Clubs
■ Hummingbird at Hummingbird. 5pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Party sounds from DJs Andy Taylor, Aaron, Alan McKenzie and Darrell. ■ I Love Garage at the Garage. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Chart, indie, R&B and hip hop, with karaoke in Snapshotz. ■ Kinetic Blue at the Viper Bar & Club. 9pm–3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. Indie and funky house from Ross McMillan. ■ Kinky Disco at Kushion. 4pm–3am. Free with Social Animal keyring before midnight; £7 (£5) after. Weekly. The self- styled sexiest party in town is hosted by DJs Stevie Foy and Gav Somerville. playing house, electro and urban hits. ■ Nu Skool at the Buff Club. 10.30pm–3am. £6. Weekly. Nick Peacock, Craig Thompson, John Ross and Alex provide a fine line in disco, northern soul and all things funky. ■ O’Couture Saturdays at O’Couture. 11pm–3am. £8 (£5 students). Weekly. Big-room party, dance and R&B sounds from Rob Etherson and That Tall Guy Scott. ■ Sabado Saturdays at Byblos. 11pm–3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. House music from new resident Jon Mancini, with Stuart McCorrisken in the back room. ■ Saturday at Milan at Milan. 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. DJs Robbie and Cruz serve up chart, dance, R&B and hip hop. ■ This is . . . at Common. 5pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. James D plays funky indie. ■ Worship at Tusk. 5pm–2am. Free before 10.30pm; £5 after. Weekly. Party sounds from DJ John Heally. ■ Yoyo at the Shed. 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £6 after. Weekly. DJs Euan and Derek play pop and hip hop hits.
Glasgow Sundays
Club ■ Optimo Presents Hung Up! at the Sub Club. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Sundays aren’t dead yet! A new weekly event curated by Optimo DJs JD Twitch and JG Wilkes, taking up where their old night left off but with added input from some of Glasgow’s finest DJs. ■ Sin City at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £3 (free for students). Weekly. Marky Mark and Mash brings you disco, funk, soul and house. FREE Sundays at the Cathouse. 11pm–3am. Weekly. DJ AM-Y playing killer rock, metal, punk and requests. ■ Sunset at Byblos. 8pm–2am. £5. Weekly. New Polish night with Fox McLeod playing house, funk and Polish hits. Chart & Party ■ Big in Japan at O’Couture. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Dance if you want to, or take advantage of the cheap drinks instead. ■ Discobadger at Bamboo. 10pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm with a matric card; £5 (£4) after. Weekly. DJ Kash, Domsko and Gerry Lyons play hip hop, house, funk and electro. ■ Encore at Kushion. 9pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. Party sounds. Girls - note it’s free entry all night if you’re wearing heels. Pervy? Never! ■ Liquid Cool at Common. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. Iain Thomson, Woody and Harri playing top-notch vocal garage and house to a club packed with hyper-hedonistic twentysomething revellers, all of whom seem to have forgotten that they have work in the morning. ■ Mayhem Sundays at Bennets. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Party tunes for an up for it gay crowd with Marc. ■ Shedkandi at the Shed. 11pm–3am. £2. Weekly. Sisters Lisa Mafia and Li’l Gem present a house and R&B playlist. ■ Snakebite Sundays at the Viper Bar & Club. 10pm–3am. Free before
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■ Tuesday at Viper at the Viper Bar & Club. 9pm–3am. £tbc (free for students). Weekly. Free entry to all students, as DJ Callum Lawson plays all the anthems you’ll hear down the union. ■ Tuesdays at Byblos at Byblos. 10.30pm–3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Weekly. Stuart McCorrisken will keep you on the dancefloor all night long with chart, dance and R&B. ■ Y’Uptae Tuesday at the Garage. 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. DJ Andy Wilson plays club anthems, party hits and requests, plus karaoke in the Snapshotz bar.
Glasgow Wednesdays
Club ■ Dirty Noise at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11pm–3am. £4. 25 Aug. Techno, electro and filth from Dirty Kid and Joe Crogan. FREE Have a Quack at the Flying Duck. 8pm–midnight. Weekly. An evening of interactive entertainment featuring live acoustic music, a quirky quiz, open mic and a creative writing challenge where imagination equals prizes. Presented by resident band Turning Plates. ■ Octopussy at the Arches. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5 student). Weekly. Jacuzzis, bouncy castles and a Chapel of Love at this weekly student night of indie, pop and electro. ■ Pins & Needles at Queen Margaret Union. 10pm–2am. £3 (£2 members). Weekly. A new night of indie-dance classics, from DJ Andy Wilson (of the ABC). ■ Play Loves G-A-Y at Play. 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £3 (£1) after. Weekly. Big, commercial midweek gay club night, with DJ Darren and selected guests. ■ Vicious Circle at Hummingbird. 10pm–1am. £tbc. Weekly. Party sounds from DJ Iain Thompson. Chart & Party ■ Clubhouse at the Viper Bar & Club. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. DJ Nelson plays ‘Rhianna to Bananarama.’ ■ Divas at Bennets. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Party tunes for an up for it gay crowd with Marc. FREE Foreplay at FHQ. 6pm–midnight. Weekly. DJ Shazza presents a party for girls. ■ Gaga Wednesdays at the Garage. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Chart, classic and current hits, and drink promos too. Free entry for UWS and Glasgow University students. ■ Haribo Wednesdays at Common. 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. DJ James Paterson presents a sweet selection of party sounds. ■ Lollapalooza Wednesday at O’Couture. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3 students). Weekly. Derek Ho, Rob Etherson and Stevie ‘Lost’ Foy play indie, pop, cheese and R&B. ■ Spank at Milan. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. DJs Kris Keegan and Ian Stirling spin disco, house and classic anthems. ■ Tongue in Cheek at Bamboo. 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£4) after. Weekly. Gavin Sommerville plays R&B in the main room, DJ Toast plays chart in the lounge and Andy Wilson plays rock in the red room. ■ Watchamacallit at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Punk, funk and pop with DJ Bobby Bluebell. ■ West-End Wednesdays at Boho. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3 students before midnight). Weekly. A student night for the West End, with cheap drinks and dancing. ■ WWW (World Wide Wednesday) at Kushion. 8pm–3am. Free before midnight with Social Animal keyring; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. DJ Big Al takes control of the music, spinning everything from 80s to pop to hip hop - whatever it takes to get the party started.
Optimo presents Hung Up They may have told us that Optimo is ‘no more’ back in April,
but Twitch and Wilkes have been anything but idle. There’s been a Fabric mix; a party on the Waverly Steamer (with Melting Pot); hosting their own stage at the Electric Frog Street Carnival and last but not least their new weekly Sunday night party Hung Up! Here they break from their own self imposed boundaries with occasional guest DJs but keep the quality high and the tunes refreshingly leftfield. ■ The Sub Club, Glasgow, weekly Sun.
10.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. DJ James D takes you on a trip from disco to pop to dance. ■ Sunday ‘Sentials at Play. 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £tbc after. Weekly. Party sounds from DJs Chris Stewart and Ross McFadyen. ■ Sunday Sesh at Boho. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3 students before midnight). Weekly. Resident DJs play party anthems to wind you down or pick you up. ■ We Started Everything at the Garage. 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. A night of ‘unadulterated musical magnificence’ (we’re quoting) with Brian McMaster.
Glasgow Mondays
Club ■ Burn at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Burn provides all the disco songs you’ve forgotten about and the ones you can’t forget. Presented by Normski, Zeus and Mash. ■ Passionality at FHQ. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Passion’s the fashion on a Monday with this night from TLC. ■ Raid at La Cheetah. 9pm–3am. £2–£3 (£1 with a trade payslip). Weekly. A new trade/student night featuring live indie bands plus DJs playing ‘anything and everything to get you dancing your ass off’. Live guests each week, all tbc at the moment. Chart & Party ■ Alibi Mondays at the Garage. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Andy R plays requests from all genres. ■ The Box at Bennets. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Party tunes for an up for it gay crowd with Raymo.
■ Hangout Mondays at O’Couture. 4pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Indie, dance, pop and cheap drinks. ■ Heat at the Viper Bar & Club. 9pm–2am. £5. Weekly. Urban, house and indie. Free with trade wage slip.
Glasgow Tuesdays
Club ■ Killer Kitsch at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Euan Neilson and David Sinclair play electro, house and rock upstairs, while Duncan Harvey and David Brown have the bootlegs and classics covered downstairs. ■ Revolution at Queen Margaret Union. 10pm–2am. £3 (£2 members). Weekly. DJ Muppet plays rock, metal and emo. Chart & Party ■ Basic Tuesday at Play. 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £tbc after. Weekly. Party sounds from DJ Mark. ■ Glam at Common. 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after (£3 for students). Weekly. DJs Chris Stewart and Steven Tobin play R&B. ■ Juicy Tuesday at Kushion. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. A night to entertain the masses across two rooms. Room one sees DJ Harri rocking out indie pop and electro, while Li’l L and Ray Woods get the party started with hip hop beats and R&B grooves in room two. ■ Lust at O’Couture. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3 students). Weekly. Indie anthems and urban beats. ■ Switch Tuesdays at Bamboo. 11pm–3am. £4 (free for students). Weekly. Dan South and Robin B mash up hip hop, R&B, pop and electro.