Chart & party
I Chocolate Sundae at Revolution. 10pm—3am. £2-£5. Weekly. Soulful house and disco dubs.
I Insomnia at The Cavendish. 10pm—3am. £3 (£1 to students). Weekly. Bop till you drop to dance, chart and 903 tunes.
I Kiss at The Liquid Room. 10.30pm—3am. Free with flyer. Weekly. An across-the-board selection of 70s, 80s and 90s tunes from the dubiously named Billy Whizz.
I Replay at Eros/Elite. 9.30pm—3am. £2 (£1) before 11pm; £3 (£2) before midnight; £4 (£3) after. Weekly. Replay sees the hits of the 70s and 80s, er, replayed while the kids in Meltdown relax to chart house and garage.
I Sin at The Ark. 10pm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Fave chart and party tunes, with super-cheap bevvy.
I The Subway at The Subway. 9pm—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
Pre-club
I Tango at El Barrio. 8pm—11pm. Free. Weekly. Warm up with the best in moves and grooves. plus beginners’ dance classes.
Club
I CC. Blooms at CC. 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 Jazz Joint at The Jazz Joint. 10pm—3am. £2. Weekly. Jazz-related discs from the regular spinners.
I The Profezzionals at Po Na Na. llpm—3am. Free. Weekly. DJ Roddy and Jason mix up 80s, filthy disco and house.
Chart 8:. party
I The Subway at The Subway. 9pm—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 TUESDAVS
Pro-club
I Baracoa at Baracoa. 10pm—1am. Free Weekly. DJ Orlando plays the Latino grooves to make you salsa with dance classes from Sam (£4).
I El Barrio at El Barrio. 9pm—lam. Free. Weekly. DJs supply the Latin vibes.
I Immersed in Music at Pivo. 9pm-1am. Weekly. ‘Monkey Boy’ Mark Edmondson plays funkv phatback grooves.
I Salsa Viva @ Siglo. 9pm—lam. Free. Weekly. Hot tropical rhythms to enjoy with your cool tropical cocktails.
Club
I CC. Blooms at CC. Blooms. 10.30pm—3am (bar from 6pm). Free. Weekly. Take a step back in time to 60s, 70s, 80s and early 90s tunes at this gay club.
I Jazz Joint at The Jazz Joint. 10pm—3am. Weekly. Details unconfirmed at time of going to press. Please call venue for info. I Knights Of The Turntable 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. llpm—3am. Free. Weekly. You’re one-stop shop for Tuesday clubbing, Motherfunk is an Edinburgh rare groove, soul and funk institution. Join residents Gino and Fryer for a damn funky time and check out the meeting of Motherfunk and hip hop night, Scratch, on 7 Oct.
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. 9pm—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. Chart and party for dedicated followers of drunken debauchery.
EDINBURGH WEDNESDAYS
Pro-club
I Baracoa at Baracoa. 10pm—1am. Free. Weekly. DJ Miguel plays the Latino grooves to make you salsa.
I Caliente. Caliente! at El Barrio. 10pm—1am. Free. Weekly. Hot salsa and merengue action with dance classes at the beginning of the evening. See Thu listing for more info.
I The Departure Lounge at PopRokit. 10pm—1am. Free. Weekly. Celebrity hosts Harry Ainsworthy and the lovely Dusty Heights invite you to take a chance and risk it all for the grand prize of a bottle of Morgans Spice plus FULL cocktail kit. It’s a quiz, it’s a cabaret and it’s fun.
I First Contact at Pivo. 9pm-1am. Weekly. Mellow mid-week drum & bass with DJ Nova.
I Made In Iguana at lguana. 9pm—lam. Free. Weekly. Unkle Fawaz takes control, spinning hip hop and jazz- influenced beats.
I The Merry Pranksters at The Meadows Bar. 9pm—1am. Famed for their monthly strutting at Radio Babylon, Pranksters Noodles and Brains delight with soul divas, funk founders and ska pounders.
I Tango at Oxygen. 7.30—11pm. £2. Weekly. Strut your stuff alongside fellow enthusiasts, with beginners’ dance classes at 7.30pm.
Club
I CC. Blooms at CC. Blooms. 10.30pm—3am (bar from 6pm). Free. Weekly. A spot of midweek house action at this always busy gay club.
listings CLUBS
I Fat Sam's Swing Club at Ego (formerly Eden). Monthly. Next date 11 Oct.
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 Kero-Scene at Studio 24. 11pm—3am. £1.50. Weekly. Alternative night which sees Leaf, Wally, lqy and Doug playing goth, industrial, metal and extreme tunes.
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 Noa. 10pm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Drum & bass action in room one, with hard house and trance in room two.
I Singers' Night at The Jazz Joint. 10pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Details unconfirmed at time of going to press. Please call venue for info.
I Sleep at La Belle Angele. 10.30pm-- 3am. £3. Weekly. Launch night of new hard house and trance weekly that will change the way we see week night clubbing. Special guest DJ Ed Real joins the residents Jason Cortez and David Dawson.
Chart & party
I Skint at The Ark. 10pm—3am. £2 (free if you’re skint). 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 matriculation 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. Student ni ht.
I The Su way at The Subway. 9pm—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. Lots of drink promos to make the students fulfill their pisshead potential.
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 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, 332 068].
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 Eat Drink Man Woman 34—44 King 81. 5529227.
I Firebird 1321 Argyle Street, 334 0594. I Fury Murry's 96 Maxwell Street,
221 651 l.
I The Garage 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1 I20.
I Glasgow School of Art 167 Renfrew Street, 332 0691.
I Glasgow University Union 32 University Avenue, 339 8697.
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 1.
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 Q Virginia Place, 0141 559 6844.
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 Scaramouche Bar, 140 Elderslie St, Charing X, 5720828.
I The Shed 26 Langside Avenue, 649 9473.
I Spy Bar Bath Street, 221 7711.
I Strawberry Fields 56 Oswald Street, 221 7871.
I The Studio. 1084 South St, Scotstoun, 401 1750.
I Sub Club 22 Jamaica Street, 248 4600. I The Temple 193 Pitt $1,332 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 4(llSauchiehall Street, 332 4449.
I The Velvet Rooms Sauchiehall Street, 332 0755.
I The Woodside Social Club 329 North Woodside Road. 337 1643.
I Yang 33 Queen Street. 248 8484.
EDINBURGH
I The Ark 3 Semple Street, 229 7733. I The Art College Lauriston Place, 220 3234.
I The Attic Dyer’s Close, Cowgate, 225 8382.
I Baracoa Victoria Street, 225 5846. I The Basement Broughton Street, 557 0097.
I La Belle Angele l l Hasties Close, 225 7536.
I The Bongo Club 14 New Street, 556 5204.
I Cavendish West Tollcross, 228 3252. I CC. Blooms 23-24 Greenside Place, 556 9331.
I The Citrus Grindlay Street, 622 7086. I The City Cafe Blair Street, 220 0125. I Club Mercado 36—39 Market Street, 226 4224.
I The Cocteau Lounge (Ego), Picardy Place (entrance through The Outhouse Gardens, Broughton Street Lane), 478 7434.
I Ego (fomerly Eden) 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 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 Meadows Bar Buccleuch
Street, 667 6907. 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 Peppermint Lounge Blair Street, 622 6811.
I Pivo 2—6 Calton Road, 557 2925.
I Po Na Na 26 Frederick Street, 226 2224.
I Pond Bar Salamander Street, Leith, 467 3815.
I PopRokit Corner of Broughton
Street & Picardy Place, 556 4272. I The Potterrow Bristo Square, 650
9195.
I Q Bar 5—11 Leith Street, 557 5830. 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 The Wee Red Bar Edinburgh College OfArt, Lauriston Place. 229 1442.
I Why Not? 14 George Street, 624 8311.
I Wilkie House Cowgate, 225 2935.
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