FESTIVAL CLUBS LISTINGS
EDINBURGH Events are listed by city, day, type then alphabetically by name. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to clubs@list. co.uk. Edinburgh listings are compiled by Henry Northmore. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry Aberdeen’s Tuff Wax label taking over on 9 Aug. ■ i AM at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly midnight–5am. £4 (£3). Open-minded clubbing as Glasgow’s weekly electronica and bass night makes its Edinburgh debut with beats and pieces supplied by Beta & Kappa plus digital dub from Chungo-Bungo.
Edinburgh Thursday Clubs FREE Dapper Dan’s at Sneaky Pete’s. 2 Aug, 11pm–3am. Default and Picassio promise ‘a wonky cocktail of beats’ on decks and FX. FREE Favela at the Bongo Club. 9 Aug, midnight–5am. South American and Latin party from the Soulsville crew. ■ Indigo at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £1 (students free). Indie and alternative night from DJ Katy Murphy (now filling a regular Thu night slot). ■ Lafayette at Electric Circus. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £4 (£3). Hip hop and R&B at this new night inspired by the music, culture and nightlife of Lower East Side New York, presented by State of Mind Clothing. ■ Luska at Studio 24. 9 Aug, 11pm–5am. £tbc. Techno, tech-house and deep house with Jack Swift and Dara Estafaghi. The Glasgow night heads to Edinburgh for a Festival special with special guests tbc. ■ Madame Belle’s at Lulu. Weekly 10pm–3am. £6. Hip hop, R&B, electro, house and dancefloor anthems with a burlesque twist. ■ Octopussy at the HMV Picture House. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (students £3). Student night of chart, R&B, electro and indie classics plus bouncy castles, a swimming pool, jacuzzi and plenty of promos. FREE Roots Tonic at the Outhouse. Weekly 9pm–1am. Fortnightly roots reggae night hosted by the selector Brother Most Righteous. ■ Vanity at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Cutting edge soul, R&B, electro and funky house. ■ Zzzap at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–5am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Electro, nu-rave, UV and house party. Glasgow young bucks and party starters Offbeat (Mirrors, Jordan Coleman and Joe Mcghee) open Zzap’s Festival season on 2 Aug followed by
Chart & Party FREE Frisky Disco at GHQ. Weekly 10pm–3am. Start the weekend early with DJ Dale with a frisky mix of funk and house. FREE Shenanigans at Espionage. Weekly 11pm–3am. DJ Neil Johnston blasts the best in slick pop, dancefloor anthems, electro and hip hop. ■ Temple at Silk. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Three floors of dancing (with drum & bass and dubstep upstairs) plus live drummers.
Edinburgh Friday
Clubs ■ Buddha Fridays at Opal Lounge. Weekly 9pm–3am. £5 before 11.30pm; £8 after. Funky beats and up-tempo club classics with live sax and percussion. ■ Confusion is Sex at the Bongo Club. 3 Aug, 11pm–5am. £tbc. Twisted and freaky mix of burlesque, glam techno, electro, indie punk and rock’n’roll where ‘the weird is normal’. An Egyptian theme at this Festival special. FREE The Domino Club at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 4–9pm. Pre-club session in the Bar, with Yogi Haughton playing a vinyl only selection of soul, funk, disco and rare groove. ■ Hideout at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Indie, pop and electro peppered with classic disco, funk and hip hop from Master Caird and Steve C.
✽ Hot Mess at Wee Red Bar. 3 Aug, 10.30pm–4am. £5 (£3). Gay club night describing itself as ‘an irregular party for irregular folks’, where the focus is on the music, which is a heady mix of disco, hi-NRG, acid house, Italo and electro from the safe hands of DJ Simonotron (Club for Heroes/ Devil Disco Club). First ever Festival night from the Hot Mess boys, joined by Glasgow counterparts Lock Up Your Daughters to make the most of the late curfew.
■ Late Lounging at Lulu. Weekly 9pm–3am. £tbc. House mixed with chart dance, electro pop and funk. ■ Nocturnal Disco at GHQ. Weekly 10pm–2am. £4–£5. Pop, chart, vocal house and electro sounds. ■ Oh No! at the HMV Picture House. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Mash-up mayhem from DJ Gentleman Johnny manning the decks. ■ Planet Earth at Citrus Club. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £1 before 11pm; £6 after. Music from 1976 through to 1989. In other words, a healthy dose of punk, new wave, new romantic and electro-pop (now with added 90s). ■ Sugarhill at the One Below. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5. Hip hop, soul, R&B, dancehall and reggae club night from some of Edinburgh’s finest urban DJs.
✽ Unseen at Studio 24. 3 Aug, 10.30pm–5am. £10. New techno
night specialising in ‘pitch black techno’ from the minds that gave you Dogma. A UK exclusive as Unseen teams up with legendary Berlin techno club Tresor, featuring guests sets from Tresor residents Pacou and Marcel Heese. See preview, page 89. ■ XY at Cabaret Voltaire. 3 Aug & 10 Aug, midnight–5am. £7 (£5). New house, electro and drum & bass night that promises a set entry price whoever the guest. ■ 49HZ at the Liquid Room. 3 Aug, 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. New bass orientated monthly party.
Chart & Party ■ Broke at Lava Ignite. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5.50. Chart indie, hip hop, dance anthems and drinks promos. ■ Cream Soda at Electric Circus. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £4 after. Bubbly new pop night with classic hits old and new from DJ team The Parma Violets. FREE Espionage at Espionage. Weekly 11pm–2am. Five bars over five floors, playing everything from R&B to mainstream chart action with plenty of dark corners for copping off in. ■ Fridays at Club Tropicana. Weekly 8pm–3am. Free before midnight; £4 after. 80s themed club with a soundtrack of retro chart favourites (plus some late-70s and early-90s pop thrown in for good measure). ■ Misfits at the Hive. Weekly 9pm–5am. Free before 10pm; £4 after. DIY indie, electro, punk, rock, chart
dance, R&B and retro with bargain drinks. ■ WOW Fridays at Silk. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Classic dance anthems from the 90s and 00s. Edinburgh Saturday
Clubs ■ Extra Width at Wee Red Bar. Weekly 11pm–4am. £5. A barrage of noisy guitars, lo-fi, electronica and even a touch of disco with DJs from Evol, Mogwai and Tanya Skibunny. FREE Funktion at the Junction at the Newsroom. Weekly 1–7.30pm. DJs Yogi and Lee Marvin bring your Saturday night forward by about 12 hours with a club ‘night’ keeping it real with rare house, disco and boogie all afternoon in the club beneath the Newsroom. ■ The Go-Go at Studio 24. 4 Aug, 10.30pm–5am. £7. Swinging 60s garage, soul, mod, new wave, surf and sleazy listening from residents Tall Paul and Big Gus. French garage rockers Les Bof! supply the live music.
✽ Jackhammer at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 4 Aug, 9pm–5am.
£10 before midnight; £13 after. Techno night. The first Jackhammer BBQ with free grub until 11pm plus live guests Radioactive Man and Industrialyzer and DJs Vince Watson, Brainstorm and Stephen Brown. ■ Lulu at Lulu. Weekly 9pm–2am. Free before 10pm; £5 before 11pm; £10 after. Electro, club hits, sexy disco and chart favourites.
✽ Musika at the Liquid Room. 4 Aug, 10.30pm–5am. £15. Edgy
house and electro night An Exit Festival afterparty with Detroit DJ Seth Troxler (Visionquest). ■ The Opal Experience at Opal Lounge. Weekly 9pm–2am. £5 before 12.30am; £10 after. Glamorous vocal house and ice-cool electro with a hint of R&B. ■ Propaganda at the HMV Picture House. Weekly 11pm–2am. £5 (students £4 before midnight). The UK’s biggest indie club night comes to Edinburgh. ■ Shakedown at the One Below. Weekly 10pm–3am. £6. Funk and electro night inspired by the lounge club scene in New York, Paris and Los Angeles. ■ Soulsville at the Bongo Club. 4 Aug, midnight–5am. £tbc. Tsatsu and Fryer
EDINBURGH CLUB VENUES
■ The Bongo Club Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. One of the coolest and most eclectic clubs in town. 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 free entry and 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
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punk, new wave and 80s classics. See listings for highlights.
■ City: Edinburgh 1a Market Street, 226 9560. From student nights and pop to big guest DJs. See listings for highlights. ■ Electric Circus 36-39 Market Street, 226 4224. Eclectic dance beats and indie plus private rooms and karaoke for a unique clubbling experience. See listings for details.
■ Espionage 4 India Buildings, Victoria Street, 477 7007. Five floors of varied chart and dancey action.
■ GHQ 4 Picardy Place, 550 1780. Swish gay club. See listings for highlights. ■ Henry’s Cellar Bar 8-16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. Eclectic and experimental nights from
surf rock to electro. See listings for details. cool house nights. See listings for highlights.
■ Hive 15–17 Niddry Street, 556 0444. Rock, indie, student nights and electronica. See listings for details. ■ HMV Picture House 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. Home to indie clubbing and big name one-off special events. See listings for details.
■ Lava Ignite 3 West Toll Cross, 228 3252. Chart favourites, pop hits and R&B. ■ The Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. Big gig/club space and home to indie, electro, dubstep, house and visiting big name DJs. 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. ■ Lulu (under Tiger Lily) 125b George Street, 561 2245. Cool funk, house and other grooves from the people who brought you the Opal Lounge.
■ Karma Nights 23 Lothian Road, 229 9197. Club classics, chart nuggets, 80s and party tunes. ■ The Lane 3 Queensferry Street Lane, 467 7215. Selection of
■ Mood Omni, Greenside Place, 550 1640. Chart, dance 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. ■ Potterrow Teviot, Bristo Square, 650 9195. Student heaven and home to some big one off parties.
■ Shanghai Le Monde, 16 George Street, 270 3900. Slick and stylish venue in the heart of Edinburgh.
■ Silk King Stables Road, 229 7986. More big party tunes and drunken dancing. ■ Sin Wilkie House, Cowgate, 225 9764. Commercial dance sounds, pop hits and R&B.
■ Sneaky Pete’s 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. Underground clubbing at its best, from techno and dubstep to indie. See listings for details.
■ Studio 24 Calton Road, 558 3758. Down and dirty club nights, specialising in techno and rock. See listings for details. ■ Third Door 45-47 Lothian Street, 225 6313. Laid back vibes with cool hip hop and other sounds. See listings for highlights.
■ The Voodoo Rooms 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. Sophisticated clubbing, cabaret 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.