Irish Nightlife Is ****

Hola_Bola

I consider myself well traveled and even some of the third world countries I've been to have a far greater nightly entertainment scene than any of our cities, especially for an area the size of Dublin along with the population, surely better clubs, theatres and general night time activities are in demand in the capital?

In Amsterdam for example, one can go to a bar at 11pm, then go to a night club at 2am, followed by a show at 4am and then a casino at 6am, not to mention the endless other activities people do throughout the day...

Dublin is such a boring ****hole in the day too. There's very little events going on, no free concerts or parties in the park like London has, there's no underground scene to speak of and the few clubs that play a specific genre are well off the beaten track. Instead you've got mainstream pop blaring from a less than average sound system in a poorly decorated club surrounded by teenagers and young adults, not to mention the last drink is at 1.55am in most places.

Any thoughts?

Local-womanizer

So basiclally Dublin nightlife is sh1te?

CHD

No shít Sherlock

chopperbyrne

I always manage to enjoy myself on nights out in Ireland. Maybe the problem is either the company you keep or yourself.

tallus

Maybe if there was more of a demand for that type of nightlife, but don't our bars close at 2am ? I'm not that mad about going out clubbing anyways, and we have big enough problems with alcohol related crap happening on the streets without adding to the problem.
My 2 Cents.

stovelid

Hola_Bola wrote: »

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jape

There's a few clubs around Dublin that stay open til 4am, and we have casinos too!

Sir Molle

Coppers is fantastic.

JONJO THE MISER

Why would you go to a nighclub and pay 10 to 20 euro to get in and then pay for rip off drinks all the while listening to loud music and watching slappers dancing like Idiots. God bless this recession maybe people will have a bit more sense now and just go to the pub or stay at home.

Fringe

It's all because of the stupid laws. I don't know how they got passed.

minidazzler

I blame Mary Harney or Biffo or some other politician even though they have little control over the Nightlife.

Borneo Fnctn

minidazzler wrote: »

I blame Mary Harney or Biffo or some other politician even though they have little control over the Nightlife.

O RLY? You serious?

Sierra Oscar

Go to live in Amsterdam then.

Sir Molle

Sir Molle wrote: »

Coppers is fantastic.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: Your average club goer!

TheZohanS

Hola_Bola wrote: »

I consider myself well traveled and even some of the third world countries I've been to have a far greater nightly entertainment scene than any of our cities, especially for an area the size of Dublin along with the population, surely better clubs, theatres and general night time activities are in demand in the capital?

In Amsterdam for example, one can go to a bar at 11pm, then go to a night club at 2am, followed by a show at 4am and then a casino at 6am, not to mention the endless other activities people do throughout the day...

Dublin is such a boring ****hole in the day too. There's very little events going on, no free concerts or parties in the park like London has, there's no underground scene to speak of and the few clubs that play a specific genre are well off the beaten track. Instead you've got mainstream pop blaring from a less than average sound system in a poorly decorated club surrounded by teenagers and young adults, not to mention the last drink is at 1.55am in most places.

Any thoughts?

tl;dr version: Clubs close too early in Ireland.

Hola_Bola

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

Go to live in Amsterdam then.

I did. For 2 years I lived and worked in Holland.

minidazzler wrote: »

I blame Mary Harney or Biffo or some other politician even though they have little control over the Nightlife.

Care to explain?

Fringe wrote: »

It's all because of the stupid laws. I don't know how they got passed.

MOAR!

chopperbyrne wrote: »

I always manage to enjoy myself on nights out in Ireland. Maybe the problem is either the company you keep or yourself.

No, I have pretty outgoing friends and they're mature about things. It just seems that there are so much laws in place regarding having fun in Ireland. People will complain about the noise or use the alcohol problem as an excuse but that's bull****. Other countries have the exact same problems, perhaps they're more mature than us and they drink far more than us too so why do we have that bogus name?

Perhaps your expectations of a night out are bland and too low. If you experience some of the Euro cities you will have a different opinion on it all.

Riamfada

Dublin people dont care as long as they get drunk. Its all in the class you see. Foreign people can drink more and hold it. Irish people get sick and call it fun. sad

Lia_lia

Rojomcdojo wrote: »

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: Your average club goer!

I think he was being sarcastic. Or, eh, was he?


Anyway. Yeah Irish nightlife is pretty sh*t. But sure we all knew that!

Hola_Bola

This was on djmag.com and these are the top 50 clubs voted by top djs around the world. Not one of them are located in Ireland...for goodness sake, Newcastle is even represented and Dublin is bigger than that!

1. Space (Ibiza)
2. Fabric (London)
3. Pacha (Ibiza)
4. The End (London)
5. Warung (Itajai)
6 Panorama Bar (Berlin)
7 DC10 (Ibiza)
8 Amnesia (Ibiza)
9 Pawn Shop Lounge (Miami)
10 Zouk (Singapore)
11 Stereo (Montreal)
12 The Arches (Glasgow)
13 Turnmills (London)
14 Space (Miami)
15 Digital (Newcastle)
16 Ministry Of Sound (London)
17 Womb (Tokyo)
18 Guvernment (Toronto)
19 Cocoon (Frankfurt)
20 Pacha (New York)
21 D-Edge (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
22 Cavo Paradisco (Mykonos, Greece)
23 Sirena (Maresias, Brazil)
24 Crobar (Chicago)
25 Fuse (Brussels, Belgium)
26 Pacha (Buenos Aires)
27 Basics (Leeds)
28 Club Kristal (Bucharest)
29 Coco Rico (Riccione, Italy)
30 Cielo (New York)
31 Rex Club (Paris)
32 Robert Johnson (Frankfurt)
33 Yellow (Tokyo)
34 Tenax (Florence, Italy)
35 Weekend (Berlin)
36 Privelege (Ibiza)
37 The Cross (London)
38 Sankeys (Manchester)
39 Home (Sydney, Australia)
40 Pacha (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
41 The Key (London)
42 Babyface (Shanghai, China)
43 Honey Club (Brighton)
44 Se One (London)
45 Alter Ego (Verona, Italy)
46 Spundaue (Los Angeles)
47 Trilogy (Dubai)
48 Venue (Athens, Greece)
49 T Bar (London)
50 Ageha (Tokyo)

Grimes wrote: »

Dublin people dont care as long as they get drunk. Its all in the class you see. Foreign people can drink more and hold it. Irish people get sick and call it fun. sad

Valid point.

stovelid

Hola_Bola wrote: »

Perhaps your expectations of a night out are bland and too low. If you experience some of the Euro cities you will have a different opinion on it all.

I also packed tulips myself for a summer.

If you catch your friends eyes glazing over when you're expounding on the cultural relativity of European cities, it's best to change the subject.

chopperbyrne

Hola_Bola wrote: »

No, I have pretty outgoing friends and they're mature about things. It just seems that there are so much laws in place regarding having fun in Ireland. People will complain about the noise or use the alcohol problem as an excuse but that's bull****. Other countries have the exact same problems, perhaps they're more mature than us and they drink far more than us too so why do we have that bogus name?

Perhaps your expectations of a night out are bland and too low. If you experience some of the Euro cities you will have a different opinion on it all.

This is possibly the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. I expect to have fun with good company on a night out. I get this quite regularly in Ireland. I have experienced several European cities. Some are as good or better than Dublin, like Berlin, while others are horribly unfriendly, like Paris.

dar83

stovelid wrote: »

I also packed tulips myself for a summer.

Is that a euphemism for something? :pac:

Executive Steve

Hola_Bola wrote: »

I consider myself well traveled and even some of the third world countries I've been to have a far greater nightly entertainment scene than any of our cities, especially for an area the size of Dublin along with the population, surely better clubs, theatres and general night time activities are in demand in the capital?

In Amsterdam for example, one can go to a bar at 11pm, then go to a night club at 2am, followed by a show at 4am and then a casino at 6am, not to mention the endless other activities people do throughout the day...

Dublin is such a boring ****hole in the day too. There's very little events going on, no free concerts or parties in the park like London has, there's no underground scene to speak of and the few clubs that play a specific genre are well off the beaten track. Instead you've got mainstream pop blaring from a less than average sound system in a poorly decorated club surrounded by teenagers and young adults, not to mention the last drink is at 1.55am in most places.

Any thoughts?

There's plenty of stuff if you know where to look - I'd hardly call the clubs that do play specific genres "off the beaten track" either; The Twisted Pepper has two floors of full Void Acoustics sound systems and books some pretty cutting edge acts too; that's on Abbey Street - up around South William Street there's Wax, Spy and Pygmailion as well as that place that used to be called Viva, there's all sorts of stuff going on up there, there's the Underground under Kennedy's that has some of the finest names in Techno in it on a regular basis... If bands are your thing there's truckloads of places to hear that sort of stuff...

Free daytime stuff outdoors we really don't have the weather for, the Second Square to None crowd do amazing Sunday afternoon experimental / improv / noise / electronica gigs, and have just moved from the Joy Gallery to the larger and better equipped Twisted Pepper... There's a good few collectives like them doing art music stuff in non-traditional spaces...

The George Bernhard Shaw has regular make-and-do nights, charity art shows, table quizzes, flea markets, swap meets, record fairs, barbecues etc.

The Dun Laoighre festival of World Cultures is on at the end of the month and is one of the highlights of the year, and most of that is 100% free...

The Dublin Electronic Arts festival is on again this year and is looking like being the biggest one yet, with workshops, lectures, gigs, events, exhibitions...

The Irish Museum of Modern Art is free in and has amazing facilities and a regularly updated collection, likewise the National Gallery and the Hugh Lane Municipal gallery - and that's just the big institutional ones...




Dublin isn't nearly as bad as you'd think you know...

AnonoBoy

Hola_Bola wrote: »

This was on djmag.com and these are the top 50 clubs voted by top djs around the world:

Yeah but they're all dance clubs. I don't care about dance clubs or nightclubs in general really so I'm happy enough.

That reminds me - must go for a few in Kennedy's tonight.

Lovely.

Executive Steve

tallus wrote: »

Maybe if there was more of a demand for that type of nightlife, but don't our bars close at 2am ? I'm not that mad about going out clubbing anyways, and we have big enough problems with alcohol related crap happening on the streets without adding to the problem.
My 2 Cents.

The main problem is that the "nightclub" does not exist as an actual entity in Irish law, so trying to do anything culturally exciting in them meets with either incomprehension or apathy from the vast amount of people who just expect to get ****faced and cop a feel of a nurse in the "slow set"


I'll give you three guesses as to which sorts of venues attract the anti-social behaviour...

SteveDon

What are you talking about there is no underground scene in dublin, its thriving more than ever, just go to the clubs that are off the beaten track, your obviously just not going to the right places, there is plenty of fun to be had in dublin

Executive Steve

chopperbyrne wrote: »

This is possibly the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. I expect to have fun with good company on a night out. I get this quite regularly in Ireland. I have experienced several European cities. Some are as good or better than Dublin, like Berlin, while others are horribly unfriendly, like Paris.

I've always had mad craic in Paris, but it's very definitely a place where you're well advised to know locals and speak the language reasonably well...

markok84

You obviously have never been out in Ballyclough OP

read this: (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055510822)

ArmaniJeanss

Hola_Bola wrote: »

This was on djmag.com and these are the top 50 clubs voted by top djs around the world. Not one of them are located in Ireland...for goodness sake, Newcastle is even represented and Dublin is bigger than that!

What relevance is a list voted by DJs?
A better survey would be one done by punters.

List looks dodgy anyway, its UK bias leads me to think that the only DJs surveyed were those from the UK. So they voted for UK clubs and places they'd been on holidays.
I can't see otherwise how a club in Brighton would be on the list if DJs in say Seattle or Lima were polled.

Executive Steve

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Yeah but they're all dance clubs. I don't care about dance clubs or nightclubs in general really so I'm happy enough.

They're also gigantic soulless "superclub" type places... I'd much rather go to a dingy cellar than go to the Rex in Paris or Fabric in London to be honest...

Switch was being called one of the best clubs in Europe at one stage and that was a fecking dungeon sweatbox full of raving degenerates that got the basics right; no airs and graces; proper sound.

Hazys

The biggest problem with Irish nightlife is people's number one goal on a night out is to get sh1tfaced...while having fun is way down on the list.

I tend not to get hammered but happily tipsy but it wrecks my head when my buddies would come back from the bar with a load of shots and expects me to drink them and get him back later in the night. Im at happy stage of tipsy why do i need to cross the line to drunken mess?

Now that i live in the US, its the same story. My irish friends dont fit into the nightlife culture all that well, it usually ends up as a load of irish people in a dark corner of a pub getting sh1tfaced on their own and not interacting with the other people at the bar.