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NIGHTLIFE IN
RIGA
Are you a person who is not that easy satisfied with music? Are you a person who enjoys blues? Jazz? Pop? Rock? Here in Riga you will have the choice that will satisfy ALL your needs! After a sun-down a new life begins, called NIGHTLIFE.
Here are several suggestions for you:
Night Clubs
Big Point
109 Brivibas iela
www.bigpoint.lv
DJs play easy dance & pop music. The longest bar with go-go dancers. Tue., Thr. men’s striptease, Fri. topless ladies dance on the bar. See also Riga This Night: Striptease Shows.
Club Essential
2 Skolas iela
www.essential.lv
Club Essential offers two halls with six bars, and is spread over three floors.. In the main dance hall enjoy Europe’s most played house music. Qualitative sound and the newest light effects are developed by the best experts of the Baltics. R&B is played in the chill-out zone.
Depo
32 Valnu iela (Old Riga)
www.klubsdepo.lv
Big venue with upgraded facilities such as improved ventilation and chill-out spaces. For those of you who prefer underground electronic music and jazz, serious house and techno – this is definitely THE club. Concerts starts at 21.00...
Dolls
22 Aspazijas bulv.
www.dolls.lv
A completely new concept of the streptease club in Riga. The DJ plays trendy tunes in between strip shows.
Fashion Club
2 Terbatas iela
Fashionable night club in the heart of the city, offers Europop and mainstream music in a “fashionable” environment of burgundy velvet, red neon and crystal lamps. A very long bar is set up around the cat walk. Fashion TV is constantly shown on all TV screens. Hosts concerts and fashion shows every weekend.
Grand Cabare Admiral
32 Blaumana iela
www.admiraluklubs.lv
Wed, Thr, Fri, Sat live music, cabaret show. From 21.30 entrance fee. Closed Sun, Mon
The most exclusive cabaret show, accompanied by European dishes and snacks.
La Rocca
96 Brivibas iela
www.larocca.lv
A massive, contemporary dancehall featuring all the latest “screams” in laser and sound technology. If aggressive, mainstream dance music is your “thing” and you find go-go dancers an enticing allure, you will love La Rocca that has both of these “in Spades”. You can also visit the strip club “Studio 69” or the casino “Play&Boy” which is right next door.
Nautilus
www.nautilus.lv
Nautilus is designed like a futuristic submarine and is mostly submerged under the energetic waves of house and progressive music. The Nautilus space contains of 4 zones of entertainment/relaxation: main dance floor with Ballantine's bar; chill-out zone; Absolute vodka bar; Martell-bar. The club-resident DJ Raivis and DJ Norsky let visitors get fresh emotions every weekend.
Roxy
24 Kalku iela (Old Town),
www.roxyclub.lv
In the middle of the Old Town, this club place easy-to-dance-to pop music. Comfy couches upstairs to sip your drink while watching the people dance on the floor.
Voodoo
(in Reval Hotel Latvija) 55 Elizabetes iela
www.voodoo.lv
The nightclub caters for a more mature clientele, with more mellow European music and Russian hits, whereas DJs in the disco try to encourage their patrons to swing to the R’n’B and House tunes. The scarcely dressed go-go girls will definitely heat up the atmosphere. Chill out in the Vanilia Lounge, which serves cocktails based on Absolut Vanilia vodka.
Music Clubs
Alcatraz (Pelican Pub)
88 K. Barona iela
www.alcatraz.lv
The staff scurries about in prison wardrobe managing to remain cheerful whilst bidding their time. You can’t stay indifferent to the hazy graffiti paintings that adorn the walls. Live country, blues and rock’n’roll Thr, Fri, Sat.
Cetri Balti Krekli – Literature & music club (4 White Shirts)
12 Vecpilsetas iela (Old Town),
www.krekli.lv
Rising and well-known Latvian bands perform here live; all music played in this joint is 100% Latvian. If you have the tympanic fortitude and seek for unforgettable Latvian thrill, this is the place to be.
Hamlets
5 Jana Seta (Old Town), 2nd floor
Inspired by Shakespeare's play this club/theatre is run by the Latvian Actors' Association and presents a variety of shows and plays by a host of well-known actors, musicians and dancers. On Thr drama performances on political issues and themes are played. Every Mon, Fri and Sun evening from 21.00 until 23.30, the Swing Time Ensemble proudly present the Swing Time Jazz Club.
Kabata (The Pocket)
19 Peldu iela (Old Town)
This "Pocket" doesn't claim to contain the whole of Riga, but it is certainly teeming with the local Latvian youth. Kabata is a cool place to meet friends for a fun night. Descend several levels into the cellars and "head-bang" to the sounds of Latvian music (mainly Wed, Thr and Sat from 21.00).
Kalku Varti music club (Kalku Gates)
11 Kalku iela
www.kalkuvarti.lv
The downstairs club of this centrally located restaurant is actually a spacious wine cellar, uncovered whilst digging the fundaments for this new establishment. Enjoy Latvian rock and blues, performed live by Latvian bands, in a classy atmosphere.
Karaliskas Bites Bluza Klubs (Royal Bee Blues Club)
34a Dzirnavu iela (Riga center)
www.bluesclub.lv
Blues club where Riga's best blues bands perform live. They are yet to get their prices right – they are in the wrong part of the Universe to be meddling with astronomical figures.
Liize
19 Vecpilsetas iela
Jazz club and restaurant, jam sessions every Tuesday and live jazz concerts every Thursday, Friday & Saturday featuring Latvian and foreign jazz musicians.
Saksofons (The Saxophone)
43 Stabu iela (Riga center)
Various talents give shows and performances here, the main attraction, however, still are the local bands that daily play funky live music (mainly rock flavored). Mostly Russian speaking service, but the affable staff is usually willing to try a little "charade" with their "dumb" foreign customers!
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