Site hosted by Angelfire.com: Build your free website today!

MOTIF8music.com
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

Internet Club/Bar Info
Metromix.com
Chicago.citysearch.com
Centerstage.com
Chicago Reader


New Openings in Yellow
*DJ-ed here

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

Gay and Lesbian Bar Listings


Chicago FM Radio and TV

Sick of Chicago commercial radio and dance music that sucks?
Click the graphic and let them know you want to bring back the ENERGY 

DJ MOTIF8

Chicago radio
Chicago Radio Stations Listing

B96 Mixmasters (ft. Julian Perez) [updated]
The old B96 Mixmasters
Too Kool Chris - Bobby D - Markski - Bad boy bill - Mixin Marc - Tim Spinnin Schommer - Blue Mike

Club Kiss Weekend 103.5 FM  
Energy 92.7
- new address - Rick Garcia, Rick Hype, Jimmie Page, Andre Solaris, Laura B
Q101's Sonic Boom - 10-2am Saturdays
WNUR 89.3FM  - College radio station in Evanston - Streetbeat starting at 9:30

Club Television
ATV - Afterhours TV - Friday's 11:00-11:30 (CH16 & 62) what's up to DJ Brandy James
Watch Live Chicago Downtown club sets

Internet Radio

DJ Culture Show
www.grooveradio.com (CA)

http://www.amplifiedradio.com (Canada)
 


Chicago Club Event Promoters

Top 2
247club.net - Vision Saturdays
www.relode.com
www.inside-chicago.com
Spundae
Godskitchen
Rob Zoom photos


Pure - Sound bar Fridays

All others
360 Entertainment

Alife group
Another Level

Articulate promotions
Blend Chicago
Chi town VIP

ChicagoAfterhours.com

Chicagoclubbers

Chicagonightlife.com
Chicago Fusion
Chicago Scene
Chicagovue
Club Explosion
Everything0
Exact Events
Futura mix
Ginseng (asian crew)
Global Adrenaline

ice9 Events & Zabba productions

Intergruv Networks

LifestyleChicago.com

Local Sound
M3 Entertainment

Madpoison

Majestic night life
Mixmaster Throwdown
MOTIF8music
NorthStar Entertainment
Smart Clubber

Tommy Z

Twilight Chicago

U R Chicago

Ward One

www.3amrecords.com
www.nordjs.com

www.ultralounges.com
Prophecy Entertainment
Groovechicago/EuphoricGroove

Chicago Surrounding
Notcurnal Gruv
N Joy

USA
Club Planet

www.ritualexperience.com - Ohio
www.jagstoneenterprises.com - Buzz
www.slangmusicgroup.com 

Chicago Polish
www.dreamix.net
www.euroadrenaline.com
www.polacywchicago.com

www.polskieforum.com
www.polskaonline.net

Other Internet
www.hyperreal.org - rave info
www.Syquil.com - Good Party info
www.partybynight.com - Has a club search feature
www.Desiclub.com - Asian party listings

(Testing)
www.treehousecollective.net/ - links
www.vegasafter10.com
www.barstar.com
- suburban bar info (Testing)
www.ravechicago.com

Tickets
Groove Tickets
Want Tickets

Fashion
Karma Loop


Clubs US
(Under Construction)

US
Atlanta - Liquified @ 1150
Boston - Club Avalon
- nice DJ bio page
Chicago - see here
Detroit - Bleu Room
Hollywood, CA - Arena (Trance Club Heaven)
Spundae LA - 6655 Santa Monica Blvd.
Milwaukee, WI - Club Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI - The Rave/Eagles Club

Milwaukee, WI - Thai Joes
Miami, FL - Club Space, Opium
New York - Club Shelter
New York - Sound Factory
San Francisco - Mezzanine @ 444 Jessie St.
St Louis - The Kastle


Poland - ClubZone
Clubs in Warsaw Poland

Jazz in Chicago - Green Mill - www.gregosby.com

Motif8, DJ Motif8, dj, motivate, dj motivate, motiv8, dj motiv8, motivate
music, motif8music, energy music, progressive house, progressive trance,
chicago club, chicago dj, chicago party, club dance music, chicago raves, club
mixes, vinyl club, techno, trance, mp3, euro, NRG, b96, internet radio, polskie
techno
www.internet.com


Home      Record Label      Chicago Club Events      Music      Bio      Motif8 Live      Bar/Club Listing      DJ Stuff      Contact