Edinburgh
Events are listed by city, day, type then alphabetically by name. Submit listings at least 14 days beiore publication to clubs.list.co.uk. Edinburgh listings are compiled by Henry Horthmore.
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Edinburgh, Thursdays
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I Jagerbomb at Shanghai. I()pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Indie. electro and urban mash-ups.
I Kitsch! at the Hive. l lpm—3am. Free before 1 1.30pm; £2 after. Weekly. Chart. cheese and student anthems from the Big Cheese DJs.
FREE Play at Why Not? I()pm—3am. Weekly. With DJs Chester Guns and Chad Hemmingway.
I Rude at Po Na Na. l().3()pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. New night for Po's with a mix of funky house, electro. urban licks and dirty mash-ups from John Hutchison. FREE Sick Note at Cabaret Voltaire.
I lpm-3am. Weekly. Indie/electro night from the Cab. with residents from Clash and Spies in the Wires with a DJ set from electro-ravers Dolby Anol (9 Jul) plus a mix of Italo disco, soft rock. hip hop and more from Elles (Hoof) (16 Jul).
FREE Sneaky Beats at Sneaky Pete‘s. l lpm—3am. Weekly. Hip hop. funk. soul and a dash of electro.
I Stiletto at Lulu. I()pm—3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Electro-pop. glam house classics and disco.
I Vanity at Opal Lounge. IOpm—3am. £5. Weekly. Cutting edge soul. R&B. electro and funky house.
FREE We Can Be Heroes! at Electric Circus. 7pm—lam. Weekly. The Blonde Flash hosts a night of mixed genres, visual treats and kitsch.
Chart 8 Party FREE Thrive at Espionage. 7pm—3am. Weekly. Crossover mix of dance. cheese and party anthems.
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I Broke at City Nightclub. 10.30pm—3am. £2. Weekly. Huge student night of chart indie. hip hop. dance anthems and drinks promos.
I Oompakt at Cabaret Voltaire. l lpm—3am. £4 before midnight: £5 (£4)
; after. 17 Jul. New techno night down the ; Cab with special guest Gary Beck
(Worship Recordings/Soma/Edit Select).
l I Confusion is Sex at the Bongo
Club. l().3()pm—3am. £5. 10 Jul. Aiming for a David Lynch vibe with an eclectic mix of burlesque. live acts (guitars. loops and samples from The Foundling Wheel) and DJ sets of glam. trash. indie. punk and electro. ‘More than just a night . . .
it‘s a style'.
I Eden at Cabaret Voltaire. I()pm—3am. £4 (£2). 10 Jul. The Edenangels (Lucky Luciano. Little Miss Mix-It. Barrie Millar. Dave Myers. YaHozna and Kenwai) reunite for a one off special of
funky. sexy. tribal tech-house and attitude-free club party vibes.
I Funk Shui at Shanghai. I()pm—3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. DJ Fiona mixes up
g chart. dance classics and dirty house. I I Furburger at GHQ. l lpm—3am. £4 (£3). 10 Jul. Monthly. DJs Dejaybird.
Funki Diva and guests provide aural stimulation for gay women and their closest friends.
FREE inFLUENCE at Newsrooms. 9pm-lam. I7 Jul. Marc ()‘Neill flies over from Club Vinyl in Ireland for a night of house. techno. electro. funk and
tech-house. I KandiFlip at Po Na Na.
I().3()pm—3am. £3 before midnight; £6 after. Weekly. R&B. house and dance
’ classics from Jay and Mark B. I Misfits at the Hive. l lpm—3am. l’ree
before I l.3()pm: £4 after. Weekly. DlY
. indie. electro. punk. rock and retro with E bargain drinks. l I Opal Lounge at ()pal Lounge.
9pm—3am. Free before 10pm; £4 before I 1pm; £8 after. Weekly. Funked tip vocal house and dance classics from Jez Hill.
‘ I Our House at Cabaret Voltaire.
l lpm—3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. 10 Jul. Tony K and Liam (i take over the
l Speakeasy with some classic house and
funky electro. FREE Overtime at Electric Circus. l().3()pm—3am. Weekly (not l7 Jul). Big
. tunes past and present to start your . weekend with a bang. I Planet Earth at Citrus Club.
I().3()pm—3am. Free before I lpm; £5
after. Weekly. Music from 1976 through . to I989. In other words, a healthy dose
of punk. new wave. new romantic and
' electro-pop (now with added 90s).
I Poptastic at GHQ. I()pm—3am. £4 (£3). 7 Aug. Queer clubbing night with indie/electro from Phil Bakstad in room
one and retro pop/trash frotn Paul McAvoy in room two.
I Proper Old Skool at Cabaret Voltaire. l Ipm—-3am. £5. 17 Jul. Reaching back to the golden age of dance with classic rave and club anthems (in the Speakeasy).
I Riddim Tufta Sound at the (iRV.
I Ipm—3am. £5 before I 1.30pm: £7 after. 17 Jul. The reggae. dubstep. jttngle and dub night hosts a live set from ‘the world's fastest rapper' Daddy Freddy.
I RSVP at Lulu. I()pm—3am. £5 before midnight; £8 after. Weekly. Glamorous club hits.
I Skunk Funk at the Jan. Bar.
1 l.3()pm--3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Night of
top funk from DJ Aki and live guests. inclttding jazz fttnk and soul from vocalist Terri Shaltiel (10 Jul) and dancelloor grooves from The Dirty Martinis ( 17 Jul). FREE StepBack at Sneaky Pete’s. l lpm—3am. I7 Jul. ‘Iilectronic bass‘ night hosting their first birthday with a huge line-up of Stephen Brown (live). Beefy. WolfJazz. Keyte. l-lammy. Monty Jack. Fred Lemon and Bry-Pod. I Synthetic at the Bongo Club. l().3()pm—3am. £4. 17 Jul. The techno. electro. breaks and drum 8; bass night keeps it local with Tekamine in a back- to-back DJ set with The Physicist. with support from Morphos and Zuni (also back-to-back).
Teleiunken at Iilectric Circus.
I().3()pm—3am. £I2. l7 Jul. Deep jazzy house and hip hop grooves from very special guest Mark Farina (Mushrootn Jazz). See preview. page 4(). I This is Music at Sneaky Pete’s. 8pm—3am. £3 before I lpm; free after. I() Jul. Indie club/gig crossover night with live sets frotn Sparrow & The Workshop and Randan Discoteque.
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I Bubblegum at the Hive. l lpm~3ani. I‘ree before I l.3()pm: £4 after. Weekly. A student friendly chewed tip. spat ottt mix of electro. pop. dance. disco. soul and indie.
I The Egg at Wee Red Bar.
l lpm- 3am. £2.50 before I 1.30pm; £5 after. Weekly. Indie. 6()s garage. electro. northern soul. ska. 70s punk and new wave at this Iidinburgh institution for those in the know after a quick fix of decent music and attitttdc free clubbing. FREE Fake at Sneaky Pete’s.
I lpm~3am. I I Jul. Celebrating all things
electro. new rave. bassline house and breaks with a guest set frotn Duncan Whiteley (OK Music).
I Fever at I‘aith. I lpm-3am. £8 (£7). 18 Jul. DJs Fisher & Price (Taste) play an eclectic mix of the best underground dance music.
I Fish Fry at the Jan. Bar.
I l.3()pm-—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Scottish jazz. funk. soul and Latin bands join DJs Iirik D’Viking and Astroboy. Featuring hip hop frotn Newcastle‘s seven—piece outfit 27 Clth ( l I Jul) followed by funk/soul from Liverpool's 6ix Toys ( 18 Jul).
I The Foundation meets Moterfunk at the GRV. l lpm—3am. £6 (£5). I8 Jttl. The breakdance night joins forces with lidinburgh‘s kings of funk. So expect the floor to keep moving to the sound of funk and hip hop with displays from Random Aspekts and an open floor for b-boys at midnight.
I Grand Theft Audio at Cabaret Voltaire. l lpm—3am. £3. Weekly. Saturday nighter in the Speakeasy playing out hip hop and funk.
I Headspin at the Bongo Club.
I lpm—3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. I I Jul. Mix of funk. hip hop. disco, house and beats. Headspin continues to push the boundaries and raises clubbing to an art fortn. With multiple turntables. live percussion and visual projections mixed. looped and mutilated live to complement and enhance the aural experience. it's much more than just a feast for the ears.
I Karnival at Cabaret Voltaire.
I Ipm—3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. I I Jul. House night which promises to indulge ‘every pleasure. every sin‘. for a residents special with Ryan lillis. Mike Pinkerton and Matt [Edwards joined by Mark Price (of Fisher 8: Price fame) and Craig Ramsay (Reticent Records).
I Liquid Soul at Po Na Na. I()pm-3am. £4 before I lpm; £7 after. Weekly. Get down early for this consistently capacity retro-disco and funky house night. featuring Po's own Mark B on the decks fttsing classic and bang up-to-date funky house for those in the know.
I Lulu at Lulu. 9pmv—-3am. I-‘ree before I()pm: £4 before I lpm; £8 after. Weekly. (iareth Somerville. Danny T and Jon litttchison playing club hits and chart favourites.
I Messenger Sound System at the Bongo Club. I lpm-3am. £5 before midnight; £6.50 after. 18 Jul. The mighty Messenger Sound System blastsout the
EDINBURGH
Club venues
I Berlin
3 Oueensferry Street Lane. 467 7215. Selection of cool house nights. See listings for details.
I The Bongo Club Moray House. 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. One of the coolest and most eclectic clubs in town. See listings for details.
I Cabaret Voltaire 36-38 Blair Street. 220 6176. Mixed bag from house and techno to drum & bass and indie. See listings for details. I The Caves
Niddry Street South, 557 8989. Great subterranean venue (as the name suggests) getting more and more popular due to its unique atmosphere. See listings for details. I CC Blooms
23-24 Greenside Place. 556 9331. One of the city's most enduring gay
clubs. with hi-NRG tracks every night of the week.
The Citrus Club Grindlay Street. 622 7086. Mainly studenty venue that goes for an indie vibe as well as a dash of punk, new wave and 80$ classics. See listings for selected highlights.
I City: Edinburgh
1a Market Street, 226 9560. From student nights to big house and guest DJs. See listings for selected highlights. I Club Plvo
2-6 Calton Road. 557 2925. A selection of the best Edinburgh DJs play every night for free.
I Electric Circus 36-39 Market Street. 226 4224. Eclectic dance beats and indie plus private rooms for a unique clubbling expenence.
I Espionage
4 India Buildings, Victoria Street, 477 7007. Five floors of
varied chart and dancey action.
5 GHQ
4 Picardy Place, 550 1780. New swish gay club. See listings for details.
The ORV
7 Guthrie Street. 220 2987. Intimate club venue mixing art and beats. See listings for details.
m Henry’s Cellar Bar 8-16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. Eclectic and experimental night from surf rock to electro. See listings for details.
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15-17 Niddry Street, 556 0444. New home for most of the Subway Cowgate's nights of rock, indie and electronica. See listings for details.
5 The Hudson Club Hope Street Lane. 247 7000. Quality eclectic nights from big house to student nights from some of Scotland’s best DJs. I Jam House
5 Queen Street, 226
4380. Primarily a live music and jazz venue open until 3am. but home to the odd club special. including Club Noir. See listings for details.
I The Jazz Bar
1 Chambers Street, 467 2539. Cool beats from global sounds to straight ahead jazz. See listings for details.
I The Liquid Room 90 Victoria Street, 225 2564. Currently closed due to fire damage. More news when we get it.
I Lulu (under Tiger Lily) 125b George Street, 561 2245. Cool funk, house and other grooves from the people who brought you the Opal Lounge.
I Medina
45-47 Lothian Street. 225 6313. Laid back vibes with cool hip hop and other sounds. See listings for details.
I Le Monde
16 George Street. 270
3900. Slick and stylish venue in the heart of Edinburgh.
I Mood
Omni, Greenside Place. 550 1640. Chart and party tunes.
I Opal Lounge
51 George Street, 226 2275. House and funky beats for a dressed up crowd.
I Opium
71 Cowgate, 225 8382. Rock, punk and metal, no messing.
I Po Ha Ha
43b Frederick Street, 226 2224. Student nights, funky beats. house and more. See listings for selected highlights.
I Potterrow
Teviot, Bristo Square. 650 9195. Student heaven.
I Sneaky Pete’s
73 Cowgate, 225 1757. From techno and dubstep to indie. See listings for details.
I Siglo
184 Cowgate, 240 2850.
Charty, party. indie nights until 3am.
I Stereo
King Stables Road. 229 7986. More big party tunes and drunken dancing.
I Studio 24
Calton Road. 558 3758. Down and dirty club nights. specialising in techno and rock. See listings for details.
I The Subway West End
Lothian Road, 229 9197. Another one for the after office crowd. I The Voodoo Rooms 19a West Register Street. 556 7060. Sophisticated clubbing and entertainment. See listings for details.
I The Wee Hed Bar Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. Student nights for the arty set. See listings for details.
I Why Not?
14 George Street. 624 8311. Hits from the 803 to last week.
44 TH! LIST 9—23 Jul 2009