Vancouver’s hottest clubs

You don’t have to wait till St. Patrick’s Day to check out Vancouver’s hottest clubs. There’s plenty of debauchery to be had between now and the greatest excuse of the year to drink. But remember, if the beer’s green before then, send it back.

Thursday, February 22

Last Thursday of the Month Beach Party at the Standard

New West’s premier hip-hop night offers door prizes for best beach gear. So ladies, if you’re going to go with the traditional thong, please keep in mind that the Brazilian is sooo yesterday; now it’s all about the classic preppy.

Friday, February 23

Funktion Fridays Grand Opening at the Cyber

Will this be a promising theme night that ends up circling the drain within a month, or will the rotating roster of sounds, including breaks, mash-up and glitch-hop, make it the hot spot for years to come? You and your posse have to power to decide.

Saturday, February 24

Deadmans Pub Crawl

For only $25, participants get free appies, a hard-core skull & bones T-shirt, and VIP service at the Stone Temple Nightclub, the Buffalo Club, the Cellar, Tonic Nightclub, Doolin’s Irish Pub, the Roxy, and Ceili’s Irish Pub. That’s seven bars in nine hours. We ask you: is there a classier way of getting completely and utterly bombed?

Thursday, March 1

St. David’s Day at the Cellar

Think of this as a precursor to St. Patrick’s Day. Bring your leeks and come celebrate the patron saint of Wales with traditional Welsh food including faggots and peas, marmite, and Welsh rarebit. As for beats, we can only pray there’ll be plenty of Tom Jones.

Friday, March 2

One Suite Friday at Azure Lounge and Grill

Leave your sneakers at home, G. This monthly urban event is uptown. So if you wanna enjoy the best in reggaeton, hip-hop, and R?&?B, you best be sportin’ your glad rags.

Saturday, March 3

Pink at the Riverside Banquet Hall in Richmond

This all-girl lineup features pinup DJs from London, LA, Sweden, and beyond. They’re cute. They got rhythm. What more could you ask for? What?

Thursday, March 8

DJ Missill at Shine

Have a hankering for Parisian mash-up? Who doesn’t, really? Check out France’s latest and greatest export as she spins you into a grime, raga, and dancehall frenzy.

Friday, March 9

Annual Spring Break Carnivale at the Waldorf

Screw Fort Lauderdale. If you want to do spring break right this year, head on down to East Hastings. It may not be as sunny as Florida, but the chances of ending up on one of those Girls Gone Wild videos are considerably slimmer—though not impossible. Dress code is fiesta casual, natch.

Saturday, March 10

Sin City Fetish Night at Club 23

It’s that time of the month again, when Van’s kinkiest clubbers pick up their PVC suits from the cleaners, dust off their whips, and dig out their dog collars. Ah, where does the time go?