Currently they have a thriving club scene, probably due to the number of expatriates living in Dubai and Abu Dhabi (only 19% of the people living in the UAE are Emirati - with the majority of those expats being from southern India).
The big name clubs are: http://www.peppermint-club.com/ The Peppermint Club - Timos Maas and Armin Van Buren are playing in the coming weeks http://www.dubailook.com/trilogy.html Trilogy Dubai -- Terry Francis played recently. Cloud 9 and Zinc are also supposed to be pretty nice. There are probably another 50-80 clubs there doing electronic dance music - but I'm not finding much information because of the "Islamic influence". Dubai and Abu Dhabi have very relaxed laws towards westereners - liquor, dance clubs, dress, everything. except drugs. Get caught and you won't be coming back for a while. Sure, it is a "dress to impress" kind of place, but sometimes there are gems in these clubs. -mike On 11/16/06, Guilherme Menegon Arantes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 09:37:58AM -0700, Mike Davis wrote: > If anyone is from the UAE on this list, can you email me back? I'll be > there next week for a while and am trying to find a club that will fit the > music/style I enjoy. (Armin Van Buren just doesn't do it for me). > Hopefully there are some events in Abu Dhabi or Dubai instead of the other > emirates. COuld you fwd me any replies you have or fwd to the list (if it is 313 related)? It would be interesting to know if there is any electronic dance music going on there... Regards, G -- Guilherme Menegon Arantes, PhD Sao Paulo, Brasil ______________________________________________________
