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 cunts] 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, Remedy Guys and BodyTonic Guys run quality clubs.

Our favourite venues are SPY, 4 Dame Lane, The Odeon, The Sugar Club, The Twisted Pepper 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 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. Trashed in Andrew’s Lane is a probably the best dancing option.
3. Wednesday - Songs of Praise Rock & Roll Karaoke is on in The Village on Wexford St.. It's brilliant. We run it. If you're out on Wednesdays and you don't come along you're a moron.
4. Thursday - Kick off you night with at The Odeon Movie Club. It's free and shows classics on the big screen. Then head to 4 Dame Lane for cheap ass cocktails and DJ Eamonn Barrett. Its also free in.
5. Friday - The Odeon [again :-)] do €4 pints & shots all day and night - so get pissed here for starters and then head to WAR in Spy on South William Street.
6. Saturday - Strictly Handbag is on in the Odeon, It's free before 11 too. If that's not your bag, then Transmission in The Button Factory plays good house/Electro and has decent guests every week. It's about a tenner in though and the security are pricks. 4 Dame Lane has 2 of the cities best mixologists on also on Saturdays from 10pm. There's no cover charge in either.
7. Sundays - 12 at the Bernard Shaw 12pm to 12am. Starting in funk disco territory the tempo goes up as the day gets longer with houseyness at the end. The Magnificent 7"s in 4 Dame Lane has cheap pints and shots and a sountrack of 7 inches. Free in also.
   
   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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