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CHICAGO Dance CLUB INFO

Dance Music diversity is really evident in the city that house music was born
The downtown scene generally grooves to the sounds of Global Underground and Tech House, while
the suburban clubs groove to Progressive Euro House and Vocal Trance
Article describing 2001

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Downtown City of Chicago

Downtown River North
720 - Wells
Butterfield 8 - 713 N Wells
Buzz - 308 Erie (between Franklin & Orleans)
House of Blues - Dearborn
*Ice Bar - Clark & Superior
Moda - Hubbard (by Dearborn)
Ontourage (formerly Mystique & Illusions) - 157 W Ontario
Sound Bar - 226 Ontario (& Franklin) - Fridays
*Spy bar - 646 Franklin & Ontario
Swank - 710 Wells
*Vision (formerly Aura & Dome Room) next to Excalibur Ontario & Dearborn - Saturdays
Voyeur - 151 & Ohio (& Lasalle)
White Star Lounge - 225 Ontario (closed for remodeling)

Small Lounges
Dru's Lounge - 2101 S. China Place (wentworth and archer - chinatown)
Sonotheque - 1444 W Chicago
Sugar
Trace - 3714 N Clark Street

Strictly House (city - low or no cover)
Betty's Blue Star Lounge - 1600 W Grand and Ashland
Green Dolphin 2200 N Ashland (mon Boom Boom Room) 2200 N. Ashland Ave Webster Street
Subterranean - 2011 W. North Ave @ N. Milwaukee ave
Hothouse - 31 E Balboa
Streetside Cafe - 3201 W. Armitage
Tini Martini - 2167 N. Milwaukee

Randolph & Halsted
Blonde - 820 Lake St.
Chromium - 817 W Lake
Dragonfly aka Flybar - 832 Randolph 
Drink - 702 Fulton (closed)
Estate - 1111 W Lake (previously Club Nocturnal)
Guess Bar - 820 W Lake
*Redno Five (upstairs fifth floor) [formerly stardust & jasmns]
Reserve - 858 W Lake
*Rive gauche  
*Tiki Room - 25th & Michigan (Saturday late nights - nice)
*Transit
Wet - 209 Lake & Wells (formerly Superlounge)

Downtown Division (between Rush & State) - Rushanddivision.com
Bar Chicago - 9 W Division VIP Party - 8/29 
*Funk - 5 W Division St (downstairs)
Hard Drive - 151 E Wacker @ Hyatt Regency
Leg Room - 7 W Division St (upstairs)
The Original Mother's - Division (DJ Stixx & Pure House Pete)

Downtown Rush
*Level - 1045 Rush (formerly Domaine)
*La Passage - 937 N Rush
Narcisse - 710 N Clark
NY Lounge - 1206 N State Parkway
Spoon - 1240 N Wells (& Division)
Syn - 1009 N Rush

North Ave/Clybourn
*Breathe (formerly Kustom) - 1997 N Clybourn 9-2am (closed)
Cafe Allure - 1501 N. Dayton
Circus/Bedroom - 901 Weed
*Crobar - 1543 N. Kingsbury (all new miami feel)
Dig
Dragon Room - 809 W. Evergreen
Glow - 1615 N Clybourn
Joe's Bar on Weed St. (rock music)
Red dog (1958 North Ave entrance in alley)
*Zentra - 923 Weed 

Lincoln Park/Wrigleyville/Wicker Park
*930 Lounge - Belmont
Bacchus - 2242 Lincoln 
Berlin - Belmont & Sheffield
*Big Wig - 1551 Division remodeled into Four
*Blu - 2247 Lincoln (formerly Bamboo Bernie's)
Cherry Red - 2833 N Sheffield
*Crush - 2843 N Halsted
*Deja Vu - 2624 N. Lincoln
Goodbar - Halsted
*John Barley Corn - Clark & Addison
*Joy Blue - 1401 Irving & Sheffield
*Katacomb - 1909 N Lincoln til 5am
Lava Lounge - 859 N Damen
Mad bar - 1640 N Damen (closed RIP)
Moonshine - 1824 W Division
Sauce - 1750 Clark
Smart Bar - 3730 Clark
Spot 6 - 3343 N Clark

Chicago & SUBURBS

North
Des Plaines - *Galaxy (closed) - Illusion Cafe
Forest Park - *Tonik
Franklin Park - *U!N club
Harwood Heights - Groove Cafe
Hoffman Estates - Tower
Melrose Park - Nitro (Sundays) - Energy (Thursdays 17+ ok) & 360 entertainment
Mt Prospect - *Accent Cafe
River Grove - Totu cafe
Rosemont - All State Arena - Shoeless Joe's SPORTS Bar
Rolling Meadows - Dakota's Bar & Grill (Algonquin Rd 4am)
Schaumburg - *Voodoo Nightclub - The Living Room 1850 Golf Rd - Bamboo Room - The Deep - Alumni Club (5 locations) 
Stone Park - *Tommy's Mardi Gras

Rockford - Elixur
Vernon Hills - Trios night club/Boogie Nights (closed)

West
Aurora - *Star Bar & Grill - 2150 Ogden - Studio 21 - 2121 E New York St.  (18+ ok)
Downers Grove - *Riprocks
Elgin - *The Mission (17+ on Sat)
Lemont - *Sean Kaley's (Confetti's)
Lomard -  Living Room - 801 E Butterfield 

South
Chicago - *Orion - 5772 W Archer
Chicago Heights - *Oasis one sixty (closed for remodeling)
Crestwood - Eclipse Nightclub - 5505 W 127th
Joliet - Sapphire
Merrionette Park - 115 Bourbon Street - 3359 W 115th St
Midlothian - Clue - 147th & Cicero
Mokena - Jungle
Oak Forest - Wild Olive
Tinley Park - Impulse - 7537 W 159 (used to be teen nightclub "Static" by TKC (Chris Chudzik)

Northwest City
Cafe Lura - Milwaukee & Belmont
*Chicago 21 - Belmont & Austin
*Club Euro - Irving & Long
*Jedynka - 5610 Diversey
Seanchai - 2345 Belmont (& Western)
Darkroom - 2210 W Chicago (between Belmont & Western)

Teen only
Naperville - *Zero Gravity (non-alcoholic ages 16-24)
Lombard - Vibe (non-alcoholic teen) adjacent to Kool Zone by TKC
Lombard - Escape (non-alcoholic teen)
Melrose Park - Energy Thursdays 17+/21 to drink

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