Clubs (Dance Music) and Music Bars in Colchester, Essex*

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• route, club foreign, hippodrome, laristos, chicagos, silk bar...all places that do stuff like that but wouldnt know cos aint old enough to get into places like that yet!
• Just keep out of the Hippodrome.
• The Silk Road Lounge and cocktail bar in St. Botolphs st.
• the hub - best place in the world oh and also the v and curve bar !!
• Twist is cool. Have different and interesting bands playing all the time
• Hyperdrome is just plan crap. Full of squaddies and not so pretty women. It smells of dirty feet as son as you walk in and they have to do offers like buy one get two free so that sane people will get so drunk they will foget where they are...and as fof the DJ????? What DJ i could go and turn Dance Club Hits 2005 CD on and get the same response. Turning a CD on is not DJing!!!! Chicargos should be bull dosed with the people in side its so scummy Route is okay bit pricey Best bet to have a laught go to few pubs such as playhouse, oniels and Edwards as its open till one!
• I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the infamous club Route.The club is quite good its more let's just say 'adult 'than the hippodrome theres good music more mature people,only a few squaddies in sight but as always there will be the 'dance around the handbag ladies'you gotta love 'em.On thursdays there is 'milkshake' which is in room 2 dedicated to all the punk-rock indie type,live bands, cool music and drinks(not very cheap though)If route is a club you're going to visit expect nice people,the odd one or two wankers many university students,flirtatious dj's who play good tracks,friendly staff,crisps and food(yeah they sell it!)a good night with a few bum grabbers....overall good place and fit people...(thats not a promise.)BUT, the amount to pay is getting higher, i remember having to pay £10 just to get in, if you are a member and have a flyer, you get in free before a certain time, the queue is always half way down the street so, try and get on the guestlist which by the way is virtually impossible(they never get back to you.)If you go to route make sure you take real money out to spend,because its all going to run out.

• Club detention is a big thing for the younger generation of kids drinking to much getting into fites and pullin the gals
• Rapture at Route on Bank Holidays is the bees knees of a night. Have seen fantastic international breaks djs such as friendly and stanton warriors. Brilliant night out.
• Depends what ya looking for really, but Hippo is still probly the best in town. Route is over-priced and a bit pokey... Chicargo's is alrite but a tad pricey... *King's = Closed, but meant to be re-openin as "storm" *L'Aristo's = also closed... now 'luxary flats... Hippo? Well, there's plenty of space to move around (unless its uber-busy!), they play a decent mix of music (except the constant r'n'b in the back room), and to be fair the drinks aren't too pricey... Ok so it may be called the "kiddiedrome" or the "slapperdrome" by some, but its seriously not THAT bad... Yes ya gonna find squaddies there, but like us locals, they're pretty stuck for choices too... it is actually possible to not get groped by them! Seriosuly don't see what everyones problem is with them... not half as annoying as all the poncey freshers that lord it around the place between mid-september to late october (well basically until their first loan runs out!)... Nevermind!
• HIPPODROME BABY!!!!
• Club Forin. What can i say? Moody lap dancers who are nothing more than beggars. Moan like mad if you dont get a £20 lap dance of them. Bad attitudes, and not that great looking. Would rather spend the money on 6 inch nails and hammer and nail myself to the floor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• dnt go to hippadrome its a shit hole full of lil teenages wif there tits hangin out!!
• Hippodrome-o.k if you're drunk before you go in, typical essexness, full of squaddies route- about the only good one we have, also full of squaddies

• Route's really good in the summer. Really nice atmosphere, no trouble and NO SQUADDIES!!! Hippo's great if you can enjoy yourself and avoid having sleazy blokes coming on to you!
• Having lived in colchester for most of my life i've been to all the bars/ pubs and clubs that are here but the one that sticks for me is chicago's on queen street it gives you a restaurant a bar and a dance floor with a dj. the restaurant is good for parties and gives saome great choice of munchies if your hungry and the bar staff are all really nice and are always having a laugh with the customers . so go to chicago's for the all round night out. IT%S GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!
• ANATIDAEPHOBIA (not that i'm biassed) but i've been told by people that it's a good rock night, it's in the underground at the uni 3 times a year but we always try our hardest to show everyone a good time! plus discord on a saturday night at level 2 at the university is always a friendly place to be, rock music, cheapish drinks etc... if you like rock music, come down to both. if you want more details, go to www.anatid.net there's news on up and coming rock stuff etc...
• Hippodrome on Saturdays, although I'd advise people to avoid Friday nights as came feel a bit Youth Clubbish - try Route on Fridays instead. Good RnB music, average price drinks, though would recommend putting your name on the guest list in advance if you don't want to stand in the cold all night.
• There should be a Liquid in clochester!
• no-bodys mentioned Route yet?? Tuesdays good all inclusive night thursday card night weekends ok too a fairly decent nitespot considering this is colchester!
• KINGS has just kicked off a rock night called RAGE on Thursdays (at last!) opening night was wicked so should turn out to be a scorcher! loads of stuff like metallica,soil,audioslave,gnr,even iron maiden!
• Bar 33 is cool. 4get all the tacky 1's like Hippodrome, Route, Chicagos, Playhouse etc.
• Home of Essex girls - the Hippodrome.
• Never done any of the clubs round here, they all look far too seedy/trendy. Though I hear the guy who runs the indie/metal nights at kartouche in ipswich has just started up something similar at Fagins Den.
• stay away from the following- roller world hippodrome
• If you're a middle-aged divorced woman, looking for a shag from a drunken, violent retard squaddie - Chicago's is just the place for you.
• The Twist, soon to be the Soundhouse - alternative music club.
• In Colchester I think you've missed out two clubs that are really rammed on weekends. Route - personally I think the dancefloor is too small and the music's pretty crap. Valentino's is the best laugh for a Saturday night, when the music is great for dancing and everyone is friendly - none of the aggro you get in the Hippo!!
• It seems most people like to slate the hippodrome, but the truth is most people seem to end up there on a night out and end up having a good time! Its not exactly Amnesia, but if you're up for a laugh, a drink and a dance- and can put up with a slightly sticky floor and drunken squaddies- it's the place for you! The bouncers are kewl, but maybe they should make a point of asking EVERYONE (even the attractive 16 and 17 year old girls) for ID! Best on a Thursday night or on a Friday when the R&B room in open. Route is on Queen Street and has a completely different atmosphere- more chilled and laid back. Slightly older (more 18-40 rather than 16-25)with the emphasis more on socialising (pool tables etc than dancing. Thurs is the best night (10 pounds entry for women, 15 for men and ALL you can drink) but closes at 12. Most people go on to the hippodrome afterwards. Kings- Minging.
• most clubs are pretty good, noit the playhouse though
• Except maybe these weekly club nights at the Arts Centre, no decent clubs I'm afraid. The Arts Centre recently also surprisingly introduced all nighters at their bar. Cafe Mondo @ Essex uni is sometimes ok, but it's closed over the summer.
• Kings Nightclub Friday nights are really starting to hot up bank holiday just gone , kings had the largest capacity out of all of the clubs in Colchester it was rammed they played fresh tunes and the best bit is Fri - £1 a drink before 10:30 Sat £1.50 a drink b4 10:30 also ladies get in half price on a sat , Sat 29/6/02 Red Square is gonna 66p a bottle all night and the follwing sat Dj Luck & Mc Neat are appearing to guest a few tunes , despite its reputation kings is COMING BACK its starting to become the place to be cos the best bit -NO SQUADDIES
• hey, want to know what people think of ROUTE in colchester...? am planning a big night out at the weekend for a mates birthday, and have been reccomended Route, but would like to know what anyone else thinks of it?
• act one bar (goth pub) please , no townies. you'll ruin it.
• ROUTE- colchesters newest club, very trendy has a big room full of about 12 pool tables
• L'Aristos at the bottom of East Hill is to be avoided at all costs - sticky carpets, overpriced drinks and a maximum of five people on the dancefloor. They used to have an excellent Soul Room upstairs at the Hippodrome - the only worthwhile reason for going in.
• laristos the best under 16's dico in the town
• Oh to be young again and spending Saturday night at the Copford Windmill! Boogie Nights!!!!!!!!! Wghat was the name of that resident band? White flares I kid you not.
• Insanitorium. A Monthly Gothic / Industrial / Eighies night at the Cambridge Arms in Military Road. Check www.insanitorium.fsnet.co.uk/index
• Hippodrome if you like lamb dressed as youngish mutton, Kings, but of course you can try the Terrace, but you may be forgiven for thinking that you've got 2 heads, 3 eyes and have shot up to 11ft tall, E's are good man!!!
• hippodrome , one last beer is the only reason to go . and chicargo's well?? leaving is the best part ..
• don,t bother with clb forin it's crap.
• Mostly teenybopper joints, or full of drunken squaddies. If you're looking for banging techno and the like, forget it. If you like disco/pop, slappers dancing round handbags, idiots with designer labels and no brain and fighting soldiers, then you'll love The Hippodrome, Chicago's, Kings, etc.
• Hmmm... the twist has great rock bands, and a once a month metal night with DJ Satan
• Avoid the terrace, at all costs, dodgy all over, from the manager to the DJ, they are all on Es and Speed!. The hippodrome is not better, full of little boys and girls. even the manager, is shagging a 16 year old.
• Hippodrome- well their is nowhere else to go!. Besides the younger members make the olders feel not so young. The terrace- is awful. Don't go their, inless you want to score drugs!!.Oh and also if you want to do a Gary Glitter. L'aristos- getting better....
• You're having a laugh aren't you. Dave Pearce was monthly resident at the Hippodrome (I don't know if he still is) but it still tells you all you need to know about Colchester. but, if having your arse grabbed by the ugliest fucking bunch of squaddie wankers you'll ever encounter is your idea of fun then take your pick from any Colchester club. Go to Clacton for garage clubs - see Mixmag.
• Hippodrome is now looking very good after it's refit. The Bouncers even seem friendlier now!!
• Best cheap/student nite on Tuesdays at Hippodrome on High Street. Also good on Thursdays but too busy and usually a bit of trouble. - Try Valentino's (behind Hippodrome) or King's in Copford.
• L.A.'s has ceased to be. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
• L'Aristo's - not great, but at the same time not bad either in comparison to other Colchester nightclubs.
• Chicagos - good place to be thrown out of.
• Hippodrome - no comment.
• "The Terrace" High street Colchester, is this the most seediest of all nightclubs ever? Ahem I think the answer is yes indeed.
• The Underground at the University has the odd good night, but it's every blue moon, and not cheap. Avoid Rapture unless you have too many teeth or you like Greeks.
• L'Aristos - strictly old medalion men and women who dance round their handbags Valentinos - Venue far too small & crammed for anyone who wants to dance! Hippodrome - Decent sized club that occasionally has good DJ's & could be good but they still let too many kids & idiots in, could do with a re-vamp

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