Element Nightclub
A bangin' top 40 bar. A warning: if you're not into dodgy guys looking to pick up, sassy girls with dubious intent, and one top 40 anthem after another on shuffle play with no mixing, this is hell. Another warning: if you're looking to pick up or get picked up, dance the night away and bliss right out to ecstatic top 40 anthems and get pissed-ass drunk, this may be too fun for your health. This place also ends up hosting one major international band after another. Sloan was here. Vanilla Ice was here!!! The list would take this whole page. It's crazy.
Evolution
This place is famous for its cheap drinks and no cover charge before 10 pm. Each night of the week has a different theme. Heavy metal, Retro, etc. Definitely a good place to dance it up--a good club for the alternative scene. That’s right, you won’t be subjected to any Britney Spears or 50 Cent here. A nice break from the same top 40 hip-hop you hear at most clubs.
Hermann's Jazz Club
Near the corner of Blanshard and View, you can enjoy Jazz music in this well established pub style restaurant. This local favourite presents Dixieland Jazz, Big Band music with dancing, the Esquimalt Jazz band, the Tom Vickery Trio and many other live bands. It's the place to see fantastic live jazz in Victoria. Oh and Noah Becker plays here!
Hush
If you like loud dance music and you like electronics, this is the place for you. You'll find sultry girls, funky dudes, some nice pool action, back lit with dramatic red lights, and tons and tons of techno, house, and best of all, wicked cool drum n bass. It is the next best thing to being at a real rave, without the long drive!
1325 Government Street (map) 250-385-0566
The Jungle Room
This venue hosts some of the best drum n bass, breaks, house and techno beats around. Check out their website for the special events and guest DJs from around the world. It has 2 new rooms, a 3 level dance floor and a 40 ft long service bar. What can you expect from a nightclub sandwiched between a rundown motel and a strip club?
603 Pandora Avenue (map) 250-386-3631
Logan's Pub
One of the staples of the local music scene, Logan's hosts some of the city's best gigs, mostly having to do with rock and punk and such. Sunday afternoons, Logan's hosts the best Open Mic Night ever, called the Hootenanny. Be there at four if you want to play, stay 'till 7. The patio rules, and what can I say, it's got a pool table.
Lucky Bar
Definitely a local favourite, Lucky boasts a supremely killer sound system with massive bass drivers and a variety of DJs and live music acts that play all kinds of genres, such as: Pop, Rock, Indie, Retro, Punk, Metal, Hip Hop, Electronic, Jazz, Experimental, and Folk. Sometimes there's even Live Theatre, Variety Shows and Film Screenings.
The place is decorated in a beautifully warm and inviting way, and it's full of possibilities: near the door there's tables where you can sit and chat, there's the bar where you can get drunk and hit on other kids, then there's the dance floor, and then there's the stage. It's wicked! See you there.
Plan B
This is definitely a place to see, be seen, and get toasted and roasted. They also happen to have Canada's only LED fully controlled lit dance floor.
Watch out for dress codes, and don't piss off the bouncers!
Prism
Victoria’s gay club hosts ultra-sassy drag nights and regular club nights with the queerest selection of techno and disco ever, they also hold the best karaoke night in town, ever. These people can sing like crazy and the selection blows everybody else out of the water. If you've never been able to find anything good in the karaoke catalogue to sing, check this out, they've got binders full of songs! Like two-inch ring! Check out their website for special events.
Sugar
A Dance Club, playing Top 40, hip-hop, and progressive house anthems. Check out North America's biggest disco ball, and watch the DJ booth perched high in the sky bathe in the light reflected by their unparalleled lights & laser show. Open Thursday through Saturday. They host some of the city’s best live shows too.
