I Love Bug at The Garage. 10.30pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Insanely busy night of party tunes for students and youngsters.
I Pink Cadillac at Betty’s (Archaos). 11pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Break out your feather boas, ludicrous flares, platform boots and Afro wigs and groove to classic disco and sexy funk, courtesy of DJ Shaft.
I Shag at Fury Murry’s. llpm—3am._£5 (£3). Weekly. Drunken party tunes from Mark and James G. ‘No one forgets their first Shag’, they assure us.
I Strawberry Fields at Strawberry Fields. 9pm—3am. £6 before 11pm; £7 after. Weekly. A party-up set taking in dancefloor faves from the 60s to the present day.
GLASGOW SATURDAYS
Pre-club
I Budda at Bar Budda. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Stevie Middleton of Solemusic with deep house and garage. I Bughouse at Bar Jedi. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Chris and Dan bring the finest in house to the out-of-the-way, sci- fi-themed bar.
I The Corinthian at The Corinthian. 9pm—Iate. Free. Weekly. Wayne Dixon takes care of the main bar in this mega leisure complex with a selection of classic soul and disco and contemporary ‘groove’ (ie proper) R&B.
I Cul De Sac at The Cu] De Sac. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Jim Hutchison from Soma with funked-up techno and deep house.
I Dirty Wriggles at The Variety Bar. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. A techno ‘n’ electro pre-club set from Dirty Wriggles of Mystec Beatz.
I Fourward Thinking at Four Cafe Bar (CCA). 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Pre-club with an emphasis on breaks and beats.
I Kenny H at Russell’s Cafe Bar. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Funky house, with a smattering of soul.
I Nico's at Nico’s. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Gavin Somerville with a pungent blend of cheesy house.
I Nomad at Nomad. 7.30pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Enjoy some quality house from Kris Keegan, Ian Thompson and A.J. And you can capture those cheeky grins with the free camera hire offer.
I Sam Wallace at Eat Drink Man Woman. 8pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Across-the-board house sounds to get you ready for a ni ’ht out.
I Walker & Hughes at The Living Room. ()pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. The deepest of house from Colin and Lawrence — one of the best ways to gear up for the night out proper.
I The Works at Bar 10. ()pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Graham Wilson with soul, hip hop and house.
Club
I Archaos at Archaos. 11pm—4am. £8. Weekly. Kris Keegan and A.J. rock the main room with house and garage, Ian Thompson whacks out the best in underground garage and dance classics in Betty’s, while members in the Skybar are treated to Paul Traynor’s smooth R&B mix. In addition, the Archaos cast of performers bring a touch of the circus to Clubland with fire-eaters, stilt-walkers and dare-devil trapeze artistry.
I Ascendance at The Temple. 11pm—3am. £7 (£5). 21 Oct. Fortnightly. Johnny Rockit and DJ Zoe with seriously thumping tribal house and hard-edged trance. Regular guests include Simon Foy and The Gallery’s Steve Lee.
I Atomic at The Temple. Ilpm—3am. £7 (£5). 28 Oct. Fortnightly. Crisp and shiny hard house from the ever-reliable Michael Kilkie and Zammo.
I B'Ding at McLellan Galleries (270 Sauchiehall Street). 10pm—3am. £5. 21 Oct only. Eclectic shindig with soulful house from Oscar (Mish Mash), drum & bass from lrean Jaya and Salsa with Samba Ya Bamba. Further dates should follow.
I Bennet's at Bennet’s. 11.30pm-3am. £5. Weekly. Shaun with a commercial dance set and Annie with a blend of 705 and 805 hits at the city’s oldest gay club. Not in terms of the clientele, of course. I The Cathouse at The Cathouse. 10.30pm—3am. £3.50 (£2.50) before 11.30pm; £4 after. Weekly. Indie, rock, grunge and beats across three floors.
I Club Cubana at Caledonian University Student Union. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). 21 Oct. Fortnightly. Latin grooves from the Cubana DJs at a new venue.
I Club 69 at Rocksy’s Basement. 10pm—2.30am (midnight curfew). £5 (members only). Weekly. The team behind the Rub-A-Dub record shop with the deepest underground sounds and the best guest DJs. For membership details, call Rub-A-Dub on 400 6967.
I Colours at The Arches. 10.30pm—3am. £tbc. 14 Oct. Monthly. As ever, Colours have pulled out all the stops to bring the hottest names in the business to the Arches. This month, your hard earned gets you official genius Roger Sanchez and Steve Lawler.
I Divine at Glasgow School ofArt. 10pm-3am. £5 (£4); £3.50 GSA students. Weekly. Andrew Divine and Hush Puppy get on with the next ten years of moogy noodling, Northern stomp and other future-retro sounds.
I Fluid at Alaska. 10pm-3am. £10 (£8). 21 Oct. Monthly. House don DJ Q is all set to welcome a bevy of top notch guests in the coming months and he’s no slouch himself, of course, making this a night to watch. This month it’s the turn of Jon Carter, in his seemingly permanent Junior Cartier house guise. See Hitlist.
I Freefall at The Arches. Next date 4 Nov.
I Freeform at The 13th Note Club (both floors). 9pm—3am. Free before 10.30pm; £5 (£4) after. Weekly. All sorts of tunes from Steven and Paul Watt, taking in hip hop, jazz, disco and Latin, augmented by Ray Suzuki’s left- of—centre projections.
I Freelance Science at Alaska. Next date 4 Nov.
I Fruitfly at The Arches. 11pm—4am. £10(£8). 21 Oct. Monthly. Fisher & Price do their hard-meets-uplifting-with a-splash-of-vocal-thing with assistance from Mark Moore in the main arch while Martin Barrie or Stuart Valentine covers the US garage and house out back.
I Gain at Alaska. Next date 11 Nov.
I Groovejet at Trash. 11pm—3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Brothers Matt and Pete knock out quality house and garage in the main room, while Paul N’Jie spins R&B in room two.
I Homebass at Alaska. 10pm—3am. £10. 28 Oct. Continuing their commitment to sourcing seriously cool guests, the Jengas are joined this month by Alex Knight from the superb Fat Cat imprint and Carl Clarke (Headstart).
I Home Cookin' at Babaza. 6pm—3am (DJs from 11pm). Free before 11pm; £5 after. Weekly. Naeem isjoined by Stuart McCallum, regular guest at the likes of Fresh ‘n’ Funky and Rotation down in the Big Smoke, who will be flying up each and every week to spin his trademark R&B with a dash of classic disco and funk.
I Infusion at Yang. 11pm—3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. Making full use of Yang’s three rooms, you can catch Colin Gate and Dribbler in the main room with disco, New York garage and house. Andy Young and Nick Peacock do their Latin jazz thing with live percussion from Gee in room two and, last but not least, Scott Ferguson and Rhonamok man the decks in the upstairs bar.
I Inside Out at The Arches. 10.30pm—4am. £15. 28 Oct. Monthly. Another month, another bulging roster of famous names for Inside Out: Lisa Loud, Brandon Block, man of the moment Timo Maas and good old Jezzer Healy join the irrepressible Simon Foy and Alan Belshaw. It’s usually a sell out, as you might expect, so advance tickets are advised.
I Jamboree at Reds. 11pm-3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. John Lyons and Martin Hesketh of Velvet Rooms fame mix up a blend of commercial R&B and soul.
I Knucklehead Present My Machines at The Glasgow School of Art (upstairs). lOpm—late. £4 (£3.50). Weekly. Wilkes and Hatch hammer out cool, deadly funked-up techno and hard as nails house to a seriously appreciative crowd.
I Life at Life. 10pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Andy Unger presents a selection of soul, funk and disco augmented with original samples and loops to guarantee a new take on familiar sounds.
I Lush at The P010 Lounge. 10.30pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Featuring Andy in the Trophy Room with hits from the 605 to the 805 while Tom provides an upfront dance selection in the main room at the city’s prettiest gay club.
I MAS at The Apartment. 11pm—3am. £8. Weekly. House and disco with a funky undercurrent.
I Media at Media. 11pm-3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Step back in time to revel in the tunes of the 705 and 80s.
I Mish Mash at The Riverside Club. Midnight—3am. £9. 28 Oct. Monthly. What can we say? Oscar effortlessly slips between the deepest house, reggae scorchers and soulful cuts while the percussion section and killer MC squad whip the crowd into a baying frenzy. Unbeatable.
I Miss Moneypenny's at G]. 10pm—3.30am. £12 (£10). Weekly. The Brummie superclub touches down in Glasgow. With a reputation for glamorous antics that stretches from Britain to Ibiza and then some, expect beautiful punters, exotic dancers and seriously funky dancefloor action thanks to the Moneypenny’s residents.
I Rumba Te Tumba at Havana Bar. 9pm—3am. Free. Weekly. A wild mix of Latin and Spanish selections from the Salsa Sabrosa crew.
I Sabotage at Glasgow School of Art. Monthly. Next date Nov 24.
listings CLUBS
I Shindig at The Riverside Club. Monthly. Next date 4 Nov.
I Slave Sexual at Slave. 10pm-3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Robin and Lovejoy with a harder hard house set than their weekly outings. Dress up lovely and arrive early to avoid disappointment.
I Solution at Q. 5pm-3am (DJs from 11pm). Free before 11pm; £5 after.Weekly. Archaos’ Ryan Kerr takes over from Stevie Middleton, on a vocal house tip.
I Subculture at Planet Peach. 11pm—3am. £10. Weekly. Harri and domenic cram an unfeasable number of perfect selections into the time available. The crowd go wild. You know how it goes. I Traxx at The Soundhaus. 11pm-5am. £8 (£6). 21 Oct. The Traxx gang celebrate their first anniversary of rockin’ the ‘Haus with their soulful house selections. In the main room Simon Cordiner and Derek Smith are joined by Lawrence Hughes; Calumn Walker (Fresh & Low) mans Room 2; while Andrew Pirie and David Robertson take care of the bar. Conveniently, you can pick up tickets for Traxx’s Renfrew Ferry special with Joe Claussell.
I Triumph at The Tunnel. 10.30pm—3.30am. £9 (£7). Weekly. Colin Tevendale and Steven McCreery supply the dressed-up glamour kids with progressive house and trance in the main room while Kevin MacFarlane and Stephen Lee mix up garage, disco and vocal house in room two. If you’re not wearing awfully nice 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 disco house.
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I Vegas at The Renfrew Ferry. Next date 4 Nov. Meanwhile, hot foot it over to Edinburgh for the third birthday bonanza at the ABC Cinema on Sat 21 Oct.
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