Dancing at a nightclub, or "clubbing"

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A nightclub (often shortened to club) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. A nightclub is usually distinguished from other forms of drinking and entertainment establishments, such as bars, pubs or taverns, by the inclusion of a dance floor. In most other languages, nightclubs are referred to as "discos" or "discothèques" (French: discothèque; German: Disko or Diskothek; Spanish: Discoteca). In Japanese ディスコ, disuko refers to an older, smaller, less fashionable venue; while クラブ, kurabu refers to a more recent, larger, more popular venue. The term night is often used to refer to an event hosted within a nightclub, such as "retro music night." A dance area too small to be considered a night club, but which has a bar, music and lighting effects, is occasionally referred to as a disco bar. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2256x1696, 239 KB) Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Nightclub ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2256x1696, 239 KB) Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Nightclub ... Tourists sit outside a bar in Chiang Mai, Thailand A Depression-era bar in Louisiana. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... A tavern is, loosely, a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and, more than likely, also be served food, though not licenced to put up guests. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A discothèque is an entertainment venue or club with recorded music, played by Discaires (Disk jockeys), rather than an on-stage band. ... modern retro wallpaper Retro, short for retrospective, is a modern term used to describe things from a bygone era. ...

Introduction

Nightclubs are associated with socializing and music and are usually distinguished from other forms of drinking establishment, such as a bar, pub or tavern, by the inclusion of a dance floor, although a club may also feature other forms of entertainment, possibly in forms unsuitable for minors, such as podium dancers, a floor show or strippers (see strip club). Music may be live or mixed by a DJ and is often amplified using a PA system, and can range from blues, jazz, country, disco, hip-hop, rock and metal to electronic music styles such as house, techno, trance, drum and bass and alternative electronic. Most clubs or club nights have a specific musical theme and generally cater to fans of a few particular music genres. This article belongs in one or more categories. ... crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... Tourists sit outside a bar in Chiang Mai, Thailand A Depression-era bar in Louisiana. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... A tavern is, loosely, a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and, more than likely, also be served food, though not licenced to put up guests. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A podium is a platform that is used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings. ... A striptease. ... For the book or movie Striptease see Striptease (book) and Striptease (movie) A striptease is a performance, usually a dance, in which the performer gradually removes their clothing for the purposes of sexually arousing the audience, usually performed in nightclubs. ... A classical music concert in the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Amplitude is a nonnegative scalar measure of a waves magnitude of oscillation, that is, magnitude of the maximum disturbance in the medium during one wave cycle. ... A public address system, abbreviated PA system, is an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas. ... Blues music redirects here. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form that originated around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in African American musical styles blended with Western music technique and theory. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) Country music, also known as country and western music or country-western, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Hip hop music, also referred to as rap or rap music, is a style of popular music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... Trance is a style of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. ... Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated to DnB, drum n bass and drum & bass) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ... Alternative electronic is a umbrella term generally used to describe a grouping of lesser-known electronic dance music genres that are related in some fashion to industrial music. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ...

Gatherings in clubs at night that primarily involve music mixed by a DJ involve dancing and in most cases alcohol. Illegal use of recreational drugs such as ecstasy are commonplace in many modern clubs featuring electronic dance music.^{[citation needed]} Clubs are often advertised by the handing out of flyers on the street, in record shops, and at other clubs and events, these are often highly decorative and eye-catching. DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... Functional group of an alcohol molecule. ... Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational rather than medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ... MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), most commonly known by the street names ecstasy or XTC (for more names see the full list), is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family, whose primary effect is believed to be the stimulation of secretion as well as inhibition of re-uptake of large amounts... Flyer may refer to: Flyer (pamphlet), single page leaflet Aviator, someone who flies an aircraft, a pilot Wright Flyer, the first powered aircraft designed and built by the Wright Brothers Philadelphia Flyers, a National Hockey League team Kangaroo, a female kangaroo is sometimes called a flyer Dayton Flyers, University of...

Nightclubs often feature lighting and other effects: flashing lights of many colors, moving light beams, laser light shows and smoke machines. One common item is a disco ball: a rotating football-sized spheroid at the ceiling, covered with many small flat mirrors, with a light beam directed on it; the reflections form a multitude of moving light spots on the floor and on the people. Some nightclubs will throw foam parties where the dance floor is filled with soap suds. Classical Spectacular used ordinary stage lighting plus special laser effects In the 2005 Classical Spectacular performance, a state of the art lighting system designed by Durham Marenghi was used to accompany the music Starry lighting such as is shown on the RHS of this photo are much more interesting than... // Experiment using a (likely argon) laser. ... A smoke machine is a piece of equipment which generates fog (artificial smoke). ... A mirrored disco ball A disco ball, mirror ball, or ball mirror is a roughly spherical structure that reflects light directed at it in many directions, producing a complicated and hard-to-anticipate display. ... This article is about rotation as a movement of a physical body. ... A mirror is a surface with good specular reflection that is smooth enough to form an image. ... Spheres reflecting the floor and each other. ... A foam party is a social event in which participants are lathered up with soap suds, usually dispensed from a special machine or soap cannon. ...

Types of clubs

From time to time, variations enter the market, such as non-smoking and alcohol-free nightclubs. Also, restaurants or supper clubs may provide music and entertainment simlar to that provided by a nightclub, the main difference being that food is the main attraction at these establishments, whereas entertainment is the main attraction at a nightclub. Comedy clubs are one type of venue which provides entertainment. Toms Restaurant, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to order, to be consumed on the premises. ... A supper club is a style of casual dining establishment which originally appeared in the U.S. in the 1930s and 1940s as a public dining-out experience primarily open only for the evening meal of supper. ... A comedy club is a club where people can sit at a table, enjoy a drink and watch or listen to performances, including stand-up comedians, improvisational comedians, impersonators, magicians, ventriloquists and other comedy acts. ...

Another type of club is a concert club, which specializes in hosting performances of live music. In contrast to regular night clubs, concert clubs are usually only open when a performance is scheduled. Such live music venues can be popular, however, it is more common today to find a DJ (Disc Jockey) playing a continuous mix of recorded music using vinyl, CDs and MP3s. DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ...

The styles of music that are played at clubs differ all over the world. For example, in England and Toronto there are numerous drum'n'bass clubs (among many other types) owing to the popularity of the music in those areas. In continental Europe, tech-house, electroclash and techno are particularly popular. In Spain one might find not only House or Trance, but salsa and pop clubs. However, if one were to visit the island of Ibiza, they would find some of the most serious House and Trance clubs found in the world. Despite this, house music seems to enjoy universal popularity at dance clubs all over Europe. In the U.S., the largest and most intense nightclubs are those found in New York, Miami, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. The music that fuels these non-stop parties can range from Hip-hop, Reggaeton, Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Reggae, Hard House, Vocal Trance, or Hard Trance. Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ...

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Hours of Nightclubs

Nightclub hours vary widely from region to region, but not all nightclubs last all night and some aren't necessarily hosted during night-time hours. Generally, the hours that nightclubs run can be divided into regular hours and afterhours.

The following table serves as a rough guide to what can be considered regular hours or afterhours in various different cities.

Payment

In most cases entering a night club costs an cover charge. Early arrivers and women often have cover waived. This is in most cases be paid at the entrance. Sometimes one only gets a pay card at the entrance, on which all money spent in the discotheque (often including the entrance fee) is marked. Sometimes entrance fee and wardrobe costs are paid by cash and only the drinks in the club by pay card. A cover charge usually refers to a fee for entry to an establishment. ...

Venues

There are several traditional types of venue that are often used as nightclubs, such as underground buildings, reclaimed warehouses and cinemas, and custom-built buildings. Nightclubs need to be insulated from the outside to prevent noise from escaping, and to prevent light and noise entering from outside. This allows the nightclub to have more control over the environment inside the building. It also creates an idea of timelessness which customers often prefer. This idea is also illustrated by the fact that many nightclubs do not have clocks visible to the public.

History

In the U.S., the repeal of Prohibition in February 1933 sparked the revival of nightclubs, which had gone underground as speakeasies. In New York City, three famous Midtown nightclubs from the "Golden Age" were the Stork Club, El Morocco and the Copacabana, while uptown in Harlem the Cotton Club was king. United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ... Prohibition is any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... View of Midtown from Empire State Building. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... El Morocco was a 20th century Manhattan nightclub frequented by the rich and famous in the 1930s and 1950s. ... Copacabana is a famous New York City nightclub. ... This article is about the Harlem neighborhood in New York City. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Before 1953 and even some years thereafter, most speakeasies bars and nightclubs used jukebox or mostly live bands but then in a Paris club named Whisky à Gogo, Régine laid down a dance-floor, suspended coloured lights and for the first time ever replaced the juke-box with two turntables which she operated herself so there would be no breaks between the music, setting into place the standard elements of the discothèque as known in its modern form. In her memoirs (Moi, mes histoires, 2006) Régine admitted she was displeased with the fact that customers kept selecting slow pieces of music from the juke-box and then spent the time on the dance-floor covering partners with wet kisses, boring everybody around. Régine also covered the dance-floor with grease every day before guests arrived, to make dancing more challenging. Régine Zylberberg, better known as Régine, is the inventor of the discothèque. ...

Mark Birley in 1962 was the first to open a member-only discotheque nightclub, Annabel's, in Berkeley Square, London. Marcus Lecky Oswald Hornby Birley is an British entrepreneur. ... This article, image, template or category should belong in one or more categories. ...

The first rock and roll generation did not favor nightclubs, but the club returned in the 1970s as the "disco," from the French discothèque (although by the early 1980s, the term "disco" had largely fallen out of favor in North America). Two early discos in New York were "Le Club" and "Regine's." Today in Europe, nightclubs play techno, house music or any sort of dance music from nu-jazz to electro or trance for the most part. Most nightclubs in the U.S. major cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and San Francisco play house and trance music. These clubs are generally the largest and most frequented of all of the different types of clubs. Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... This article is becoming very long. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... This article is about the city in Florida. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Trance is a style of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. ...

Famous nightclubs

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