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The Bongo Club, 14 New St, T 556 5204. Cabaret-style venue for a wide variety of performing artists, aimed very much at the arty, bohemian crowd. Innovative, eccentric and pretentious in equal measure. Music nights include funky break- beat, trip hop and Latin. Operates a full and varied list of live acts every evening Monday-Thursday.

Cabaret Voltaire, 36 Blair St. Formerly home of The Honeycomb and Peppermint Lounge. Now refurbished and aiming to host a variety of performance art and avant garde acts during the week with club nights at weekends. The funky house Ultragroove has relocated from the burnt-out La Belle Angèle and runs fortnightly Saturdays.

Massa, 36-39 Market St. There are two sides to this venue, on a Friday from 1700 onwards its TFI Friday night is the most popular post-work venue for the city's office workers, and half price drinks are served till 2000 to a backdrop of Wham, Abba, young secretaries and leering bosses – not for the faint hearted. It also hosts Eye Candy and Tackno.

The Honeycomb, 15 Niddry St. Formerly known as The Vaults some £100 million has been spent on its refurbishment. It was set to be sold early this year until most of its surrounding opposition was destroyed in the great fire of December. Hosts on alternative Saturdays Audio Deluxe and Do This Do That (the latter night which often sees big name DJs visiting Edinburgh once again). The long-running Friday drum’n’ bass night, Manga, has relocated from the fire-ravaged La Belle Angèle.

The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria St (top end), T 225 2564. Now a very popular venue. Attracting many acts for gigs Monday-Thursday (particularly old punk acts) and hosting some of the city’s biggest club nights at the week- ends. Saturdays rotate between the long-running gay-friendly night Luvely, 70's cheese Rewind, live acts and Colours (which attr- acts many big name DJs). Sundays host the popular gay-friendly night Taste.

Ego, 14 Picardy Pl. Refurbished casino hosting various well-established club nights, its biggest draws are Vegas which runs monthly and is frequented by twenty to thirty somethings who enjoy spending their Saturday nights dancing to Kenny Rogers, Neil Diamond and Johnny Cash; the 70's disco themed Disco Inferno; the long-running gay night Joy and its new sister club Wiggle. Fridays tend to host new clubs in the smaller Cocteau Lounge. Club nights in the summer months sometimes utilize the Outhouse's beer garden.

Studio 24, 24-26 Calton Rd. At opposite end of the street to The Venue. Dilapidated but nevertheless has good atmosphere. Hosts mainly grunge/rock nights for the city’s young baggy-trousered, skateboard-wielding rock kids, including the long-running Mission. Splits into two separate venues (upstairs and downstairs) on fortnightly Saturdays for Mingin while the Limp Bizkit fans retain the main room.

The Venue, 17-23 Calton Rd (behind Waverley Station), T 557 3073. Recently refurbished and under new man- agement, Venue now hosts a variety of new up and coming soul, hip hop and house nights with a variety of live acts on week nights.

The Ark, Semple St, T 229 7733. Student-friendly venue where cheap drinks promotions and cheesy chart tunes rule the roost.

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