I Parliament at The Venue. Monthly. Next date 25 Jun.
I Queer Sunday at Ego. 10pm—3am. £8 (£7) before midnight; £9 (£8) after. Weekly. Is there no end to the fun you can have on a Sunday night? Alongside all the usual glam goings-on, Queer Sunday welcomes a PA from chart- topping super-popsters Scooch, (fascinating fact pop pickers and general sensitive types — their latest single features a B-side cover of The Littlest Hobbo theme tune — scream for that on Sun night). 18 Jun sees a freedom and equality party, with donations from every ticket going to the Scrap The Section campaign, and tojolly things along nicely DJ Michelle, of Manchester’s Poptastic, is the guest.
I Tackno at Club Mercado. Monthly. Next date 25 Jun with ‘Posh Tackno’ (will it be Scary or Baby next we wonder).
I Taste at Wilkie House. 11pm—3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. Fisher and Price continue to bang out the hard house in their inimitable style, with garage and US house through the back courtesy of Martin Valentine and Stuart Barrie. 18 Jun sees The Sharp Boys making a return V1511.
Chart & party
I The Ark at The Ark. 10pm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. With super-cheap bevvy, you might want to take Mon off.
I Chocolate Sundae at Revolution. 10pm—3am. £2—£5. Weekly (not 28 May). Soulful house and disco dubs.
I Groovey Baby at The Cavendish. 11pm—3am. £1 (free to students). Weekly. Bop till you drop to mainstream 90$ tunes, with drinks promotions all night. I Kiss at The Liquid Room. 10.30pm-3am. Free with flyer. Weekly. An across-the-board selection of 705, 805 and 905 tunes from the dubiously named Billy Whizz.
I Mad Sundays at The Attic. 8pm—5am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Chart and classic disco. I Replay at Eros/Elite. 9pm—3am. £2 (£1) before 11pm; £3 (£2) before midnight; £4 (£3) after. Replay sees the hits of the 70s and 805, er, replayed while the kids in Meltdown relax to chart and
countdown anthems.
I The Subway West End at The Subway West End. 4pm—3am. £1. Weekly. See Fri.
EDINBURGH MONDAYS Pro-club
I Baracoa at Baracoa. 9pm-1am. Free. Weekly. Easy listening heaven with Deke Patton.
Club
I C.C. Blooms at C.C. Blooms. 10.30pm—3am (bar from 6pm). Free. Weekly. Things mellow out (or so they claim) at this gay club, with an upbeat, disco selection.
I Dusty Rhodes at The Cocteau Lounge. llpm—3am. Free. Weekly. Mr Todd (Higher Ground) playingjazz, funk, Latin, world and smooth classics.
I Monday Social at Jazz Joint. 10pm-3am. £2. Weekly. Joseph Malik of Lizzard Lounge plays chilling grooves on decks.
I The Profezzionals at Po Na Na. 11pm-3am. Free. Weekly. DJ Roddy and Jason offer a first class mix of 805, filthy disco and house.
Chart &. party
I The Ark at The Ark. 10pm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Charty, cheesy and cheerful.
I The Subway West End at The Subway West End. 4pm—3am. £1. Weekly. See Fri.
I Trainspotter at The Subway. 10pm—3am. £1 (free for students with matriculation card). Weekly. A mix of indie and dance.
I Wacky at Why Not? 10pm-3am. £l—£5. 17 Apr. Fortnightly. Chart and party.
EDINBURGH TUESDAYS
Pro-club
I Pivo at Pivo. 9pm—1am. Weekly. Free. First Contact and DJ Ed rotate on a jazzy house and drum & bass tip.
I Salsa Con Sabor at Baracoa. 10.30pm—1am. Free. Weekly. Loco Latin heaven.
Club
I C.C. Blooms at C.C. Blooms. 10.30pm—3am (bar from 6pm). Free. Weekly. Take a step back in time to 605, 705, 805 and early 90$ tunes at this gay club.
I Future Shock at The Cocteau Lounge. 11pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Simmone Black supplies the deep garage and soulful house grooves.
I Jazz Joint at Jazz Joint. 10pm—3am. £2. Weekly. 13 Jun is a DJ-only night, with drum & bass-inspired collective Grasshopper (on stage 9.30pm) on 20
Jun.
I Knights Of The Turntable at Po Na Na. 11pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Sir Dance- A-Lot holds the holy grail of smooth grooves and funky moves.
I Motherfunlt at The Venue. 11pm-3am. Free. Weekly. Exceptionally popular rare groove, soul and funk night hosted by Gino and Fryer.
Chart & party
I Skool Disco at The Ark. 10pm—3am. Price tbc. Weekly. All your favourites from the school disco collection.
I The Subway West End at The Subway West End. 4pm-3am. £1. Weekly. See Fri.
EDINBURGH WEDNESDAYS
Pro-club
I Baracoa at Baracoa. 9pm—lam. Free. Weekly. North African and Asian beats plus dance classes.
I Fat Sam's Swing Club at Ego. 8pm. £5 (£3). 21 Jun. Monthly. lfswing’s your thing then head down to this joint, with live action courtesy of Fat Sam’s Band, alongside dancefloor guru Dr. Jive, DJ Frankie Sumatra (Vegas) and your host, Mr. Dino Martini.
I Made In Iguana at Iguana. 9pm—1am. Free. Weekly. Unkle Fawaz takes over, spinning hip hop and jazz~influenced beats.
I The Merry Pranksters at The Meadows Bar. 9pm-1am. Free. Weekly. Noodles, Brains and Lady Teri take you into the future beat dimension with beats and breaks.
listings CLUBS
Club
I C.C. Blooms at C.C. Blooms. 10.30pm-3am (bar from 6pm). Free. Weekly. A spot of midweek house action at this always busy gay club.
I Freeform at The Cocteau Lounge. 11pm-3am. Free. Weekly. Lyley of Scratch fame goes in search of lost classics from the realms of hip hop, funk and jazz.
I Freestyle Transmission at Studio 24. 10pm—3am. £1.50 before 11pm; £3 after. Weekly. An education as well as a night out as the Freestyle Transmission lads promise to programme any style of music, as long as it’s original and quality. Profits go to Trident Plowshares, a direct action group who aim to disarm nuclear subs.
I Singers' Night at The Jazz Joint. 9pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. 14 Jun sees smooth jazz from Sylvia Rae of Lanterns fame, with Cathie Rae singingjazz standards on 21 Wed.
I Kero-Scene at Studio 24. 11pm—3am. £1.50. Weekly. Alternative night which sees Leaf, Wally, qu and Doug playing goth, industrial, metal and extreme.
I Out 2 Lunch at P0 Na Na. 11pm—3am. Free. Weekly. DJ Harry Lets Go puts the eclectic into electric.
Chart &. party
I Banana Split at The Cavendish. £2 (student ID required). 9.30pm—3am. Weekly. Nonsense from across the decades, with a 80s and 90s room, a 70s room and a games room. And ludicrous drinks promos.
I Hump at The Ark. 9pm—3am. £2. Weekly. Student club with appropriate music and drinks promos.
I Midweek Mayhem at The Liquid Room. 10.30pm—3am. Free with matric card before 12.30am; £2 otherwise. Weekly. Cheesy, charty choons, cheap drink and lots of snogging, apparently. I Shark at Eros/Elite. 9pm—3am. £3 (£2) before 11pm; £4 (£3) after. Weekly. An inde endent student night.
I Vtagraah at Revolution. 10pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Lots of drink promos to get the students acting, well, like drunk students.
clubs
VGDUGS
I Air Organic 36 Kelvingrove Street, 564 5201. I Alasksa 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777.
I The Apartment 23 Royal Exchange Square, 221 7808.
I Archaos 25 Queen Street, 204 3189.
I The Arches Midland Street (off Jamaica Street), 221 4001.
I Ruben Royal Exchange Square, 204 0101.
I Bar 10 10 Mitchell Lane, 221 8353. I The lodsit 1 Park Drive,339 0432. I lonnot's 80 Glassford Street, 552 S761.
I Ionitors Hope St, 248 5884.
I Brol 39 Ashton Lane, 342 4966.
I Budda 142 St Vincent Street, 221 $660.
I Calodonian University Student Union (Asylum) 70 Cowcaddens Road, 332 0681.
I The Cathouse 15 Union Street, 248 6606.
I Cleopatra's 508 Great Western Road, Kelvinbridge, 334 0560.
I Club Budda 142 St Vincent St, 221 2213.
I Cul De Sac Ashton Lane, 334 8899. I Destiny [8 Cambridge Street, 353 6555.
I Eat Drink Man Woman 34—44 King St, 552 9227.
I Fury Murry's 96 Maxwell Street, 221 6511.
I The Garage 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120.
I Glasgow School of Art 167 Renfrew Street, 332 0691.
I 92 474 Sauchiehall St (behind the Garage), 353 3111.
I Havana 50 Hope Street, 248 4466. I Life (basement of Corinthian), 191 Ingram Street, 552 1101.
I The Living Room 5 Byers Road, 339 851 l.
I McChuiIls Way Out West 14 Kelvinhaugh Street, 221 5569.
I Nice 'n' Sleazy 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637.
I Planet Peach 34 Queen Street, 226 8990.
I Polo Lounge 84 Wilson Street,
553 1221.
I Queen Margaret Student Union 22 University Gardens, 339 9784.
I Reds, 375 Sauchiehall Street, 331 1635.
I Rocksy's Basement 40 New Sneddon Street, Paisley, 552 5791.
I Russell's 77 Byers Road, 334 4973. I Scaramouche Bar, 140 Elderslie St, Charing X, 572 0828.
I The State Bar 148 Holland Street, 332 2159.
I The Shed 26 Langside Avenue, 649 9473.
I Strathclyde University Union John Street, 567 502.
I Strawberry Fields 56 Oswald Street, 221 7871.
I Sub Club 22 Jamaica Street, 248 4600.
I The Temple 193 Pitt St, 332 7522.
I 13th Note 260 Clyde Street, 243 2177 I Trash 197 Pitt Street, 572 3372.
I The Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000.
I Variety Bar 401$auchieha11 Street, 332 4449.
I The Velvet Rooms Sauchiehall Street, 332 0755.
I Yang 33 Queen Street. 248 8484.
EDINBURGH
I The Ark 3 Semple Street, 229 7733. I3The Attic Dyer’s Close, Cowgate, 225 8 8...
I The Assembly Rooms 54 George Street, 220 4349.
I Baracoa 7 Victoria Street.
I Bar Muse 21 Lothian Road, 228 3404. I La Belle Angele 11 Hasties Close, 225 7536.
I The Bongo Club 14 New Street, 556 5204.
I Cavendish West Tollcross, 228 3252. I C.C. Blooms 23—24 Greenside Place, 556 9331.
I The Citrus Grindlay Street, 622 7086. I The City Cafe Blair Street, 220 0125. I The Cocteau Lounge (E o), Picardy Place (entrance throu h The uthouse Gardens, Broughton treet Lane, 478 7434.
I Ego Picardy Place, 478 7434.
I eh1 197 High Street, 220 5277.
I Eros/Elite Fountainpark, Dundee Street, 228 1661.
I Gaia King Stables Road, 229 7986. I Iguana 41 Lothian Street, 220 4288. I Hollyrood Union Holyrood Road, 651 6055.
I Jazz Joint Henry’s Cellar Bar, Morrison Street, 221 1288.
I The Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564.
I Loco 235 Cowgate, 225 5413.
I The Meadow Bar Buccleuch Street, 622 7680.
I Club Mercado 36—39 Market Street, 226 4224.
I Bar Nego at Negociants Lothian Street, 225 6313.
I Noa 7 Queensferry Street Lane, 226 6828.
I Oxygen 3-5 Infirmary Street, 557 9997.
I Pivo 2—6 Calton Road, 557 2925.
I Po Na Na 26 Frederick Street, 226 7774.
I The Potterrow Bristo Square, 650 9195.
I Revolution 31 Lothian Road, 229 7670.
I Studio 24 Calton Road, 558 3758.
I The Subway Cowgate, 225 6766.
I The Subway West End Lothian Road, 229 9197.
I The Venue Calton Road, 557 3073. I Walkers 12 Shandwick Place, 476 7073.
I The Wee Red Bar Edinburgh College Of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442.
I Why Not? 14 George Street, 624 8633.
I Wilkie House Cowgate, 225 2935.
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