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Live Clubs Featuring Alternative, Experimental, Electronic, Rock and Pop Music in St. Petersburg


For a listing of live music events in St. Petersburg see our What's On in St. Petersburg section.



Moloko. Was closed recently. Now there's a club Tsokol at the same location - similar music, but not as groovy.


Tsokol
The second incarnation of the new defunct respected underground club “Moloko”.
Tsokol club St. Petersburg
The new club is determined to keep Mololko’s trademark “warm atmosphere” and “positive mood”. Beer on tap 50 rub.($2) Nevskoe, 70 rub.($3) Tuborg. Evening concerts, weekend night party and more contacts with people.
Address: 3-rd Sovietskaya str., #2/3. Location: M. Ploshad Vostaniya.
Open hours: entire week, besides Mn, 19:00-00:00; Fr, Sa from 19:00 to the last visitior.
Entrance: from 150 rub.($5.5). web: http://www.zoccolo.ru/index.php?id=1


Fishfabrique.
A part of "Pushkinskaya, 10" cultural center. From the 1994 FishFabrique (also called "Fishka" by St.Peterburgers) has been one of the most popular clubs in St. Petersburg and one of the best. It was the first club with alternative music. Since that time almost every St.Petersburg band has played here. Fishfabrique is a favorite place for local alternative musicians and cult artists. Design of the club, that was made by well known group of Russian artists "Rechniki" and "ACHE", is also worth seeing. Table football (kicker), cheap bar, tiny beer garden in the back in the warmer months, movies in original languages on big screen, great location right off the main street.
Music: alternative, ska, punk, jazz, ethnic and foreign guests sometimes(“Cleaning women” from Finland, for example). Live concerts start at 9 p.m. from Thursday to Saturday, occasionally even on Mondays. Entrance is from 50 to 200 rubles ($1.75 - $7US).
Sundays: movies from "Festival of Festivals" collection (St.Pete independent cinema event). Monday - just fun, free entrance.
Address: Ligovsky prospekt, #53 or Pushkinskaya ul., #10. Location: Just next to Moskovski railway station or Oktyabrskaya hotel. Directions: ìPloshad vosstanyaî metro station next to Moskovski vokzal - railway station. Map: D4 (object #2); Phone: (812) 164-4857. Internet: http://www.fishfabrique.spb.ru/



Che Cafe-Club.

(PWT)Named after the legendary Cuban revolution hero, Che is aimed primarily at trendy young people and trendy old people
Che club St. Petersburg
who have enough dough. Open 24 hours. Live music nightly, sometimes even twice: around 7 p.m. and at midnight, both live bands and DJs; see what’s on in St. Petersburg page for dates. There’s a club card system but foreigners are often let in with no questions asked.
Address: #3, Poltavskaya Ulitsa. Location: metro Ploshchad Vosstaniya. Tel.: (812) 277-7600.


 


Money Honey & City Club.
A popular rockabilly, rock'n'roll and country music club. The interior is made in American style, there are three floors full of entertainment. The first (ground) floor is a nice "rock'n'roll" bar, serving quite cheap food and beer (possible to eat for $5 with a drink!). The second floor has a bar, dancefloor, pool rooms, and other games. The third floor is a kind of VIP lounge with a view on the dancefloor. Watch out for security guys (former militia employees) – they are pretty rude sometimes, do not expect good manners and politeness. Former musical director and old staff of City now operate Red Club, regularly inviting famous western musicians, bands and DJs. Popular with young people, "cowboys", and foreigners for cheap thrills and easy pick ups. Admission (100 rubles – $3.5, normally) paid at the doors of Money Honey will automatically give you access to City club.
Address: Apraksin dvor, #13. Location: metro Gostini Dvor. Directions: walk from the metro Gostiny Dvor and walk down Sadovaya street. The 3rd street on the left is Apraksin pereulok. Phone: (812) 310-0549. Internet: http://www.moneyhoney.org/


Cynic.
(PWT) Self-described on its web site as a “marginal den”, this is the most popular student bar in the city. Cheap grub and beer, great selection of music and occasional free live gigs, a bohemian audience of local and foreign students. Garlic breads a specialty order from the bar and, when they're ready, get informed by the barman yelling in the megaphone: "Zaberite grenki!" ("Get your garlic breads!"). You can witness local and sometimes foreign stars of all kinds getting drunk together with plain mortals. Ventilation is very poor, which means if you don’t like cigarette smoke – absolutely avoid this place after 7 p.m.
Address: Antonenko per. #4. Location: metro Sennaya Ploshchad. Directions: walk out of Moskovski railway station and take a right turn. Open hours: sun-thu 11.00-3.00, fri-sat 10.00-7.00
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Orlandina. (PWT) Temporarily closed! New rock club, run by alternative music record label “CARAVAN” and located in the same building that Pereval club occupied from 1995 to 1997. The place has been completely renovated and redesigned by the artist Nikolai Kopeikin, became larger and lost a bit of “hippie” flavor Pereval was known for. Concerts every night at 7 p.m. Entrance 50 rubles ($1.7) (Monday through Thursday), 100 rubles ($3.5) (Friday through Sunday). Club hosts rock festivals with 5 to 10 bands playing short sets twice a month.
Address: #36a, Ulitsa Mira. Location: metro Petrogradskaya. No phone; call Caravan at (812) 110-6536 for information. Web: www.caravanrecords.spb.ru/orlandina/

Jambala. (PWT) New reggae bar and restaurant throwing three live concerts a week (reggae-dub-world music). Place has just opened so it’s still to find its audience. Nice menu and selection of drinks so that your stomach can have its fun too. Funny design compromising very average shop or office style with apparent signs of Jah presence namely Jamaican tri-colors, Marleys and Toshes staring on you from the walls, you know. Located right between Vasileostrovskaya and Primorskaya metro stations on Vassilievsky Island it’s likely to attract Jah connoisseurs from surrounding neighborhoods
then clubbing crowd from the center. Though, keeping in mind that winter
is on the way, pretty soon it will be so nice to spend a night sipping rum
and thinking about the summer while listening to old Jamaican songs of
freedom.
Monday-Thursday & Sundays 10.00 until the last rastaman, Friday-Saturday 10.00-5.00, It¡s smart to reserve a table in advance.
Address: #36a, Ulitsa Mira. Location: metro Primorskaya or Vasileostrovskaya. Phone: (812) 332 10 77.
 

Deep Sound. (PWT) continues the old city tradition of using bomb-shelters in a peaceful way for underground music industry in particular. There’s no room for big crowds, but quite enough
Che club St. Petersburg
for several dozens of college students. Live concerts of rock and pop bands 6 days a week, cool DJ parties on Friday nights and a very reasonable admission policy sound very promising for a rival of famed Griboyedov Club which turns 8 years this year. Affordable drinks and nice (if bomb shelter could ever be
nice and cozy) atmosphere guaranteed. Opened Monday-Saturday 20.00-6.00, admission 100-150 rbls
Address: #31, Ul. Chernyakhovskogo (watch for a bunker in the yard). Location: Ligovsky Prospect metro. Tel.: (812) 340-9111. Web: www.frontclub.ru


Liverpool. (PWT) The Beatles tribute bar, with photos of the band and other memorabilia all over. Live bands playing Beatles covers and 60s-70s music
Liverpool beatles tribute bar St. Petersburg
at night. Ringo Starr gave a press-conference here before his concert in St. Petersburg a couple of years ago. Opened Sunday through Thursday, 11am to 2am.; Friday, Saturday, 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Live concerts, 8pm to 11.30pm. Free entrance.
Address: #16, Ul. Mayakovskaya. Tel: (812) 279-2054. Web: www.liverpool.ru



Stary Dom. (PWT) Formerly managed by punk band Korol i Shut has changed its style to the opposite. Looking for larger crowds, it’s soon to follow the beaten track of playing Russian pop songs rotated on the radio and selling cheap booze to kids from outskirts of town. Well now it’s better to simply avoid it.
Address: #115, Pr. Metallistov (Polyustrovo Hotel). Take minibus-taxi # 107 from Finlyandsky Station. Tickets will cost between 80 and 500 rubles ($2.60 to $16.25). Tel.: (812) 303-8200, 540-9344. Web: www.starydom.spb.ru

TequillaJazz performing in Moloko club, St. Petersburg /  photos: S.Tokarev

Fakultet, Was closed in 2006, used to be a very good club... Once used to be a quite popular official club of the St. Petersburg state university with portraits of professors, and a small library in the bar. However, at the moment works VERY irregularly, so unless you know for sure something is going on in there, don't bother.
Funk, ska, reggae, Djs (eurodance). The bar serves cheap drinks and light snacks. Club is defunct now.
Address: Dobrolubova prospekt, #6 (metro Sportivnaya, 1 minute walk from Peter and Paul Fortress). Map: B2 (object #5); Opened: wed-sun 18.00-6.00, concerts start at 22.00. Entrance: $2-3 (concerts)


Cultural center "Pushkinskaya 10".
ome to well known society “free culture”, contemporary artists, musicians, independent theaters, writers and others. It's existed since 1990, continuing and developing the activity of non-conformists of 70-s and 80-s. The members are independent representatives of St. Petersburg contemporary art.
"Pushkinskaya, 10" is a pleasant, cosy place in the centrum (just next to Moscovski railway station). The walls in the yard and inside the building are covered with graffiti, posters, flyers, schedules of concerts, so that you’ll find the right way there without any problems.

Here's what you can find behind the doors of Pushkinskaya, 10:
• The museum of non-conformist art –– collection of non-conformist art, sometimes hosts debates about the art scene.
Pushkinskaya observatory –– hosts art debates, gives young artists the opportunity to exhibit
The Gallery of Experimental Sound (GEZ-21)
• The Factory of Found Clothing / The Shop of Traveling Things
• Navicula Artis gallery –– exhibitions of Russian and foreign contemporary artists, art debates, lectures.
• Art-Poligon –– the experimental exhibition space
• The St.Petersburg Archive and Library of Independent Art
• John Lennon's Temple
• Baza
–– the shop where they sell vinyl, cds with dance, alternative and experimental music.
• FOTOImage –– collection of contemporary photography is said to be the only one in St.Petersburg, opened to the public.
• Russian Poesy Fund –– founded in 1993 with the initiative of Iosef Brodsky. Charity evening, poet readings, contemporary art exhibitions.
• FishFabrique Club –– From the 1994 FishFabrique (also called ìFishkaî by St.Petersburgers) has been one of the most popular clubs in St. Petersburg and one of the best. It was the first club with alternative music. Since that time almost every St.Petersburg band has played here. Fishfabrique is a favorite place for local alternative musicians and cult artists. Design of the club, that was made by well known group of artists ìRechnikiî and ìACHEî is also worth seeing. Table hockey, cheap bar.
Music: alternative, ska (nofx!), punk, jazz, all spb bands and guests (ìCleaning womenî from Finland and more). Live concerts start at 9 pm from tuesday to saturday. Entrance is about 50 roubles ($1.75 US).
Sundays: movies from ìFestival of Festivalsî collection (St.Pete independent cinema event). Monday - just fun, free entrance.
Address: Ligovsky prospect, #53 or Pushkinskaya ul., #10. Location: Just next to Moskovski railway station or Oktyabrskaya hotel. Directions: ìPloshad vosstanyaî metro station or Moskovski vokzal (railway station where the trains from Moscow and Novgorod arrive) , walk down Ligovski prospekt, so that Moskovski railway station is on the left. The entrance to the club will be on the right side of the street, or on the crossroads of Ligovski and Pushkinskaya, the entrance is from Ligovski prospekt side. Internet: http://www.pushkinskaja-10.spb.ru/



Port (PWT) Intended to blow the competition away when it first opened
in late 1990’s, with a great layout and loads of space. This year club organized a number of rock and alternative music parties and fests, inviting bands like Therapy? Einsturzende Neubauten as well as some of the biggest Russian bands. Techno and electronic music parties on Friday and Saturday nights (at 10 p.m.). Club works Daily, 3 p.m. to 6 a.m. Entrance 50 to 400 rubles.

Some more clubs...


Corsair pub (PWT) CLOSED in 2007. — it’s not a club really, just a regular pub, though it was one of the first places here that started inviting live rockabilly and blues cover bands to please beer drinking audience. Corsair works in this mode since early 90’s. Good location helps to crowd this place up on the weekends, pool table and monthly pool contests add fun. Sunday through Tuesday, 1 p.m. to midnight; Wednesday through Saturday, 1 p.m. to 4 a.m. Entrance 40 to 50 rubles when a band is playing.
Address: 14 Bolshaya Morskaya Ul. M: Nevsky Prospect.  Tel.: 219-4184.


Manhattan (Kotyol) (PWT) — former art club with design concept by renowned Leningrad art group “Mit’ki”. Reasonably priced bar, billiard room and live rock bands playing few days a week. Originally intended for the underground art elite and trendy clubbers, it has since lost its charm, changed management and direction a number of times and once again is in decay. Daily, 2 p.m. to 5 a.m. live concerts start at 10 p.m., except Friday, Saturday (11 p.m.) Entrance 60 to 100 rubles after 9 p.m.
Address: 90 Nab. Reki Fontanki. Tel.: 113-1945. Internet:


Zoom Café Club (PWT) — opened earlier this year. Zoom is a nice, 40-seat literary cafe with good design and atmosphere.
Zoom cafe St. Petersburg

Acoustic concerts on Fridays – from rock to jazz & blues and even classical music. Daily, 11 a.m.-midnight. Concerts at 8 p.m. on Friday. Entrance fee when a band is playing: 100 rub. Literary readings, 4 p.m. on Saturday. Dance parties, mostly salsa, 9 p.m. on Saturday. 22
Address: Gorokhovaya Ul. M.: Nevsky Prospekt. Tel. 972 1805. Internet:


ArcticA.

Located at the Research Institute of Arctica and Antarctica, this club is best-rnown for heavy rock and folk gigs that often start very early in the evening. The home of Pitergrind, the local death metal/grindcore festival. 700-capacity concert hall, a separate bar room and internet-café. Straight ether football match, especially Zenit football club matches.
Address: Beringa str., #38.
Location: M. Primorskaya. Contacts: 7(812) 715-48-38. web: http://www.arcticaclub.spb.ru/
Open hours: Disco night Fr, Sa 23:00-06:00. Concerts: see What’s on S.Pb.Entrace: from 100 rub.($4).


Korol Plyushch.(King Ivy).

This club located on the city’s outskirts has been operating since January
King Ivy club
and features concerts mostly by reggae, but also Latin and pop, bands such as Afrodisiac, Aclee MaMa and I-Laska perform. Three rooms, design like Beer Museum, not bad menu, good maintenance, around 100 covers. Sport TV, football matches.
Address: Engelsa pr., #111/1.
Location: M. Ozerki. Contacts: 7(812) 513-62-80. web: http://www.kpclub.ru/
Open hours: 14:00-02:00. Facecontrol.


Rocks club.

Most right and technically equipped rock club in the city. Constance concerts rock band from Petersburg and more other cities, and sometimes world stars concerts. Rocks all time ready to experiments and new forms concerts. Big hall about 1200 people, big scene, nice sound. Music political is a rock, r&r, alternative, techno, dram&bass, electro. Wi-Fi-Mix zone.
Address: Admirala Lazareva emb., #22. location: M. Chkalovskaya, from metro to left and up to Bolshaya Zelenina street, on embankment turn to left and more 70 meters.
Contacts: 7(812) 931-76-79. web: http://www.roksclub.com/


Maina.

A new ambitions live music club in the city’s northern outskirts, with relatively expensive bar and restaurant. More different music (live & electronical), more tasty meals(Mediterranean) about 400-600 rub.($15-25), more place to dance and fun. Located in commercial center Lider. Best alternative other clubs, if you live on northern part of city.
Address: Engelsa pr., #154.
Location: M. Prospect Prosvesheniya.
Contact: 7(812) 332-00-44. web: http://www.maina-spb.ru/
Open hours: 18:00-06:00. entrance: Mn, Tu, We – free; Th, Sa, Su – from 200 rub.



Tsypa.
A new bar in the popular indie-disco Datcha-style. The same Djs that perform at Fidel and Datcha. However, Tsypa is a little cheaper and has much stricter face-control than Datcha. And Tsypa more rap, R&B and hip-hop bar.
Address: Kolomenskaya str., #4.
Location: M. Vladimirskaya/Ploshad Vostaniya.
Contacts: 7(812) 764-36-78



Concert halls and sport arenas for bigger shows in St Petersburg

Yubileiny Sport Palace. (PWT) One of the bigger arenas for all kinds of events from sport shows and games to rock concerts and huge rave fests. Sport palace has two arenas: the main one and smaller one, tickets usually specify where concert or show takes place.
Address: # 18 Dobroliubova Pr. Location: M: Sportivnaya. Tel.: (812) 323-9315.


Oktyabrsky Concert Hall.
(PWT) Built on the site of Greek Orthodox Church that was taken down in the 1970’s to make some room for this concert hall. Poor acoustics, so it’s okay for amplified concerts only, forget about operas and classical music shows. Russian pop stars favor this place, because it’s spacious enough for big shows but still more comfortable than average sports stadium.
Address: # 6 Ligovsky Pr. Location: M: Ploshad Vosstania. Tel.: (812) 275-1300.


Ice Palace (PWT) Huge Olympic-size stadium was built exclusively to host World Hockey Championship in St. Petersburg back in 2000. Now also used for big pop and rock shows. Grate place for ice-skating in the winter, by the way. Located bit off-center but close to the metro station.
Address: # 1 Pyatiletok Pr. Location: M: Prospect Bolshevikov. Tel.: (812) 118-6620.
 
 

 
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