Saturdays. Tonight featuring the inner Sense Percussion orchestra. a gigantically rhythmic outfit specialising in hot-headed samba raggae fused with jan grooves and funk.
I Mambo Inn at the Playhouse Studio.
1 1pm—4am. £4/£3 before midnight. See Saturdays.
I Millionaires 11pm—4am. See Fridays.
I The Monday Club at Madison‘s. 9.30pm—3am. £2. Whether it’s industrial or Doctor and the Medics. if your choice in music could in any way be described as ‘alternative' then this is the place for you. I The Solution 8.30pm—3am. See Fridays. I Sometltln’ Else at the Festival Club. See Fridays.
TUESDAYS
I Fringe Club 10pm—2.30am. Free with Fringe Club membership. See Fridays.
I Mambo Club at Cavendish. llpm—4am. £4/£3. See Saturdays. Tonight featuring the inner Sense Percussion Orchestra— sec Mondays.
I Mambo Inn at the Playhouse Studio. 11pm—4am. £4/£3 before midnight. See Saturdays.
I Millionaires 1 1pm—4am. See Fridays. I The Solution 8.30pm-3am. See Fridays. I Somethin' Else at the Festival Club. See Fridays.
WEDNESDAYS
I Delirium at The Music Box. 10.30pm—3am. £2. Intriguineg diverse club playing the likes of The Doors. Chumbawamba. Pink Floyd and The Beatles along with funk and reggae.
I Fringe Club 10pm—2.30am. Free with Fringe Club membership. See Fridays. I Mambo Club at Cavendish. 11pm-4am. £4/£3. See Saturdays. Tonight featuring the inner Sense Percussion Orchestra— see Mondays.
I Mambo Inn at the Playhouse Studio.
1 1pm-4am. £4/£3 before midnight. See Saturdays.
I Matrix at Century 2000. lOpm-late. £3/£2 with matriculation card/half price before midnight. Century NOO‘S student night with double spirits at £1 and imported beers at £1 .30.
I Millionaires 11pm—4am. See Fridays. Gin. whisky. and vodka all 50p. As if you lot needed any encouragement.
I Shall at Moray House Student Union. 11pm—4am. £4/£3 before midnight. See Fridays.
I The Solution 8.30pm-3am. See Fridays. I Somethin’ Else at the Festival Club. See Fridays.
I teaseage at The Citrus Club. llpm—4am. £1.50/£1 with matric card. Student-orientated indie club with the best Dyers in town.
THURSDAYS
I Chocolate City at the Venue. 1 1pm-5am. £3. See Hitlist. I Oemeniac at The Music Box. 9.30pm--3am. Rock club featuring live bands. I Century 2000 lOpm-late. £3/£2 before midnight. Dance and charts sounds. I Fringe Club 10pm—2.30am. Free with Fringe Club membership. See Fridays. I Mambo Club at Cavendish. 11pm—4am. £4/£3. See Saturdays. I Mambo inn at the Playhouse Studio. 11pm—4am. £4l£3 before midnight. See Saturdays. I Millionaires 1 1pm—4am. See Fridays. I The Rock Machine at The Citrus Club. 10pm—3am. £2. New weekly rock club in an unlikely venue (for rock music that is). D] lan Sutherland will be playing the loudest new releases and blasts from the past. I Shall at Moray House Student Union. 11pm—4am. £4l£3 before midnight. See Fridays. I Shag at The Mission. 10.30pm—3am. £2. Perenially popular student club. noteworthy for its truly appalling playlist and free chocolate. I The Solution 8.30pm—4am. See Fridays. I Somethin' Else at the Festival Club. See Fridays. I Substate at The Vaults. 10pm—4am. A bit of an unknown quantity this one. but as the DJs are Zammo ofthe Rhumba and Gareth of Tattoo. then it's fairly safe to expect upfront dance sounds. and a jolly fine night out.
I Blue Oyster Club 96a Rose Street Lane North. 226 6458.
I Buster Browns 25—27 Market Street. 226 4224.
I Cate Royal Bistro Bar West Register Street.
I The Calton Calton Road.
I Cavendish (formerly The Network). West Tollcross. 228 3252.
I Century 2000 31 Lothian Road. 229 7670.
I The Citrus Club 40—42 Grindlay Street. 229 6697.
I Designer Frames Gallery Hasties Close. Cowgate.
I Festival Club 9—15 Chambers Street. 650 2395.
I Finebury Path 3—5 South St Andrew Street. 556 1020.
I Fringe Club Teviot Row. Bristo Square. 26 5257/65() 4673.
I Liberty’s Greenside Place. 557 3807. I Madison's Greenside Place. 557 3807. I Millionaires Niddry Street.
I The Mission Victoria Street. 225 3326. I Moray llouse Student Union Holyrood Road, 5565184.
I The Music Box 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564.
I The Pelican 235 Cowgate. 225 5413.
I The Playhouse Studio 18—22 Greenside Place. 557 2692.
I The have Cave 69 Cowgate.
I lied liot Pepper Club 3 Semplc Street. Tollcross. 229 7733.
I The lion Roxburgh Reading Rooms. Roxburgh Place. 6508499.
I Shady Lady's Cowgate . 225 3326.
I The Solution 12 Shandwick Place. 220 4167.
I The Subway 69 Cowgate.
I The Vaults 15— i 7 Niddry Street. 556 7018.
I The Venue Calton Road. 557 3073.
I Wee Red Car at Edinburgh College Of Art, Lauriston Place. 229 1442.
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