United Kingdom
Clockwork is a big club with a warehouse feel and has played host to some of the best dub, hip-hop, electro, jungle and drum & bass artists around such as Foreign Beggars, Klaxons, Hot Chip, Congo Natty and Easy Star All-Stars.
Cheltenham Road
Stokes Croft
Bristol
BS1 3PR
www.clockworkclub.co.uk
Friday nights see the back room at The Bear in Hotwells transformed into a first rate chin-stroking, riff-applauding jazz club. The venue is intimate so if you're sat at the front you're pretty much sat with the band. Proper.
The Bear, 261 Hotwell Road;
tel: 0117 987 7796
By day it's full of straight-laced solicitors and accountants but by night it becomes a sweaty, smoky cavern pulsating to reggae and funk beats. The underground location adds to the atmosphere. Particularly good on weekends.
34 Portland Square, St. Pauls, BS2 8RG;
tel: 0117 942 4110
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