What age are you too old to go to a nightclub?

22-03-2011 3:41pm

jackiebaron wrote: »

What's the difference between clubbing and dj nights then?

Everything's different.. The crowds are fairly regular, everyone on the dance floor is facing the stage just like a normal concert or band, no one trying to pull, no fights and properly good music if you're into that sort of thing. The average age is alot older aswell.

I've disliked clubs for ages by now but really miss the DJ nights I used to have back in Ireland. They're more expensive but they're not that often so it's worth it.

Dudess · 22-03-2011 3:47pm

At what age does one stop being concerned about what age one "should" stop/start doing stuff?

Go to nightclubs up to whatever age you want.

bnt · 22-03-2011 3:59pm

I was "too old" when the noise got to me, when I saw no point in going to a place where you had to shout to be heard and normal conversation was impossible. I passed that point at about 15.

RichieC · 22-03-2011 4:01pm

by my reckoning, 27.

Squiggle · 22-03-2011 4:10pm

Ask Bono. :pac:

22-03-2011 4:10pm

I'm 26 and still love heading to night clubs, I like late bars too but I always find you have more space and comfort in clubs as people dance on the dance floor and leave more space for me to stand around drinking and talking. Late bars can be way too packed at times and then people trying to dance in the middle of a crowd.

I was always a fan of going to a pub, then changing to a more lively pub and then a club to finish the night off, I like the atmosphere in clubs. Plenty of clubs have over 21's etc now as well so that cuts out a lot of the younger crowd.

Elmer Blooker · 22-03-2011 4:35pm

........... when you realise you're not in a nightclub but in a smelly, grotty drinking den.

IrishGrimReaper · 22-03-2011 4:37pm

Where I come from once you hit 20 you're too old... nothing worse than seeing a club full of 16 year olds... :pac:

garv123 · 22-03-2011 5:00pm

i'm 19 and ive often been talking to some of my friends parent in the nightclub who are 45+
on our grad night last year our maths teacher came to the nightlcub with us. he was definitely the oldest person ive ever seen in a club. 65+ he was.

admiralofthefleet · 22-03-2011 5:07pm

i grew a hatred for them from around 25. im 30 now and cant remember the last time i was in one. when i do go i just drink bottles and sniff seats

Duggy747 · 22-03-2011 5:14pm

Never understood this age limit shìte for things. If a club is full of young 'uns then you're going to the wrong clubs, plenty of ones with older crowds out there.

I had a 16 year old once ask me in a club "Aren't you a bit old to be here?"

......:mad:......

I had to reply back with "Shouldn't you be at home doing your homework, you lil' twerp!?!"

Metallitroll · 22-03-2011 5:16pm

Red Alert wrote: »

jackiebaron, I think the poster meant proper DJ sets like Tiesto, 2 Many DJ's, Oakenfold etc. rather than the ****e that's pumped out in most Irish clubs.

aww shít i was thinking inferior DJ that play darkwave, synthpunk industrial goth n deathrock to probably more older clientelle.

should probably consider fleeing ireland lol..

will end up in sinister bondage club in dortmund

Dudess · 22-03-2011 5:25pm

It depends on the type of nighclub too though - if you want one that plays Black-Eyed Peas and the likes, yeah, that will be swarming with kiddies, but kinda specialised club nights tend to draw a crowd aged between late teens and 40s. All the good clubs in Cork are closed now, but whenever there's a one-off club night, I'll usually go and I never feel too old as there are plenty there my age and older.

Chickaroo · 22-03-2011 5:26pm

Duggy747 wrote: »

I had a 16 year old once ask me in a club "Aren't you a bit old to be here?"

......:mad:......

I had to reply back with "Shouldn't you be at home doing your homework, you lil' twerp!?!"

Good comeback

Also don't get me started on the clothes that these young 'uns are wearing nowadays in these meatmarkets oh I mean nightclubs!! Ok I am starting to sound like my mother now and will stop typing now :cool:

ToniTuddle · 22-03-2011 8:19pm

Actually....just thinking about it now if we ever do venture to a club we spend the entire time out in the smoking area so we can actually chat.
Plus the benefit of having a bar in the smoking area comes in handy, so we don't have to travel through the crowds on the floor :pac:

STIG83 · 22-03-2011 8:29pm

I can't stand nightclubs.

Mike 1972 · 22-03-2011 8:43pm

Ive often wondered how many people actually like (without recourse to drugs) going to nightclubs and how many people just go there because they cant think of any other way of getting their hole ?

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Started going to clubs when I was 14. I'm in my late 20's now and just want peace and quiet, maybe a blowjob, but thats it.

+1 to that

(but that doesnt constitute an offer mind !)

HoneyRyder · 22-03-2011 9:02pm

Pffft, it's not where you are, it's who you're with

Tzar Gringo · 22-03-2011 9:05pm

ravers would not gain entry to my bordello of blood

most of these are so shít dicsos here. i feel like ahnie entering the Tech Noir

darragh16 · 22-03-2011 9:08pm

I was in coppers last night and the Irish Cricket team were there. They're old enough.

Agricola · 22-03-2011 9:49pm

Never liked clubs since I first started going. It was always a case of really enjoying the night in the pub up until around 12, then the impending doom of a crowded club with ear splitting jungle music would dawn on me! Theres nothing as awful as the mangled car crash that is music played at 150db. Well actually no, trying to hold a conversation in these conditions is worse.

Im just glad Im at an age where house parties, late bars or some fireside knitting seem like more worthwhile pursuits!

PeterIanStaker · 22-03-2011 10:07pm

Whatever age I was when I worked in one. Mid 20's.

amacca · 22-03-2011 10:11pm

jeebus...kindred spirits in AH. who wudda thunk it.

fcukin hate nightclubs too...always have, but think it might have a lot to do with my supreme lack of success in them. (I reckon I'm unrivalled in nightclub related super fails)

in fact the only time I enjoyed a nightclub experience was the time I witnessed two lads I vaguely knew in college got kicked out of the Palace on camden st (probably called something else now)

then succeed in breaking back in via the rooftops and small bathroom window at the back

and then get nabbed by the police in the club as the owner/manager had called them (due to them setting alarm off) thinking they were burglars

and the funniest bit (for me anyway)

they thought they would avoid detection by turning their shirts inside out

classic, classic stuff....wish I was younger again.

BraziliaNZ · 22-03-2011 10:11pm

really depends on the place. I'm 30 but have been to some good clubs here and abroad lately.

Pace2008 · 22-03-2011 10:17pm

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

really depends on the place. I'm 30 but have been to some good clubs here and abroad lately.

****ing hell, finally.

I assume people are talking about generic Coppers/Palace style clubs. Yeah, they're **** and they get old quickly.

But if you find a club with decent music that suits your taste, and with sound people with whom you might actually get along, you'll have a good time.

I like a good chat and few pints dowh in the pub myself, but for me comparing it to a night out in a club is an apples/oranges scenario.

Tzar Gringo · 22-03-2011 10:29pm

HoneyRyder wrote: »

Pffft, it's not where you are, it's who you're with

to a degree, thats why i tried to change the focus from live concert to discoteque on entering 30, the focus off the performer maybe.. but whats on the sound system still dictates whatsorts turn up

or is it vice versa. do you mean get with or go with

Hank_Jones · 22-03-2011 10:43pm

I don't mean to sound bad, but....
You all seem extremely pretentious on the subject,
what do you care what age somebody who goes to night clubs?

If someone wants to go to a night club and they are over 16, 19, 20,
or whatever other ages people said, fair play to them.

Hopefully I'll still have the energy to jitterbug in coppers when I get to 60.
(ps. coppers is shit.)
(pps. I just needed an example people would know.)

Hawk Wing 2 · 22-03-2011 10:49pm

Wouldn't dream of bothering with cheesey pick joints like Coopers but go to decent clubs to hear house and techno, almost entirely abroad though, I'm 33

silverspoon · 23-03-2011 2:04am

Thread is making me feel old - and I'm 23.

Thread is also making me think that there's a market for a club with decent music and a strict age policy...but in Ireland? No, we need Black Eyed Peas and Rihanna and a policy that allows 15 yr olds to puke blue (from the vodka and WKDs) everywhere...

Fizman · 23-03-2011 2:09am

Hank_Jones wrote: »

I don't mean to sound bad, but....
You all seem extremely pretentious on the subject,
what do you care what age somebody who goes to night clubs?

If someone wants to go to a night club and they are over 16, 19, 20,
or whatever other ages people said, fair play to them.

Hopefully I'll still have the energy to jitterbug in coppers when I get to 60.
(ps. coppers is shit.)
(pps. I just needed an example people would know.)

Lol.

He said jitterbug.

Dudess · 23-03-2011 2:09am

Once it enters your brain, it goes a-bang-bang-bang 'til your feet do the same...

HoneyRyder wrote: »

Pffft, it's not where you are, it's who you're with

Yep, and once the place isn't suffocatingly jam-packed.

Hank_Jones wrote: »

I don't mean to sound bad, but....
You all seem extremely pretentious on the subject,
what do you care what age somebody who goes to night clubs?

Not all of us - I'd fully advocate not giving a sh1t what age people who go clubbing are.

vampire of kilmainham · 23-03-2011 4:32am

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

I say around 29, I mean for God sake you're basically one foot in the grave at that stage ...

one foot in the grave at 29 i was a sgt in the army at that age and as fit as a fiddle your hardley out of nappies mate:eek::eek::eek:

howardmarks · 23-03-2011 5:01am

Fizman wrote: »

Lol.

He said jitterbug.

LOL he said LOL and jitterbug in the same post.:D

eternal · 23-03-2011 5:22am

You can do what you like when you like.I saw a couple in their sixties off their face in a club on holidays ,if that was here ,it would be super strange.
Poeple are entitled to go out whatever age they are.Though to the 50 yr old dude following me the other night -just no.

JupiterKid · 23-03-2011 6:30am

Anything over 29 is just way, way too old in my opinion.*

*being totally sarcy. I just turned 36 and I still go clubbing from time to time. Whose right is it to deem someone too old for a venue? But as the others posted here, most of what passes for nightclubs in this country are shyte. Anyhow, haven't late bars sort of replaced nightclubs over the past 10 years to an extent?

the_syco · 23-03-2011 9:45am

Depends on the venue/people.

Local nightclub, I'd be too old for any of the crap they play. Nightclub in town, grand. Play tunes that I knew. Metal nightclub: always plays awesome music, and people are all chilled.

What age are you too old to go to a nightclub?

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