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■ Adventures in Paradise at the Admiral. 20 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5. Soul, funk and disco from Glasgow label Big Break Records and residents Wayne Dickson and Roddie Gibb. ■ Asylum at Queen Margaret Union. 20 Dec, 10pm–2am. £5. A new monthly metal night. ■ Blitzedmas at SWG3. 13 Dec, 10pm– 2am. £10 in advance; £12 on the door. A retrotastic Christmas night straight out of the 1940s.
✽■ Club 69 Seasonal Shindig at La Cheetah. 27 Dec, 11pm–4am. £5. The 69 team head into town from Paisley for a Christmas night of techno and house. ■ Colours at the Arches. 13 Dec, 10pm. £10–£15. Scotland’s biggest commercial night presents an array of rather big names. ■ Colours present: Armada at the Arches. 20 Dec, 10pm. £19.55. A Christmas night out presented by Colours, featuring Ruben de Ronde. ■ Ctrl+Alt+Del at Blackfriars Music Stage. 13 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5. A night devoted to electro. ■ Freaky Freaky at the Art School. 13 Dec, 11pm. £tbc. Swing, hip hop, R&B. ■ Hardfloor at SWG3. 27 Dec, 11pm–3am. £12.50. Techno, house and acid pioneers. ■ Hot Mess at the Poetry Club. 13 Dec, 10pm–2am. £6. See LGBT listings. ■ A Love From Outer Space at Berkeley Suite. 13 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £9. Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnstone bring their out-there club night to Glasgow. ■ Love Music at O2 ABC. 13 Dec, 20 Dec & 27 Dec, 11pm. £5. Soul, rock’n’roll, indie and electro. FREE Missing Persons Club at La Cheetah. 13 Dec, 11pm–4am. MPC Residents v Sub Rosa Residents. ■ Noceur at La Cheetah. 20 Dec, 11pm–4am. £5. New night with Glasgow duo Mia Dora and Notsosilent’s Craig Mullen alongside Quail. ■ Pretty Ugly at the Admiral. 13 Dec, 8pm–3am. £5–£6. Live music from Band of Gold and We Were Promised Jetpacks v Fatherson on the decks. ■ Secondcity at SWG3. 13 Dec, 10pm. £10. DJ best known for number 1 hit ‘I Wanna Feel’. ■ Strangeways at the Admiral. 20 Dec, 8pm–1am. £5. A regular tribute night for the Smiths and Morrissey, with a proud fan club atmosphere and aesthetic, uninhibited dancing. ■ Too Nice at the Art School. 20 Dec, 11pm. £tbc. Phonk, hip hop and R&B party with Bessa, J Leslie and Heckter.
Chart & Party ■ Christmas Guilty Pleasure at the Shed. 20 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £5–£7. The guiltiest of musical pleasures, dubbed, with very good reason, ‘shameless, blameless fun’. ■ Winter Wonderland at the Shed. 27 Dec, 10pm–3am. £7. DJs Del and Andy get you through the last Saturday of 2014.
Sunday Glasgow ✽■ Bigfoot’s Sixth Birthday with Radio Slave at the Sub Club.
21 Dec, 11pm--4am. £10. A man with nearly enough aliases for every day of the week (Matthew E, Rekid, Quiet Village, Sea Devils). Under the Radio Slave moniker he released the Kylie / New Order ‘Blue Monday’ mash-up. ■ Primal Scream After Show Tare Up at Berkeley Suite. 14 Dec, 11pm–3am. £8. Richard Fearless (Death in Vegas) presents some dark beats, moody electro and weird techno at the afterparty for Primal Scream’s homecoming gig.
✽■ Shifted & Sigha at the Sub Club. 28 Dec, 11pm–4am. £13.
Another intriguing booking from Animal Farm, who always push past all the usual suspects.
Chart & Party FREE S#*t Shirt Night at the Shed. 29 Dec, 10pm. If Santa got you a terrible shirt or jumper, don’t chuck it out. Pop it on and head on down to the Shed. ■ The Shed School Disco at the Shed. 22 Dec, 10.30pm. £3. Bringing back memories of the tuck shop, glow sticks, social dancing and blazers. Bring the mistletoe for a Christmas special. Tuesday Glasgow
■ Classic 80s Night at the Shed. 30 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £3. Celebrate the guiltiest of 80s pleasures with DJ Del. Wednesday Glasgow
■ Ashton Lane Hogmanay Street Party at Ashton Lane. 31 Dec, 7pm. £25. Ring in the New Year with fireworks, a piper, street performers, live music, DJs and tasty food and drink. ■ La Cheetah Club, Offbeat & Notsosilent present NYE 2014 at La Cheetah. 31 Dec, 11pm–4am. £10–£17. La Cheetah grab some of their favourite acts to help bring in 2015 in absolute style. ■ Club Noir’s New Year’s Eve Burlesque at O2 Academy Glasgow. 31 Dec, 9pm–3am. £20.50. Two tartan-tinged burlesque shows, and vintage and modern music. 2014’s celebrations also include Michelle McManus, Russian Cossack dancers, drag artist Ida Barr and a ceilidh band. ■ GBX NYE: Welcome 2015 at the Arches. 31 Dec, 9pm–4am. £20–£30. Big night of hardcore, trance, rave and hardstyle to see in the New Year. Featuring George Bowie, Mallorca Lee, Steve Cocky, Crypsis and more. ■ Madchester NYE at the Admiral. 31 Dec, 11pm–4am. £15. Featuring an acoustic set from Shed Seven’s Rick Witter and Joe Johnson playing the band’s hits. ■ Optimo Hogmanay at the Art School. 31 Dec, 11pm. £tbc. JD Twitch and JG Wilkes host their annual extravaganza. FREE Rumours at Flat 0/1. 31 Dec, 8pm–4am. Featuring all five residents pumped out through 15kw of extra sound by Discrete Sound System. ■ STREETrave New Years Eve at SWG3. 31 Dec, 8.30pm. £20. The ultimate warehouse party with a stellar line-up of DJs including N-Joi (Anthem), K-Klass (Rhythm Is A Mystery) and Shades of Rhythm (Sound of Eden). Chart & Party ■ Christmas Eve at the Shed at the Shed. 24 Dec, 10.30pm. £10. Bring in the big day with DJs Del and Andy. ■ Hogmanay at the Shed. 31 Dec, 10pm–3am. £10. DJs Del and Andy are around to see in the new year. ■ Hogmanay at Viper. 31 Dec, 9pm–3am. £8. Get on with bringing in the new year with extended opening hours.
EDINBURGH
Thursday Edinburgh ✽■ Hot Dub Time Machine. Best. Party. Ever. at St Andrew Square.
11–17 Dec, 9.30pm. £18.50–£20.50 (£17.50–£19.50). An all night long mash- up of instantly recognisable tunes from the 60s to the present day. ■ Hullabaloo at the Bongo Club. Weekly 11pm–3am (not Dec 25 & Jan 1) . £3 (£2). Trendy Wendy and Steve Austin playing funky mash-ups, beats, breaks and hip hop, and Tall Paul playing some 60s, 70s, ska, reggae and soul. ■ Juice at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm (not Dec 25 & Jan 1). £5. Trap ‘n’ grime, people. ■ Mayhem at Opium. Weekly 8pm–3am (not Dec 25 & Jan 1). £tbc. The best of pop punk and rock.
GLASGOW
■ Admiral 72 Waterloo Street, 221 7705.
■ The Arches 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. ■ Arta 62 Albion St, 552 2101.
■ Bamboo 51 West Regent Street, 332 1067/8. ■ Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel 106–108 Brunswick Street, 552 0001.
■ Blackfriars 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. ■ Box 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431.
■ Braehead Arena Kings Inch Road, 886 8300.
■ The Buff Club 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. ■ Bunker 193–199 Bath Street, 229 1427.
■ Carnival Arts Centre 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, 0845 166 6003. ■ Corinthian Ingram Street, 552 1101.
■ Ivory Blacks 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114.
■ Karbon 4 Buchanan Street, Springfield Court, 221 8099. ■ Karibu 95 Hope Street, 221 7002.
■ Kushion 158–166 Bath Street, 0845 166 6031.
■ 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 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232.
■ The Courtyard 84–86 West Nile Street, 352 9977. ■ O2 Academy 121 Eglinton Street, 08744 477 2000.
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.
■ Club Tropicana 23 Lothian Road, 0844 891 0855. ■ Electric Circus 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224.
■ Espionage 4 India Buildings, Victoria Street, 477 7007. ■ GHQ 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024.
■ Henry’s Cellar Bar 8–16a Morrison Street, 629 4101. ■ Hive 15–17 Niddry Street, 556 0444.
■ The Jazz Bar 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298.
■ The Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. ■ Lulu (under Tiger Lily) 125b George Street, 225 5005.
■ Mood Omni, Greenside Place, 550 1640.
■ Opal Lounge 51 George Street, 226 2275. ■ Opium 71 Cowgate, 225 8382.
■ Distill 1102–1106 Argyle Street, 337 3006. ■ O’Couture 373–377 Sauchiehall Street, 333 3940.
■ The Ferry Anderston Quay, the Broomielaw, 01698 360085. ■ The Old Fruitmarket Candleriggs, 353 8000.
■ Firewater 341 Sauchiehall Street, 354 0350. ■ Òran Mór 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200.
■ The Flying Duck 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. ■ Polo Lounge 84 Wilson Street, 0845 659 5905.
■ The Garage 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. ■ Queen Margaret Union University Gardens, 339 9784.
■ The Shed 26 Langside Avenue, 649 5020.
■ Stereo 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254.
■ Strathclyde Students’ Union University of Strathclyde, Students Association, 90 John Street, 567 5023. ■ Sub Club Jamaica Street, 248 4600.
■ SWG3 Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. ■ The Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000.
■ Universal 157 Sauchiehall Lane, 332 8899.
■ Viper 500 Great Western 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, 07788 756258.
■ 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 14 42. ■ Why Not? 14 George Street, 624 8311.