A lot of venues in the city use promoters to fill their nights - so it worth checking on flyers etc to see who runs them. Also lots of bars have DJs in them too.

Jim Carroll's club listing in The Ticket Magazine in Friday's Irish Times is the best for listings, also Totally Dublin Magazine is also quite accurate - their web site is also worth a visit! www.totallydublin.ie

Most clubs open at 11.30 and close at 2.30 [on the dot - thanks to new laws – fucking pricks] and most have a cover charge too, if you look under 22 bring some ID. On Sundays there are very few places open past 1am. Blame the nanny state!

The Choice Cuts Crew, Transmission and BodyTonic Guys run quality clubs. In the last 2 years the lines between a club and a late bar have become very blurred - so now some of the best clubnights are actually in late bars. There used to be a difference between the two - but not really anymore.

Our favourite venues are The Village, ALT, The Workman's Club, The Pod, South William, Sweeney Mongrell and Whelans. There are also plenty of old school NITE-CLUBS, enter at your peril! Also worth avoiding is the wine bar strip on Leeson St - it's poxy. And places like Boomerang, Citi Club etc are all bollix. Actually just avoid Temple Bar Clubs entirely.


So a typical week would be like this....

1. Monday - Very little late night on really. We ran Strictly Handbag for 14 years on Mondays but the city is now like a ghost town. Don't bother. Go to bed.
2. Tuesday - Stay in - or go to a local boozer - town is dead. If you must - go to Wexford/Camden Street and look around. C.U.N.T. in POD is the busiest in town - young crowd.
3. Wednesday - Big student night with cheapo booze centered clubs on in ALT and POD.
4. Thursday - Kick off you night with at The Beauty Spot which runs in Dakota each week and has free make overs, pop up vintage shops and cheap cocktails. Later hit Songs of Praise Rock & Roll Karaoke in The Village on Wexford St.. It's brilliant, obviously.
5. Friday - WAR in the newly refurbished ALT is probably the best friday out there.
6. Saturday - Sing Along Cinema is on Monthly in The Button Factory. Late night we like The Odessa Club and Sweenys on Dame Lane. The South William also has a nice crowd in on Saturdays and is free and opens late.
7. Sundays - The Sunday Roast in the Merchantile has loads of bands on every Sunday. Or if you want a bit of house check out The Morgan Hotel in Temple Bar.
   
   Obviously we're plugging our own nights here - but the gist is that different venues offer different things on different nights for different folks... Try saying that when you're drunk.
   
   
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