clubs
Glasgow listings
Regular weekly clubs plus one-off events are listed b city, then by da , the alphabetically y title. Clubs wi be listed, provided up-to-date details reach our office at least seven days before publication. Lack of information may result in clubs bein omitted. Glasgow listings com- pile by Rory Weller, Edinburgh list- tngs by Simone Baird.
GLASGOW THURSDAYS
I 4th Dimension at Brel. 8.30-l lpm. Free. Andy Young playsjazz. Brazilian. soul. ftrsion and funk at this West End venue. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Access at Bonkers. l lpm-3am. £3 (£2). New night downstairs at the officey Bonkers with well respected Tunnel residents Michael Kilkie. Trevor Reilly and Simon Foy for upfront house. Drinks promos.
I Bedazzled at The Arches. l()pm—2am. £4.50 (£2.50). l0 Sep and monthly. Live stand-up comedy from the crew who did the night at the 13th Note. plus cheesy tunes into the night. Drinks promos.
I B.E.S.T. at Babaza. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Matt Munro with a commercial party mix. 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 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 TNT in the front with R 'n' B and swing while DJ Benji takes tip residency in Room Two with tnore of a hip hop sound. I Budda at Btrdda. 8pm—midnight. Free. Nick Gemmil with house crossing over into all sorts including drum ‘n‘ bass and hip hop. Pre-club.
I Casrno Royale at The Arches. l()pm—2am. £4 (£2). 24 Sep and monthly. Fantastic plastic with Frankie Savaloy for outrageous cheese and lounge lizard fun. ‘There isn't a yardstick long enough to measure this man's talent' says the made- up Nino Centurion.
I Chicano at Havana. 8pm—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. Happy hour until 7pm. Pre-club.
I Cheeze at Strathclyde University Students' Union (Barony Bar). 8pm—3am. Free (open to students and four guests). DJ Phil with a proudly tacky and cheesy night of good time party tunes. ()pen all summer. I Cleopatra’s at Cleopatra's. l().3()pm—2.30am. £3 (£2) Pop. 70s and 80s arty tunes plus drinks promos.
I C ubversive at The 13th Note. llpm—3am. £3. l0 Sep and monthly. Drutn 'n‘ bass. techno arid hip hop from the eco club collective to raise your consciousness.
I Cop at Archaos. l()pm—3am. £4 (£3). Busy student house night with DJ Vance 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 Two. 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 otrt their Pusher 13 night at The 13th Note continuing on every week. Pre-club.
I Donkey at The Cathouse. l lpm-‘3am. £2 (£1.50; free before l l.30pm). lndie/grunge/industrial/chemical beats rock on a darker tip than The Cathouse's other nights. Drinks promos.
I Fleapit Film Club at The Arches. lOpm-Zam. Metnbers only. available on the door. l7 Sep and monthly. The best and the worst of yesterday‘s forgotten cult favourites. Previous films include Ham/(l And Mam/e. Faster Pussycat Kill.’ Kill.’ and Creature Front The Black Lagoon.
I The Force at The Arena. l [pm—3am. £3. (£2). New night from 24 Sep with party tunes across the board with an indie bias from DJs Fletch and Stuart. 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£l a pint.
I Hi Karate at the Glasgow School of Art (upstairs). lOpm—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 Jengaheads Ctrl De Sac Bar. 9—1 lptn. Free. Ali 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 to move the cappuccino machine out the way. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Kings of the Jungle at Bar Lautrec's (upstairs). Rpm—lam. Free. Andy and A1 with upfront drum ‘n' bass.
I Loveshack at Fury Murry's. 10.30pm—3. 15am. £5 (£3). Fine indie. house and disco sottnds 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 club classics in your house and garage style. Cheap drink promos.
I Psy-phi at The Sub Club. llpm—3am. £3. Phar ()ut‘s Paul Cawley embarking on a voyage of hip hop. drtrrn 'n' bass and generally music with the funk. ()ne of the best of its types in Scotland.
I Pusher 13 at The 13th Note (ground floor). llpm—3am. £2. Weekly night frotn Jilkes and Hatch of Knucklehead (Art School. Sats) giving tip electro funk beats to a crowd following on from their Varietv pub gig.
I Richard Howie at Russell’s Bar/Cafe. S—l lprn. Free. Richard Howie with deep. jazzy house. Pre-club.
I Ronnie And Simon's Fruit Cocktail at Planet Peach. l().3()pm—3am. £5 (£3). Massive party tunes in this new venue. All drinks £1.50.
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.
I Sly at Trash. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Neil and Frog in the main roorn for big anthems and cheesy nonsense plus Disco Dan in Room Two. Dress tip in sortie sort of sexy/glammy gear arid you get in free. Drinks promos.
I Havana at The Apartment. llpm—3am. £5 (£3). .‘vlerengue. latin jazz funk grooves with a hint of salsa from DJ Jazz. Drinks promos.
I Top Rank at Bar ()l. ()plll—lllltllllglil. Free. l0 Sep artd fortnightly. The Top Rank collective joined by DJ Marks for classic soul. reggae and R ‘n' B.
I TVR at The Velvet Rooms.
l lpm-3am. £4 (£3). Dance and soul mix from DJ Skud in the main room getting away from the usual student cheese. All drink £ 1.
I Wanna Play? 10.30pm—3.30am. £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. l Iprtt—3.30am. £7 (£5). Dressed up night itt this award- winning club. which eight years on still looks the business. The trio of Michael Kilkie. Scott Mackay and [ammo (Rhumba) take no prisoners in the main rootn for large-scale hard house dancefloor detonators. and then there's Duncan Reid and Simon Foy itt Rootn Two fora slightly less full-on vibe. All drinks £1 before 12.30am.
I Babylon at The Arena. l lpm—3am. £4 (£3 before midnight). Party metal night. What is party metal? It‘s your sing-a— long corntnercial stuff. so there you go. Drinks promos.
I Bar 10 8pm—close. Free. Stevie Donaldson and Bios with super quality minimal house and techno for a crowd making strre the weekend kicks-off with an almighty bang. Pre-club.
I Bargo at Bargo. ()ptn—midnight. Free. Quality house music from Dotn and Jay (Sub Club) at this city centre east style bar.
I Bennets l 1.30pm—3ztin. £4 (£3). Grant Dtrff with an upbeat dance night. Gay.
I Bonafide Love at The Cross Bar. Rpm—midnight. Free. Reggae. ragga and soca frorn DJ Dirtsman. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Bonkers at Bonkers. llpm—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. 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). l()pm—2.30am. £3. A slice of Latin jazz and funk frotn 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 I lpm). £5 (free before l lpm). £5. Paul Traynor with house. R&B and soul classics and Scott Ritchie playing garage and house fora dressy. drinky. jump about a bit crowd. I Cleopatra's at Cleopatra‘s. l().3()pm—2.30am. £7. Pop. 70s and 80s party tunes. ()ver 21s only.
I Crucial Vibes at The Betlsit. 9pm—2am. £2 (free before llpm). ll Sep arid fortnightly. DJ Gus playing all the latest plus classics in reggae. ragga. dub and roots.
I Cul De Sac Cul De Sac Bar. 9—l lpm. Free. Anton and Doug with pre-club head phunk. Check out Kenny H playing 5—7pm for the happy hour too.
I Deep Fried at The l3th Note Club. llpm—-3arn. £3. The Kung Funk Collective with reggae. dub and mellow grooves on the ground floor and hip hop. big beat and furtk in the basement.
I Fellatio at Bar Sauza. Rpm—midnight. Free. Deep Philly funk. house and
gara e. Pre club.
I At Dimension at The Baby Grand. ()ptn—midnight. Free. Andy Young and Danny playjazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and funk. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Further at The Glasgow School of Art. l()pm—2.30am. £5 (£4 GSA). ll Sep only. CDF present DJ Randy. Gary and Zeus from Cake playing house. techno and trance plus special visuals (including the outside of the building).
I Gold 'n' Delicious at Archaos. llpm-3am. £7 (£5). New night at the massive. vaguely dressy Archaos replacing the Spectrum night. Geoff Montford and David Gilmour iii the main rootn with the best in British vocal and Euro house. Jamie Strang in bar 1 playing soul and R 'n‘ B plus Michael Sweeney in Betty's with disco. garage and cheesy stuff. Drinks promos.
I Havana Barcelona at Barcelona. Spin—midnight. Free. Jazz funk. R&B. soul and Latino house frotn DJ Jazz.
I Katch at The Cathouse. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2.50; free before
l 1.30pm). Three floors of rock. hip hop. chemical beats. grunge and contemporary indie. Drinks promos.
I Goodfoot at The Sub Club.
I lpm~3am. £5. l8 Sep and monthly. The Northern Soul revolution continues with the Goodfoot crew. now in their eighth year doing a swap night with legendary Soul DJ frotn London's Blow Up. See Feature attd Hitlist.
I Lime at The Lime. l().3()pm—3am. £4 (£2). DJ Carnmy with house. garage and nu soul. Drinks promos.
I Living Room at The Living Rootn. 9pm—midnight. Free. Brian M arid Jim Hutchisort with deep house. Pre club.
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Goodfoot The Northern Soul
resurgence continues with the Goodfoot crew, now in their seventh year, doing a swap night with legendary Soul DJ from London’s Blow Up. See feature. The Sub Club, Fri 78 Sep.
Colours Colours come over all smiley and yellow for their ninth birthday, giving everyone who comes in a bandanna and a badge for that authentic feel. Joining the party are Darren Price and Craig Walsh, Tuff Jam Experience and LTJ Bukem with Blame. The Arches, Sat 12 Sep.
Discojunky New night featuring Dan Curtin (Metamorphic — Cleveland), James Holroyd (Bugged Out) and Stevie Donaldson playing funky chunky house in the first arch, plus drum 'n' bass in the second arch with the Elements DJ Collective of Kemal, Rob 6 and Tania Swift, joined by recent Radio One star DJ SS of Formation Records. The Arches, Sat 79 Sep.
Knucklehead The electrodiscotech continues to investigate the underbelly of dance music with a return to the club by your very own Funk D'Void (Soma) playing live. He played his first ever live set here, so it’s with fond memories that he returns. Glasgow School Of Art, Sat 72 Sep.
I Love Bug at The" Garage. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£4). An eclectic mix of good-time party tunes. Drinks promos. I Paul Cawley at Air Organic (downstairs at Miros). 9pm—midnight. The Sub Club's Thursday night resident and label boss of Fenetik Records down at this new bar every week for hip hop. drum 'n‘ bass and break. Pre—club.
I Polo Lounge at The Polo Lounge.
1 lpm—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 Tom for a more commercial mix. Gay.
I Planet Peach at Planet Peach. 10.30pm—3am. £6 (£4). Paul N'Jie with upfront house in this new city centre venue. Drinks promos.
I Radio City at The Attic. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). The original retro club. playing Stax. Motown. Stones. The Who. etc.
I Rapt at The Apartment. llpm—3am. £8. Jim Da Best playing a wildly eclectic mix of big tunes. crossing genres like nobody‘s business.
I Sabroso! at Havana. 8prn-midnight. Free. Club Cubana‘s Duncan Kane and Shannon Shiell joined by Ana and Farah for a wide range of hi-NRG Latin and tropical floor-shakers from techno~ tnerengue to the latest Latin rap. via smooth salsa and retro Latin grooves.
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