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■ Luvely at Faith. 10.30pm–3am. £12 (£10). 1 Aug. A saucy soirée of full-on, driving house music with residents Tommy Kay, Dean Newton, Grum Stone and Jon Edwards. ■ Mumbo Jumbo at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 (£6) after. 25 Jul. Headspin’s Steve Austin and Colin Miller join forces with Tackno’s Trendy Wendy mixing up funk, soul, electro, house and goodtime party tunes. ■ Opal Lounge at Opal Lounge. 9pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £4 before 11pm; £8 after. Weekly. Late night soiree featuring DJ Dave Shedan and a fusion of glamorous vocal house and accessible electro with a hint of R&B. ■ Optimo at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. £10. 25 Jul. The most riotously inventive club night in Scotland makes its monthly trip to Edinburgh. FREE Playdate at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. 25 Jul. Dark rave, electro and house from residents Stewart and Steven plus guest Mike Collins. ■ Stereofunk at City Nightclub. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. A new Saturday nighter for City as Stereofunk launches their own brand of glamorous 21st century house and electro funk from DJs Stevie Lennon and Craig Kelman. EH1 Festival warm-up party with Graeme Park (25 Jul). Please note dress code: ‘no effort, no entry’. ■ Tease Age at Citrus Club. 11pm–3am. £2 before 11pm; £6 after. Weekly. This indie stalwart dishes up everything from swinging 60s hits to baggy Manchester faves as well as a host of current NME chart botherers with DJ Monkee Mickee. Edinburgh’s longest continually running indie night. ■ Va Va-Voom!!!! at Electric Circus. 11pm–3am. £8. 25 Jul. Decadent night of sultry sounds with burlesque, dance and theatre performances to put a bit of glamour back in your life. ■ VEGAS! at the Voodoo Rooms. 8.30pm–1am. £5. 25 Jul. Hep daddy swing, country classics and sleazy listening at the multiple award-winning, multi-genre club night for movers, groovers, hipsters, flipsters, guys and dolls. Special compact budget-friendly edition. Chart & Party FREE Manifesto at Espionage. 7pm–3am. Weekly. Chart, cheese and dancefloor anthems across five floors. ■ Musicology at Shanghai. 10pm–3am. £10 (£8). Weekly. Funk, dance, chart hits and classics accompanied by their appropriate videos from VJ Scott Granger. ■ Why Not? at Why Not?. 10pm–3am. £7.50. Weekly. Chart, dance and house for the weekend masses.
Edinburgh Sundays Club FREE Coalition at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Drum & bass, breaks, dubstep, techno and electro from residents Treason, Drummel and Paranoise. ■ Edinburgh Boat Party at the Outhouse. 6–10pm. £17.50. 26 Jul. Harry, Leon Easter and Gary J host a series of boat parties through the summer. A free bus leaves the Outhouse at 5.15pm for a four hour house party on the high seas with special guests Derek Martin (Musika) and Davey Dutton. FREE ELECTROsexual at CC Blooms. 11pm–3am. 26 Jul. Lucky Luciano mixes up dirty bootlegs and ‘cheeky’ electro at gay club CC’s. FREE Killer Kitsch at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Killer Kitsch returns to Edinburgh as Euan Neilson and David Sinclair import their mix of dance, electro, 80s synth pop, new wave and punk to the Cab. FREE More at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Kaupuss and Miss Chris (in the Speakeasy) deliver the best in funky vocal house, club classics and electro.
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Jam the Box meets Rebel Waltz Starting from humble beginnings at Edinburgh’s City Café, Rebel Waltz have now made their home in London’s East Village
via many successful years in Barcelona at City Hall and La Terrazza. So it’s great to see Murray Richardson and Stuart Patterson back where it all began with a back-to-back set of upfront underground house. ■ The GRV, Edinburgh, Sat 1 Aug.
FREE New Idols at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. 2 Aug. Club classics and new idols from The Dark Assassin and The Hollywood Touch. ■ Rise at Opal Lounge. 10pm–3am. £4. Weekly. DJ John Hutchison presents a fun and original mash up of funky house, electro disco, club classics and R&B vocals. The music you love remixed and re-invented as you’ve never heard it before. FREE Sections at the Hive. 11pm–3am. Weekly. A rock’n’roll journey with all the best cuts from classic metal and hard rock through to 80s glam and goth. ■ Shake at Shanghai. 10pm–3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Soulful vocals, sexy disco and funk-laced house party anthems from Leon Easter. ■ Taste at the GRV. 11pm–3am. £6 (members £5). 2 Aug. Fisher & Price and Miss Chris in the main room playing an eclectic mix of the very best in underground dance music and classics. ■ Tipsy at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. R&B and hip hop from residents Nick G, DJ Phaze and DJ Prospect at what they promise will be ‘the hottest Sunday night party in town’. ■ We Heart Tapes at Electric Circus. 4–7pm. £6. Weekly. Strictly under 18s night hosted by the Puppytooth DJs with live electro flavoured indie from Theatre Fall (26 Jul). Chart & Party FREE Siglo at Siglo. 6pm–3am. Weekly. Everything from 80s and chart floor fillers to chilled out alternatives.
Edinburgh Mondays Club ■ Decadence at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. OK so fair enough, it’s Mon, but that’s no excuse. ■ Forbidden at Shanghai. 10pm–3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. R&B, hip hop, urban electro and chart tracks. FREE Mixed Up Mondays at the Hive. 11pm–3am. Weekly. R&B, hip hop, pop and floor fillers. FREE Nu Fire at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Showcase of underground hip hop, dubstep, drum & bass, electro and MCs. ■ Opal Lounge at Opal Lounge. 10pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. .
FREE Pussy Galore at Espionage. 7pm–3am. Weekly. Student anthems. ■ Trade Union at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 (£1) after. Weekly. Night to give something back to the bar and club workers with everything except cheese from DJ Beefy and Wolfjazz. Chart & Party ■ Flare/Toss the Boss at Why Not?. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Cheesy music old and new. FREE Siglo at Siglo. 6pm–3am. Weekly. See Sun.
Edinburgh Tuesdays Club FREE Antics at the Hive. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Rock, emo, punk and metal dispatches from Edinburgh’s alt.scene. ■ Dirty Sex at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Raunchy dance beats. FREE Hybrid at the GRV. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Underground dance, techno, dubstep, bass, jungle and more featuring a mixed line-up of DJs from Noizteez, Volume!, Big’n’Bashy, JakN, Riddim Tuffa and other Edinburgh institutions. FREE Love Hurtz at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. New night of electro and indie disco tracks from Nick AKA (Sick Note). ■ Love Traffic at GHQ. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Pulling doesn’t get any easier than this. At a traffic light party everyone knows where they stand: red for no thanks, amber for maybe, green for definitely. With DJ Dale Lush. FREE Motherfunk at Opal Lounge. 10pm–3am. Weekly. Gino and Fryer are back with their Tuesday institution as they spin rare and classic funky assed, floor- shaking 60s and 70s grooves, deep funk, Latin, soul and so much more. FREE Split at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Drum & bass, electro, techno and breakbeat with Shadowskill, the Dropout DJs, Dogma and a smattering of very talented local guests. ■ White Noise at Electric Circus. 8pm–3am. £4 before 11pm; free after. Weekly. The finest up-and-coming Scottish acts perform live with power pop and indie from The Marvels and Seven Deadly Sins (28 Jul) followed by the one man electronic weirdness of Kid Carpet (4 Aug) and alternative sounds from the resident DJ team.
Chart & Party ■ ShagTag at Stereo. 10pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Insanely successful night based on a complex numerical flirting system. If someone catches your eye, you write their number on the board next to your own, the idea being that they then rush up to you and get a bit jiggy. FREE Siglo at Siglo. 6pm–3am. Weekly. See Sun.
Edinburgh Wednesdays
Club ■ Chairmen Meow at Shanghai. 10pm–3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Eclectic chart, dance and indie from Calverto and guests. ■ Chambles at Opal Lounge. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Night of sexy music, fantastic cocktails and fabulous people. Dress to impress. ■ Delinquents at Electric Circus. 10.30pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Filthy mash- up of iconic anthems and cool beats. ■ Guilty at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. An unashamed selection of classic pop nuggets from the last five decades from ELO to Duran Duran to Snow Patrol, all under the watchful gaze of DJ Johnny Frenetic. FREE Jerk Alert at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. ‘Achingly uncool dancefloor fun’ at this indie-meets- youth-club night of old rave and 90s hits. FREE JungleDub at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Showcasing the Scottish dub, dubstep and jungle scene. FREE The Pit at the Hive. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Rock and metal night by rock and metal fans for rock and metal fans. FREE Subtext at the GRV. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Electronic showcase with DJ talent from clubs such as Split, Kapital, Touch, Compakt and Coalition. ■ We are . . . Electric at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after (free for members). Weekly. Edinburgh’s busiest midweek electro-funk disco party with Gary Mac. Chart & Party FREE The Big Cheese at Espionage. 10pm–3am. Weekly. Student night with the best in cheddar-flavoured chart tunes and anthems. FREE Siglo at Siglo. 6pm–3am. Weekly. See Sun.
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