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■ Saints & Sinners at GHQ. 30 Dec, 10.30pm–5am. £tbc. Confess your sins to start 2013 afresh with an old school pop soundtrack from DJ Lynne. FREE The Sunday Club at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Two rooms of chart, indie, pop and rock requests. ■ Tipsy at Lulu. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. R&B, urban and hip hop from residents Nick G and DJ Prospect.
Edinburgh Monday Monthly & One-Offs ■ Naughty or Nice at GHQ. 24 Dec, 11pm–5am. £tbc. Have you been a good boy this year? Santa empties his sack at midnight this Christmas Eve at GHQ. ■ Bongo Club Hogmanay Party at the Bongo Club. 31 Dec, 11pm–5am. £10. A musical melange from all your favourite Bongo club nights (including Four Corners, Headspin, Mumbo Jumbo, Soulsville and more) as they bid a fond farewell to the Bongo’s current home. See preview, page 78. ■ Club Paradiso NYE Winter Paradise Party at City Nightclub. 31 Dec, 9pm–5am. £15 in advance; £20 VIP advance. Eight hours of house, electro and dance anthems with lasers, snow cannons, live percussion, sax and vocals across three rooms. ■ Citrus Club Hogmanay Party at Citrus Club. 31 Dec, 10pm–5am. £10 in advance; £15 on the door. A mix of indie, rock, pink and new wave from the Citrus DJs plus live sets from Caravan Club, The Jackals, Durty Wurks and Green Man Running. ■ Dr No’s Hogmanay at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 31 Dec, 11pm–5am. £8 advance; £10 on the door. Ska, rocksteady and 70s reggae all played via original or re-pressed vinyl. ■ Enchanted Garden Party at Lulu. 31 Dec, 9pm–5am. £25. Expect a glam Hogmanay with dance favourites and house tracks plus cocktails and canapés on arrival. ■ GHQ Big Gay Hogmanay Party at GHQ. 31 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £5 advance; £8 on the door. Glam Hogmanay bash with stilt walkers, fire breathers, UV paint and more, while DJ Michelle mashes up the dance tracks. ■ Gasoline Dance Machine Hogmanay at Cabaret Voltaire. 31 Dec, 10pm–5am. £7–£10 advance; £12 on the door. Cheap Picasso and Rob Ralston mix up electronic eclectica, disco, house and funk joined by special guest Isaac Tichauer (French Express). ■ Hogmanay Balkanarama at Studio 24. 31 Dec, 11pm–3am. £12–£15 advance; £18 on the door. End 2012 with a hot mix of klezmer, Balkan, gypsy punk, electro-swing and electronic beats from DJ and live acts including Gypsy Hill, ten-piece Smash Kafana, 18 strong Beasties Drumming Crew, DJ Kobayashi, DJ Danglo and DJ Shongun plus VJs, Turkish coffee and rakija. ■ Hogmanay Hoot at Corn Exchange. 31 Dec, Times tbc. £40 (VIP £50). Edinburgh’s largest indoor Hogmanay party featuring The Scott Leslie Ceilidh Band, DJ, pipes and drums plus a buffet supper. ■ Hogmanay Party at the Caley Sample Room. 31 Dec, 10pm–3am. £10. Northern soul, funk, Motown, 2-step and dash of house from James Cronshaw (Sounds of the Universe/Soul Jazz Records), Zander Murray, Mark Linton, Yogi Haughton and Derek Robertson. ■ Jazz Bar Hogmanay Party at the Jazz Bar. 31 Dec, 9pm–5am. £18 (£16). Night of jazz and funk to see in the bells featuring the Jazz Bar Party Quintet with guest vocalist William Young and five piece funk/soul act Future Heroes. ■ Magic Nostalgic NYE 2013 at Electric Circus. 31 Dec, 9pm–5am. £10. ‘The Wheel’ decides the playlist at this multi-genre nostalgia fest. For Hogmanay DJs JP and HP are asking you to provide a category for the wheel. ■ Mansion et Intoxic present: New Year Under the Castle at Silk.
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Traditionally the busiest night of the clubbing calendar and if you want big DJs Musika (Liquid Room) tops the list with their triple bill of Joris Voorn, Derrick Carter (pictured) and Darius Syrossian catering to all your house and techno needs. There’s more house, from Ultragroove and Heavy Gos- sip, at The Most Extraordinary Hogmanay Party (Tron Kirk), while the Gasoline Dance Machine Hogmanay goes leftfield with special guest Isaac Tichauer. Keeping the beats flowing is the Volume! Hogma- nay Masquerade Ball (511) with a dubstep, drum & bass and hip hop soundtrack. If you like your bass even dubbier why not plump for the Wee Dub Hogmanay! with Radikal Guru, Riddim Tuffa, Big Toes and more. Indie heads take note the Citrus Club Hogmanay Party boasts live
sets from Caravan Club, The Jackals, Durty Wurks and Green Man Running; while if big band swing (and a dash of cabaret) is more your thang hit up Vegas! Grand Hogmanay Ball (Voodoo Rooms) featuring Cow Cow Boogie and Missy Malone, or the Summerhall Hogmanay Party with Loveboat, The Badwills, films and DJs. If you really can’t decide head for Magic Nostalgic NYE 2013 (Electric Circus) where you’re likely to hear a bit of everything (see competition, page 83). And don’t forget it’s your last chance to wave goodbye to the Moray House venue at Bongo Club Hogmanay Party (see feature, page 78). ■ Various venues, Edinburgh, Mon 31 Dec, see listings for details.
31 Dec, 10pm–5am. £15–£20. Ten DJs spin house, electro, funk, soul, hip hop, techno, dubstep and drum & bass across three rooms to welcome in 2013. ■ The Most Extraordinary Hogmanay Party at Tron Kirk. 31 Dec, 10pm–3am. £10. Wave goodbye to 2012 in the company of two of Edinburgh’s best house nights, Heavy Gossip and Ultragroove, with soul, deep house, nu-disco and electro. Part of The Extraordinary Drambuie Gatherings. ■ Musika Hogmanay at the Liquid Room. 31 Dec, 10pm–5am. £22.50 (early bird). The world’s best techno and house DJs gather for one of Edinburgh’s biggest NYE club nights featuring Joris Voorn, Derrick Carter and Darius Syrossian. ■ New Year at Opal Lounge. 31 Dec, 9pm–5am. From £15. Dance the night away and into 2013 in the swish surrounds of the Opal Lounge with a canapé and cocktail reception. ■ New Year’s Eve at Cav. 31 Dec, 9pm–5am. £5 in advance; more on the door. Big charty party to see in 2013, promising a ‘night of surprises’. ■ Socialite and Tipsy present New Year’s Eve at Shanghai. 31 Dec, 9pm–5am. £20. A mix of house, dance, R&B, urban and hip hop to start 2013 off with a bang. ■ Summerhall Hogmanay Party at Summerhall. 31 Dec, 9pm–3am. £20. Four parties under one roof. Lindsay Todd (Firecracker Records) and Joseph Malik (Compost) spin ska, funk, soul and rare grooves in the Dissection Room with music from Loveboat and The Badwills; enjoy films in the Red Lecture Theatre, theatre in the anatomy lecture Theatre or relax in the Summerhall café. ■ Vegas! Grand Hogmanay Ball at the Voodoo Rooms. 31 Dec, 9pm–3am. £25 (£50 including Hogmanay dinner). The Vegas team return to host another Hogmanay party. Expect showgirls, big band tunes, swing, cabaret and burlesque featuring all the usual shenanigans plus Cow Cow Boogie, Missy Malone and the Vegas Revue. ■ Volume! Hogmanay Masquerade Ball at 511. 31 Dec, 10pm–3am. £5. Intimate (120 capacity) celebration of heavy bass masked mayhem: dubstep, Bmore, jungle, hip hop and fidget house featuring the likes of Termite, Fault Limes, Dfrnt and Kidill. ■ Wee Dub Hogmanay! at the Caves. 31 Dec, 10pm–5am. £23 (early bird £18). A bass-heavy way to see in 2013 with a night featuring Radikal Guru with Cian Finn, Riddim Tuffa Sound featuring El Fata, Big Toes Hi-Fi Soundsystem, 7ft Soundsystem, Audio Soup meets Chapel Perilous, and more. ■ Winter Wonderland Snow Party at the Hive. 31 Dec, 9pm–5am. £10. Expect snow, festive cocktails and confetti as you ring in the New Year with
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the Hive’s mix of electro, pop, indie, rock and hip hop. Weekly ■ Contraband at Lulu. Weekly (not 31 Dec) 10pm–3am. £tbc. Cuban themed student night. ■ Embassy at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. House-centric Monday night party. FREE Mixed Up Mondays at the Hive. Weekly (not 31 Dec) 10pm–3am. Two rooms of requests be it chart, cheese, indie, rock, pop punk or 90s hits. FREE Nu Fire at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Showcase of underground hip hop, dubstep, drum & bass, electro and MCs including a Hogmanay special.
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Monthly & One-Offs ■ Cherrie Trieffell’s Christmas Cracker at Cav. 18 Dec, 10pm–3am. £20. See Thu. ■ Fever New Year’s Day Party at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 1 Jan, 11pm–5am. £8. Fisher & Price and Miss Chris keep the tunes pumping for anyone still standing. FREE I Love Hip Hop at the Bongo Club. 18 Dec, 11pm–3am. Hip hop classics and brand new rap tracks, plus live performances, MCs and guest DJs. ■ The Unexpected New Year’s Day Party at Tron Kirk. 1 Jan, 10pm–3am. £10. A mix of bass, dubstep, nu wave, 80s soul and leftfield house from the LuckyMe collective featuring S-Type, Eclair Fifi and The Blessings. Part of The Extraordinary Drambuie Gatherings. Weekly FREE Antics at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Rock, emo, punk and metal dispatches from Edinburgh’s alt.scene and yes, they are open Christmas Day. ■ Lollipop Tuesdays at GHQ. Weekly (not 25 Dec) 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. Big gay-friendly student night with pop electro, chart and mash-ups. FREE Soul Jam at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly (not 25 Dec) 11pm–3am. Old school, real deal soul, funk and hip hop. ■ Trash! at Base. Weekly (not 25 Dec) 10pm–3am. £3. A night of trashy techno and dirty electro beats.
Edinburgh Wednesday
Monthly & One-Offs ■ Madchester Boxing Day Bash at the Liquid Room. 26 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. Annual celebration of all things baggy with another Boxing Day special. Joined by guest DJ Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets). ■ Working off That Turkey at GHQ. 26 Dec, 10.30pm–5am. £tbc. GHQ’s Boxing Day party returns. Weekly ■ Bambu at City Nightclub. Weekly (not 26 Dec) 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. Student chart and party night, don’t be surprised by the odd foam or UV party. ■ Bangers & Mash at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £3 after. Student night of chart, R&B, dance and big cheesy hits, with a Boxing Day special. ■ Happy Wednesdays at Mood. Weekly (not 26 Dec) 10pm–3am. £1. Big club anthems and chart stormers. ■ Indigo at the Liquid Room. Weekly (not 26 Dec) 10.30pm–3am. £3 (students £1). Indie and alternative night from DJ Katy Murphy. ■ R3load at GHQ. Weekly (not 26 Dec) 10.30pm–3am. £4 (students £3). Gay student night of R&B, chart, house and dance anthems. FREE Witness at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Garage, UK funky, dubstep and bassline house from residents Attic Kings and Blackwax. Open Boxing Day. ■ Westwing at Lulu. Weekly (not 26 Dec) 10pm–3am. £tbc. Student night with a big mash-up soundtrack.
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