clubs
listings
Regular weekly clubs plus one-off events are listed by city, then b day, then alphabetically by title. Clu s will be listed, provided up-to-date details reach our offices at least seven days before publication. Clubs listings compiled by Rory Weller and Jim Byers.
GLASGOW FRIDAYS
I The Ark at The Tunnel. 10.30pm «3am. £6 (£4). ()ne of The Tunnel's key nights of high-glam splendour. with possibly Scotland's top hard house DJ Michael Kilkie joined by Scott Mackay and [ammo (Rhumba) in Room ()ne. plus Duncan Reid and Simon Foy in Room Two. l‘) Sep. don‘t look now. btit isn't tltat world famous international DJ and producer David Morales behind the decks'.’ Lordy me. it is as well. See Hit list.
I Bar 10 8pm close. Free. Stevie Donaldson and gtiests getting the weekend off to a hot and sweaty start with their hard house/funky techno mix. I Bargo 8pm midnight. Free. Regular pre-club night at this phenomenal bar in the Merchant's City. with guest DJs on an underground dance vibe.
I Blag at The Arena. l0.30pm —3am. £4 (£3). Glasgow's first and foretnost Britpop night playing classic dance/poplindie/retro/soul sounds from the 60s to the 90s. Fortnerly Parklife. Drinks promos all night.
I Brilliant at The Venue. l0.30pm-3am. £4 (£3). Gordon Tennant with a commercial mix of chart dance and indie offerings in the newly refitted Venue. Drinks promos.
I Buena Vista at Glasgow School Of Art (downstairs). l()pm—2.30am. £3. A slice of Latin jazz and funk from Mark and Michael of Delaney's Rhythm Section.
I Club Malaria at Betty's Mayonnaise llpm-—3.30am. £5 (£4). New night that launches itself as the only charity club in Scotland. with all the proceeds going to schools for children with learning difficulties. DJ Vance is your host for the night playing an uplifting mix of house anthems.
I Clubversive Glasgow“ School ()fArt. ()pm--2.30am. £5 (£4). 12 Sep only. Flco warriors Clubversive step it up a gear as their new slant on clubbing just gets bigger and bigger. Paul Brown. Phil Murray and a live PA frotn Sirius 23 upstairs and Blue Note's Chris Caul. MC Margin Walker and Edinburgh‘s lih‘.’ Wun! for hip hop downstairs. See Hit list. I Exotica at CCA Cafe Bar. 9.30pm--midnight. Free. Andy Divine from Glasgow School ()f Art Divine Sound System for eclectic laid-back beats. Pre-club.
I Foresight at Rocksy's Basement (Paisley). l0pm--2am. £5. New weekly drum ‘n' bass night frorn seven local DJs taking the hardstep option.
I Ice at Archaos. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£1). Geoff Montford and Vance in Roorn One with vocal garage and pumping house and Paul Traynor in Bar 1 with No Diggidy. a mix of hip hop. swingbeat and R&B. Drinks promos.
I Katch at The Cathouse. l0.30pm~3am. £3 (£2.50; free before ll.30pm). Three floors of rock, hip hop. chemical beats. grunge and contemporary indie. Drinks promos.
I Kelly V James V Kelly at King Tut‘s Walt Walt Httt (downstairs bar). l‘) Sep and fortnighly. ()pin—midnight. Free. From pop. hip hop and indie to northern moog.
I Kung Funk at The l3th Note (ground floor). 8pm midnight. Free. The former Soundclash and Sonora DJs with phat jazz beat cake. hip hop and extreme lel’tfield drum 'n‘ bass.
I Life at .let. l0.30pm --3am. £6. Stevie Sleepman with this night of liuro anthetns. disco house and classic anthems.
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' I Love Bug at The Garage.
10.30pm—3am. £3 (£4). An eclectic mix of good time party tunes. Drinks promos. I Lush at The Lime. llpm—3am. DJ Sam Wallace with fresh house and spicy garage. Drinks promos.
I My Generation at The H all Bar. 8pm—midnight. Free. A kaleidoscope of sound along mod revival lines. Pre-club. I Passione at Tin Pan Alley (floors 2 & 3). llpm—3am. £5. Commercial house with Radio Clyde DJs.
I Polo Lounge at The Polo Lounge. llpm—3am. £5. Take the choice of the Polo Lounge upstairs. open until 3am. or downstairs for DJ Michelle with classic disco pop. Gay.
I Pure at Bennets. ll.30pm~3am. £4 (£3). Grant Duff with an upbeat dance night. Gay.
I Pure at Sub Club. llpm—3am. £6 (£5). 19 Sep and monthly. Twitch and The Bill bring their legendary techno house vibe over to Glasgow again frorn Edinburgh for another night. spoiling us with their talent.
I Radio City at The Attic. l0.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). The original retro club. playing Stax. Motown. Stones. The Who. etc.
I Rapt at The Apartment. 1 lpm—3am. £8. Graeme Wilson playing swing. hip hop and funk in this stylish club catering for art extremely exclusive set tonight.
I Reds llpm—3am. £5 (£3 for students before midnight). Easy-going mix of disco. funk and contemporary chart dance.
I Phunked Up Fridays at R.G.‘s. Rpm—midnight. Free. With DJs Mac and Chris for funky house. Pre-club.
I Shag at Fury Murry's. llpm—3.l5am. £4 (£3). The sexiest. cheesiest tunes ever from Mark and James G.
I Slam at The Arches. l().30pm—3am. £7. World famous DJ and production duo Stuart and ()rde providing the best in deep. electronic dance for an up-for-it capacity crowd every week. 12 Sep. while Stuart jets off to DJ somewhere else. we get a rare chance to hear Lars Sandberg (Funk D'Void) joining ()rde. He's tnassive in Flurope. and despite living in Glasgow. doesn't take many dates over here.
I Strawberry Fields at Strawberry Fields. 9pm—3am. £5 (£4). Party night with retro sounds.
I Tangent at The Sub Club. I lpm—3am. £7 (£5). 12 Sep and monthly. A-man and Panic continue their hugely popular night of eclectic. funky techno shenanigans to a loyal crowd. No guests for the moment as they‘re finding the night busier with just the residents.
I Test at The Sub Club. Next event 3
Funk D'Void makes a rare hometown appearance at Slam, The Arches. Fri 12 Sep
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I Trash llpm—3am. £4. Funky house in Rootn One with DJ Skud. hip hop and swing in Room Two frotn DJ Grahame. I Uptight at The Bedsit. 9.30pm—late. 19 Sep and fortnightly. £4 (£3). This extremely popular Northern soul. Hammond jazz. funk and R&B night now secures a regular slot at The Bedsit every other Friday night.
I Velvet Rooms 10pm—3am. £6. Alan Ronald in Room Two with an open mix frorn house anthems and disco to Britpop and soul. Martin Hesketh in Room ()ne playing mellow hip hop. swingbeat and classic soul.
I Virunga at Tin Pan Alley (floor one). llpm—3am. £4 (£3). The
legendary world music night featuring DJ Tchico and Ana now goes weekly for soca. salsa. merengue. reggae. ska. flamenco. pop and much more. Highlight of the night is undoubtedly the limbo dancing. Go on. give it a go. Free bus to and from the West End. Call club for details.
GLASGOW SATURDAYS
I Archaos at Archaos. l lpm—3am. £8 (£6). Chris Harris and A]. mix up garage and house for a busy. moderately dressy crowd. with Scott and Geoff playing club classics in Betty's Mayonnaise (part of Archaos). Paul Traynor playing R&B. swing and hip hop in Room Three.
I Bar 10 ()prn—rnidnight. Free. Busy hard house pre-club with Nick Peacock. I Bargo 8pm—midnight. Free. Dancey pre-club night with guest DJs from some of the better underground club nights in the city.
I Blackout at Tin Pan Alley (floor one). I lpm—3am. £5. Soma recording artist Percy X hosts this night of underground Detroit house and techno. Drinks promos. I Brighter at The Arena. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). 20 Sep and fortnightly. New night from Tam Coyle. man behind the Kes Club and Dream Sequence. proudly hailing itself as the only true indie night in town tonight. 20 Sep. Tam has a great big box of Verve stuff to give away.
I Brilliant at The Venue. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2.50). Gordon Tennant back again for a commercial mix of chart dance and indie offerings. Drinks promos.
I Cajual at Tin Pan Alley. llpm-—3am. New night with a name that may be a little too cheeky. hosted by Lawrence Hughes and Tony Scott. offering deep house on a Chicago axis. 20 Sep. Roy Davis Junior (Large Records) and Gene Farris (Relief) are booked but yet to be continued.
I The Cathouse l().30pm—3am. £4
(£3.50; £2.50 before 1 1.30pm). Three floors of rock. grunge. contemporary indie and indie dance. Bit cheesier and more accessible than before. Cue Spice Girls. Drinks promos.
I Classic PM at Fury Murry‘s.
llpm—3. 15am. £5 (£3). Club classics in the main room with DJs Jim Downie and Sean Webster. Quality indie music from Twister upstairs.
I Club 69 Rocksy‘s Basement. l()pm—2.3()am. £5. Martin. Wilba and Barrie of Rub-A-Dub playing the best and deepest from the underground. joined frequently by guests of high standing. Well worth the taxi fare out frorn the city. but note the midnight curfew.
I Club Cubana at The Bedsit. l0pm—2am. £4 (£3). 13 Sep and fortnightly. More Latin sounds by the inimitable DJ Tchico. one of the hottest clubs of its type in the city. All proceeds to the Scottish Cuba Defence Campaign. I Club Iris at Bennets. ll.30pm—3am. £6 (£4). DJ Sara with a good dancey mix. Drinks promos. Gay.
I Colours at The Arches. l0pm—3.30am. £12. 13 Sep and monthly. lain ‘Boney‘ Clark is joined tonight by DJ Heaven and John Digweed. See Hit list and preview. I Cool Lemon at The Arches. llpm—3.30am. £10. 20 Sep and monthly. lain Paterson and Trevor Price. the Cool Lemon hard house residents are joined tonight by Lionrock's Justin Robertson. See Hit list.
I Cream at The Tunnel. Next event 27 Sep.
I Cul De Sac Cul De Sac Bar. 9—] lprn. Free. Spin-back king Jim Hutchison from Teknotis with hard house and techno. Drinks promos.
I Divine at Glasgow School ()fArt (downstairs). l0pm—late. £3.50 (£2.50 Glasgow School ()fArt students). Andrew Divine and Hush Puppy with Northern soul. Hammond grooves. bubblegum pop. wah wah funk. moog power and chemical breakbeats.
I Easy Street at CCA Cafe Bar. 9.30pm—midnight. Free. DJ Gordon Allan with a house/dubby pre-club.
I The Garage 10pm—3am. £6 (£4); £l off before llptn. An
h()nCSl-l()-g0()(lllCSS top night out with charty dance sounds downstairs from Dave Ross and alternative sounds in the attic.
I Heatwave at Tin Pan Alley (floors 2 & 3). llpm—3am. £5 (free entry to women). Stevie Kerr with a vocal house mix. complimenting the harder sound of Blackout. also on in the venue. Drinks promos.
I Inside Out at The Arches. Next event 27 Sep.