Club entertainment in USA
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Boom Boom Room
Across the street from Woody's, at the Coast Inn, this place is a dance club on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and charges around US$5 after 21:00.
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Voodoo Lounge
A massive club with 50,000 watts of booty-shaking sound – look for Sunday drag nights, Latin nights and other themed events.
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MJ's
Popular contempo hangout for dance nights, 'porn star of the week' and cruising. It attracts a younger but diverse crowd.
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AS220
An alternative space abuzz with experimental bands, offbeat films, poetry slams – you never know what you'll find here.
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Kodiak Jack's
At the south end of downtown, this is a kick-up-yer-heels country-dance spot attracting a sizable military crowd.
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Mynt Martini
At Mynt Martini different days mean different music – top 40, house or indie-electric.
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Opium Garden & Privé
An open-sky bar with a lantern-strewn Asian decor and more action upstairs. House and dance reign supreme.
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Dragonfly
Hardcore party chamber with theme nights ranging from laid-back reggae to sexy sounds for the fetish set.
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Cat Club
You'll never really know your friends until you've seen them belt out A-ha's 'Take on Me' at 1984, Cat Club's Thursday-night retro dance party, where the euphoric bi/straight/gay/undefinable scene is like some surreal John Hughes movie. Come back to belt at karaoke Tuesdays, jump to '90s power pop at Saturday's Club Vogue, and shuffle winsomely at Friday and Sunday goth/new wave nights. The two small rooms get sweaty fast at special theme nights like Bondage-a-Go-Go and queer-stripcore Blowpony; check the online calendar.
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Independent Bar
Hip, crowded and loud, with DJs spinning underground dance and alternative rock until the wee hours.
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Station Inn
South of downtown, this unassuming stone building is the best place in town for serious bluegrass. Don't miss the Tuesday-night Doyle and Debbie show.
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Burt's Tiki Lounge
More divey club than tiki lounge; music may be punk, funk or ska – anything loud.
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Nikki Beach Miami
Get your groove on outdoors, wandering from immaculate gossamer beach cabana to cabana at Nikki's, which feels like an incredibly upscale full-moon party. On Sunday (Sunday?!), starting around 4pm, it's the hottest party in town, as folks clamor to get in and re-live whatever it was they did the night before.
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Newport Blues Café
Intimate atmosphere and one of the best blues and R&B scenes this side of New York City.
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Mercy Lounge
Up the street, with arty rock-and-roll shows in an old brick cannery.
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210 North
- Reno, USA
- Entertainment › Club
A pulsing-hot dance club and down-tempo lounge that would feel right at home in Vegas.
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Bonham Exchange
A rather stalwart brick building conceals San Antonio's premier, multifloor gay dance club.
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Club Rio
- Moab, USA
- Entertainment › Club
Boogie Friday and Saturday when the raucous Club Rio has DJs.
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Exit/In
On Elliston Pl, opened in 1971, does indie rock, hip-hop and more.
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Slingapour's
A slick dance club with Asian influences and a large outdoor patio.
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Hotel
The Hotel attracts top DJs.
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The Continental
Boardwalk club.
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Surrender
Even the club-averse admit that this is an audaciously gorgeous place to hang out for an evening, with its saffron-colored silk walls, mustard banquettes and a bright yellow patent leather entrance. Play blackjack by the pool at night or join one of the raging daytime pool parties. Surrender Your Wednesdays is one of the best club nights in town, with plenty of in-the-know locals.
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Blue Grotto
A late-20 through 40-something crowd dances like nobody's watching at this underwater-themed waterfront club, with grotto rock walls, aquarium windows and a light-up blue bar. Avoid the food.
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Vagabond
If the South Beach Clubs are Manhattan and Hollywood, then the Vagabond scene is Brooklyn or Silver Lake, which is a travel writer's way of saying: if you tire of the lame Top 40, plastic and mediocre big-name clubs in Miami Beach, come to the Vagabond, a cool club in a rough part of Overtown. The folks are still fine, but they're funkier, definitely more local and the music is more experimental. The animal-print furniture and flying, loopy lines and curves are made to be gawked at, which is possible as no one keeps the Vagabond too dimly lit. Friday night, hosted by indie record shop Sweat, is a blast.
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