MANCHESTER: CAFE BARS, PUBS, etc

• AXM: “F*K ME IT'S FRIDAY”
• B-Lounge: pre club lounge, classic to soul to the present with Cee Cee (WFM Radio)
• Baa Bar, Deansgate Locks: Kenny Strange with classic house & urban pop beats
• Baa Bar, Sackville St: Paul Nag with uplifting vocal dance classics & chart pop
• Bar 38: funky house with guest DJs 'til 2am
• Bar Centro: Ben Lamb, Steve Leggat, John Stammers & Martin Brew on rotation
• Bar Odd: “OH YEAH! BAR SESSIONS” with Dan Oh Yeah!
• Bar Odder: “FRISK THE DISCO” with Disco Stu
• Bar Wave: “FILTHY FRIDAY NIGHT” with Masonique & Smokey, playing r'n'b, funky electro & bassline house
• Big Hands: “WHISKY NIGHT” rock & Americana
• Brannigans: “PARTY NIGHT” all hens & stags welcome
• Bouzouki By Night: greek food, live greek music & disco til late
• Common: (1st Fri) “PURPLE SWEAT” Oscar Wildstyle [Modernaire] with dirty music & guests, (2nd Fri) “UP AT COMMON” future sonic indie hits and all time classics, (3rd Fri) “DIG YOURSELF” arena zombie rock, sci-fi pop-hop & night lullabys from Mars, (23rd) “STOP MAKING SENSE BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL”, (last Fri) “BUSY BEING BORN” with Will Tramp, a brand new night of disco jousting
• Copacabana: salsa night
• Corbieres: (last Fri) “LAZY SUNDAY” hammond, 60's r'n'b, lounge & other stuff
• Cord: “FRIENDLY FIRE” rock, pop, folk, punk funk, disco-not-disco & charity shop bargains
• Dry Bar: “MUSIC IS MUSIC” Ste Bollard playing indie, dance & Balearic
• Fab Café: Max Oblivion's “MAD HOUSE” wild, kooky, trashy sounds
• Font: (1st Fri) Up The Racket DJs playing indie, new wave & electro, (2nd & 4th Fri) Bring On The Dancing Horses DJs playing indie, new wave & electro, (3rd Fri) Oscar Wildstyle [Sex With Robots] with indie, new wave & electro
• Friday's/Sasha's Hotel: chart & dance with Manchester's DJ Colin Carter till 12
• Henry J Beans: resident DJ's whipping the crowd into a frenzy
• Kro 2: “AUDIOPHILE” electro, disco, throwbacks & oddities
• Loaf: electro-house, funk & dance classics
• Norwegian Blue: DJ playing 70's, 80's & modern chart music
• Pure Space: classic Northern soul & funk
• Revolution, Deansgate Locks: Mark Turner playing classic soulful house, (basement) Marc Dennis [Federation] playing upfront house
• Revolution, Oxford Rd: “SUBVERSION” high quality tunes from across the spectrum
• Revolution, Parsonage Gardens: DJs on rotation including Tony Walker, Big Danny & Adam Guy playing funky house & disco
• Thirsty Scholar: “VERTIGO” 60's soul, early r 'n'b, freakbeat, psych, ska & northern soul
• Trof: “B-MUSIC” hairy funk & global psychedelia with Andy Votel & Dominic Thomas + guests
• Vanilla: “PJ FRIDAY” with DJ PJ with funky house & r'n'b
• Walkabout: party over 2 floors with live music & huge drinks specials
• Walrus: eclectic mix of interesting & funky tunes
• Waxy O'Connors: resident DJ
• Yates's: DJ playing chart sounds

MANCHESTER: NIGHTCLUBS

• 112-116 Princess St (fka Paradise Factory): (2nd) “FEDERATION”, (9th) Afrika Bambaata, Tom Middleton, Caspa & Rusko, (16th) “TRUE PLAYAZ” DJ Hype, Pascal, Bukem with Conrad & more, (23rd) “TOGETHER”, (30th) Felix Da Housecat
• 42nd Street: “GLAMOROUS INDIE ROCK 'N' ROLL” glamorous indie rock 'n' roll
• 5th Avenue: “FRIDAY FEELING” indie anthems & dance, (except 1st Fri) “FIRST FRIDAYS” XFM DJs
• Alter Ego: “SUPER STYLIN” funk & fruit
• Arq: “ESSENTIAL” commercial party tunes
• The Attic: (1st Fri) “ELECTRODE” off centre techno, (2nd Fri) “ROOTS BEFORE BRANCHES” funk, soul, hip hop, latin, disco & deep house, (3rd Fri) “DRUM MUSIC” reggae, dupstep, hip-hop, breaks, jungle, drum 'n' bass, African drumming & human beatboxing, (last Fri) “VERTIGO” 60s beat, r'n'b, early northern sounds, ska & blueslues
• Bar Rogue: “I LOVE 80s” back 2 school week ender
• Bed: “HARLEM HUSTLE” with Neil Smallridge playing a combination of classic & new funk, disco, latin & jazzy grooves
• Billie Rox: cheese from 9pm to 1am, commercial music 1am to 4am
• Birdcage: Live Drag and showgirl cabaret on stage throughout the night, a wide mix of music from 80s, 90s & now
• Brickhouse: “POPSCENE” indie, pop & dance gems
• Charlies: (last Fri) “NAIEVE MELODY” with Slippery People
• Che Tapas Bar & Club: “CHE CUBA” salsa, reggaeton, bachata & meringue
• Club V: “STUDIO ONE 11” club classics & the roots of house with special guests
• Cocoa Rooms: “PERUVIA” funky, electro house
• Cruz 101: “DRAMA QUEEN” pop, chart & r'n'b
• Green Room: (17th) “CARO SNATCH”
• Jabez Clegg: (1st Fri) “SOUNDSCAPE” drum 'n' bass, (3rd Fri) “PLATOON” drum 'n' bass, (4th Fri) "TOTALLY LOST IT" hardcore
• Jilly's Rockworld: “ALLNIGHTER” alternative, goth, metal & rock, 9pm to 7am
• Joshua Brooks: (1st Fri) “STATE OF MANCUNIA” breaks, drum 'n' bass & more, (2nd Fri) “MICRON” electro & tech-house, (3rd Fri) “AUDIO SALAD” drum 'n' bass, (4th Fri) “DIRTY TOURISM” breaks & drum 'n' bass
• La Tasca Salsa Club: mix of Latin beats & classics
• Label: “BOOGALOO” funk, disco & party tunes with Good for the Soul, (club) house classics, r'n'b & pop
• M-Two: “AVANT-GARDE” V Smoove & Graham Brown with r'n'b and commercial house
• Mint Lounge: (2nd) “DEVELOPMENT” last ever Development with special guests Benji B & mystery guest from New York, (2nd Fri) “GUILTY PLEASURES”, (3rd Fri) “FRIENDS & FAMILY” with The Nextmen, Jon K, Kwinzola & MC Kwasi, (4th Fri) “CLUB CLIQUE” electro pop & digital disco
• MMSU, K2: (2nd Fri) “BEAT BOUTIQUE” Northern soul night, (3rd Fri) “HOUSEWEKZ” house & dance with DJ Christo
• Moho Live: (23rd) “THE AFTERSHOW”
• Music Box: (2nd Fri) “LIVEWIRE”, (3rd Fri) “STRANGE DAZE” Robin b2b Xander
• Pure: (1st Fri) “GALAXY ANTHEMS” galaxy anthems & urban grooves, (2nd Fri) “RETRO” classic retro house & urban grooves, (9th) “RETRO”, (16th) “HARD2BEAT”, (23rd) “MINISTRY OF SOUND”
• Purple Pussycat: DJs Feline 9 & Nathan Gordon join the dots between house, disco, 80s & electro
• Retro Bar: (2nd Fri) “FIGHTCLUB” indie, experimental, avant garde & noise with live bands
• Ritz: DJ Chris Baggott playing chart, party & dance
• Roadhouse: “LONG LIVE ROCK 'N' ROLL”
• Ruby Lounge: (1st Fri) “RESONANCE” with TSHR & Teamy, (2nd Fri) “THE GOOD FOOT”, (3rd Fri) “DISCO APOCALYPSO”, (Last Fri) “CHUMPS LIVE” with music from Chicago, Detroit & beyond
• Satan's Hollow: “ROAD KILL” Sk8 punk, emo, hardcore, metal, nu-indie & weird stuff
• Scubar: (2nd Fri) “CIVIL ACTION” Balearic, electro & nu-disco
• South: "ANOTHER PLANET" hot guitars & random tunes with Dave Haslam
• Star & Garter: (1st Fri) “MOZ/SMITHS DISCO” 14 years old in 2008, (2nd & 3th Fri) “KEYS MONEY LIPSTICK” indie/electro dancefloor anthems
• Sub Space: “OUTTA SIGHT” soul, funk & Motown
• Venue: “TWIST & SHOUT” 60's & 70's Motown, Northern soul & classic pop
• View: “DANCE MANIA” cheesy pop & chart
• Walkabout: party over 3 floors with live music & Djs
• Warehouse Project: (2nd) “RADIO SOULWAX” with Nite Versions [live], 2manydjs & Brodinski, (23rd) Sasha

REGIONAL

• Fallowfield, Bar XS: “FRIDAY FUNK” house & electro house
• Fallowfield, Glass: DJ Stefano disco house, (2nd floor) official Sankeys pre party with Sankeys residents
• Fallowfield, Revolution: “DESTINATION FUNK” funk & soul
• Fallowfield, Sofa: “PLAYDOUGH” a slice of club culture
• Fallowfield, Trof: open decks
• Chorlton, Dulcimer: (1st & 3rd Fri) “HOT RATS” resident Dj Goff and guests with psychedelic delights, (2nd Fri) “RED DEER FOLK CLUB” Dunk Le Chunk with hand picked folk acts, (4th Fri) “UP AT THE RED BRICKS” Lee Gorton [Alfie] with live bands
• Chorlton, Iguana Bar: “SUBURBAN GROOVES” DJ playing world music
• Chorlton, Polar Bar: DJ Kay Kellett
• Didsbury, Fridays: “NAUGHTY & NICE” chart, r'n'b & 80s
• Levenshulme, M19 Bar: “LOADED” with DJ James H
• Sale, Bar Amp: rock, indie & soul till 3am
• Stockport, Bulls Head: “TOKYO CITY MOVEMENT” DJ Magoo with electro boogie, dance, reggae & random selections, 9pm to 2.30am
• Stockport, Guildhall: (2nd Fri)” SOUL NIGHT” Tamla Motown, 70's soul & disco, jazz funk & ska, (room 2) classic northern soul
• Stalybridge, H2O: DJ plays chart, dance, r'n'b, old skool, etc
• Stalybridge, Judges Bar: Over 25's night with Northern soul, Motown, rock, 70s & 80s classics
• Stalybridge, Millpond: DJ Biggs with easy listening & toe-tapping soul
• Stalybridge, Pavillion: DJ Damian Kelly playing dance, indie & chart
• Stalybridge, Rififi/ Amber Lounge: Dave Dawood in the Amber Lounge playing commercial r'n'b, soul & funk
• Stalybridge, Szoda Bar: DJ Kenny playing 80's & 90's cheese
• Ashton, Witchwood: “FRIDAY NIGHT JUKEBOX” alternative night, £1 in, selected drinks £1, indie, rock, metal & punk + live music
• Oldham, Aruba: Ben DeLawrence with r'n'b
• Oldham, Bar Budda: “DAVES DECADES” 50's to today, open 'til late
• Oldham, Bar Escoba: indie/alternative night
• Oldham, Brook Tavern: karaoke
• Oldham, Castle: indie clubnight with live bands
• Oldham, Cuba Cuba: DJ playing funky house
• Oldham, Envy: party, chart & cheese for over 25s
• Oldham, Liquid: “THE KINKY SHOWS” funky house & dance classics with special stage shows
• Oldham, Tokyo Project: funky house, (downstairs) indie, (2nd Fri) U.V. party

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