Around in the city since 2003, when it started life as Bootylushous, Booty grooves on with funk, disco, soul and R&B for an open-minded audience. Cheap...
GHQ, 4 Picardy Place
Its name nodding both to a Swiss nightclub favoured by the original Surrealists and to the hugely influential electronic act, Cabaret Voltaire helped...
36 Blair Street
Another venue with a name that gives the game away, the Caves is an irregular but top-quality venue for well-heeled student types who hire out the place for...
12 Niddry Street South
Ah, CC's, where great romances start and end, often in the same evening. There are nights when this full-time gay nightclub has more cheese than IJ Mellis,...
23-24 Greenside Place
This former student union is a cheap and cheerful affair that mines a lager-spattered vein of indie and '80s retro for those who don't take things too...
40-42 Grindlay Street
Now, this is a novelty. Formerly known as Massa, Buster's and a host of other names, the Electric Circus has been subject to an extensive refurbishment that...
36-39 Market Street
Duck down a smelly alley off the Cowgate, look left to see where the Cowgate fire of 2002 claimed one of its biggest scalps in the shape of defunct club La...
7 Guthrie Street
As the name suggests, this club is made up of a series of interlocking rooms, which host a series of student-friendly nights across two dancefloors and...
15-17 Niddry Street