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OUT-OUT There may be the occasional night that you’re not tucked up in bed by 10pm — fear not: we’ve got you covered. Katharine Gemmell takes a look at some of the best club nights in Edinburgh and Glasgow
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SOUL JAM – SNEAKY PETE’S Every Friday at Sneaky Pete’s you can get down to the best old-school funk, soul and hip hop at this OG night that has been running since 2009. They regularly host guests picked from the best of the East and West Coast DJs. 73 Cowgate, sneakypetes.co.uk
JACKHAMMER – LA BELLE ANGELE
A techno, house and electro night that regularly brings the i nest names in the genre to Edinburgh from around Europe. If you know your Detroit techno from your Berlin, then you’ll wanna throw some shapes on this dancel oor. 11 Hastie’s Close, la-belleangele. com
FLY – CABARET VOLTAIRE Every Friday, all the disco dancers in Edinburgh get themselves down to Cabaret Voltaire for Fly Club. There are three different rooms
spinning different records and genres. The night is responsible for launching the careers of the likes of Denis Sulta, and has even started its own festival. 36–38 Blair Street, thecabaretvoltaire. com
BROKE – ATIK As a skint student sometimes all you want to do is bust some moves and not spend a pretty penny to do so. At the Broke night in ATIK, you get £1 drink deals and all the best cheesy student anthems. 3 West Tollcross, atikclub.co.uk
HOTLINE – THE BONGO CLUB A bi-monthly Saturday club night that creates a safe clubbing environment for everyone and aims to increase representation of women, LGBT+ and non-binary artists. DJs play hip hop, R&B, soul, disco and house – a place to come and dance how you want. 66 Cowgate, thebongoclub.co.uk
I AM – SUB CLUB I AM is the weekly Tuesday club night at Sub Club that has become an institution of sorts for electronic music fans. Run by Matthew Craig and Ross Anderson, the pair are regularly joined by big-name guests like Jackmaster. 22 Jamaica Street, subclub.co.uk
PUSH IT – STEREO This is the club night for the pop-star lovers and throwback queens. It plays nothing but R&B, hip hop and pop by female artists. Event themes have included Divas, Back 2 Skool and Complic8ed. It’s currently in residence at Stereo. 22–28 Reni eld Lane, stereocafebar.com
WALK N SKANK – BERKELEY
SUITE Scotch Bonnet records run this reggae, dub, dancehall and bass club night on Thursday’s at Berkeley Suite. They pride themselves on their cracking
sound system and regularly feature residents Mungo’s Hi Fi and Chungo-Bungo. 237 North Street, berkleysuite.com
KILLER KITSCH – THE BUFF CLUB
With its slogan of ‘casually ignoring shite requests since 2005’, this is not the place you’ll i nd any cheese. Instead, the Killer Kitsch nights play the best in vintage sounds, giving you an evening that even your music snob of a mate can enjoy. 142 Bath Lane, thebuffclub.com
SUNNY SIDE UP – VARIOUS VENUES
You get techno with a side of charity at this night that doubles as a non-proi t collective raising funds for sustainable technologies in impoverished communities. They host parties in venues across the city like Flat 0/1 and La Cheetah. Various venues, facebook.com/ sunnysideupm8
YOUR GUIDE TO WEEK-LONG CLUBBING 116 THE LIST 1 Sep–31 Oct 2018