clubs
Glasgow listings
Regular weekly clubs plus one-off events are listed by city, then by day, then alphabetically b title. Clubs will be listed. provi ed up-to- date details reach our offices at least seven days before publication. Glasgow clubs listings compiled by Rory Weller.
GLASGOW THURSDAYS
I 4th Dimension at Brcl. 8.30—1 Ipm. Free. Andy Young playsjazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and funk. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Access at Bonkers. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). New night downstairs at Bonkers with well respected Tunnel residents Michael Kilkie. Trevor Reilly and Simon Foy for upfront house. Drinks promos.
I B.E.S.T. at Babaza. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Jim da Best with his trademark mix of cheese to please. Drinks promos. I Big Karn's Party Night at Bennets. ll.3()pin-- 3am. £3 (£2). Karn Dunbar with 80s. ‘)()s and loads of camp nonsense. Drinks promos.
I Brass Tax at Bar Sauza.
8pm midnight. Free. DJ Muchil with broody bass lines. phat and funky beats and Latino fuelled disco. Pre-club.
I Brown Sugar at The Born.
llpm 3am. £4 (£3). Two rooms with DJ 'l'N'l‘ in the front with R&B and swing while DJ Benji takes up residency in room two with tnore of a hip ho ) sound.
I Bu da at Budda. Spin—midnight. l-‘ree. Nick (iemmil with house crossing in er into all sorts including drum ‘n' bass and hip hop. Pre-club.
I Chicano at Havana. Xpin—midnight. Free. The original Latin Dance DJ Nick Peacock with Latin grooves. Barrio heats and the latest Salsa from Cuba. New York. Colombia and Puerto Rico. llap )y hour until 7pm. Pre-club.
I C eeze at Strathclyde University Students Union (Baroin Bar).
8pm 3am. Free (open to students and four guests). DJ Phil with a proudly
tacky and cheesy night of good time party tunes. Open all summer.
I Cop at Archaos. l0pm-3am. £4 (£3). Busy student house night with DJ Vance and Domenic playing l-a-r-g-e club tunes to a young bunch while Tam ‘The Fuzz‘ Coyle does his indie/pop/kitsch stuff in the newly done-up Room 2. Drinks promos.
I Dee Jays In Disguise at Variety. 8pm—close. Free. Hatch and Jilkes of Knucklehead with a dubby mix of new dance and techno. Check out their Pusher l3 night at The l3th Note continuing on every week. Pre-club.
I Donkey at The C athouse.
I lpm-3am. £2 (£l.50: free before
I 1.30pm). lndie/grunge/industrial/chemical beats rock on a darker tip than The Cathouse's other nights. Drinks promos.
I Free Flow at Glasgow School ()f Art (downstairs). 9pm—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 £| a pint.
I Hi Karate at the Glasgow School of Art (upstairs). l0pm—2.30am. Free. The Hi Karate duo of Neil McMillan and Andrew Divine kick tip the funky break beats to a large and loyal crowd.
I Hot Traxx at The Lime. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Seventies night with 70 drinks promos on vodka. beer. Pernod and Wild Turkey.
I Jengaheads Cul De Sac Bar.
9—] lpm. Free. Ali and Martyn of the Jengaheads with more of the saute nonsense they are renowned for: big beats and a wee bit more. sometimes on four decks when they can be arsed to move the cappuccino machine out the way. Drinks romos. Pre-club.
I Loveshac at Fury Murry's. l0.30pm—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. I0pm—3am. £4 (£3/£2 before I lpm). Student night
Nick Peacock is about town: Thursdays at Chicano. last Fridays at Buena Vista & Bar 10 on Saturdays. Phew!
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with club classics in your house and garage style. Cheap drinks promos.
I Papa Blu at Fiddler‘s Court. 9.30pm—midnight. Free. Pre-club grooves and promos.
I Psy-phi at The Sub Club. llpm—3am. £3. Phar Out‘s Paul Cawley embarking on a voyage of hip hop. drum ‘n‘ bass and generally music with the funk. ()ne of the best of its type in Scodand.
I Pusher 13 at The l3th Note (ground floor). llpm—3am. £2. Weekly night from Jilkes and Hatch of Knucklehead (Art School. Sats) giving up electro funk beats to a crowd following on from their Variety pub gig.
I Richard Home at Russell‘s Bar/Cafe. 8—l Ipm. Free. Richard Howie with deep. jazzy house. Pre- club.
I Rumble at The Garage. I lpm-3am. £3 (£2). Cardow and Ross with an exceptionally busy night of charty dance faves. cheap drinks and drunk students. Snogtastic!
I Sly at Trash. l lpm-3am. £4 (£3). Neil and Frog in the main room for big anthems and cheesy nonsense plus Disco Dart in Room Two. Dress up 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.
1 lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Dance and soul mix from DJ Skud in the main room getting away from the usual student cheese. All drinks £l.
I Wanna Play? l().3()plii-<3.3()zttll. £4 (£2.50 with matric card). Student night featuring Kevin and Scott (Tunnel weekends) and Lisa. playing a mix of classic house anthems plus treasure hunts and wheel of fortune. Drinks promos.
GLASGOW FRIDAYS
I The Ark at The Tunnel. llpm—3.30am. £7 (£5). If you‘ve got a new 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 dancelloor detonators. plus Duncan Reid and Simon Foy in Room Two. All drinks £l before 12.30am. Stuart. stylish and glammy. l4 Aug. Lisa Loud guests.
I Bar 10 Spin—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 Bennets ll.30pm—3am. £4 (£3). Grant Duff with an upbeat dance night. Gay.
I Bom at The Horn. l lpm—3am. £5 (£4). Upfront house and dance anthems from George Bowie. Neil McKay and Keith Pyper in association with M8. Red Bull and Smirnoff for a dressy club crowd. Drinks promos.
I Bonafide Love at The Cross Bar. 8pm—midnight. Free. Reggae. ragga and soca from DJ Dirtsman. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Bonkers at Bonkers. l lpm-3am. £4 after midnight. £3 before. Club classics at this after office hang-out with residents David Campbell and Nobble Whitelaw.
I Budda at Budda. Spin—midnight. Free. Solemusic‘s Stevie Middleton with laid-back garage and deep house. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Buena Vista at Glasgow School ()f Art (downstairs). l()pm—2.3()am. £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 of every month.
I Bump ‘n' Hussle at Babaza. 5.30pm—3am (DJs from Ilpm). £5 (free before i lpm). Paul Traynor with house.
Hit List
This week's dancefloor unmissables.
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Cool Lemon Felix Da Housecat (Aphrohead, Radikal Fear etc) helps Cool Lemon residents say goodbye to their monthly night of hard house at this venue. Felix is in London recording a new album, but promises to show up this time. The Arches, 15 Aug.
Shirley's Temple The end-of-the-week extravaganza that is Shirley's Temple is made even more outrageous with the inclusion of the best performance artists gleaned from the Festival this year. Archaos, 76 Aug.
The Ark The Tunnel’s trio of DJ terrorists Michael Kilkie, Scott Mackay and Zammo (Rhumba) are joined tonight by the label manager of ffrr, Lisa Loud. playing hard funky house, like she does at her stints at Progress. Miss Moneypennys and all that. The Tunnel, 14 Aug.
Tangent More love and guts from the Tangent crew of A-man and Panic who are now firmly established as the credible Friday night alternative mixing up funky house, techno and a whole bunch of weird shit. The Sub Club, 15 Aug.
R&B and soul classics for a dressy. drinky. jump-about-a-bit crowd.
I Crucial Vibes at The Bedsit. ‘ 9pm-2am. £2 (free before I lpm). l4 Aug and fortnightly. DJs Gus and Steven playing all the latest and classics in reggae. ragga. dub and roots.
I Cul De Sac Cul De Sac Bar.
9—l Ipm. Free. Anton and Doug with pre-club head hunk.
I Deep Frie at The l3th Note Club. llpm—3am. £3. The Kung Funk Collective with reggae. dub and mellow grooves on the ground floor and hip hop. big beat and funk in the basement. Note that The l3th Note has now moved to Clyde Street and is open as a bar from 8pm.
I Elements at Bacchus. ()pin—midnight. Free. Drum & bass from the Elemental DJs Rob G and Kemal. Pre-club.
I Fellatio at Bar Sauza. Spin—midnight. Free. Deep Philly funk. house and garage. Pre-club.
I 4th Dimension at The Baby Grand. ()pin—midnight. Free. Andy Young and Danny play jazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and funk. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Katch at The Cathouse. l().30pm-3am. £3 (£2.50; free before
I 1.30pm). Three lloors of rock. hip hop. chemical beats. grunge and contemporary indie. Drinks promos.
I Lime at The Lime. llpm—3am. £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.