clubs
Glasgow listings
Regular weekly clubs plus one-off events are listed by city, then b day, then alphabetically by title. Clu s will be listed, provided up-to-date details reach our offices at least seven days before publication. Glasgow clubs listings compiled by Rory Weller.
GLASGOW THURSDAYS
I 4th Dimension at Brel. 8.30—1 lpm. Free. Andy Young plays jazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and funk at this west end venue. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Access at Bonkers. llptn~~3am. £3 (£2). New night downstairs at the officey Bonkers with w ell respected Tunnel residents Michael Kilkie. Trevor Reilly and Simon Foy for upfront house. Drinks promos.
I Bedazzled at The Arches. l()pm—-2am. £4.50 (£2.50). Sep l0 and monthly. Double header night ofcomedy and dancing from the Collective who ran the night at the l3th Note. Original comedy. puppets. anti—gravity hats (1’) and cheesy. poppy tunes.
I B.E.S.T. at Babaza. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Jim da Best with his trademark tnix ofcheese to please in this Moroccan styled venue. Drinks promos. The club is open as a bar before i lptn with free entry.
I Big Karn's Party Night at Bcnnets. li.3()pm ~3am. £3 (£2). Karn Dunbar with 80s. 90s and loads of catnp nonsense. Drinks promos.
I Brass Tax at Bar Sauza. 8pm—midnight. Free. DJ Muchil with broody bass lines. phat and fttnky beats and Latino fuelled disco. Pre-club.
I Brown Sugar at The Horn. 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 Gemini] with house crossing over into all sorts including drum 'n' bass and hip hop. Pre-club.
I Casrno Royale at The Arches. l()pm—2am. £5. 27 Aug and monthly. A delightful evening of lounge music with your resident suave host Frankie Savaloy. Grrr-ootxiovyl
I Chicano at Havana. 8pm midnight. Free. The original Latin Dance DJ Nick Peacock with Latin grooves. Barrio beats and the latest Salsa frotn Cuba. New York. Colombia and Puerto Rico. Happy hour until 7pm. Pre-club.
I Cheeze at Strathclyde University Students Union (Barony Bar). Rpm-3am. Free (open to students and four guests). DJ Phil with a proudly tacky and cheesy night of good time party tunes. ()pen all
I Cop at Archaos. l()ptn-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 Tarn 'The Fuzz‘ Coyie does his indie/pop/kitsch stuff in
Sister Bliss plays at Inside Out at The Arches. Sat 29 Aug.
the newly done-tip Rootn 2. Drinks promos.
I Dee Jays In Disguise at Variety. 8pm-close. Free. Hatch and Jilkes of Knucklehead with a dubby mix of new dance and techno. Check out their Pusher l3 night at The l3th Note continuing on
4 every week. Pre-club.
I Donkey at The Cathouse. l lpm-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.
I Free Flow at Glasgow School ()fArt (downstairs). ()pm—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). l()pm—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. 3 Sep. the boys welcome Tangent's resident DJ Panic who slips into the Karate vibe. booked after he supported Andy Smith at the QM for the longest day.
I Hot Traxx at The Lime. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Seventies night with 70 drinks promos on vodka. beer. Pernod and Wild Turkey.
I Impact at The Arches. l()pm—3am. £3.50. 3 Sep and monthly. More experimental drum ‘n' bass. combining DJs. live acts and video mixing. DS Murray Quartet. Ground Control. Ed Higgins and Tania Swift playing chilled bass.
I Jengaheads Cul De Sac Bar. 9—1 lptn. Free. Ali and Martyn of the Jengaheads
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with tnore 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 way. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I loveshack at Fury Murry‘s. l0.30pm—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. l()pm—3am. £4 (£3/ £2 before llpm) Student night with club classics in your house and garage style. Cheap drink promos.
I Papa Blu at Fiddler‘s Court. 9.30pm—midnight. Free. Pre-club grooves and promos.
I Psy-phi at The Sub Club. 1 lpm—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 types in Scotland.
I Pusher 13 at The l3th Note (ground floor). llpm—3am. £2. Weekly night frotn Jilkes and Hatch of Knucklehead (Art School. Sats) giving up electro funk beats to a crowd following on from their Varietv pub gig.
I Richard Howie at Russell‘s Bar/Cafe. 8—l lpm. Free. Richard Howie with deep. jazzy house. Pre-club.
I Rumble at The Garage. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Cardow and Ross with an exceptionally busy night ofcharty dance faves. cheap drinks and drunk students. I Soul Source at Bar 91. ()ptn—midnight. Free. |() Sep and then fortnightly. DJ Marks from the Top Rank Collective with classic soul. reggae and R&B.
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 Student Crossing at Strawberry Fields. llpm—3am. £2. 60s-90s indie/pop/psychedelic sounds and cult videos. Entry includes free hot dog/veggie dog and chips. 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. l lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Dance and soul tnix frotn DJ Skttd in the tnain rootn getting away from the usual student cheese. All drink £l.
I Wanna Play? l().30pm-3.30am. £4 (£2.50 with tnatric card). Student night featuring Kevin. Scott (Tunnel weekends) and Lisa playing a mix of classic house anthems plus treasure hunts and wheel of fortune. Drinks promos.
GLASGOW FRIDAYS
I The Ark at The Tunnel. l lpm—3.30am. £7 (£5). Dressed up night in this award winning club. which 8 years on still looks the business. The trio of Michael Kilkie. Scott Mackay and [ammo (Rhumba) take no prisoners in the main room for large-scale hard house dancefloor detonators. and then there's Duncan Reid and Simon Foy in Rootn Two for a slightly less full-on vibe. All drinks £l before l2.30am.
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 l 1.30pm—3am. £4 (£3). Grant Duff with an upbeat dance night. Gay.
I Bom at The Born. 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 itt this new venue. Drinks promos.
I Bonafide Love at The Cross Bar. Spin—midnight. Free. Reggae. ragga and soca from DJ Dirtsman still going strong. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Bonkers at Bonkers. l lpm-3am. £4 after midnight. £3 before. Club classics at
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The best clubs this fortnight.
Never Get Out The Boat Slam's Stuart and Orde with the last of their summer boat parties for this year (except for one in September. but that‘s not summer). Serious techno action from the guys who do it best. Renfrew Ferry Sat29 Aug.
love Boutique Jon Pleased Wimmin continues his residency at Love Boutique, the only regular club he will do at the moment. Harder house sounds than many people would think at this mixed night. Arches, Sat 5 Sep.
Optima Blake Baxter, whose mixing has been described as ‘an exhibition of pure Detroit heaven' guests in his guise as B. Bax with Optimo residents Jilkes and Twitch. Sub Club, Sun 30 Aug.
inside Out Brandon Block, Sister Bliss, Darren Stokes, Michael Kilkie and Zammo: your top class selection of professional caners and DJ pop stars for excessive behaviour and thumping house. The Arches, Sat 29 Aug.
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). l0pm—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 ofevery month.
I Bump 'n' Hussle at Babaza. lipm-3am. £5. Paul Traynor with house. R&B and soul classics for a dressy. drinky. jump about a bit crowd. The club is open as a bar before iipm with free entry.
I Crucial Vibes at The Bedsit. 9pm-2am. £2 (free before llpm). 28 Aug and fortnightly. DJ Gus playing a mix of contemporary and classic reggae. ragga. dub and roots.
I Cruel Violet at Betty's Mayonnaise.
l lpm—3am. £5 (£4). 4 Sep and monthly. DJs Suki. Gordon Gale and Stefan Bain with an uplifting night of banging house. Drinks promos.
I Cul De Sac Cul De Sac Bar. 9—] lpm. Free. Anton and Doug with pre-club head phunk.
I Deep Fried at The 13th Note Club.
1 lpm-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.
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
gara e. Pre club.
I 4t Dimension at The Baby Grand. ()ptn-midnight. Free. Andy Young and Danny play jazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and funk. Drinks promos. Pre-club.