Nightclubs are always associated with music and have a dance floor, however small: a drinking establishment without music is a saloon or bar, pub or tavern. Though a nightclub may have a floor show or other entertainment unsuitable for minors, the music, dancing and socializing of a nightclub are secondary in a "strip joint." Music may be live or mixed by a DJ, and can range from country, jazz, blues, to electronic music styles such as drum and bass, house, trance or techno.
Gatherings in nightclubs that primarily involve music mixed by a DJ involve dancing and in most cases alcohol. Illegal use of recreational drugs such as ecstasy is commonplace in many modern clubs featuring electronic dance music. Clubs are often advertised by the handing out of flyers on the street, in record shops, and at other clubs and events, they are often highly decorative and eye-catching.
Nightclubs often feature lighting and other effects: flashing lights of many colors, moving light beams and smoke machines. One common item is a disco ball: a rotating football-sized ball 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.Washington, D.C. ( formally, the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C.) is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington used to be a separate municipality within the District of Columbia until an Act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the District into a single entity. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as Washington, D.C. The city is located on the north bank of the Potomac River and is bordered by the states of Virginia to the southwest and Maryland to the other sides. The District has a resident population of 588,292; however, due to commuters from the surrounding suburbs, its population rises to over one million during the workweek. The Washington Metropolitan Area, of which the District is a part, has a population of 5.3 million, the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the country.
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.
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 2000s, the term "disco" had largely fallen out of favor). Two early discos in New York were "Le Club" and "Regine's." Today in Europe, nightclubs play techno and trance music for the most part. Some nightclubs in the U.S. play trance and techno, but it is still not as popular.
Notable nightclubs
* Danceteria, New York
* Studio 54, New York, 1970s - 1980s,
disco
* The Saint, New York, (September 1980 - 1986)
* Paradise Garage,
New York, pioneer of garage music
* The Hacienda, Manchester, United Kingdom,
1982 - 1997. Home to post punk, early acid house, Madchester and electronic music
* The Limelight, was the name for two different clubs: one in London (1980s -
2003), the other in New York (November 8, 1983 - late 1990s) home to goth, industrial,
noise, and techno.
* The Slimelight, London, United Kingdom, (started in the
1980s). Notable London club, its name was a reference to The Limelight and is
a home to industrial, noise, techno and goth music.
* Tresor, Berlin, 1991
- current
* Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles, 1963 - current
* Cream, Liverpool
- based nightclub, noted in techno and trance
* Zouk, Singapore, 1991 - curren
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