clubs
Glasgow 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 THURSDAYS
I 4th Dimension at Brel. 8.30—1 lpm. Free. Andy Young plays jazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and ftmk. Drinks promos.
I Area 51 at McChuill‘s Way ()tit West. Sannidnight. l-ree. Future fusion of funky noise from Shaft and Derick.
I Audio Psy-phi at The Sub Cltib. llpm- 3am. £3. Phar ()ut's Patti Cawley embarking on a voyage of hip hop. drum 'n' bass and generally music with the funk. ()ne of the best of its types in Scotland.
I B.E.S.T. at Babaza. llpm-—3am. £3 (£2). Jim da Best with his trademark mix ofcheese to please. Drinks promos.
I Big Karn's Party Night at Bennets. ll.30pm~3am. £3 (£2). Karn Dunbar with 80s. 90s and loads of camp nonsense. Drinks promos.
I Bonafide Love at The l3th Note Cltib (basement). llpin ~3am. £2 (includes Pusher l3) 2.5 Jun and monthly. DJ Durkman 'nicing tip the place' with top- class reggae. ragga and soca.
I Brass Tax at Bar Sauza. Brim-midnight. Free. DJ Muchil with broody bass lines. phat and funky beats and Latino fuelled disco.
I Budda at Budda. Spur—midnight. Free. Nick Gemmil with house crossing over into all sorts including drtnn 'n' bass and hip hop.
I Casrno Royale at The Arclles. l()pm—2am. £4 (£2). 25 Jun and monthly. Fasy listening fun and frolics from your suave hosts DJs Frankie Savaloy and Monty Cantsin.
I Cheeze at Strathclyde Student Union. ‘)pm—3am. Free (students plus three guests). Now the city's largest cheesy beano with three floors of lack. pound pints (if lager and 50p (I shot.
I Chicano at Havana. Spin-midnight. Free. The original Latin Dance DJ Nick Peacock with Latin grooves. Barrio beats and the latest Salsa from Cuba. New York. Colombia and Puerto Rico with the legendary Nick Peacock.
I Club Barbarella at Strawberry Fields. ‘)pm-3am. £ l .50 (£3). Three local unsigned bands from ‘J— l l.l5pm then student. indie and cheesy retro until 3am. Bands wishing to play should call Barbara on 22 l 787 l.
I Cop at Archaos: l()pm -3am. £4 (£3). Busy student house night from DJ CJ and Vance playing l-a-r-g-e club tunes to a young bunch while Tam 'The Fuzz‘ Coyle does his indie/pop/kitsch sttiff ill the newa done-tip Room 2. l)l'lllks promos,
I Dandy at King Tut's Wah Walt llul. Spin-midnight. l-iee. Familiar (and friendly) face alout town DJ Dandy with a new night of 'music that will warm the COTtlc‘sl llc‘tll'ls‘ lTUlll Beach litn's it) B Boys. '
I Dee Jays In Disguise at Variety. Spin—close. Free. Hatch and .lilkes of Knucklehead with a dubby mix of new dance and techno Check otit their Ptisher l3 night at The l3th Note continuing on every week. Pic-club.
I Donkey at The Cathouse. l lpm 3am. £2 l1.~ l .501 free l‘t‘ftit‘c ll.3(lpill). lntlie/grunge/indtistrial/chenncal beats rock on a darker tip than The Cathouse's other nights. Drinks promos
I Don't Front at The (‘(‘.-\ (life Bat. 9pm midnight .la/ztial. soulful beat music w ith l).ls Ragged Robin and Paul Caw ley. Pie-club.
I Fluffy at Reds. llpm- 3am. £3 (£2). A night ofclassic disco. peppered with the best contemporary house and garage. Drinks promos.
I Free Flow at Glasgow School Of An (downstairs). ()pin—2am. Free. Keepin' it
real with early Motown. ska. reggae. soul. JB super funk. Hammond jazz. 70s disco to hip hop. new and retro guitar pop. movie soundtracks. trip hop and drum 'n' bass with DJs Al Rutherford and Lindsey. Lager £l a pint. Still running durin degree shows.
I He ter Skelter at The Underground (formerly The Venue). l().3()pm—3am. £3 (£2.50). Student-orientated music. with retro tracks next to contemporary indie from Gordon Tennant.
I Hi Karate at the Glasgow School of Art (upstairs). l()pin-2.30am. Free. The Hi Karate duo of Neil McMillan and Andrew Divine kick up the funky break beats to a large and loyal crowd. This is one that is really jumping tonight. See club review. Closed for the degree shows until 9 Jul.
I Hot Traxx at The Lime. llpnr-3am. £3 (£2). Seventies night with 70 drinks promos on vodka. beer. Pernod and Wild Turkey.
I Jengaheads at Ctil De Sac Bar.
9—l lpm. Free. All and Martyn of the Jengaheads with more of the same nonsense they are renowned for: big beats and a wee bit more. sometimes on four decks when they can be arsed. Drinks promos.
I Loveshack at Fury Murry's. l().3()pm—3. l5am. £5 (£3). Fine indie. house and disco sounds downstairs with Chemical Beats (Chem Bros. David Holmes. Big Beat etc) upstairs. Drinks promos.
I The Lime at The Lime. l()pm-3am. £4 (£3/ £2 before I lpm). Student night with clth classics in your house and garage style to replace the reggae and salsa events which finished recently. Cheap drink promos.
I Pusher 13 at The l3th Note (ground floor). I lpm—3am. £2. Weekly night from Jilkes and Hatch of Knucklehead (Art School. Sats) giving tip electro funk beats to a crowd following on from their Variety pub gig. Getting pretty busy down there on a Thursday night.
I Love Infection at Siraihelyde University Students Union (Level 5). l()pm—3am. Free. The Crucial Vibes crew of Gus and Stevie who play every other Friday night at The Bedsit with a new reggae night tip at Strathclyde.
I Richard Howie at Russell's Bar/Cafe. S—l lpm. Free. Richard Howie with deep. jazzy house.
I Root Down at The Queen Margaret Union. l()pm-Zam. Free before llpin. £3 (members £2). liast Village Pharmacy hosts an evening of hip hop. big beats and funky squeaks. QMU closes for the summer 26 Jun.
I Rumble at The Garage. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Cardow and Ross with an exceptionally busy night of charty dance faves. cheap drinks and drunk students. Snoutastic!
I Sly at Trash. llpm»-3am. £4 (£3). The guys who ran the monthly events at the Tunnel. combining house with
, outrageous behaviour start tip (his new
weekly night offering more of the same. Neil and Frog in the main room for big anthems and cheesy nonsense plus Disco Dan in Room Two. Dress tip in some sort of sexy/glammy gear and you get in free. Drinks promos.
I Tchic at The Apartment. Midnight—3am. £3. DJ Tchico (Virunga) with a night of R&B. swing and hip hop. Drinks promos.
I TVR at The Velvet Rooms. l lpm-A-3am. £4 (£3). New night featuring the Tunnel's Michael Kilkie and Scud in the main room for top-class house; pltis Daddy G in the front room with swingbeat and soul. All drinks £l all night.
I Wanna Play? l().3()pm- 3.30am. £4 (£2.50 with matrtc card). Student night featuring Key in and Scott (Tunnel weekends) and Lisa. playing a mix of classic house anthems plus treasure hunts and wheel of fortune. Drinks promos.
I XoRated at The Asylum (Caledonian University Union). 9pm—2am. £2 (£l ). Chart and dance in the tnain room with DJ Ray plus indie and live music in Room Two.
I loan at The l3th Note. llpm--3am. £4 (£3). l8 Jun and monthly. Night of stimulated relaxation with live comedy. music. theatre. specially commissioned films and easy listening l).ls.
GLASGOW FRIDAYS
I The Ark at The Tunnel. llpIn—3.30am. £7 (£5). lfyou‘ve got anew YSL shirt or Dolce & Gabanna frock and you're wondering where to go. it's gotta be The Tunnel tonight. Top class international DJ. producer and shop assistant Michael Kilkie. Scott Mackay and Zammo (Rhumba) take no prisoners in the main room for large-scale hard house dancefloor detonators. plus Duncan Reid and Simon Foy in Room Two. All drinks £| before l2.30am. Smart. stylish and glammy.
I Bar 10 8pm—close. Free. Stevie Donaldson and Bios with super quality minimal house and techno for a crowd making sure the weekend kicks-off with an almighty bang. Pre-club.
I Bargo 8pm—midnight. Free. Regular pre-club night at this phenomenal bar in the Merchant City. with guest DJs on an underground dance vibe.
I Bennets l l.30pm—3am. £4 (£3). Grant Duff with an upbeat dance night. Gay.
I Bom at The Bom. llpm—3am. £5. House and dance anthems from Keith Pyper and Steven Foy at this new venue still tryin ' to find its feet.
I Brass inonkeys at King Ttits Wah Wah Hut. Spin-midnight. Free. l2 Jun and fortnightly. Big beat pre-club.
I Brilliant at The Underground (formerly The Venue). l0.30pm—3am. £4 (£3). Gordon Tennant with a commercial mix ofchart dance and indie offerings. Drinks rornos.
I Bud a at Budda. 8pm~midnight Free. Solemusic's Stevie Middleton with laid- back garage and deep house. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Buena Vista at Glasgow School Of Art (downstairs). l0pm—2.30am. £3. A slice of Latin jazz and funk from Mark and Michael of Delaney‘s Rhythm Section with Nick Peacock (Back To Jazz) playing the last Friday ofevery month (next do 26 Jun). Still running during de rree shows.
I Bump n' Hussle at Babaza. 5.30pm—3am (l).ls from I lpm). £5 (free before I lpm). Paul Traynor with R&B. soul and swing in this exceptionally pretty and comfy subterranean club.
I Cheesy Pop at The Queen Margaret Union. l0pm—2am. Free before I lpm. £3 (£2 members). Beast of a student night now moved from the Thursday with silly tunes aplenty and Carlsberg only 70p. QMU closes for the summer 26 Jun.
I Cul De Sac at Cul De Sac Bar.
()~l lpm. Free. Anton and Doug with pre- club head phunk.
I Deep Fried at The l3th Note Club. llpm—3am. £3. The Ktiiig Funk Collective with reggae. dub and mellow grooves on the ground floor and hip hop. big beat and ftiiik iii the basement. Note that The l3th Note has now moved to Clyde Street and is open as a bar from 8pm.
I Fellatio at Bar Sauza. 8pm -midnight. Free. ()oh er missus. rude word club name shocker. Deep Philly funk. house and garage with (hopefully) some saucy posters. Pre club.
I 4th Dimension at The Baby Grand. Opin—midnight. Free. Andy Young and Danny play jazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and funk. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Katch at The Cathouse. l().3()pm—3am. £3 (£2.50; free before
I l.30pm). Three floors of rock. hip hop. chemical beats. grunge and contemporary indie. Drinks promos.
I Lime at The Lime. llpm—3air.. £4 (£3). DJ Cammy with house. garage and nu soul. Drinks promos.
I Love Bug at The Garage. l().30pm—3am. £3 (£4). An eclectic mix of good-time party tunes. Drinks promos. I Moio at Mojo. 9pm—midnight. Free. DJ Scud (Reds/Velvet Rooms) with soulful garage and disco grooves.
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Sub Culture Anyone who caught DJ Mark Farina‘s gigs in Edinburgh earlier in the year will know just what an incredibly underrated DJ he is. Check him out joming Sub Club residents Harri and Domenic for a blissful house night out. See Phactfile. Sub Club, Sat 13 Jun. The Longest Day Live music in Kelvingrove Park is supplemented by DJ sets from Ground Control, Phar Out, Twitch (Pure) and Stuart Murdoch (Belle and Sebastian). Continues on at QMU with Andy Smith (Portishead). Mrs Wood, and DJs from Pure, Test, Elements, Tangent and the Jengaheads. Kelvingrove Park and Queen Margaret Union, Sat 20 Jun.
Post Pride Party Dana International, the Israeli Transsexual Eurovision winner brings the Pride weekend celebrations to a close joined by all the Polo DJs and a proud and loud mob partying to the max and beyond. The Polo Lounge, Sun 74 Jun.
Club 69 Martin, Wilba and Barrie welcome long-time Club 69 guest Mark Broom (London) who runs the smooth underground techno Pure Plastic label for his first ever live show in Scotland. Club 69, Sat 20 Jun.
Cool Lemon Harder house action from residents lain Paterson and Trevor Price (orned tonight by Lionrock's Justin Robertson, genius behind the City Delirious album and the Top 20 hit 'Rude Boy Rock'. The Arches, Sat 20 Jun.
I Parklife at The Arena. l().3()pm-3am. £4 (£3). Glasgow's first and foremost Britpop (light. playing classic dance/pop/indie/retro/sotil sounds from the ()()s to the ()0s. Drinks promos all night.
I Polo Lounge at The Polo Lounge. Ilpm 3am. £5. Take the choice of the Polo Lounge upstairs. open until 3am. downstairs for DJ Michelle in main club with 90s club and indie or down in the Trophy Room with Ina for a more commercial mix. Gay. Special Pride events all weekend.
I Pure at The Sub Club. llpm——3am. £7 (£5). l‘) Jan and monthly. More Twitch in Sub Club with records scenario as he compliments his regular Sunday ()ptimo night with the monthly bash that is Pure Glasgow. Techno beats and electro from the master from lidinburgh's Pure joined every month by fellow Purian. The Bill. I Radio City at The Attic. l().3()pm—3am. £3 (£2). The original retro club. playing Stax. Motown. Stones. The Who. etc.
I Rapt at The Apartment. l lpm—3am. £8. Jim Da Best playing a wildly eclectic mix of big tunes. crossing genres like nobod "s business.
I Re 5 llpm—3am. £5 (£3). liasy-going mix of disco. funk and contemporary chart dance.
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