Club entertainment in Kingston
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Quad
This complex comprises four clubs, each with its own distinct personality. On the main floor is Christopher’s Jazz Club, a tasteful jazz bar where the city’s movers and shakers gather on a nightly basis. In the basement is Taboo, a so-called ‘naughty gentleman’s’ club with ‘exotic’ dancers. Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, two clubs open up on the top floor: the Voodoo Lounge, which tends to draw an older, more urbane crowd, and Oxygen, which attracts a twenty-something set always ready to get sweaty until 4am. The US$10 admission will give you entry into Christopher’s, Voodoo Lounge and Oxygen; Note that Taboo charges a separate US$10 admission.
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Weddy Weddy Wednesdays
The best opportunity for visitors to catch one of Kingston's free outdoor sound-system parties is Weddy Weddy Wednesdays, presided over by the biggest name in sound-system productions, DJ Stone Love in Burlington Ave in uptown.
Generally, the action doesn't start until a little after midnight and once it subsides most of the crowd troops off to the Passa Passa sound-system, at the intersection of Spanish Town Rd and Beeston Street, which blasts until sunrise. Another popular party is Uptown Mondays in Savannah Plaza, which begins around midnight.
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Gloria’s Top Spot
Around 100m east of the muster ground, this is the place to be on a Friday or Saturday night, when local men of all ages – from youths in the latest hip-hop fashion to geezers in yesterday’s duds – filter in and warm up at the bar to await the arrival of the women – from young and attired in spandex ‘batty riders’ to grannies in more conservative garb. By midnight, everyone is dancing to the latest sounds.
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Angler’s Club
AKA the Fisherman’s Tavern, this is a funky watering hole drawing locals who wash in and out, overindulge in white rum, and pick fights while bartenders boogie at the bar. ‘There are a few scalawags, but mostly it’s harmless stuff, ’ one bartender said. It has tremendous character on Friday night when a mountain of speakers is built 7m high in the square and ska music reverberates across the harbor.
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Asylum
Still the happening scene, Asylum packs in the crowds from Tuesday through Sunday. Tuesday is ladies night, with free admission until 11pm, and on Thursday the inimitable Stone Love sets up its legendary sound system.
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Village Cafe
Another popular favorite. Thursday evenings feature a fashion show, but the place really gets rocking on Saturday night, when the locally famous DJs mix up a healthy dose of wicked vibes.
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Weekenz
This popular hipster haunt has variable moods, poetry on Tuesday, live reggae on Wednesday, dancehall on Thursday, oldies night on Saturday – and always a thriving after-work scene.
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Infinity Nightclub
Around the corner from Asylum is Infinity, another happening dance club with theme nights.
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