clubs
Glasgow listings
Regular weekly clubs plus one-off events are listed by city, then b day, then al habetical by title. Clu s will be isted, prov ded up-to-date details reach our offices at least seven days before publication. Clubs listings compiled by Rory Weller and Simone Baird
GLASGOW THURSDAYS
I 4th Dimension at Brel. 8.30—i lpm. Free. Andy Young plays jazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and funk. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Access at Bonkers. l lpm-3am. £3 (£2). New night downstairs at Bonkers with well respected Tunnel residents Michael Kilkie. Trevor Reilly and Simon Foy for upfront house. Drinks promos.
I B.E.S.T. at Babaza. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Jim da Best with his trademark mix of cheese to please. Drinks promos.
I Big Karn‘s Party Night at Bennets.
l l.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Karn Dunbar with 80s. 90s and loads of camp nonsense. Drinks promos.
I Brass Tax at Bar Sauza. 8pm-midnight. Free. DJ Muchil with broody bass lines. phat and funky beats and Latino fuelled disco. Pre-club.
I Brown Sugar at The Bom. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Two rooms with DJ TNT in the front with R&B and swing while DJ Benji takes up residency in room two with more of a hip hop sound. I Budda at Budda. 8pm—midnight. Free. Nick Gemrnil with house crossing over into all sorts including drum 'n’ bass and hip hop. Pre-club.
I Chicano at Havana. Spin—midnight. Free. The original Latin Dance DJ Nick Peacock with Latin grooves. Barrio beats and the latest Salsa from Cuba, New York. Colombia and Puerto Rico. Happy hour until 7pm. Preclub.
I Cheeze at Strathclyde University Students Union (Barony Bar). 8pm—3am. Free (open to students and four guests). DJ Phil with a proudly tacky and cheesy night of good time party tunes. Open all
I Cop at Archaos. lOpm—3am. £4 (£3). Busy student house night with DJ Vance and Domenic playing l-a-r-g-e club tunes to a young bunch while Tam ‘The Fuzz' Coyle does his indie/pop/kitsch stuff in the newly done-up Room 2. Drinks promos.
I Dee lays In Disguise at Variety. Spin—close. Free. Hatch and Jilkes of Knucklehead with a dubby mix of new dance and techno. Check out their Pusher 13 night at The l3th Note continuing on every week. Pre-club.
I Donkey at The Cathouse. llpm—3am. £2 (£1.50; free before 11.30pm). lndie/grunge/industrial/chemical beats rock on a darker tip than The Cathouse‘s other nights. Drinks promos.
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I Free Flow at Glasgow School Of Art (downstairs). 9pm—2am. Free. Keepin' it real with early Motown. ska. reggae. soul. JB super funk. Hammond jazz. 70s disco to hip hop. new and retro guitar pop. movie soundtracks. trip hop and drum 'n' bass with DJs Al Rutherford and Lindsey. Lager £1 a pint.
I Hi Karate at the Glasgow School of Art (upstairs). lOpm—2.30am. Free. The Hi Karate duo of Neil McMillan and Andrew Divine kick up the funky break beats to a large and loyal crowd.
I Hot Traxx at The Lime. llpm-3am. £3 (£2). Seventies night with 70 drinks promos on vodka. beer. Pernod and Wild Turkey.
I Jengaheads at Cul De Sac Bar.
9—1 lpm. Free. Ali and Martyn of the Jengaheads with more of the same nonsense they are renowned for: big beats and a wee bit more. sometimes on four decks when they can be arsed to move the cappuccino machine out the wa . Drinks romos. Pre-club.
I (oveshac at Fury Murry's. lO.30pm—3. l5am. £5 (£3). Fine indie, house and disco sounds downstairs with Chemical Beats (Chem Bros. David Holmes. Big Beat etc) upstairs. Drinks promos.
I The Lime at The Lime. lOpm—3am. £4 (£3/£2 before llpm). Student night with club classics in your house and garage style. Cheap drinks promos.
I Papa Blu at Fiddler‘s Court. 9.30pm—midnight. Free. Pre-club grooves and promos.
I Psy-phi at The Sub Club. llpm—3am. £3. Phar Out’s Paul Cawley embarking on a voyage of hip hop. drum 'n' bass and generally music with the funk. One of the best of its type in Scotland.
I Pusher 13 at The l3th Note (ground floor). llpm—3am. £2. Weekly night from Jilkes and Hatch of Knucklehead (Art School. Sat) giving up electro funk beats to a crowd following on from their
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I Ri ard owie at Russell’s Bar/Cafe. 8—l lpm. Free. Richard Howie with deep. jazzy house. Pre-club.
I Rumble at The Garage. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Cardow and Ross with an exceptionally busy night of charty dance faves. cheap drinks and drunk students. I Sly at Trash. llpm-3am. £4 (£3). Neil and Frog in the main room for big anthems and cheesy nonsense plus Disco Dan in Room Two. Dress up in some sort of sexy/glammy gear and you get in free. Drinks promos.
I Tchic at The Apartment. Midnight— 3am. £3. DJ Tchico (Virunga) with a night of R&B, swing and hip hop. Drinks promos. I TVR at The Velvet Rooms. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Dance and soul mix from DJ Skud in the main room getting away from the usual student cheese. All drinks £ l.
I Wanna Play? l0.30pm—3.30am. £4 (£2.50 with matric card). Student night featuring Kevin and Scott (Tunnel weekends) and Lisa. playing a mix of classic house anthems plus treasure hunts and wheel of fortune. Drinks promos.
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GLASGOW FRIDAYS
I The Ark at The Tunnel. “pm-3.30am. £7 (£5). If you‘ve got a new YSL shirt or Dolce & Gabanna frock and you‘re wondering where to go. it's gotta be The Tunnel tonight. Top class international DJ. producer and shop assistant Michael Kilkie. Scott Mackay and Zammo (Rhumba) take no prisoners in the main room for large-scale hard house dancefloor detonators. plus Duncan Reid and Simon Foy in Room Two. All drinks £l before 12.30am. Smart, stylish and glammy.
I Bar 10 8pm—close. Free. Stevie Donaldson and Bios with super quality minimal house and techno for a crowd making sure the weekend kicks off with an almighty bang. Pre-club.
I Bennets ll.30pm—3am. £4 (£3). Grant Duff with an upbeat dance night. Gay.
I Born at The Bom. llpm—3am. £5 (£4). Upfront house and dance anthems from George Bowie. Neil McKay and Keith Pyper in association with M8. Red Bull and Smirnoff for a dressy club crowd. Drinks promos.
I Bonafide Love at The Cross Bar. 8pm—midnight. Free. Reggae. ragga and soca from DJ Dirtsman. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Bankers at Bonkers. llpm—3am. £4 after midnight. £3 before. Club classics at this after office hang-out with residents David Campbell and Nobble Whitelaw. I Budda at Budda. 8pm—midnight. Free. Solemusic‘s Stevie Middleton with laid- back garage and deep house. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Buena Vista at Glasgow School Of Art (downstairs). lOpm—2.30am. £3. A slice of Latin jazz and funk from Mark and Michael of Delaney's Rhythm Section with Nick Peacock (Back To Jazz) playing the last Friday of every month.
I Bump 'n' Hussle at Babaza. 5.30pm-3am (DJs from llpm). £5 (free before llpm). £5. Paul Traynor with house. R&B and soul classics for a
dress .drinky. jump about a bit crowd. I Cu De Sac Cul De Sac Bar. 9-l lpm. Free. Anton and Doug with pre-club head phunk.
I Deep Fried at The l3th Note Club. llpm—3am. £3. The Kung Funk Collective with reggae. dub and mellow grooves on the ground floor and hip hop. big beat and funk in the basement. Note that The l3th Note has now moved to Clyde Street and is open as a bar from 8pm.
I Elements at Bacchus. 9pm-midnight. Free. Drum ‘n‘ bass from the Elemental DJs Rob G and Kemal. Pre-club.
I Fellatio at Bar Sauza. 8pm—midnight. Free. Deep Philly funk. house and
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I 4t Dimension at The Baby Grand. 9pm-midnight. Free. Andy Young and Danny play jazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and funk. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Goodfoot at the Sub Club. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). 2| Aug and monthly. The summer season of funk continues with Glasgow's longest running soul crew firmly establishing themselves the monthly slot at the Subbie. Check out their Northern Soul night at the Bedsit on the first Friday of the month too.
I Katch at The Cathouse. lO.30pm—3am. £3 (£2.50; free before 11.30pm). Three floors of rock. hip hop. chemical beats. grunge and contemporary indie. Drinks promos.
I Lime at The Lime. llpm-3am. £4 (£3). DJ Cammy with house. garage and nu soul. Drinks promos.
I Love Bug at The Garage. lO.30pm-3am. £3 (£4). An eclectic mix of flood-time party tunes. Drinks promos. I oio at Mojo. 9pm—midnight. Free. DJ Scud (Reds/Velvet Rooms) with soulful garage and disco grooves.
I Paul Cawley at Air Organic (downstairs at Miros). 9pm—midnight. The Sub Club’s Thursday night resident and label boss of Fenetik Records down at this new bar every week for hip hop. drum & bass and break. Pre-club.
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I Parklife at The Arena. lO.30pm—3am. £4 (£3). Glasgow‘s first and foremost Britpop night. playing classic dance/poplindie/retro/soul sounds from the 60s to the 90s. Drinks promos all night.
I Polo lounge at The Polo Lounge. llpm—3am. £5. Take the choice of the Polo Lounge upstairs. open until 3am. downstairs for DJ Michelle in main club with 90s club and indie or down in the Trophy Room with lna for a more commercial mix. Gay. Special Pride events all weekend.
I Radio City at The Attic. lO.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). The original retro club. playing Stax. Motown. Stones. The Who. etc.
I Rapt at The Apartment. llpm-3am. £8. Jim Da Best playing a wildly eclectic mix of big tunes. crossing genres like nobody‘s business.
I Sabroso! at Havana. 8pm—midnight. Free. Club Cubana’s Duncan Kane and Shannon Shiell joined by Ana and Farah for a wide range of hi-NRG Latin and tropical floor-shakers from techno- merengue to the latest Latin rap. via smooth salsa and retro Latin grooves.
I Salsa Sabrosa at The l3th Note Club (basement). 8pm—l0.45pm. £4 (£3.50). Karen Pasi takes her massively popular Salsa classes from The Lime down to The l3th Note every Friday night. Beginners welcome. Pre-club. Free tickets available for the club that runs afterwards.
I Shag at Fury Murry‘s. I lpm—3.l5am. £4 (£3). The sexiest. cheesiest tunes ever from Mark and James G.
I Sltanlr at The Halt Bar. 9pm—midnight. Free. Crucial vibes guys getting you ‘irie for the night ahead' apparently. Well handy for their Bedsit do every other Friday too.
I Spectrum at Archaos. lOpm-3am. £7 (£5). Latest outing for the Colours crew.