ROCK & JAZZ VENUES

ART CLINIC
  • Live rock in bohemian hangout. Open Wed-Fri, Sun, 8 pm to midnight; Sat, 11 pm to 5 am. 20,000 R; Sun 10,000 R. 10 Pushkinskaya Ulitsa. Metro Mayakovskaya/Ploshchad Vosstaniya. Go under the archway and then another archway on your left.

    CLUB O.K. CLUB

  • Live rock and jazz concerts, art exhibitions. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 7:30 pm to midnight. 15,000 R. 38 Bolshaya Morskaya (formerly Gertsena) Ulitsa. Metro Nevsky Prospect.

    FISH FABRIQUE

  • Contemporary rock and pop. Open Wed, Thu and Sun, 7 pm to midnight; Fri and Sat, 9 pm to 5:30 am. Wed, Thu and Sun, 5,000-10,000 R; Fri and Sat, 15,000 R. 10 Pushkinskaya Ulitsa, Apt. 15 (4th floor). Metro Ploshchad Vosstaniya. On exiting, turn left, cross Nevsky Prospect. Pushkinskaya is first street on right.

    GORA CLUB

  • Live rock concerts. Open Thu-Sun, 7 pm to midnight. 10,000 R.153 Ligovsky Prospect. One tram stop from the Ligovsky Prospect Metro. Corner of Obvodnovo Canala Naberezhnaya and Ligovsky Prospect, in the former Sever cinema. Enter from embankment.

    HOTELSHIP PETERHOF SKY BAR

  • Western-style bar with occasional variety acts. Corner of Naberezhnaya Makarova and Tuchkov Bridge. Metro Petrogradskaya, then catch a Trolley Bus to the Tuchkov bridge. Tel: 325 8888.

    JAZZ PHILHARMONIC HALL

  • Traditional, mainstream and modern jazz. Open Tue-Sun, 8 pm to 11 pm. 30,000 R (foreigners), 20,000 R (Russians). Ellington Hall: open Sat, 9 pm to midnight, and for special concerts. 50,000 R (foreigners), 30,000 R (Russians). Tickets sold in advance at the box office, 2 pm to 8 pm. 27 Zagorodny Prospect. Metro Dostoyevskaya. Turn right, walk ten minutes down Zagorodny or take any trolley bus, two stops. Tel: 164-8565.

    KVADRAT JAZZ CLUB

  • Traditional and mainstream jazz. Open Tue, 8 pm to 11 pm. 6,000 R. 10 Pravdy Ulitsa. Metro Vladimirskaya. On exiting, turn left, follow Bolshaya Moskovskaya (turns into Pravdy Ulitsa), five minute walk.

    MONEY HONEY SALOON

  • Rockabilly concerts. Open daily, 7:30 pm to midnight. Bar opens at 11 am. Mon-Thu, 10,000 R; Fri-Sun, men 15,000 R, women 10,000 R. Apraksin Dvor, Building 14. Metro Gostiny Dvor (exit on Sadovaya Ulitsa). Club located in the yard of the Apraksin Dvor department store. Go through main archway in the middle of the store -- club is in first building on right. Tel: 310-0147.

    NORA CLUB

  • Raves, "unplugged" rock concerts. Open Mon, Wed-Sun, 9 pm to 6 am; Sat, 9 pm to noon. Invitations and club cards only. 153 Ligovsky Prospect. One tram stop from Ligovsky Prospect Metro. Corner of Obvodnovo Canala Naberezhnaya (Embankment) and Ligovsky Prospect, in same building as the Gora Club. Enter from the corner.

    PEREVAL

  • Rock concerts. Fri-Sun, 7:30 pm to midnight. 10,000 R (men), 5,000 R (women). 31/33 Bolshaya Monetnaya Ulitsa. Metro Petrogradskaya. Walk down Lva Tolstovo Ulitsa or go two stops by any tram.

    POLYGON

  • Rock concerts. Fri & Sat, 6 pm to 11:15 pm. 10,000-15,000 R. In the Krasny Oktyabr House of Culture. 8 Blokhina Ulitsa. Metro Gorkovskaya. Tel: 238-8050 (noon to 5 pm); 238-8033.

    ROTTERDAM CLUB

  • Dance, reggae, rock and roll. Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat, 7 pm to 2 am. Tue & Wed, 5,000 R; Fri & Sat, 10,000 R (men), 5,000 R (women). 69 Veteranov Prospect. Metro Prospect Veteranov. Cross Veteranov Prospect and take any bus or trolley bus, two stops south. Club located in same building as large food store, second floor.

    TaMtAm CLUB

  • Hardcore rock'n'roll and jazz. Live music only. Thu-Sat, 8 pm to 11 pm. 10,000 R. 49 Maly Prospect (Vasilevsky Ostrov). Metro Vasileostrovskaya. Turn left on exiting metro, at first intersection turn right, and go one block. Cross street, turn left and take any trolley bus two stops, or walk about ten minutes. Corner of Maly Prospect and the 16th Liniya, in the four-floor building. No sign, but the entrance is right on the corner.

    TEN CLUB

  • Rock concerts. Open occasionally. 10,000-25,000 R. 62 Obvodnovo Canala Naberezhnaya. Metro Pushkinskaya (fifteen minute walk). Turn right on exiting the metro, turn right again at first street, follow to the canal. Cross bridge and turn left. In yellow building after the factory (through the trees). Go under the archway, entrance is the first door on the right.

    VEGA'S LIVE

  • Rock concerts, raves. Open Friday-Sunday, 8 pm to midnight. Men 12,000 R; women 10,000 R. 32 Kommuny Ulitsa. Metro Ladozhskaya. Take bus #77, the "Ulitsa Kommuny" stop.

    TSCHAIKA BAR

  • Five kinds of German beer. Jazz music. Cozy bar feel. Open 11 am to 3 am daily. 14 Kanal Griboedova, Tel: 312-4631. Nearest Metro Gostiny Dvor.

    WILD SIDE

  • Rock and pop live shows, all-night disco. Open Friday and Saturday, 10 pm to 5:30 am; Sunday, 7 pm to 11 pm. Friday, 30,000 R, 20,000 R (students); Saturday, 30,000 R, 20,000 R (students); Sunday, 12,000 R. 12 Bumazhnovo Canala Naberezhnaya. Metro Narvskaya. Turn right on exiting, take the third street on the right. Go to the bridge, but turn right just before you cross it. Walk along the embankment (two minutes), club located in a low building to the left of the archway. No sign, but look for parking spaces in front of the building (listen for music). Tel: 186-3466.

    For events' details see The Week's Petersburg Gig Guide