clothes, however, don’t expect to get in. I 2 Tons of Fun at Club Budda. 11pm—3am. £6. Weekly. Geoff Montford and Chris Harris get funky with a bang up-to-date selection of vocal house and garage.
I Velvet Rooms at The Velvet Rooms. llpm—3am. £4 before midnight; £8 after. Weekly. Stevie Smith breaks out the club classics, garage and house in the main room while John Lyons cools things down with hip hop and R&B in room two.
I World Service at Alaska. 11pm—3am. £8. 27 Nov. Monthly. Nick Peacock, Paul Cawley, Alex Horton and Shu Hirata spinning breaks and beats.
I Yang at Yang. 11pm—4am. Free before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. 20 Nov sees residents Muchaill, Brian Murnin and Dribbler joined by [an O’Brien of Peacefrog Records as the birthday celebrations continue.
Party & Chart
I Bonkers at Bonkers. 11pm—3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. Hits from the 80s, chart house and cheesy trance.
I Classic PM at Fury Murry’s. 11pm—3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. Downstairs features a mix of dance classics and party tunes, with a dash of indie added to the mix upstairs.
I The Garage at The Garage. 10pm—3am. £6 (£4; £1 off before llpm). Weekly. Commercial part sounds on the main dancefloor and indie classics in the Attic, which cause students and the young to go com letely crazy.
I Graduate Clu at g2. llpm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Designed to suit those who fancy a Garage-style night out, but feel a little long in the tooth when surrounded by fresh-faced youngsters. Steve Davis provides the party anthems.
I Strawberry Fields at Strawberry Fields. 9pm—3am. £6 before llpm; £7 after. Weekly. Classic party nonsense from the 60s to last week.
GLASGOW SUNDAYS
Pre-club
I Bonafide Love at The Cross Bar. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. DJ Dirtsman with reggae, roots and ragga. I Budda at Bar Budda. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Colin Walker (New York Alliance) playing deep house.
I Divine Intervention at Brcl. 8.30—11pm. Free. Weekly. Hush Puppy plays a smooth soul selection to wind down the weekend.
I Edward's at Edward’s Bar. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Relaxing, soulful sounds for a Sunday tipple.
I Kenny H at Spy Bar. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Funky house with a dash of soul.
I Nick Peacock at The Variety Bar. 8pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Jazz grooves, with the occasional foray into house.
Club
I Bennet's at Bennet’s. 11.30pm—3am. Tom plays tunes loved by 12-year-old girls to equally appreciative gay men. Funny old world.
I Big Love Sundays at Club Budda. llpm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Geoff Montford, Chris Harris and Michael Kilkie bang out classics and future anthems with an emphasis on the big and thumping.
I Bite at The Cathouse. 10.30—3am. Free entry before 11.30pm; £2 (£1.50). A milder mix of indie and rock than you’ll find here on Fri or-Sat.
I Club Tropicana at The Garage (Attic). llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Indie, both classic and contemporary with a healthy dose of Britpop.
I Indie Schmindie at The 13th Note Club (both floors). 9pm—3am. Free entry before 11pm; £3. Weekly. A quality selection of indie ancient and modern.
I Liquid Cool at Babaza. 9pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Where dressed-up kids go wild to absolutely top notch vocal garage and house, courtesy of AJ, Kris Keegan and
Ian Thompson.
I Optimo (Espacio) at The Sub Club. 11pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Jilkes and Witch can do no wrong. Week in, week out Optimo continues to rock like nowhere else in Glasgow - be prepared for banging techno and house classics crunched into anything from The Blue Danube to AC/DC with unique twists courtesy of some serious electronic manipulation.
I Please Yourself at Trash. 11pm-3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. As long as it’s funky and mellow, Paul N’Jie will play it, from garage to soul.
I The Shed at The Shed. 10pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Charty house from Martin Hesketh.
I Shy Brother at The Velvet Rooms. 11pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Glam house from The Shy Brother in the main room, with R&B and soul out back.
I Suntrance at Planet Peach. £3 (£2). Weekly. DJ Skud with a banging melange of progressive house and trance.
I Voyeurism at Archaos. 11pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. A pervs’ paradise, with peep hole performances, something called the ‘pulsating angel’, a massage parlour and a general atmosphere of muckiness. Oh, and there’s music too, with Mark Sherry, Paul Mendez, Neil Mackay and Frog spinning house in the main room and Paul Traynor, Naeem and James Fullerton with R&B cuts in the bar.
I Yang at Yang. 11pm—3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Weekly. The back room rocks to the Floor Freaks’ deep house on 20 Nov, and Fresh’s on27 Nov.
Chart & Party
I Cleopatra's at Cleopatra’s. 10.30pm-2.30am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Chart pop and hits from the 705 and 805.
I Ego Trip at The Apartment. 11pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Jim Da Best with a cheesy selection of pop and club classics.
I Fiasco at Reds. Brendan and Jamie knock out the chart hits resulting, apparently, in ‘debauchery and mayhem’. I Silver (Disco Extravaganza) at Fury Murray’s. 11pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Cheesetastic disco fun for students, with Dave and Phil spinning the discs.
GLASGOW MONDAYS
Pro-club
I Loose at The Variety Bar. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Alt- country, classic 70s rock and blues from Paul Shields.
Club
I Burn at The Apartment. 11pm-3am. Free for staff of any pub or club; £3. Weekly. A top party atmosphere guaranteed thanks to the thumping dance classics unleashed by Norm and Richard. I Speedracer at The Garage. 10.30pm-3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Indie classics with the odd daft party tune thrown in.
Chart a Party I Cleopatra's at Cleopatra’s. lO.30pm—2.30pm. £2 (£1). Weekly. Start the week with 705, 805 hits and the usual tosh.
GLASGOW TUESDAYS
Pre-club
I Dub Night at The Variety Bar. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Stevie Donaldson (Bar 10) playing, oddly enou h,dub.
I Sa sa Sabrosa at Havana. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Top notch selection of all things Latin.
Club
I Basics at g2. 11pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Jon Mancini from Colours play quality house and claims, bizarrely, to be at the helm of the only student house night in Scotland.
I Eden at Alaska. llpm-3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Scott Mackay from the Tunnel plays funky house upstairs, while Alan
Ronald entertains the troops downstairs with student classics.
I Rendezvous at Club Budda. 11.30pm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Stevie Smith with quality disco house.
I Stylophone at The 13th Note Club (ground floor). 9pm-3am. Free before 11pm; £2 after. Psychedelia, rock, 605 garage and a bit of punk.
Chart & Party
I Laid at The Temple. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. A new student night with the cheesiest of cheeSe, regular tribute bands and the odd foam party.
I Lush at The Velvet Rooms. 11pm—3am. £3 (£2). Jim Da Best and CJ with naff pop and commercial house respectively. One for the students.
I Planet Pop at Qudos (Queen Margaret Union). 10pm—2am. £2 (£1); students and up to four guests. Weekly. Pop, anthemic house and related silliness from Tam Coyle.
I Shooting Stars at The Garage. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Gerry and Iain keep the drunk kids happy with charty house and po hits.
I The Shimmy Clu at Bennet’s. 11.30pm—3am. £3 (£1.50). A straight and studenty night at the gay venue, with Raymond Davren maintaining the party atmosphere.
I T.l.T. at Trash. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Rory Weller with foot-stomping house and trance, Graham churning out the student pap in room two and Teeyitee with whatever seems appropriate in the cave.
GLASGOW WEDNESDAYS
Pre-club
I Edward's at Edward’s Bar. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. DJ Louise with hits from the 805.
I Shu Hirata at The Cul De Sac. 8pm—midnight. Splendid jazzy breaks and drum & bass.
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I Algo Differente at Havana. lO.30pm-late. £4 (£3). Weekly. Arrive early for salsa tuition, then revel in the Salsa Sabrosa crew’s high octane Latin set.
I Bennet's at Bennets. 11.30pm—3am. £2.50 (£1.50). Sara with an upfront dance mix. Gay.
I F.A.B. at Babaza. 11pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. DJ Skud with garage and funky house, playing to a dressed-up crowd.
I Ghetto Flava at Reds. 11pm-3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Paul N’Jie with a smooth blend of house, garage, R&B and funk. I Joints And Jams at Planet Peach. 11pm-3.15am. £3 (£2) High calibre night of hip h0p, swing and R&B. 24 Nov sees Martin Hesketh and Stuart McCallum from Blues & Soul guest.
I R&B Central at Club Budda. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. The Record Playaz, a.k.a. Naeem and Kash, with the freshest R&B.
I Shag Tag at Archaos. Insanely successful night based on a complex numerical flirting system: everyone gets a number upon entry, then, if someone catches your eye, you write their number on the board next to your own. The lady or gent with the most numbers gets a free bottle of champers. Quite icky, really, but the kids love it. Musicwise, its banging house and trance in the main room and across the board ‘madness’ from CJ downstairs.
Chart & Party
I C.J.D. at The Apartment 11pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Student frolics with Marcello, Alan Belshaw and Ryan Mathie.
I Pop 8. Tarts at The Cathouse.llpm—3am. Free before 11.30pm; £2 (£1.50) after. Weekly. Party- up disco and funk.
I Souped Up at The Garage. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Student pop pifflc from lain Hanlon.
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