MontréalEntertainment

Club entertainment in Montréal

  1. A

    Sky Pub & Club

    This is one of those popular Village complexes designed to suck you in for an entire Saturday night of partying. If you’re a gorgeous guy or looking for one, start the evening in the 1st-floor pickup pub before heading up to the dance floors (disco and energized house/hip-hop). The roof terrace is a perfect place to catch the Loto-Québec International Fireworks Competition in ­summer.

    reviewed

  2. Red Lite After Hour Discotheque

    This 1850-sq-meter club has been around for decades, and the sketch factor – dark, pulsing, trippy – is through the roof. Its remote location in the French suburbs of Laval adds to the other-world feeling, and also explains its clientele, mostly people who live or work nights in Laval. With house and hip-hop rooms, it gets great DJs from around the world. A cab from the city should take about 20 minutes.

    reviewed

  3. B

    Circus After Hours

    Sometimes featuring circus performers and dancers, this hot spot is more glamorous than you might expect from an after-hours joint. Big-name DJs join local residents behind the decks, to the dancing thrills of glo-stick-brandishing ravers, and city clubbers not yet ready to call it a night. Get there early to avoid the long line; alcohol served before 3am.

    reviewed

  4. C

    Sat

    Officially called La Société des Arts Technologiques, this slick warehouse and new media space promotes partying as much as digital art. DJs and performance artists push the envelope with banks of multimedia installations, while cult party brands like NEON throw parties here. Dancing and carousing with the arty, electro-loving glam set.

    reviewed

  5. D

    Le Social

    Inside a converted 19th-century mansion, Le Social is fun spot to while away the night among its three floors. Chandeliers, stained-glass windows and wild locally crafted artwork all add to the eclectic ambience. The crowd is hit-or-miss, depending on the night, with DJs spinning old-school funk, house, electropunk or straight-up rock.

    reviewed

  6. E

    Electric Avenue

    Duran Duran, INXS, Depeche Mode…the spirit of ’80s video pop lives on in this basement club in party-down Rue Crescent. A few mirrors and lamps on satin-covered walls make up the decor, but no matter; from around 11pm on weekends you’ll find the dance floor is packed with nostalgic 30-somethings.

    reviewed

  7. F

    Tokyo Bar

    This successful little club reels in scenesters and suburbanites in their 20s and early 30s, who dance up a storm on two dance floors. Weekends are more mainstream, while a cool crowd hangs out Wednesdays for ‘rock night.’ The huge rooftop bar and patio rules on summer nights! Great staff, too.

    reviewed

  8. G

    Tribe Hyperclub

    Celebrity guests like P-Diddy and Paris Hilton, house, trance and techno DJs, and sexy patrons make this very hyper nightclub the go-to spot of thousands. Don’t forget the monstrous 100,000-watt sound system. If you’re ready for bottle service, book a table in advance.

    reviewed

  9. Time Supperclub

    Dress for success at this Miami-inspired supper club, where models and wannabes shake their booties upon a lit-up catwalk. Special events featuring international DJs and celebrities attract paparazzi-seekers who dig high-energy house music and overall gorgeousness.

    reviewed

  10. H

    Zoobizarre

    One of Montréal’s coolest party rooms, this intimate venue hosts special DJ nights and concerts featuring amazing local and international talents. You have to be ‘in the know’ to know about it, so consider yourself informed.

    reviewed

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  12. I

    Cherry

    Danceable old-school house music and decadent antics are de rigueur at this upscale party spot known for its red leather booths and on-fire dance floor. Things tend to get going late at night, thanks to DJs who keep the energy grooving.

    reviewed

  13. J

    Belmont

    This pub-meets-club is packed on weekends with yuppie Francophones in jeans and leather jackets who dig the laser light shows and hit-spinning DJs. Some don’t get past the pool table, cheap beer and big-screen sports in the front bar.

    reviewed

  14. K

    Saphir

    Underground punk, Goth, glam and industrial are in full effect at this cavernous two-story club. Cheap drinks, unbridled dance floors and no attitude make this club experience a dark and dirty free-for-all.

    reviewed

  15. L

    Suite 701

    Housed in the former lobby of posh Hôtel Place-d’Armes, which in turn is located in a former bank, this elegant marble-filled space attracts a corporate crowd ready to get their party on.

    reviewed

  16. M

    Club 737

    Try pre-dinner drinks with the glam set on the 43rd floor – the romantic skyline never disappoints. Serious cruising goes on among the office crowd of 30-somethings.

    reviewed

  17. N

    Le Loft

    A spiffed-up crowd of 18-to-25s turns up for mainstream rock and alternative on two dance floors, rough-edged murals and a great rooftop terrace. The wide metal staircase and ventilation ducts give the place a warehouse feel; the usual gear is jeans and T-shirts.

    reviewed