LISTINGS CLUBS
CLUBS
neoular weekly clubs plus one-oil events are listed by city, than by day, then alphabetically by title. Clubs will be listed. provided that up-to-date details reach our oliioes at least seven days before publication. Clubs Listings compiled by Donny Allan and Joe Lampard.
Fridays
I The M at The Tunnel. 1 lpm—3.30am. £5/£2.50. The ever-busy Friday night Tunnel plays host on 12 Feb to Lisa Loud and on 19 Feb to Essential Selection favourites Gloworrn.
I Bar 10 9pm—midnight. Free. Stevie Donaldson playing the top new tunes in trendy surroundings.
I Bennet’s l lpm—3.30am. £3. Busy gay night.
I BSA at Reds. l lpm-3am. £4/£3. “Massive slabs of shagging disco with a length of funk' from DJ Paul. Oo-er!
I The Cathouse 1 lpm-3am. £3/£2.50 with ticket. Rock club.
I Cleopatra‘s 10.30pm—2.30am. £3.
I Club Sanctuary at Reds. Strathclyde University. 9pm—2am. £1.50/£1. House. garage and soul for the studes.
I Cool Lemon at The Sub Club.
1 lpm—3.30am. £5. House music for the connoiseur from Dream boys Trevor and Iain. The hugest tunes in the comfiest club in town. I Crash at The Cotton Club. 1 lpm—3.30am. £4/£2 with matric card. Good time indie- dance and chart pop with DJ Dave Ross plus those all-important drinks promos.
I Essential at Circa. l 1pm—3.30am. £5.
I Follies 10.30pm—late. £4/£2 before
1 1.30pm.
I Global “BC at Mardi Gras. 10.30pm—3.30am. £5/£2 with leaflet.
I Goodtoot at RAFA Social Club. Ashley Street. 8pm—late. £3. 19 Feb only. Undoubtedly the best club off Woodlands Road: classic sounds. classic style and a well-supplied bar. What more could you ask for‘.’
I Hustle at Level 8. Strathclyde University. 9pm-2am. £1 .50/£1. ‘Going back to go forward‘. a night of funky disco and club classics with Paul M and Eurojay.
I Jazz With Attitude at The l3th Note. 8pm—midnight. Free. A mixed bag of Acid
jazz and classic soul with DJ Steven Watt.
Remember the Apollo. anyone?
I Radio City at the Mayfair (Cameo Suite). 10pm—2.30am. £2. Well-known rock and p0p ! classics in nice (if you like that sort of thing) ' and sleazy atmosphere.
I Jerks at The Cathouse. Studio 3. 10.30pm—3am. £1. Popular night of grunge. punk and 60s garage.
I Sara’s Big Night Out at Club Xchange. A lighter Friday night vibe at this crammed gay 5 venue with DJ Sara Martinelli.
I Slat! at Club Loco at The Arches.
l lpm—3.30am. £6. Those famous Slam people return for a new year of top house tunes and doubtless a few more very special guests.
I Shag at Fury Murry‘s. l lpm—late. £3.50. A veritable legend among crappy student clubs. Love it or hate it. you‘re unlikely to leave it sober.
I Sonic The Indie Club at Rooftops (Secrets Lounge). 1 1pm—3am. £1.50 before
1 1.45pm/£2.50 after. Indie club (as you might imagine) with £1 pints of lager on tap. I Twister at RAFA Social Club. Ashley Street. 9pm—lam. £3/£2 before 10pm. 12 Feb only. Finally back. it's everyone's favourite mix of swinging 60s sounds. from golden soul to garage punk with plenty of psychedelic freakbeats and bubblegum pop in between. Unmissable!
I tinder Venture 8pm-midnight. Free. Funky rare grooves from clued-up duo Hamish and Jonnie in this new exclusively early evening venue. A highly recommended warm-up for a more energetic night out.
I The Volcano l lpm—2.30am. £4/£3. Busy mix of dance and indie tunes with Alan Ronald.
I Wax Factory at lndustria. 1 lpm—3.30am. £5/£3.50 concessions. A reasonable price on the door and an unreasonably good time to be had inside help to explain the rapidly increasing popularity of this Pussypower night; the addition of another DJ playing less up-tempo sounds in the ‘chill—out' area is also a major bonus. Get those memberships while you can!
Saturdays
I Bar 10 9pm-midnight. Free. Socialise to the mellow sounds of DJ Nick Peacock.
I Bennet‘s l lpm—3.30am. £3.50.
I Cate loco at The Arches. l lpm—3.30am. £5. The city‘s premier alternative club. 'unique. bizarre. exotic. theatrical"? Or just ‘pretty entertaining with a few down you“? Pay a visit this weekend and discover for yourself.
I The Cathouse. I 1 pm—3am. £3.50/£3 with ticket. Rock club.
I Chaos at The Cathouse. 7—10pm. £2.50/£2 with leaflet. Under-18s dance club.
I Cleopatra's 10.30pm—2.30am. £3.50.
I Club lndustria. lO.30pm—3.30am. £8 (same price on special guest DJ/band nights) Glasgow‘s newest venue and loudest club sound system used to full effect by DJs Scott ‘n ‘Paul. More special guests expected in the near future. so watch out for those posters! I Club Xchange. l l.30pm—3.30am. £4. Very gay: straights. don't say you weren‘t warned! I ulvine at the Art School. 1 lpm—late. £2.50.The best in psychedelic/garage/ soul/60s in the Vic Bar. extremely popular and sociable as ever.
I Dream Sequence at Rooftops (Secrets Lounge). 10.30pm—3am. £2.50. A gtx)d
‘ selection of indie-dance faves and a friendly ' vibe.
I The Early Club at the CCA. Sauchiehall Street. 9pm—midnight. £2/£1.50/first 50 free with flyer. Blue Juice Productions (purveyors of fine jazz. funk and fusion) obviously purveying what the punters want if last week‘s queue was anything to go by. Get down early or you might miss out on one of the busiest and best sessions in town.
I Fifth Dimension at Glasgow Polytechnic. 10pm-3am. Students and guests only. indie/goth night.
I Follies l lpm—late. £5/£2.50 before
1 1.30pm.
I Fury at Fury Murry‘s. l lpm—late. £4. lmaginatively-named and student-orientated night.
I llelter Shelter at The Mayfair. 10pm—2.30am. £2. Sad old bikers and youngsters who think that Jimbo Morrison is God.
3 I .loJo at October Cafe (top floor. Princes 1 Square). 8pm—midnight. Free. DJs Derek and
Steve spinning happy house and some newer
l upfront tunes for a hip pre-club crowd. All i drinks £1.50. NB: Club JoJo can be enjoyed
in a more studenty incarnation on a Thursday.
I libra at The Cathouse. I 1pm—3am. £3.50. Over-25s singles disco.
I Beds 1 lpm—3am. £6/£4. Relaxed. friendly and increasingly popular club night: a welcome break from the places where ‘mingling' is a forgotten an.
E I nevlval Reggae! at The i3lh Note. 8pm—midnight. £2. Classic reggae. ska and a
touch of northem soul. all in extremely
convivial surroundings.
s I Strathclyde University llnlon 9pm—2am.
£2.50. Students and guests only. Studenty feel to Level 8. very popular dance and techno in Reds.
I The Sub Club: Blackout 7.30—10.3()pm. £3. Under-18s. Still going stong.
I Atlantis l lpm—3.30am. £6. Up-to-date. trendy and very moist.
I ‘I’anltln' at the Art School. 1 lpm—late. £2.50. Hot funk. reggae and hip hop from the
self-styled Funkateers. ‘For some serious skankin . . .‘ well. you know the rest.
I Toebnotranoe at Mardi Gras. 10pm-3.30am. £7.
I The ‘lunnel l lpm—late. £7/£3.50. Big upfront dance night for the hippest in town. I tinder Venture 8pm—midnight. Free. Soul. funk and garage with Kevin.
I The Volcano 1 lpm—2.30 am. £5/£-l with matric card. Mellow house. garage grooves and street soul with Graham Wilson and Alan.
I Wild at The Cotton Club. I lpm—3.30am. £5/£3 with matric card. Commercial dance
and pop.
Sundays
I Bennet’s 1 lpm—3.30am. £l. All beers and spirits £1!
I Bobby‘s at The Volcano. l 1pm—2.30am. £4. Still the sweatiest. sexiest Sunday night club in Partick.
I Bubbleliclous at Reds. l lpm—3am. £3/£2. ‘Bombastic Boogie. Bubble Grooves‘ and £1 Beck's. wine and schnapps to boot: a winner! I Cheapskate at The Cotton Club.
1 lpm—3am. £2l£l with flyer or matric card. Beck's and Vodka £1! Get wrecked cheap to the ‘cross-the-board sounds of DJ Brian Dickey.
I The oouble Dockers at Fury Murry's.
l lpm—3am. £2/£l with Matric card or leaflet. Tam and Dave's spanking mix of indie. dance. pop and soul.
I Fuddrultlters at C leopatra's. 10.30pm—2.30am. £1.
I Rock City at The Cathouse. 1 lpm—3am. £1.50. Rock from the 70s to the present.
I Sunday Toastea BASSInent Under Ventura. 2—6.30pm. £1.50 (including complimentary continental breakfast). ‘Enjoy the flavour of live musicians and perfonnance with your homemade DJs — Crawford. Nick (Funkollective). Gregor and Big-Jay (Neighbourhood)— served to you with toast. tea and croissants on crispy plates of vinyl.‘ The publicity maten'al sent to us for this club included a teabag and a slice of toast. We weren‘t impressed. boys; it was really quite stale. And what about the jam'.’
I nauseatlonal at The Cathouse. Studio 3. l0pm—3am. £2l£l .50. An impressive range of hard-edged sounds. from Sheep on Drugs and Ministry through to the latest releases on innovative acid/techno label Tresor Berlin. Why take it easy just because it‘s Sunday? I The Tunnel 1 lpm—3.30am. £3. Upfront house with Stevie and Simon.
Mondays
I Plggllly Vlggilly’s at the Volcano. lOpm—late. £2.50. Less self-conscious and more relaxed than the weekend. PV’s still has tunes you‘d find it hard to top on any night of the week. Serious fun and a good excuse for a long lie on Tuesday moming!
I The Tunnel 1 [pm—3.30am. £2. Gay Mondays.
I ZFD at Fury Murry's. llpm—3am. £2/£l.50 before 1 1.30pm. Newcky Brown. Guinness and Diamond White all for £1 to the accompaniment of ‘classic tunes. bouncy dance and 90s indie’. The Gameboy-style flyers aren‘t bad either.
Tuesdays
I Bingo at Reds. l lpm-3am. £2. What lvor
Cutler could possibly have to do with a night
of deep funk is anybody's guess. but those posters just might entice you in. Let's face it. on a Tuesday night you‘re hardly spoilt for
choice! ' I .loJos at Club Xchange. l 1.30pm-3.30am.
£2. Gay. busy. dance and chart tunes. I Fever at The 13th Note. 8pm—midnight.
Free. A pre-Shimmy warm-up with suitably
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cheery dance and indie tunes. And it‘s only about five yards' stagger to Bennets!
I Shimmy Club at Bennets. 10.30pm—3am. £2.
I Sweet F” at The Volcano. l 1pm—late. £2.50/£2. 23 Feb only. As the name suggests. a new (and we suspect. rather hip) radio station is in the offing and a series of very special club nights (both here and at The Tunnel) is planned to precede the launch.
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Tonight‘s jocks are locals Nick Peacock and Nigel Hayes: some extremely special guests froin further afield are expected in the future. That's all we‘re being told! Stay tuned.
Wednesdays
I Bennets 1 1pm—3ani. £1. 60p vodka!
I Chopper at Club Xchange. 1 lpm—3ani. £1.50 with leaflet/UB40/inatric card.
I Go West at Cleopatras. 10.30pm—2.30am. £2/£l with ticket.
I Horizontal at The Volcano. l lpm—2.30am £2. Mr. Peacock with the jazzy tunes.
I libra at The Cathouse. 1 lpm--3ani. £2.50. Over-25s disco.
I love Train at Cafe (‘ini. Renfield Street. ()pni—midnight. Free. Selected beers for £1. Joe Deacon playing the best in classic soul. funk and piano house.
I Strictly Rhythm at Fury Murry‘s. 10.30pm—3am. £3.50/£2.
I llnder Ventura Spin—midnight. Free. Reggae of the highest order with Joseph of Babylon.
I Wednesday llight Fever at The Cotton Club. 1 lpm-3.30ain. £2/£l with inatric card 70s night with drinks promotions.
Thursdays
I Bloomers at Cleopatra‘s. 10.30pm—2.30am. £2/£l for students.
I Club Virunga at The Volcano.
1 lpm—2.30am. £3/£2. DJ Tchico plays African. reggae and similar groovy sounds. I Coco Under Ventura. Spin—midnight. £1.50. ‘Funky fat jazz wit' mo‘ tazz' is how
Nick and Johnnie of Funkollective describe
this session. although we don't believe they nomially talk like that either.
I II.I.S.C.0. theme at Reds. l lpm-3am. Students £3. 70s disco. pop and glam pliis Coors and wine for £1 (all drinks £1 before midnight).
I Essence at The Sub Club. I lpiii- 3am £3/£2. ‘The essence of hip hop. rare groove, funk and house' with Harri and Swan. lilixir Vitae Productions serve up the expected high-quality fare.
I Goodtoot at Bar 10. 9pm—midnight. Free. l8 Feb only. The quite fabulous Goodfool experience can now be enjoyed on a regular fortnightly basis (bookings confirmed!) at Bar 10. If that's not enough to satisfy you. then head on up to Woodlands for the full- length-dancelloor-action-included version the following night.
I Hullabaloo at The Mayfair. 10.30pm 3am £2.50. "foe-tapping fun for tip-top people'. i house. garage and disco for a mighty horde of students.
I Jam at The Cotton Club. 1 1pm—330ain.
£2. New night of ‘garage. house. classics ant rare grooves‘ with DJs John and Michael.
I JoJo at October (‘afe (top floor. Princes Square). 7pin—midnight. Free. Not to be confused with Coco. Loco or Bingo. JoJo is popular meeting place for the city's slightly trendier students: understandably. considering the venue. its handiness for
downtown clubs. those £1 beers (of course) and the cool and varied music from [Ms
Steve and Derek.
: I love Boutique at The Arches. 10pin—-late.
£7. 25 Feb only. A gay/mixed ‘glam encounter' underneath the arches with music by Slam and special guest Jon of Pleased Wimmin (others TBC). Last month‘s was
enthusiastically recieved so this one's sure it
be a stormer; come early and drag your friends! I Malaritey at The Sub Club. 1 1pm 3am.
£3. 25 Feb only. Michael. Michael and the
noble Kev return to thrill you yet again with their selection of hooj chooiis. new anthems. progressive trancers and other general tloor
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