Nightlife

Week Spot

Five Parties to Fill Your Weeknights

It’s the middle of the week. Aka Wednesday. Aka exactly-three-days-away-from-Saturday-on-both-sides... day. But instead of seeing that as a bad thing, here’s an idea: just pretend every night is the weekend. You can start by reading that stuff below. And maybe rescheduling your morning meetings.

SUNDAY

Jazz on Edgewood at Edgewood Speakeasy

The Scene: After crossing the bookshelf-door threshold, you won’t be able to see much. But rest assured that there’s a piano, drums and an upright bass stuffed in there. Also: a bunch of gin. Sundays.
Keywords: trumpet solos, Thelonious Monk, shadow puppets

MONDAY

Magnum Mondays at STK

The Scene: A nocturnal steakery taken over by a healthy mix of tabletop go-go dancers, Midtown socialites and dancing cocktail waitresses holding magnums with sparklers coming out of them. And at 10:10pm: gratis shots. In case the giant jugs of champagne didn’t work.
Keywords: hospitality, resident DJ, black-rimmed spectacles

TUESDAY

Late-Night Breakfast Club at Argosy

The Scene: A beautiful mess of ’80s-related nonsense. By which we mean DJ Black Sunshine playing stuff like Madonna and Guns N’ Roses downstairs while you drink draft beers and observe from upstairs. Lord over things. Observe. Same thing.
Keywords: Molly Ringwald doppelgängers, Bugle Boys, patio breaks

WEDNESDAY

Loose Club at Sound Table

The Scene: Sound Table’s dinner crowd: gone. In its stead: an Atlanta-based house/techno/disco DJ and dozens of dancers who could be shooting a scene for a vodka commercial. Pro tip: the bar’s still there for bi-song whiskey breaks.
Keywords: BPM, glow sticks, Empire of the Sun remix

THURSDAY

Weekly Jam Session at Churchill Grounds

The Scene: It’s still got that old-school, you’re-in-the-presence-of-legendary-musicians feel, but Thursdays run on a different wavelength. See, it’s hosted by a house band that often brings in budding-actress types to sing along. Yes, they stole your idea.
Keywords: Aretha Franklin, cigar breaks, lustrous goatee locks