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11pm–3am. £tbc. House, techno and electro night from the Sub Club. FREE Shake Appeal at Bloc●. 27 Dec, 11pm–4am. Hip-shakin’ rock’n’roll, punk, blues, rock and metal. FREE Surgical Punch at Bloc●. 13 Dec, 11pm–4am. The lads from Hey Enemy rock the joint with their DJ set. FREE Tremors at Flat 0/1. 20 Dec, 11pm–3am. Resident DJ hits the decks with house, techno, disco and garage. ■ Viva Warriors at the Arches. 13 Dec, 10pm–3am. £15. House and techno night, courtesy of Steve Lawler. ■ Wax Works at Stereo. 20 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5 advance; £10 on the door. Monthly techno night. Special guest James Ruskin. FREE Yes! at the Flying Duck. 3 Jan, 11pm–3am. Gay night playing classic and cutting edge indie and guitar bands. Saturday Glasgow
■ Adventures in Paradise at the Admiral. 21 Dec & 18 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5. Soul, funk and disco from Glasgow label Big Break Records (BBR) and residents Wayne Dickson, Malcolm McKenzie and Roddie Gibb. Featuring Al Kent from Million Dollar Disco (21 Dec) followed by Melting Pot’s Andrew Pirie (18 Jan). ■ All the Rage at Blackfriars. 14 Dec & 11 Jan, 11pm–3am. £4. Indie, post-punk, garage, indie pop & northern soul. ■ Birdcage at Broadcast. 14 Dec & 31 Dec, 11pm–3am. £3–£5. An alternative LGBT night playing house, electro and disco. With Milky and Heavyflo. ■ Black Tent at Nice’n’Sleazy. 4 Jan, 10pm–3am. £4. Errors and Rock Action DJs playing indie, house, techno etc. FREE Boogaloo at Flat 0/1. Weekly 11pm–3am. Boogie along with funk, disco, soul and techno. ■ Code at La Cheetah. 18 Jan, 11pm–3am. £6 advance; £10 on the door. Techno night with DJ Nick M and guests. Code bring Berlin-based, Brummie techno DJ and producer Rebekah to Scotland for the first time. FREE Deathkill4000 at Bloc●. 4 Jan, 11pm–3am. Industrial rock noise party. FREE Disco Paradiso at Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel. Weekly 10pm–2am. Disco and house from the Count of Monte Disco. ■ Drop the Bomb at Blackfriars. 28 Dec, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Reggae, dancehall and soca from Bass Warrior Soundsystem. ■ Get Sorted at FabrIQ. 4 Jan, 11pm–4am. £8 early bird; £10 advance; £12 on the door. Retro clubbing harking back to the Hacienda and warehouse scene. ■ Hollywood Boulevard at Blackfriars Basement. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5. Boogie on down to soul, electro, funk and celebrate the music. ■ Hot Mess at the Poetry Club. 14 Dec, 10pm–2am. £5. Gay night with a mix of disco, hi-NRG, acid house, Italo and electro from DJ Simonotron (Club for Heroes/Devil Disco Club). ■ Houndin’ the Streets at the Flying Duck. 28 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. Jer Reid and Martin Law play punk, post-punk, hip hop and anything else from late 70s and early 80s New York. ■ I Love the Garage Saturdays at the Garage. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £4–£8. Brian McMaster plays classics in the main hall while Kenny does alternative indie and retro classics in the Attic. ■ Million Dollar Disco at Berkeley Suite. 18 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5. Disco, edits, rarities and remixes from Al Kent. FREE Milk DJs at Bloc●. 14 Dec, 11pm–3am. Pop party extraordinaire with two women on a mission. ■ Nude on Mars at Stereo. 4 Jan, 9pm–3am. £4. Sexy retro vintage sleaze from Flore de Hoog.
TOP 5 VENUES
Venues | CLUBS
GLASGOW
■ Admiral 72 Waterloo Street, 221 7705. ■ The Arches Argyle Street, 565 1000.
■ Arta 62 Albion St, 552 2101. ■ Bamboo 51 West Re- gent Street, 332 1067/8.
■ Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel 106–108 Brunswick Street, 552 0001.
■ The Courtyard 84 West Nile Street, 354 0049. ■ The Ferry Anderston Quay, the Broomielaw, 553 0606.
■ Firewater 341 Sauchiehall Street, 354 0350. ■ The Flying Duck 142 Renfield Street, 572 0100.
■ The Garage 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120.
■ Blackfriars 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. ■ Ivory Blacks 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114.
■ O’Couture 373–377 Sauchiehall Street, 333 3940.
■ The Old Fruit- market Candleriggs, 353 8000. ■ Oran Mor Byres Road, 0870 0132 652.
■ Polo Lounge Wil- son Street, 553 1221. ■ Queen Margaret Union University Gardens, 339 9784.
■ The Shed 26 Langside Avenue, 649 5020.
■ Boho 59 Dumbarton Road, 357 6644. ■ The Ivy 1102–1106 Argyle Street, 337 3006.
■ Stereo 20–28 Ren- field Lane, 222 2254.
■ Karbon 4 Buchanan Street, Springfield Court, 221 8099. ■ Karibu 95 Hope Street, 221 7002.
■ Strathclyde Students’ Union University of Strath- clyde, Students Associa- tion, 90 John Street, 567 5023.
■ Kushion 158–166 Bath Street, 331 4060. ■ Sub Club Jamaica Street, 248 4600.
HOGMANAY CLUB NIGHTS 1 Club Noir: New Year’s Eve Burlesque The pioneers of burlesque in Scotland host their biggest ever Hogmanay party. A mix of decadent glamour, cabaret and other delicious goodies. Expect music from the 1920s right up to last week, alongside acts to dazzle and mesmerise (including Carlos Airhead flying in from London). Also don’t forget this is Club Noir, so dress appropriately. O2 Academy, Glasgow, Tue 31 Dec.
2 Mardi Gras at Midnite Soulsville and Motherfunk join forces to bring New Orleans to Edinburgh with a night of costumes, dancers and specially designed sets with a deep disco, funk and sweet soul soundtrack as you’d expect from DJs Fryer and Francis Dosoo (in background, above). The Picture House, Edinburgh, Tue 31 Dec.
3 Optimo Hogmanay Party JD Twitch and JG Wilkes host their annual extravaganza in an Optimo-approved warehouse venue (please note change of venue from Glasgow School of Art). Golden Teacher will be playing live, plus a DJ set from Awesome Tapes From Africa in the second room. Glue Factory, Glasgow, Tue 31 Dec.
4 The Edinburgh Hogmanay After Party Billed as ‘Musika and Friends’, the house club is joined by DJs from Ultragroove and We Own for this Hogmanay shindig. Plus soul, disco, boogie, house and funk in room two courtesy of Yogi Haughton and the Scottish Soul Weekender crew. Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Tue 31 Dec. 5 Pi-Eyed 2013 New Year’s Eve Meltdown Not for the fainthearted, expect breakcore, jungle and acid assaults from DJ Skull Vomit, USA Kings, Bassbin Terrorizer and more at this completely free old skool hardcore rave. Audio, Glasgow, Tue 31 Dec. (Henry Northmore)
■ Box 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. ■ Braehead Arena Kings Inch Road, 886 8300.
■ The Buff Club 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. ■ The Bunker Bar 193–199 Bath Street, 229 1427.
■ Carnival Arts Cen- tre 2nd Floor, 34 Albion Street, 946 6193.
■ The Cathouse 15 Union Street, 248 6606. ■ Classic Grand 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820.
■ Club 30 22 Cambridge Street, 332 3437. ■ Common 25 Royal Exchange Square, 204 0101.
■ Corinthian Ingram Street, 552 1101.
EDINBURGH
■ The Bongo Club 66 Cowgate, 558 7604. ■ Castle Club 3 Queensferry Street Lane, 467 7215.
■ Cav 3 West Toll Cross, 228 3252.
■ The Caves Niddry Street South, 557 8989. ■ CC Blooms 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331.
■ The Citrus Club Grindlay Street, 622 7086. ■ City: Edinburgh 1a Market Street, 226 9560.
■ Electric Circus 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. ■ Espionage 4 India Buildings, Victoria Street, 477 7007.
■ La Cheetah 72 Queen Mary Street, 221 4851. ■ Maggie May’s 50 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350.
■ Milan 42 Queen Street, 548 8002.
■ Nice’n’Sleazy 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. ■ O2 ABC 300 Sauchie- hall Street, 332 2232.
■ O2 Academy 121 Eglinton Street, 08700 771 2000.
■ Henry’s Cellar Bar 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393.
■ Hive 15–17 Niddry Street, 556 0444. ■ Picture House 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740
■ The Jazz Bar 1 Chambers Street, 467 2539.
■ Karma Nights 23 Lothian Road, 229 9197.
■ The Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. ■ Lulu (under Tiger Lily) 125b George Street, 561 2245.
■ Mood Omni, Greenside Place, 550 1640. ■ Opal Lounge 51 George Street, 226 2275.
■ SWG3 Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 0141 357 7246. ■ The Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000.
■ Universal 157 Sauchiehall Lane, 332 8899.
■ The Viper Bar & Club 500 Great West- ern Road, Kelvinbridge, 334 0560. ■ The Winchester Club 49 Bell Street, 552 3586.
■ Potterrow Teviot, Bristo Square, 650 9195. ■ Shanghai Le Monde, 16 George Street, 270 3900.
■ Silk King Stables Road, 229 7986. ■ Sin Wilkie House, Cowgate, 225 9764.
■ Sneaky Pete’s 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. ■ Studio 24 Calton Road, 558 3758.
■ Third Door 45–47 Lothian Street, 225 6313.
■ The Voodoo Rooms 19a West Register Street, 556 7060.
■ The Wee Red Bar Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. ■ Why Not? 14 George Street, 624 8311.
■ GHQ 4 Picardy Place, 550 1780. ■ Opium 71 Cowgate, 225 8382.
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