DIRT CLUB

The 1st & 3rd MONDAY of every month: £1 Adv./£2 Door 9pm - Midnight + occassional DJ's - Style ? Three great new live bands on stage each night.

Their biggest success story? Arctic Monkeys played this night back in April 2005.

Demo's and requests to get yourself a gig to; Dirt Club

Find out who's behind the night at: Random Recordings Studio

Dirt Club bands and their fans talk to each other at: Dirt Club discussion forum

ELECTRIC BANANA

Every WEDNESDAY: £1 Concession/£2 Otherwise 10.30pm - 3am....... Cheap Drinks All Night - DJ The Reverend Carbootleg - Style ? Expect the unexpected, a mind bendingly diverse selection of boss tunage. Electro punk shockers, indie toe-tappers, reggae disco booty-shakers and the odd dash of real dirty rock & roll.

If you're looking for the wildest most popular night out on a Wednesday, look no further. Now in it's 4th year, check out why the celebs all end up 'ere, aprés-show. The official (and un-official) after-show party to every great gig in Nottingham on a Wednesday evening.
What big names have we had drop by for the night to shake a leg?
Guest DJ's with The Rev. in the past have included; MC-5, Paddingtons, Mystery Jets, The Rakes, Queens of Noize, The Dead 60's and a whole host of others.
Whilst simply just shakin' it loose, out on the dancefloor we've had; Death From Above 1979, Athlete, Hot Hot Heat, Super Furry Animals, The Dirtbombs, Deicide, The Duke Spirit, Queens Of Noize, Sonic Boom, Franz Ferdinand, Giant Drag, Jamie T, The Mighty Boosh guys, Five O'Clock Heroes, and countless others.

Also happening every now 'n again at Electric Banana we have exclusive album playback with lots of free give-away goodies (stickers/posters/badges/T-shirts) to be had. Recent playbacks have included; Adam Green, Arctic Monkeys, The Young Knives, Mystery Jets, Guillemots and Larrikin Love.

For more information please see: www.reverendcarbootleg.com or get on his friends list on his MySpace site at : www.myspace.com/reverendcarbootleg

AMBUSH

The 2nd & 4th THURSDAY of every month: £FREE 9pm (start downstairs) + 10.30pm (start upstairs) going on 'til... 3am + Resident DJ's: Kid Chameleon/Cut Freqz/Mister Benn/Casual Breakin'/Foe/Chris CF - Style ? Alongside the best of Nottingham's homegrown talent they aim to bring you the freshest Hip Hop, and the phatest mash-up line ups.

Future guests include; Rotary Connexion, Synic, Josh_Console, Cartel Communique, Dunproofin', Chris Unitt.

Past guests have include; Mister Sushi, Mr PSIK, Mr Bump, Oz, Gameover, Ligre, Vinyl (Abort), Joolsmf, Poj Masta, Stinkin' Rich & Freeman

For more information please see: www.myspace.com/nottinghamambush

SUPERNIGHT

The 3rd THURSDAY of every month: £FREE 8.30pm - Late - 3 live bands every week + resident DJ's: The Supernight Crew - Style ? Indie and beyond...

For more information please see: www.myspace.com/supernight or demo's and requests to get yourself a gig to; Supernight

GRIMEWATCH

Occasional odd Thursdays: £4 10pm - Late - 3 live bands every week + resident DJ's: JAMIE 'n NICK - Style ? - Grime.

Future guests SEPTEMBER 28th GRIMEWATCH III; Statik & Wariko

For more information please see: www.myspace.com/bukowskilives or alternatively try: www.myspace.com/jamieisradical

POP CONFESSIONAL

1st FRIDAY of every month: £3/£5 (cheaper with flier) 10.30pm - 3am..... DJ The Reverend Carbootleg & Paul (Just The Tonic/Old Bastard) - Style ? - POP! In all it's glory!

Carrying on from where Guilty Pleasures left off, The Reverend Car-Bootleg and his ever popular, vodka dispensing all-absolving confessional booth complete with priest side-kick.

"Love is in the Air!" - expect a full 5 hours of nothing but classic POP from 60's right up to the present day; The Eagles, Jacksons, Dolly, Hall 'n Oates, ELO, Paul Simon, Lionel Richie, Slade, Tiffany, The Beegees, The Motors, Kiss, Elton, Wings, 10cc, Michael McDonald, Cher, Irene Cara, Diana Ross, Lipps Inc., Barry White, Dire Straits, J Giles Band, Supertramp, Van Halen, Neil Diamond, Glen Campbell, The Monkees, The Turtles, Gnarls Barkley, Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, Mark Morrisson, Prince, etc., etc.,...

THE RUBBER ROOM

2nd FRIDAY of every month: £FREE 10.30pm - 3am................................. DJ's Nick Smith (The Cool Off), Martin Lawrie (SoulDrop/SoulGeneration.co.uk), Joey (Selectadisc) & Friends - Style ? - An evening of delinquent Rock 'n' Roll in all it's many guises... Primitive 60's Garage Punk/50's Rockabilly/Dirty Rhythm 'n' Blues.

"Calling all hipsters, flipster and finger poppin daddies, it's the return of The Rubber Room - four hours of the strangest and most deranged sounds ever cut to vinyl, from red hot rock n' roll and rockabilly to oddball fifties novelty 45's, sixties garage punk and psychedelia, seventies new york punk and beyond! All killer sounds, no fillers!"

For more information please see: www.soulgeneration.co.uk or when they finally get their site up 'n running: www.therubberroom.co.uk

STOMPER!

The 3rd FRIDAY of every month: £3 (money off with flier) 11pm - 3am + Resident DJ's: Martin (The Reverend) Nesbitt Style ? ...basically Electric Banana on a Friday, basically an indie disco night with a twist... also, spinning 60's garage 'n' mod mixed with 70's glam 'n' punk and a good healthy helping of sixties girl groups.

Has different guest DJ's each month (previously we've had THE HORRORS & The NOISEttes), and always ands up attracting lots of bands and artists from other gigs happening in town (previous last minute gate-crashers include; The Fratellis & Maccabees).

For more information please see: www.reverendcarbootleg.com or get on his friends list on his MySpace site at : www.myspace.com/reverendcarbootleg

dollop

The 4th FRIDAY of every month: £3 Adv./£5 Door 11pm - 4am + Resident DJ's: Lillica Libertine/D'lex/Barbu - Style ? - A night of eclectro, techno, breaks, hip hop, and funk. Showcasing the best DJ's Nottingham has to offer.

Music on two floors and name guest DJ's each month. Future guests include; Uffie & Feadz (Ed Banger), Sinden (Inside Out), Skulljuice (Bloggers Delight), Kap10kurt, Bently Rhythm Ace...

For more information please see: www.myspace.com/dollopnottingham

DETONATE presents

The 1st SATURDAY of every month: £5 11pm - 3.30am - Style ? Focussing on the deeper side of Drum 'n' Bass

Future name guest DJ's from labels such as Soul:R, Liquid V and Metalheadz, performing 2 hour sets in the intimate surroundings of The Social. Marcus Intalex & MC DRS headline the first night (October 7th), with Doc Scott, Commix & Artificial Intelegence all touchinf down before the end of the year.

For more information please see: www.detonate1.co.uk

Spectrum: SOMETHING DIFFERENT

The 2nd SATURDAY of every month: £5 11pm - 4am - Style ? Well known acts come and play something different to what they are normally known for.

Future name guest DJ's include Anne Savage (playing breaks) as Dumb Blonde, and Atomic Hooligan playing Hip Hop/Breakbeat

For more information please see: www.spectrum48k.com

THE HIGHNESS SOUND SYSTEM

The 3rd SATURDAY of every month: £5 11pm - 4am - Style ? - Heavyweight roots session: Past meets present strictly roots reggae, dubwise and steppers from then and now.

For more information please see: www.highnessroots.co.uk

Spectrum: B.E.A.T.S.

The 4th SATURDAY of every month: £5 11pm - 4am - Style ? - The best leftfield beats that the electronic world has to offer

Future name guests include Daedelus (Ninja Tunes), and Kids In Tracksuits playing live, with DJ's; A Skillz (Finger Lickin') and Missill (from France).

For more information please see: www.spectrum48k.com

Liars Club: GIG 'n' CLUB SPECIALS

Doing random (usually once monthly) nights: £3/£5 9pm - 3am - Style ? - Indie, electro punk, leap around balaclava boogie.

Future name live guests include; Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, The Dead Science, and Brazilian legends Bonde Do Role (Diplo's label). House resident DJ's include; Riotous Rockers, Night Moves, Cerys, Science Bastard!.

Whatever any other venue in this town may lay claim to, THIS IS THE WILDEST NIGHT OUT IN NOTTINGHAM! Killer visuals supplied by....

Mr Haley and his barmy mates involved in the night, have worked real hard to establish this as not only a cutting edge crazy night, but also serving up groundbreaking new acts.

Who have they had as previous live guests that you could have seen for just £3?

Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Erol Alkan, Scissor Sisters, Ladytron, Art Brut, Patrick Wolf, Maximo Park, Architecture in Helsinki, The Rakes, Moving Units, The Unicorns, The Stills, Cut / Copy, The Organ, Test Icicles & Gravy Train!!!!, to name just a handfull.

For more information please see: www.liarsclub.co.uk or alternatively try Bonde Do Role's MySpace site at : www.myspace.com/bondedorole

SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT

The ?th SATURDAY of every month (downstairs bar): £Free 11pm - 3am - Style ?............ Synth Pop * Electro * Disco Nouvea with DJ's Tom Magic Feet, Ricardo Campos & George W Tomorrow.

For more information please see: www.sunglassesatnight.com

DJ MUNKZ/SMALL ARMS FYRE

The ?th SATURDAY of every month (downstairs bar): £Free 11pm - 3am - Style ?............ Quality - beats, breaks, funk, soul, reggae and hip hop... the finest in fact in urban soulful excursions.

For more information please see: www.sunglassesatnight.com