I Queer Sunday at Ego. 10pm—3am. £6 (£5) before midnight; £7 after. Weekly. A huge serving of glam goings-on and camped-up cabaret, with regular PAS, drag dancers and top cheesy choons to shake your stuff to. 2 Jul features a live PA from Impact, another two boys/two girls dancing sensation in the Steps mould, who’re doing a promotional tour before making their bid for the big time.
I Tackno at Club Mercado. 10.30pm—3am. £4—£6. 25 Jun. Monthly. Grab your best frock and put on the ritz as Tackno goes all posh. Hosting this exclusive soiree will be none other than Lady Trendy Wendy (but there will be no need to RSVP darlings).
I Taste at Wilkie House. 11pm-3am. £10 (£8) - £12 (£10); £10 (£8) advance for 2 Jul. Weekly. 25 Jun sees a guest slot from Marco Smith while Fisher and Price piss off to Ibiza. Meanwhile, clear your diaries and prepare to party on 2 Jul as Edinburgh’s Sunday clubbing institution celebrates its sixth birthday. On the guest list are Jim ‘Shaft’ Ryan and Dave Piccioni (Hard Times), who’ll be joining all the usual suspects for some serious house action. See Four play.
Chart & party
I Off The Wall at The Ark. 10pm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Fave chart and party tunes, with super-cheap bevvy.
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-theboard 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. 9.30pm—3am. £2 (£1) before 11pm; £3 (£2) before midnight; £4 (£3) after. Replay sees the hits of the 705 and 805, er, replayed while the kids in Meltdown relax to mainstream house and garage.
I The Subway at The Subway. 7pm—3am. Free for students with matriculation card; £1 otherwise. Weekly. See Thu.
I The Subway West End at The Subway West End. 7pm—3am. Free for students with matriculation card; £1 otherwise. Weekly. See Thu.
EDINBURGH MONDAYS
Pro-club
I Baracoa at Baracoa. 9pm—1am. Free. Weekly. Easy listening heaven with Deke Patton.
I Framed at The Bongo Club. Next date 17JuL
I Tango at The Cafe Royal Bistro Bar. 7.30—11pm. £3 (£1). Weekly. A new night for tango enthusiasts with beginners and intermediate dance classes if you get there early.
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 has finished.
I Mr Malik's Monday Social at Jazz Joint. 10pm—3am. £2. Weekly. Joseph Malik of Lizzard Lounge plays chilling grooves on decks.
I The Profezzionals at P0 Na Na. 11pm-3am. Free. Weekly. DJ Roddy and Jason mix up 805, filthy disco and house.
Chart & party
I The Subway at The Subway. 7pm—3am. Free for students with matriculation card; £1 otherwise. Weekly. See Thu.
I The Subway West End at The Subway West End. 7pm—3am. Free for students with matriculation card; £1 otherwise. Weekly. See Thu.
EDINBURGH TUESDAYS
Pro-club
I Pivo at Pivo. 9pm—lam. 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. Latin moves and grooves.
Club
I C.C. Blooms at C.C. Blooms. 10.30pm—3am (bar from 6pm). Free. Weekly. Take a step back in time to 608, 705, 805 and early 90$ tunes at this gay club.
I Future Shock at The Cocteau Lounge has finished.
I Jazz Joint at Jazz Joint. 10pm—3am. £2—£3. Weekly. 27 Jun is a DJ-only night, with a drum & bass-inspired night of experimentation featuring live act Grasshopper (on sta e 9.30pm) on 4 Jul. I Knights 0 The urntable at P0 Na Na. 11pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Sir Dance- A-Lot holds the holy grail of smooth grooves and funky moves.
I Motherfunk at The Venue. 11pm-3am. Free. Weekly. Exceptionally popular rare groove, soul and funk night hosted by Gino and Fryer.
Chart & party
I Shagtag at Gaia. 10pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Alcohol-fuelled flirting with the help of the infamous number-based introductions system.
I The Subway at The Subway. 7pm—3am. Free for students with matriculation card; £1 otherwise. Weekly. See Thu.
I The Subway West End at The Subway West End. 7pm—3am. Free for students with matriculation card; £1 otherwise. Weekly. See Thu.
EDINBURGH WEDNESDAYS
Pro-club
I Baracoa at Baracoa. 9pm—1am. Free. Weekly. North African and Asian beats plus dance classes.
I Fat Sam's Swing Club at Ego. Monthly. Next date 19 Jul.
I Made In Iguana at Iguana. 9pm-1am. Free. Weekly. Unkle Fawaz takes control, spinning hip ho and jazz-influenced beats. I The Merry ranksters 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 Freester Transmission at Studio 24 has now finished — a new venue is planned for later on in the year.
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.
I Ruff Kuts at Gaia. 10pm—3am. £4. Weekly, starting 5 Jul. Dedicated drum & bass antics from DJs Dali, Rood and
Rou e.
I Singers' Night at The Jazz Joint. 9pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Up-and- coming vocalist Ailsa McCreary takes her turn on stage on 28 Jun, with the regular open-mic slot on 5 Jul.
Chart 8t. party
I Banana Split at The Cavendish has finished until term starts in September. I Skint at The Ark. 10pm—3am. £2. Weekly. The drinks are so cheap they’re actually giving them away, with a free case of beer for the most skint person (proof of overdraft required).
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. 9.30pm-3am. £3 (£2) before 11pm; £4 (£3) after. Weekly. An independent student night.
I The Subway at The Subway. 7pm—3am. Free for students with matriculation card; £1 otherwise. Weekly. See Thu.
I The Subway West End at The Subway West End. 7pm—3am. Free for students with matriculation card; £1 otherwise. Weekly. See Thu.
I Viagraah at Revolution. 10pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. bots of drink promos to get the students acting, well, like drunk students.
clubs
venues
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 Babaza Royal Exchange Square, 204 0101.
I Bar 10 10 Mitchell Lane, 221 8353. I The Bedsit 1 Park Drive,339 0432.
I Bennet's 80 Glassford Street, 552 5761.
I Bonkers Hope St, 248 5884.
I Brel 39 Ashton Lane, 342 4966.
I Budda 142 St Vincent Street, 221 5660.
I Caledonian 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 18 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
lngram Street, 552 1101.
8I5 The Living Room 5 Byers Road, 339 11.
I McChuilIs 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 Tcha-ovna 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524 I The Temple 193 Pitt St, 332 7522.
I 13th Note 260 Clyde Street, 243 2177 I Trash 197 Pitt Street, 572 3372. fixgge Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street, 204
I Variety Bar 4OISauchiehall 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. 8.33219 Attic Dyer’s Close, Cowgate, 225
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 2224.
I The Potterrow Bristo Square, 650 9195.
I Revolution 31 Lothiah 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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