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BARCA (423 McMillan, 453-2277): Cabaret/pool hall at Confusion Corner.
Friday: The Absent Sound, Rough Music.
COLLECTIVE (108 Osborne, 475-2239): No-frills Osborne Village indie rock and hardcore venue, attached to dance club Die Maschine.
Thursday: Old Seed, Ruth Moody.
Friday: Suiciety, Smells Like Grandma, Knuckleduster.
Saturday: Maps of Night Sky, Novillero, Mike Trike, Two Minute Miracles.
Monday: Hot Little Rocket, Sekiden, Red-Eyed Morning.
COWBOYS (1034 Elizabeth, 253-2641): The latest incarnation of the rock and country room at the Windsor Park Canad Inn.
Thursday to Saturday: Mother Groove.
COYOTE’S (1931 Pembina, 275-2300): Pembina Highway cabaret/roadhouse, mostly cover bands.
Thursdays: Danny Kramer Live Karaoke Band.
Friday and Saturday: Eye-2-Eye.
EDDY’S GARAGE (61 Sherbrook, 783-1552): Wolseley-area lounge sporting unique garage-door patio.
Wednesdays: Pope’s Hill.
Fridays: DJ Dubbz.
JOE’S GARAGE (Pandora Inn, 222-0571): Rock and blues club in Transcona.
Saturday afternoon: Jam w/Stan the Man.
LINCOLN (1030 McPhillips, 589-7314): North End hotel pub.
MARION (393 Marion, 233-1477): St. Boniface rock club, mostly cover bands.
Friday and Saturday: Ragdoll.
NORWOOD (112 Marion, 233-4475): St. Boniface beverage room, famous for Saturday afternoon seafood buffet.
Thursday to Saturday: 4-Play.
PYRAMID (176 Fort, 957-7777): Touring acts and local bands/DJs in a downtown room with great sightlines.
Friday: Nuttin’ but Funk Dance Party with DJ Hunnicutt and DJ Co-op.
Saturday: Vernon, Benneville, Sisk, Disco Kitty and Phaze-M.
Wednesday: Jucifer, Cheatron and Blueprint Gallery.
RIVERCREST (4200 Main, 339-5206):
Friday and Saturday: Wide Open.
ROOKIES (201 Melrose E., 222-4777): Neighbourhood hangout at Transcona’s Central Hotel. Beverage-room ambiance.
ROYAL ALBERT ARMS (48 Albert, 943-8433): Legendary punk club in historic Exchange District hotel.
Friday: Martian Grave Robbers, The Down & Out, Fecal Approach and Forged in Fire.
Saturday: Ham.
SIMON’S (10-1111 Logan, 786-7676): North-end cabaret sporting cover bands.
WISE GUYS ON CAMPUS (University of Manitoba, 261-0902): Campus bar at U of M.
THE ZOO (160 Osborne, 452-9824): Winnipeg’s home for heavy rock and metal. Also the longest-running original rock room in the city.
Friday: Stabilo, Turn off the Stars and Travesty.
Saturday: Inward Eye, Dear Screaming and Quinzy.
FOLK, ROOTS & BLUES
BELLA VISTA (53 Maryland, 775-4485): Cosy, musician-friendly restaurant/bar on the edge of Wolseley.
Thursday to Saturday: Ego Spank.
OSBORNE FREE HOUSE (437 Stradbrook, 284-5222): Long, sleek Osborne Village restaurant and lounge.
Thursday: Matt Prince.
ROYAL GEORGE (123 Regent West, 224-1882): Transcona blues club.
Tuesdays: Ragdoll.
Wednesdays: Sassy Jack.
SANTA CRUZ (500 Portage, 774-8440): Latino restaurant/bar, across from University of Winnipeg.
STAGGER INN (1825 Portage Ave., 831-0782): St. James blues bar, formerly known as The Flat Top Bar & Grill.
TIMES CHANGE(d) HIGH & LONESOME CLUB (Main & St. Mary, 957-0982): Carnival-like downtown roots music club.
Thursday: Dan Frechette, Joel Titchkosky.
Friday: The D. Rangers, Mayes & Carmichael.
Saturday: Big Dave McLean & The Muddytones.
Sunday: Jam w/Big Dave McLean.
WEST END CULTURAL CENTRE (586 Ellice, 783-6918): Non-profit, inner-city music hall renowned as live performance venue.
Saturday: 17:69, Indeego.
WINDSOR (187 Garry, 942-7528): No-nonsense blues bar.
Wednesday: Big Dave McLean.
WOODBINE (466 Main, 943-4672): Main Street character bar.
DANCE, ELECTRONIC
& HIP-HOP
291 Bannatyne (291 Bannatyne, 987-3390): Upscale Exchange District room.
Thursdays: Jazz.
Saturdays: MezzoParty, a DJ night.
AMPERSAND (114 Market, 942-6274): Dance club component of three-storey MASH complex in the Exchange.
Fridays and Saturdays: Top 40.
AU BAR (65 Rorie, 989-8080): Cabaret in former Wise Guys Bar & Grill location.
Thursday: Grant Dell.
Friday afternoons: Live jazz.
Friday nights: Hip-hop, R&B and house.
Saturday: Top 40.
BAR ITALIA (737 Corydon, 452-1929): Corydon Avenue coffee shop and urban music lounge.
THE BEACH (1792 Pembina, 474-2582): Pembina Highway dance club.
Wednesday through Saturday: Top 40.
CLUB GENESYS (1740 Ellice, 775-7131): Dance club at the airport HoJo.
Thursday to Saturday: Top 40
THE DAK (1105 St. Mary’s Rd., 256-4315): St. Vital dance club.
DIE MASCHINE (108 Osborne, 475-2239): Dance club attached to Collective Cabaret.
EMPIRE (436 Main, 943-3979): Restored heritage building right off Portage & Main with tall ceilings and club DJs.
Thursdays: Hip-hop & R&B.
Fridays and Saturdays: Top 40.
HENDERSON DRAFT HOUSE (1011 Henderson, 334-4355): East Kildonan beverage room and dance bar.
Monday to Saturday: Top 40.
MARDI GRAS (2100 McPhillips, 474-2582): Garden City dance bar attached to country bar Silverado’s.
Wednesdays to Saturdays: Top 40.
MIRRORS (1975 Portage, 338-8777): St. James hangout offering Top 40 dance tunes.
Wednesdays to Saturdays: Top 40.
MONTY’S (2280 Pembina, 261-4808): Similar to Mirrors, near University of Manitoba.
Wednesdays to Saturdays: Top 40.
PHARAOH’S (1034 Elizabeth, 474-2582): Windsor Park dance club.
Wednesdays to Saturdays: Top 40.
PHAT DADDY’S (165 McDermot, 284-7428): Urban music club in the Exchange.
Thursday to Saturdays: Hip-hop & R&B.
RHYTHM & BREWS BAR (185 Stadacona, 663-8083).
Friday: Dirty Dancin’ Couples Competition.
Saturday: Verses of Venom II MC Battle.
SAFARI CLUB (826 Regent, 474-2582): Transcona dance club.
Wednesdays to Saturdays: Top 40.
SECTION 8 (1480 Pembina, 474-1444): Funky lounge atop Fort Garry restaurant. Mostly house music.
TIJUANA YACHT CLUB (St. Matthews & Empress, 474-2582): Polo Park-area club very close to Canad Inns Stadium.
Wednesdays to Saturdays: Top 40.
VIBE (330 York at Hargrave, 942-0101): Nightclub in the Best Western Charterhouse.
Friday and Saturdays: R&B, reggae, hip-hop and Caribbean music with DJ Bunny.
WASABI NEXT DOOR (105-121 Osborne): Funky Village lounge attached to sushi joint Wasabi.
Friday: DJ L’il Phil.
Saturday: DJ Hipnotic.
COUNTRY
BROOKLANDS (8 Keewatin, 633-9707): No-nonsense country hangout.
Thursdays: Country blues jam.
BUFFALO BILL’S (826 Regent, 474-2582): Transcona rock and country club, occasional country acts.
COUNTRY CORRAL (3740 Portage, 837-5831): St. James country hangout.
LA SALLE (346 Nairn, 668-5367): Elmwood character bar.
Thursday to Saturday: Whiskey Bent.
McLAREN (554 Main at Rupert, 943-0745): Country hangout in downtown character hotel.
MERCHANT’S HOTEL (541 Selkirk, 586-4607): North End country hangout.
NICOLETT (632 Lafleche, 237-3144): St. Boniface character venue.
Friday and Saturday: Spice of Life.
PALOMINO (1133 Portage, 772-0454): Portage Avenue mainstay booking as many rock bands as country acts.
Wednesdays: Danny Kramer Live Karaoke Band.
PONY CORRAL NAIRN (1050 Nairn, 668-4414): Elmwood eatery and lounge.
Thursdays: Wayne Walker.
SILVER SPIKE (202 Bond, 224-4885): Transcona rock and country bar.
SILVERADO’S (2100 McPhillips, 474-2582): Garden City rock and country bar attached to dance club Mardi Gras.
ST. NORBERT (3540 Pembina, 269-1290): Country bar just south of the Perimeter.
TEDDY BOB’S (1105 Arlington, 786-6601): Inner-city character bar.
Thursday to Saturday: Younger Brothers.
Tuesday: Karaoke Night.
WESTBROOK (Keewatin & Pacific, 633-6204): Brooklands country bar.
Thursday to Saturday: Delaney Monias.
PUBS
BULL & BEAR (177 Lombard, 943-2483): Pub and pool room across from the Richardson Building.
DYLAN O’CONNOR’S (2609 Portage, 831-6730): St. James pub, allied with downtown’s Shannon’s.
Friday and Saturday: The Rowdymen.
Mondays: Danny Kramer Live Karaoke Band.
FINN McCUE’S (210-25 Forks Market, 944-8118): Pool hall and Celtic music venue.
KING’S HEAD (120 King, 957-7710): Two-storey British pub adjacent to Old Market Square. Membership or guest sign-in required for admission.
Thursdays: Band battle with Airfoil.
Sundays: All the Kings Men.
THE LOCAL (110 Market, 942-6274): Pub component of three-storey MASH complex in the Exchange.
Saturdays: Top 40 dance music.
PICADILLY PUB (280 Fort, 943-7300): Authentic British pub spitting distance from Portage & Main.
Thursdays: Singles Night.
REGAL BEAGLE (331 Smith, 942-6411): Ramada Marlborough pub. Mostly local indie bands.
Friday: Half Grassed.
Saturday: Cowboy Poets.
SHANNON’S (175 Carlton, 943-2302): Irish pub across from the Convention Centre. Membership or guest sign-in required for admission.
Friday and Saturday: Audiofile.
Sunday: Funk ‘n’ Bangers.
Tuesdays: Danny Kramer’s Live Karaoke Band.
TAVERN UNITED (1824 Pembina).
TOAD IN THE HOLE (108 Osborne, 284-7201): Two-storey Irish pub in Osborne Village.
TOAD ON MAIN (172 Main, 942-8623): Restaurant/pub across from Via Rail Station.
Thursdays: Martha Brooks.
Sundays: Greg Lowe Band.
Mondays: Improv Supper Club.
Tuesdays: Trivia Night.
JAZZ
BLAZE (Delta Winnipeg, 942-0051): Downtown hotel lounge.
Thursdays: Ken Gold & Rick Boughton.
LE FOYER (340 Provencher, 233-8972): Dedicated jazz and francophone popvenue at Centre culturel franco-manitobain.
ORBIT ROOM (2077 Pembina, 269-5004): Cozy south Pembina lounge adjacent to Nicolino’s Sorrento.
Thursdays: Frohlich Hildebrand McMahon Trio.
Saturday: El Chupacabra.
PALM ROOM (222 Broadway, 942-8251): Classy Fort Garry Hotel lounge with piano tunes and some of the best service in town.
Wednesday and Thursday: Don Shannon.
Friday and Saturday: Jose Poneira Trio.
Sunday brunch: Poneira and Moose Jackson.
Monday and Tuesday: Don Kissick.
PARAGON (220 Carlton, 480-3212).
Fridays: Afternoon jazz.
PEMBY (1011 Pembina, 453-3724): Pembina Highway lounge and sports bar.WINDOWS (160 Smith, 975-6013): Sheraton Hotel jazz and blues lounge.
PEMBY (1011 Pembina, 453-3724): Pembina Highway lounge and sports bar.WINDOWS (160 Smith, 975-6013): Sheraton Hotel jazz and blues lounge.
Friday and Saturday: Brian Paul.
OTHER LOUNGES
ACADEMY BAR & EATERY (414 Academy, 489-6630): Neighbourhood restaurant/lounge featuring local and occasional touring acts.
BELGIAN CLUB (407 Provencher, 237-4263): St. Boniface social hall.
BUCCACINO’S (155 Osborne, 452-8251): Italian eatery and lounge.
Friday: Jason & Shandra.
DIABLO’S (110 Market, 942-6274): Tapas bar and lounge component of three-storey MASH complex in the Exchange.
Saturdays: DJ Harry Chan.
Sundays: Live music.
GILROY’S (179 Bannatyne, 943-1700): Exchange District restaurant and lounge.
Friday and Saturday: Marvellous Marcel.
JONESY’S (3133 Birds Hill Road, 669-0557): Restaurant and lounge northeast of Perimeter.
JUST OFF BROADWAY (160 Smith, 975-6060): Dinner and Dance in the Sheraton Hotel dining room.
Saturdays: Al Andrusco Trio.
LIVE WIRE (Regent & Lagimodiere, 669-0255): Club in Transcona’s New Cavalier hotel.
MONA LISA (1697 Corydon, 488-3687): Lounge in Italian restaurant on the Corydon strip.
MOVADO (690-A St. James, 783-7800): Polo Park-area restaurant/lounge.
Thursdays: Kyle Kiernan.
PONY CORRAL GRANT PARK (400 Wilton, 475-4464): Grant Park eatery and lounge.
Thursdays: Curtis Newton.
Friday and Saturday: Mike & The Eastwood Gang.
PONY CORRAL DOWNTOWN (444 St. Mary Ave., 942-4414): Downtown eatery and lounge.
Friday, Saturday and Tuesday: Curtis Newton.
PRAIRIE FIRE (3564 Pembina, 269-8777):
Saturday: Me Against You.
RED CACTUS (691 Corydon, 453-4616):
Thursdays: Grant Leutschaft.
ST. REGIS (185 Smith, 942-0171): Downtown hotel lounge.
TOM’S ROYAL (B-628 St. Anne’s, 257-0250): St. Vital pizza joint and lounge.
Sunday: Rock jam w/Barry G. Player.
Wednesday: Blues jam w/Tim Butler.
WEST KILDONAN LEGION (1748 Main, 338-3266).
Friday and Saturday: The Marvells.
Wednesdays: Jam w/Beav.
COFFEE HOUSES
BREAD & CIRCUSES (238 Lilac, 477-4555): Corydon-area restaurant-bakery.
PRAIRIE INK GRANT PARK (Grant Park Shopping Centre, 475-0483): Bookstore café offering jazz and readings.
Friday: Doug Smith Blues Duo.
Saturday: James Walzak & Marty Green.
PRAIRIE INK PORTAGE PLACE (Portage Place, 943-8376): Same as above, only downtown.
Friday: Rubin Kantarovich.
ROCA JACK’S (775 Corydon): Coffee shop on the Corydon strip.
Fridays: Mike Webster.
SAXTON THEATRE COFFEE HOUSE (521 McMillan, 339-4876).
GAY & LESBIAN
CLUB 200 (190 Garry, 943-6045): Downtown cabaret, mostly men.
Thursdays: Bar games w/Anita Stallion.
Fridays: Drag shows.
Saturdays: DJ Willie.
Tuesdays: Go-Go Boys.
Wednesdays: Ray Moss.
DESIRE (Main & Bannatyne, 956-5544): Straight-friendly lesbian and gay club.
GIO’S (155 Smith, 786-1236): Downtown bar and nightclub.
Thursdays: DJ Perry.
Fridays: DJ Chris.
HAPPENINGS (274 Sherbrook, 774-3576): Gay dance club.
Thursdays: Raunch Night.
Fridays: The Elle Lounge.
Saturdays: Underground House with DJ Ryan.
CASINOS
CLUB REGENT (1425 Regent, 957-2700): Transcona casino with tropical theme and walk-through aquarium.
ROYAL PALMS (1425 Regent, 957-2700): Lounge at Club Regent casino.
McPHILLIPS STREET STATION (484 McPhillips, 957-3900): North-end casino complex, Roaring ’20s theme.
Friday: Brad Johner.
JOKER’S LOUNGE (484 McPhillips, 957-3900): Lounge at McPhillips Street Station.
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