Hot summer weekends all but demand a drive to the beach, but Sundays offer a good reason to stick around: a solid schedule of day parties. Whether it’s live music or DJ, here’s a sampling of ways to wile away the summer days.
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It looks like Lil Scrappy will make it to San Jose, after all. After cancelling his June 14 show at the Agenda to go to rehab for weed addiction, he’ll be back in action July 13 at the Motif.
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To say that opening a nightclub is risky business is an understatement—eight out of 10 new clubs fail within the first year, according to Nightclub and Bar magazine. What does it take to beat those seemingly insurmountable odds? Trends, concept, funding, business plan, luck—a hundred factors both practical and abstract. But like…
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San Jose’s nightlife has a high tolerance for bad taste—eurotrash masquerading as pop, cheesy nightclubs with aspirations beyond their zip code, and most importantly: lacking a single decent place to listen to electronic music. For those of us who’ve lost interest in making the + 100 mile roundtrip trek to San Francisco,…
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The two MCs behind Calicove are talking about the aftermath of their last party. It was just last week, in fact, after they played a show. “We took the party back to our studio in Santa Clara, and we continued to party through the night,” says Douglas “DJ” Williams Jr., who goes…
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The latest party series to hit San Jose, SJ Bass Club makes its debut December 16 at Motif. Featuring all things bass, organizers hope to bring fresh sounds in electronic music and new subgenres like UK garage, ghetto house, tropical, moombahton and more.
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