Nightclub entertainment in Florence
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Central Park
Hidden off in the leafy Parco delle Cascine, Florence’s largest disco brings several acres of Ibiza to the city’s western edge. The sprawling club has two outdoor dance floors, an artificial waterfall, VIP lounge seating raised a metre or so above the common folk, plus a pair of indoor dance floors. Move back and forth between pop, dance, electronica or disco kitsch, as the mood dictates.
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Twice
Mainstream fun is on tap at this venue that starts the night as a wine bar and then turns into a dance club after 11pm (hence the name). The clientele tends to be Pretty Young Things in search of same. After the aperitivo buffet closes down, the DJs start to arrive with their iPods stuffed with hip-hop and Top 40 dance hits.
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YAB Club
Yes, at YAB, You Are Beautiful, and this sleek, mirror-lined nightclub won’t let you forget it. Crowds skew young, and the best sound system in the city centre have made the Monday hip-hop party a Florentine classic.
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Cavalli Club
Call it what you will – glamorous, over-the-top, vulgar – but you can’t deny that this club has character. The latest addition to Roberto Cavalli’s empire hides slyly within a deconsecrated chapel built into the flank of Chiesa del Carmine. At night, a chaste wooden door swings open to reveal a pink, heart-shaped entrance. Inside, the chrome-and-mirror nightclub is equipped with a killer sound system, get-cosy alcoves, and a louche crowd of 30-and-up fashion types and their iffy financiers.
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Libreria Café la Cité
Already an institution of Oltrarno cultural life, this combination cafe, bookstore and cultural centre was founded by a collective of young Florentine intellectuals. Sip an espresso, access the free wi-fi, read in the quiet mezzanine, or attend the free evening events that usually include jazz jam sessions on Monday, tango lessons on Tuesday, literary readings on Wednesday, theatre and dance on Thursday and live music Friday and Saturday.
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Tabasco Disco Gay
Florence’s first and still best gay nightclub gets all medieval, hidden as it is in a catacomb of ancient cellars just off Piazza della Signoria. The music ranges from kitsch to electronica, while the crowd, which starts off gay, turns polymorphous as underground types of all preferences descend after 4am.
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Montecarla Club
With its fearsome bouncers, boudoir furnishings, late-night hours and multilevel leopard-skin mosh pits, Montecarla exudes Late Empire decadence. Crowds start out almost mainstream but as the evening goes on the gaggles of professional clubbers start to stage their takeover.
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Y@G
The mainstream answer to Tabasco, this relaxed gay club caters to a younger crowd of both sexes with its large bar, small dance floor offering up Diva dance hits on the flat-screen, and a separate lounge done up in wallpaper of a clever plaid.
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