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A nightclub or dance club is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Nightclubs often have a bar and discotheque (usually simply known as disco) with a dance floor, laser lighting displays, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who mixes recorded music. Nightclubs tend to be smaller than live music venues like theatres and stadiums, with few or no seats for customers.
A nightclub is an entertainment venue open at night that typically features a bar, dance floor, and music—either from a DJ playing recorded tracks or live performers—along with laser lighting and other entertainment. Nightclubs matter as popular social gathering spaces where people go to drink, dance, and enjoy nighttime entertainment in an intimate setting smaller than large concert venues.
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Research
930 papers- Phenomenon of Nightclub Shots: Mass Psychogenic Disease?ReviewPsychiatria Danubina · 2023Delhaye M, Zdanowicz N
- Nightclub Photokeratitis.Ophthalmology · 2020Singh RB, Thakur SDOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.10.027
- Trends and Characteristics of Terrorist Attacks Against Nightclub Venues Over 5 Decades.Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · 2024Rahman GR, Liang SY, Tian L et al.DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2023.236
- Tusi use among the New York City nightclub-attending population.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Palamar JJ, Abukahok N, Acosta P et al.DOI: 10.1111/add.70069
- Risky Party and Nightclub Attendance during the COVID-19 Nightlife Shutdown in New York City.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2022Le A, Wasserman A, Palamar JJDOI: 10.1007/s11524-022-00657-z
- Young Adult Nightclub Participants Who Attend Adult Entertainment Clubs: Sexual Risk and Substance Use Behaviors.AIDS and behavior · 2023Buttram ME, Ellis MS, Kurtz SPDOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03822-2
- Trends in drug use among nightclub and festival attendees in New York City, 2017-2022.The International journal on drug policy · 2023Palamar JJ, Le A, Cleland CM et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104001
- Brazilian kiss nightclub disaster.Annals of burns and fire disasters · 2013Atiyeh B
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- History
- Early history
- Jukebox and prohibition
- Pre-WWII
- Europe
- Asia
- World War II years
- Post-WWII: Emergence of the disc jockey and discothèque
- 1960s
- 1970s: Disco
- 1970s: Disco, hip hop, punk rock, and glam foundations
- 1980s: New wave, post-punk, goth, rave, and acid house
- 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s
- 2020s
- Entry criteria
- Cover charge
- Dress code
- Exclusive nightclubs
- Substance abuse
- Photography
- Bouncer
- Floor show
- Serious incidents
- See also
- References
- External links
A nightclub or dance club is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Nightclubs often have a bar and discotheque (usually simply known as disco) with a dance floor, laser lighting displays, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who mixes recorded music. Nightclubs tend to be smaller than live music venues like theatres and stadiums, with few or no seats for customers.
Nightclubs generally restrict access to people in terms of age, attire, personal belongings, and behaviors. Nightclubs typically have dress codes to prohibit people wearing informal, indecent, offensive, gym, or gang-related attire from entering. Unlike other entertainment venues, nightclubs are more likely to use bouncers to screen prospective patrons for entry.
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