Booty grooves on with funk, disco, soul and R&B for an open-minded audience.

This brick-lined basement space makes the most of the enthusiastic local support for innovative new music, providing the shot in the arm that the city's music circuit has...

It may be the rough and ready bar of a New Town backpackers' hostel, but thanks to canny local promoters such as Baby Tiger (www.baby-tiger.net), the eclectic bills of indie,...

Though it's mostly used for corporate parties, one-off themed nights and, in August, Fringe shows, this atmospheric, vaulted venue under the Old Town's South Bridge is...

Basement Jaxx, Starsailor and Futureheads have all raised the roof in this converted slaughterhouse, but the 2,500-capacity venue's finest moment remains the N.E.R.D MTV Awards...

On a busy night, the Liquid Room is as claustrophobic as a riot in a prison cell. Happily, the lack of cat-swinging capacity doesn't prevent it from being a great gig venue:...

At the time of going to press, the hall was closed for yet more refurbishment, due to be completed in August 2008. A great deal of time and money has already been spent...