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11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6 FREE Sassy at CC Blooms. 11pm–3am. 25 Sep. Monthly chart and camp tracks interspersed with filthy banter from drag queen Sassy Stryker. ■ Skunk Funk at the Jazz Bar. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Night of top funk from DJ Aki and live guests, including hip hop funk with two MCs from The Ordinary Allstars (25 Sep) funky Hammond organ sounds from The Privates (2 Oct). ✽✽ Sugarbeat at Cabaret Voltaire. after. 25 Sep. Sugarbeat founders Tim and Jez (aka Utah Saints) are joined by Foama and Sh!t Robot for a mash-up of breakbeat, drum & bass, electro and hip hop. Part of Cabaret Voltaire’s Alternative Freshers Week. ✽✽ Tokyoblu at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. £7–£9. 2 Oct. The house night is joined by tropical beats specialists Friendly Fires for a DJ set. Part of Cabaret Voltaire’s Alternative Freshers Week. ■ The Underground at Studio 24. 11pm–3am. £6 (£4). 2 Oct. Monthly. New punk club night as Studio 24 returns, featuring classic punk, new wave, modern punk, ska and 80s alternative sounds. ■ Velvet Underground at Opal Lounge. 9pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £4 before 11pm; £8 after. Weekly. Funked up vocal house and dance classics. ■ Xplicit at Potterrow. 10pm–3am. £16. 2 Oct. Xplicit host another big scale drum & bass event with Ram Record’s Chase & Status putting in a live set alongside dubstep master Skream.
Chart & Party FREE Code Red at Espionage. 7pm–3am. Weekly. A mash up of chart, cheese, party tunes, R&B and funky house. ■ Girls Come Out to Play at Mood. 9pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Chart and party hits all night long. ■ Passion at Lava Ignite. 10pm–3am. £6 (£1 before 11.30pm). Weekly. Stuart Lewis plays dance anthems and chart hits in the mainroom with everything from R&B to 60s–80s hits in various other rooms.
Edinburgh Saturdays Club ■ Beat Control at the HMV Picture House. 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. The
Evol DJs dish out the best in twisted pop, indie and alternative beats as clubbing returns to the Picture House. ■ Big’n’Bashy at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. 26 Sep. Four deck mix of dubstep, reggae, dancehall and jungle. ■ Bubblegum at the Hive. 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £4 after. Weekly. A student friendly chewed up, spat out mix of electro, pop, dance, disco, soul and indie. ■ Bumpin & Stompin at the Hilton Edinburgh Grosvenor Hotel. 8pm–2am. £10. 26 Sep. The best of Northern Soul, R&B, garage and everything in between as the Soul Boys return featuring Terry Jones, Kwik Mix, John Sharp, Kenny Burrell, Andy Dennison and John McLauchlan. Sorry strictly no talc. ■ Circus at GHQ. 9pm–5am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Weekly. New night with DJ Darren and Dowzer. ■ Cuts & Strings at the GRV. 8pm–3am. £12. 26 Sep. A night of all that is good in the world of electronica hosting the album launch party for Christ (Benbecula). It’s a full on mini-festival of leftfield electro with sets from Christian Kleine, Kelpie and Malin. ■ The Egg at Wee Red Bar. 11pm–3am. £2.50 before 11.30pm; £5 after. Weekly. Indie, 60s garage, electro, northern soul, ska, 70s punk and new wave at this Edinburgh institution for those in the know after a quick fix of decent music and attitude free clubbing. ■ Fish Fry at the Jazz Bar. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Scottish jazz, funk, soul and Latin bands join DJ Astroboy. Including the breezy Latin/reggae beats of Das Contas (26 Sep). ■ Fuel at Studio 24. 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm: £6 (£4) after. Weekly. Playing everything from rock to punk and indie to breakbeat, Fuel gives you just the kind of music you want to hear on a Saturday night. ■ Go-Go at Studio 24. 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £6 (£4) after. 3 Oct. Swinging 60s garage, soul, mod, soul, new wave, surf and sleazy listening as residents Tall Paul and Big Gus return. ■ Headspin at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £8 after. 3 Oct. Mixing funk, hip hop, disco, house and beats, Headspin continues to push the boundaries and raises clubbing to an art form. 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. Joined by X-Press 2/Horace Andy collaborator Ashley Beedle for a mix of hip hop, house and reggae. ■ Jam the Box at the GRV. 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). 3 Oct. Disco, deep house, old school electro, dubstep and Detroit influenced beats. ■ Liquid Soul at Po Na Na. 10pm–3am. £4 before 11pm; £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 fusing classic and bang up-to-date funky house for those in the know. ■ Lulu at Lulu. 9pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £4 before 11pm; £8 after. Weekly. Gareth Somerville, Danny T and Jon Hutchison playing club hits and chart favourites. ■ Luvely at Faith. 10.30pm–3am. £12 (£10). 3 Oct. A saucy soirée of full-on, driving house music with residents Tommy Kay, Dean Newton, Grum Stone and Jon Edwards. ■ Noriega’s Disco at Wee Red Bar. 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). 26 Sep. Forty years of underground music, post-punk, DIY, C86, garage, punk, outsider and no-wave with live sets from Vacuum Spasm Babies and Captain Pap Artist. ■ 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. ■ Playdate at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. £3. 26 Sep. Dark rave, electro and house from residents Stewart and Steven plus guest Matt Walsh (Clouded Vision). ✽✽ Sick Note Saturday at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. £6. 26 Sep. The indie/electro night makes a special Saturday night stop off with special guest Matie Safer (The Rapture) behind the decks. Part of Cabaret Voltaire’s Alternative Freshers Week. FREE Soul Spectrum at the Voodoo Rooms. 10pm–1am. 26 Sep. Night of funk, hard-edged soul, 60s and 70s gems and even a dash of disco from Fryer (Motherfunk and JazzmanRecords). ■ Stereofunk at City Nightclub. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Stereofunk present their own brand of glamorous 21st century house and electro funk from DJs Stevie Lennon and Craig Kelman. Please note dress code: ‘no effort, no entry’.
■ Stereotype at Berlin Bierhaus. 10.30pm–3am. £7–£10. 26 Sep. Huggy’s night of deep house, electro and techno is joined by Cagedbaby for a techno/disco mash-up of re-edits and remixes. ■ 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. ■ Ultragroove at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 (£5) after. 3 Oct. Gareth Sommerville is joined by Nick Yuill, Simmone Black and Isla Blige for some disco, house and techno. ■ Va Va-Voom!!!! at Electric Circus. 11pm–3am. £8. 26 Sep. 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. 8pm–1am. £5. 3 Oct. 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.
Chart & Party ■ Embrace at Lava Ignite. 10pm–3am. £7 (£2 before 11pm). Weekly. Chart dance hits from Stuart Lewis plus R&B, 60s, 70s and 80s anthems across the other dancefloors. 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. ■ Now That’s What I Call Saturday at Mood. 10pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Big party night. ■ Why Not? at Why Not?. 10pm–3am. £7.50. Weekly. Chart, dance and house for the weekend masses.
Edinburgh Sundays Club FREE Booty at GHQ. 11pm–3am. 27 Sep. R&B, hip hop, soul and funk from DJs Dale Lush and Isla Blige. FREE Coalition at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Drum & bass, breaks, dubstep, techno and electro from
EDINBURGH Club venues ■ Berlin 3 Queensferry Street Lane, 467 7215. Selection of cool house nights. See listings for details. ■ The Bongo Club Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. One of the coolest and most eclectic clubs in town. See listings for details. ■ Cabaret Voltaire 36-38 Blair Street, 220 6176. Mixed bag from house and techno to drum & bass and indie. See listings for details. ■ 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. ■ 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 80s classics. See listings for selected highlights. ■ City: Edinburgh 1a Market Street, 226 9560. From student nights to big house and guest DJs. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Club Pivo 2-6 Calton Road, 557 2925. A selection of the best Edinburgh DJs play every night for free. ■ Electric Circus 36-39 Market Street, 226 4224. Eclectic dance beats and indie plus private rooms for a unique clubbling experience. ■ Espionage 4 India Buildings, Victoria Street, 477 7007. Five floors of
varied chart and dancey action. ■ GHQ 4 Picardy Place, 550 1780. New swish gay club. See listings for details. ■ The GRV 7 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. Intimate club venue mixing art and beats. See listings for details. ■ Henry’s Cellar Bar 8-16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. Eclectic and experimental night from surf rock to electro. See listings for details. ■ Hive 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. ■ The Hudson Club Hope Street Lane, 247 7000. Quality eclectic nights from big house to student nights from some of Scotland’s best DJs. ■ 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. ■ The Jazz Bar 1 Chambers Street, 467 2539. Cool beats from global sounds to straight ahead jazz. See listings for details. ■ The Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. Currently closed due to fire damage. More news when we get it. ■ Lulu (under Tiger Lily) 125b George Street, 561 2245. Cool funk, house and other grooves from the people who brought you the Opal Lounge. ■ Medina 45-47 Lothian Street, 225 6313. Laid back vibes with cool hip hop and other sounds. See listings for details. ■ Le Monde 16 George Street, 270
3900. Slick and stylish venue in the heart of Edinburgh. ■ Mood Omni, Greenside Place, 550 1640. Chart and party tunes. ■ Opal Lounge 51 George Street, 226 2275. House and funky beats for a dressed up crowd. ■ Opium 71 Cowgate, 225 8382. Rock, punk and metal, no messing. ■ Po Na Na 43b Frederick Street, 226 2224. Student nights, funky beats, house and more. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Potterrow Teviot, Bristo Square, 650 9195. Student heaven. ■ Sneaky Pete’s 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. From techno and dubstep to indie. See listings for details. ■ Siglo 184 Cowgate, 240 2850. Charty, party, indie nights until 3am. ■ Stereo King Stables Road, 229 7986. More big party tunes and drunken dancing. ■ Studio 24 Calton Road, 558 3758. Down and dirty club nights, specialising in techno and rock. See listings for details. ■ The Subway West End Lothian Road, 229 9197. Another one for the after office crowd. ■ The Voodoo Rooms 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. Sophisticated clubbing and entertainment. See listings for details. ■ The Wee Red Bar Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. Student nights for the arty set. See listings for details. ■ Why Not? 14 George Street, 624 8311. Hits from the 80s to last week.
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