Nightclub Information and trivia

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 inclusion of a dance floor, although a club may also feature other forms of entertainment; possibly unsuitable for minors, such as podium dancers, a floor show or strippers. Music may be live or mixed by a DJ and is often amplified using PA systems, 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.

There are several traditional venues are often used as nightclubs. Nightclubs need to be insulated from outside to prevent noise from escaping, and to prevent light and noise entering from outside. Venues invlude Underground, Former Theatres / Cinemas, Stationary boat, Moving Boat,

List of some famous nightclubs in UK

Annabel's was the first discotheque nightclub in London
AIR, Birmingham, owned by, and home to Godskitchen
Cream, Liverpool-based nightclub, noted in techno and trance
Escapade Bar, Club & Lounge is one of Darlington's most popular nightclubs, located on Gladstone Street. This venue also houses a lounge and bar.
Fabric (club), London
Gatecrasher, a Sheffield-based trance nightclub
The Hacienda, Manchester, 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 (8 November 1983–late 90s), home to goth, industrial, noise, and techno.
Miniscule of Sound, London, 1998– (smallest in world)
Shine, Northern Ireland's largest club.
The Slimelight

Stringfellows

In the USA, the repeal of Prohibition in February 33 sparked the revival of nightclubs, which had gone underground as speakeasies. In New York City, three famous Midtown nightclubs from the "Golden Age" were Stork Club, El Morocco and the Copacabana, while uptown in Harlem the Cotton Club was king.

Before 53 and even some years thereafter, most speakeasies bars and nightclubs used jukebox or mostly live bands but then in a Paris club named 'Whisky a Gogo', Regine Zylberberg laid down a dance floor, suspended coloured lights and for the first time ever replaced the juke box with two turntables so there would be no breaks between the music. While Regine's was a bar with music, Mark Birley in 1962 was the first to open a member only discotheque nightclub, Annabel's, in Berkeley Square, London. Setting in place the standards' elements of the discothèque as known in it's modern form.

The first rock and roll generation did not favor nightclubs, but the club returned in the 70s as the "disco," from the French discothèque. 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 nujazz to electro or trance for the most part. Some nightclubs in the USA play trance and techno, but it is still not as popular.

Boîte de nuit = French

Discoteca = Spain

Nattklubb = Nederlands

Diskothek = Deutsch

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