club nights 0 venues
I Subtle Logic at Studio 24. 10.30pm—3am. £6 (£4 for those wearing a mask). 4 Aug. Monthly. Subtle Logic would like to inform you that, due to the unsightly nature of the average Edinburgh Clubber, they’d really prefer it if you all wore masks. That way, they won’t have to deal with your ugly mugs. Your hosts at ‘The Masquerade’ will be nauseating residents Rod and Martin, with unsightly Sam Bean doing the guest honours.
I SunSpot at Studio 24 (upstairs). Monthly. Next date 25 Aug.
I Texture at Ego (formerly Eden). Monthly. Next date 25 Aug.
I Trancelucent at The Venue. Next date 1 Sep. when the Trancelucent crew take over Pure’s old slot.
I Underground Overground at Studio 24 (downstairs). Monthly (for the summer). Next date 25 Aug.
I Up! at Studio 24 (uplstairs). Monthly. Next date 18 Aug.
I Weird Salad at The Wee Red Bar. Next date 25 Aug.
I Zealous at Studio 24. Monthly. Next date 18 Aug.
Chart & party
I Lovebug at The Ark. 10pm—3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Party tunes for party people at this part venue.
I Canne Heat at Gaia. 10pm—3am. £2 before midnight; £4 after. DJ Harry Let’s Go lays on the pop and partied-up funk, disco and house tunes.
I Friday at Club Java. 4.30pm—2am . Free. Weekly. No need to travel uptown as Lcith gets its own hang-out, featuring DJ, drinks promos and the chance to enjoy coffee and cake in the sumptuous upstairs lounge area.
I Fusion at Eros/Elite. 9.30pm—3am. £4 (£3) before 11pm; £5 (£4) before midnight; £6 (£5) after. Weekly. Moving in a more dancey direction, with house and garage hits and regular live PAS.
I Gorgeous at Loca. 10pm-3am. Free before midnight; £3 (£2 with flyer) after. Weekly. Mainstream chart and party action. I Night To Remember at The Cavendish. 10pm—3am. £6. Weekly. Or not, given the price they’re giving their drinks away at. Over 255.
I The Subway at The Subway. 7pm-3am. Free before 11pm; £3 (£1) after. Weekly. See Thu.
I The Subway West End at The Subway West End. 7pm—3am. Free before 11pm; £3 (£1) after. Weekly. See Thu.
I The Time Tunnel at Club Mercado. 10pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Trendy Wendy and Vince Stilton the Cheesemaster take you on a musical journey through the 605, 705 and 805.
I Why Not? at Why Not?. 10pm-3am. £5. Weekly. Mainstream chart and disco at this popular city centre venue.
I Yum Yum at Revolution. 10pm—3am. £5—£7. Weekly. Chart and dance night at this very popular club.
EDINBURGH SATURDAYS Pro-club
I Atomic Baby at Bliss. Fortnightly. Next date 12 Aug.
I Cuba Norte at Cuba None. IOpm—lam. Free. Weekly. lt’s Sat so it must be salsa.
I Funk And Disorderly at The City Cafe. Fortnightly. Next date 12 Aug.
I Futuristica at 0 Bar. 9pm-1am. Free. 5 Aug. Fortnightly. Joseph Malik’s night takes up residency at this new Cuban bar. The music policy remains the same though, with the best of new beats, from Latin and Afro-tinged tunes to hip hop and drum & bass.
I Gilded Saloon at Gilded Saloon. Ilpm—4am. Free. Weekly. Niall Young, Scott McKenzie, Scott Elliot and guests provide a selection of smooth dance grooves.
I Immersed In Music at Pivo. 9pm—lam. Free. Weekly. Kev Wright of
Sublime lays on the trance on 5 Aug, with The Jengaheads bringing their particular brand of freestyle beats to Edinburgh on 12 Aug.
I Latino Loco at El Barrio. 8pm—1am. Free. Weekly. Go mad for it Latin style as DJs deliver up the latest Latin hits and hottest beats from the barrio. More info from events@elbarrio.co.uk.
I Made In Iguana at Iguana. 9pm—1am. Free. Weekly. Top tunes from deep house man Colin Cook (Ultragroove).
I NYC at Bliss. 9pm-1am. Free. Fortnightly. 5 Aug. Stephen Allan is your resident, playing the sounds of the New York underground.
I Oxygen at Oxygen. 8.30pm—1am. Free. Weekly. A rotating selection of DJs at this new pre-club.
I Scratch/Saturday Night Live at PopRokit. 9pm—1am. Free. 5 Aug only. Real deal funk and top notch hip hop as Scratch and Motherfunk combine forces for their Po Rokit basement session.
I Thirsty essions at 0 Bar. Monthly. Next date 12 Au .
I Underground Bugalu at 0 Bar. Monthly. Next date 26 Aug.
I Yush! at the City Cafe. 9pm—lam. Free. 5 Aug. Fortnightly. A.J., of Blacka’nized, has the bases of ragga, hip hop and funk well covered.
Club
I Acetate at The Liquid Room. Monthly. Next date 19 Aug.
I Atomic Baby at La Belle Angele. Fortnightly. Next date 12 Aug — but see separate listing for the Uber Disko/Atomic Baby Clubs Festival event. I Barry Cabanas at The Liquid Room. Monthly. Next date 12 Aug.
I Blast at Club Mercado. Fortnightly. Next date 12 Aug.
I Blue Strawberry at The Liquid Room. 10.30pm—3am. £6 (£5). 5 Aug. Monthly. A new night at which to swing your pants, featuring the talents and record collections of Yogi Haughton, Kevin Jones and the Master Blaster. Expect the best in funk and soul to start the evening off, moving on to house as things progress towards mornin .
I Boogte Mo Dynamo at The Bongo Club. Monthly. Next date 25 Aug.
I Boombox at The Venue. Monthly. Next date 26 Aug with Halo and Hipp-E of the H Foundation.
I CC. Blooms at CC. Blooms. 10.30pm-3am (bar from 6pm). Free. Weekly. DJ Ally is back again with more of her trademark high-camp-to-house musical action.
I Digital at The Venue (top floor). 10.30pm—3am. £5 (£4). 5 Aug. Fortnightly. J. Cammera, Mitchell and Finnie lay on the best in underground techno and tech-house.
I Disco Dock at Club Java has moved to Fri.
I The £99 at The Wee Red Bar. 11pm-3am. £4 (£3.50). Weekly. A mix of indie, 60$ garage, Northern soul, ska, soundtracks and all things groovy at this ever-popular Art College student union. I Eye Candy at Club Mercado.
l 1pm-4am. £10 (£8); £6 for the outrageously dressed. 5 Aug. Fortnightly. Eye Candy continues to feed Edinburgh’s demand for great big glam house nights, with residents Graeme Popstar and Nejat Barton. The ‘no effort, no chance‘ dress code doesn’t seem to be scaring them awa either.
I Flesta Latina at Teviot Row Union returns on 14 Oct.
I Headspin at The Bongo Club. Monthly. Next date 12 Aug with special guests DANMASS.
I Intermission at Studio 24. Monthly. Next date 26 Aug.
I The Jazz Joint at The Jazz Joint. 10pm—3am. 5 Aug. Weekly. Drum-led jazz bop from the Paddy Flaherty Sextet (£7.50) at 9pm, with Tabasla (£6) doing the Latin thing at midnight.
I Joy Next date 19 Aug at Ego (formerly Eden).
I Jungle Magtc at The Liquid Room. Monthly. Next date 26 Aug.
I Last Night A DJ Stole My Wife at P0 Na Na. llpm—3am. £3. Weekly. DJ 4th Varmint, keeping it real with the old skool to nu skool beats thing.
I Latin Explosion at The Cavendish. 10pm-3am. £5. Weekly. A night for lovers of all things Latin from Salsa Connections, with top tunes and totally tropical dancefloor action.
I Luver at Ego (formerly Eden). 10pm—3am. £10 (£8). 5 Aug only. A Festival dose of Luver nonsense thanks to the fact they’ve secured an alternative venue. Keeping it hard and sweaty on the main floor are Jahred, Tommy K and Peter James, with Scott G and Andy Junior doing their funky stuff downstairs. The theme is ‘summer carnival’ so dig out your brightest, brashest togs.
I Luvely Lite at Wilkie House. Bi- monthly. Next date 2 Sep.
I The Mambo Club at The Cavendish. 10pm—3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after.
, Weekly. Your second serving of music of
black origin this week, on a reggae, ragga, R&B, rap and hip hop tip. Or head upstairs for salsa action at Latin Explosion (see separate listing).
I Messenger Sound System at The Bongo Club. Ilpm—3am. £8 (£7). 5 Aug. Fortnightly. A dub and roots reggae selection from Edinburgh’s custom-built sound system.
I Mingin' at Studio 24 (upstairs). Next date 12 Aug.
I The Mission at Studio 24. 11pm—3am. £5 (£4). 5 Aug. Fortnightly. Following the old Mission (Victoria Street) formula of three floors of alternative activity, with goth and
industrial sounds on the top floor, rock and new metal strummings on the main floor and indie-flavoured, skate, punk and generally weird goings-on in the back room.
I Noa at Noa. 10pm—3am. Free entry before midnight; £6 after. Weekly. Jon Flowers, Martin Valentine (Taste) and Craig Phillips mix up US house and garage.
I Nuspirit at The Jazz Joint will return in Sep.
I Oxygen at Studio 24. Monthly. Next date 12 Aug with Trade ’5 Ian M. Also look out for their Tidy Trax event at Walkers on 19 Aug.
I Phosphorescence at The Venue. 10.30pm—3am. £8 (£7 with drum or didgeridoo). 5 Aug. Monthly. What started off as a one-off Goa trance extravaganza has now earned itself a monthly slot. Tonight’s guest is Lucus of Tip Records, with support from local trancemeisters Pagan, Sanskrit and Yoghurt Weaver. There will be all sorts of atmosphere enhancing extras in the form of pyrotechnics and stalls and you, the punters, are encouraged to get involved by bringing along a drum or Aboriginal wind instrument (the spellcheck can only cope with that word once in a paragraph we’ve found).
I Rio at Ego (formerly Eden). Monthly. Next date 12 Aug.
I Saturday Night Live at The Venue. Monthly. Next date 12 Aug.
I Scratch at The Venue (top floor). Monthly. Next date 26 Aug, but watch out for Saturday Night Live on 12 Aug. I Shebang at Wilkie House will return on 23 Sep, in the meanwhile, Gail Sellars guests at Taste at Teviot on 6 Aug.
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