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A-Trane
This is everything a jazz club should be - intimate, loud and usually packed. The talent on display is invariably top-class and, despite the cosy tables, everyone is standing by the end of the evening. On Monday the local jazz cats play; go on Saturday for the late-night jam session.
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Admiralspalast
This 1920s party palace burst back onto the scene in restored splendour in 2006 and once again specialises in crowd-pleasing musicals, concerts and comedy performed in the lavish main theatre and on two smaller stages. A café, club and mineral spring-fed spa are supposed to follow in 2007-08.
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Ankerklause
Ahoy there! This nautical kitsch tavern in an old harbour-master's shack is a great place for quaffing and waving to the boats puttering along the Landwehrkanal. On Thursdays DJs shower attitude-free party people with electro, soul and breakbeats.
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Clärchens Ballhaus
Yesteryear is now at this late, great 19th-century dance hall where everyone from groovers to grannies swings their legs to tango, waltz, disco and pop. Concerts and dance classes are held upstairs in the lavish Spiegelsaal (Mirror Hall). They also serve food - pizza and German classics - best enjoyed alfresco in summer.
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Grüner Salon
Smoky sophistication rules in the Volksbühne's intimate Green Salon, an elegant throwback to the wicked 1920s and the centre of Berlin's active ballroom-dancing scene. Its salsa, tango and swing nights are often preceded by dance lessons.
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Junction Bar
Live gigs 365 days a year - the Junction is famed for the musical maelstrom in its basement, where you'll find a rowdy crowd drinking in everything from jazz and blues to fusion, hip-hop and crossover. Nightly DJs follow the bands.
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Knaack
Having started out as a GDR-era youth club, this 1952-vintage warren now sports different stripes nightly. Talent scouts swing by to check out up-and-coming bands, mostly from Berlin and eastern Germany, and there are also five-floor dance parties and karaoke nights. It's often frequented by members of the cult band Rammstein, who live right around the corner.
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Lido
The Schlesische Strasse entertainment zone has a new live-music and party venue courtesy of the Karrera Club DJ folks who have breathed new life into a dilapidated old cinema. Indie and rock gigs from the UK, such as the Klaxons or Maximo Park, pull in large numbers of punters. Check out the S-shaped wooden bar.
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Magnet
Small, cheap and dingy, this bastion of indie sounds is known for bookers with a knack for catching upwardly hopeful bands before their big break. After the shows let out, it morphs into a dance club with DJs hopscotching from punk to pop to disco, depending on the night.
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Maria Am Ostbahnhof
This handsome club by the Spree River has been a longtime fixture for house and techno and occasional drum-and-bass nights. DJs playing here are invariably among the best in their field: Marusha and Tanith to Mack from Tresor and Mijk van Dijk. Live concerts are also squeezed onto the schedule. The Strokes played their only Germany concert here in 2005.
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Mudd Club
Named in homage to the legendary SoHo original, hub of the New York underground in the '70s and '80s. It's set back from the street and down a steep staircase but today's Berlin rock chicks and indie kids seem to have no problem finding their way in. Russian and Slavic acts feature heavily.
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Sage Club
One of the top clubs of the '90s, Sage is still packing its four dance floors with hotties awed by the shimmering pools and fire-breathing dragon. There's live rock on Thursday; funk, soul and hip hop on Fridays; and electronica on Saturdays and Sundays, which get buzziest after the sun's up.
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So36
This seminal punk venue of yore, 'Esso' keeps Kreuzberg's alternative ethos alive with offbeat concerts and lesbigay theme nights. Long-running faves include the 'homoriental' Gayhane (fourth Saturday) and Sunday's campy Café Fatal ballroom boîte (club). Check the listings before setting out.
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White Trash Fast Food
Edgy and borderline insane, this ex-Irish pub with Chinese flourishes attracts a rock-and-roll crowd and often teems with expats scarfing their tasty burgers to stave off homesickness. The alt-sound concerts - garage rock to gypsy punk and country trash - in the downstairs Diamond Lounge are among the sweatiest, loudest and smokiest gigs in town.
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Wild At Heart
Named after a David Lynch road movie, this one-room kitsch-cool dive is ground central for punk, ska and rockabilly. Touring bands, including such top acts as Girlschool and Dick Dale, bring in the tattooed set several times weekly. If your ears need a break, head to the tiki-themed restaurant-bar next door.
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