Clubbing
Arlene Gottfried’s scenes of New York nightlife
After dark — In the new exhibition, Arlene Gottfried: After Dark, the artists takes us into the nightclubs, strip joints, dive bars, and drug dens of the ’70s.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Beats and bills: how capitalism destroyed UK club culture
A love letter to ’90s rave — In the new film Beats, director Brian Welsh travels back to 1990s Aberdeen to tell the story of rave culture – why it mattered, and how it got torn apart.
Written by: Colin Crummy
In Lisbon, the dancefloor is still a site of resistance
Political parties — Despite most clubs in the city being whitewashed and shuttered with harsher licenses, a host of rebel collectives are fighting back – carving out inclusive spaces that don’t shy away from politics.
Written by: Peter Yeung
A sold-out city? The fight to save Dublin’s nightlife
Take back the night — In the past year alone, 79 hotels were given the go-ahead for construction or large-scale refurbishment in Dublin – often at the expense of cultural spaces. As the threat of full-scale ‘hotelisation’ looms, we speak to the people fighting back.
Written by: Colin Gannon
Georgia’s rave revolution, four months on
What happened next — Earlier this year, Tbilisi’s clubs were aggressively raided by armed police. We look at what’s changed since, and how it affected the city’s burgeoning underground music scene.
Written by: Eva Clifford
Vintage ’80s Polaroids of Amsterdam’s barflies
Going underground — From gay bars and discos to old-school bruin cafés and red-light district taverns – Marc H. Miller and Bettie Ringma’s portraits capture the hidden soul of the city.
Written by: Miss Rosen
A night on the town with LA’s queer Vaqueros
The cowboys of East Hollywood — For the past 26 years, Latinx queers have been heading to East Hollywood’s ‘Vaquero Night’ – a cowboy-themed event with a South American spin.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Why illegal raves are enjoying a renaissance in the UK
High on hope — A new documentary explores the rise of acid house culture in northern England; drawing parallels between Thatcher’s Britain and the Tory-inflicted austerity of today.
Written by: Simon Doherty
Why closing London’s iconic Fabric nightclub will not protect clubbers
Save Fabric — Cities such as Amsterdam have shown that harm-reduction strategies save lives without forcing venues to close. Why can’t London learn from them?
Written by: Ashley Manning