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UK: One more shot: can nightlife be saved by letting clubbers bring their own booze? | Music | The Guardian

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 23, 2025
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Amid the venue crisis, Manchester nightclub XLR is trying a new model to stay afloat. On opening night, intoxication is down and women say they feel safer from spiking Source: One more shot: can nightlife […]

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Northern Ireland: Belfast: ’24-hour transport on some routes is not unthinkable’

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 23, 2025
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Belfast’s night czar says the city is the only capital on the island of Ireland and in the UK that does not have late night transport. Source: Belfast: ’24-hour transport on some routes is not […]

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France – Pour lutter contre l’insécurité, cette commune de Loire-Atlantique rétablit l’éclairage la nuit

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 22, 2025
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Le maire de Machecoul-Saint-Même a décidé d’éclairer de nouveau les rues du centre-ville toute la nuit. Une question de sécurité selon lui. Source: Pour lutter contre l’insécurité, cette commune de Loire-Atlantique rétablit l’éclairage la nuit

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Q&A: Mathieu Grondin on one year of being Ottawa’s Nightlife Commissioner – Apartment613

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 21, 2025
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A year since our last interview, we sat down with Commissioner Mathieu Grondin to hear a little more about his first year in the role — and to talk about what’s next for Ottawa’s nightlife. […]

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France – Sarralbe. Les habitants votent pour le retour de l’éclairage public nocturne

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 19, 2025
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Source: Sarralbe. Les habitants votent pour le retour de l’éclairage public nocturne

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Échecs et Soft Clubbing : La nouvelle nuit européenne entre jeu et bien-être – nss france

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 19, 2025
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Découvrez comment les échecs révolutionnent le soft clubbing en Europe : du Knight Club aux Pieces Chess, des événements hybrides avec DJ set et des matchs pour une sociabilité inclusive. Un boom de +478% dans les […]

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Metro de Tokio: Cuando las mujeres toman la noche

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 17, 2025
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En Tokio, Kabukicho es a la vez una postal de neón y un símbolo de ambigüedad. Enclavado en el distrito de Shinjuku, sus estrechas calles, vibrantes con luces chillonas, están repletas de bares y clubes […]

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When the night shift comes to Memphis: A political stunt disguised as public safety • Tennessee Lookout

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 17, 2025
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A proposed deployment of the Tennessee National Guard to Memphis is not a response to public safety: It’s a political stunt. Source: When the night shift comes to Memphis: A political stunt disguised as public […]

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Need a better nighttime economy? Don’t blame planners; ask them to help – it’s their job! | Spinifex | The Fifth Estate

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 17, 2025
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Barriers to a more vibrant 24-hour economy include duplication between planning approvals and liquor licensing, outdated zoning, strategic plans to support mixed-use and entertainment precincts and conditions that restrict live music and cultural activity and […]

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‘The live music bedrock has vanished’: gig venue closures from Oxford to Birmingham | Music | The Guardian

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 17, 2025
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In UK cities full of musicians, the fast-shrinking nightlife scene is leaving artists with nowhere to play. We asked how it is affecting our readers Source: ‘The live music bedrock has vanished’: gig venue closures […]

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  • France – Strasbourg. Le retour de l’éclairage public presque partout la nuit

    May 13, 2026
  • Hanoï se positionne comme la « ville de la découverte de la culture nocturne » de la région.

    May 12, 2026
  • France: Éclairage public : décalage de l’extinction à minuit – Ville de Tournefeuille

    May 12, 2026
  • Más allá de las discotecas: la nueva economía nocturna de la capital – Diario Libre

    May 9, 2026
  • Barcelona reduce a la mitad las patrullas policiales las noches de fin de semana: «Es cuando más se necesita»

    May 7, 2026
  • À quelle heure éteindre les lampadaires pour protéger la biodiversité ?

    May 7, 2026
  • ‘Nobody’s going out!’ Why is Britain’s nightlife in such decline – and can anything save it?

    May 6, 2026
  • France: Charte de la vie nocturne | Les établissements de nuit du Morbihan labellisés “Label night” – Actus – Actualités – Les services de l’État en Morbihan

    May 5, 2026
  • Colombia: FILBo 2026 abre espacio para debatir la economía cultural y la vida nocturna en Bogotá – HSB NOTICIAS

    May 4, 2026
  • Travelers plan trips around after-dark experiences

    May 4, 2026
  • Kansas City: How a morning dance party offers sober party vibe

    May 2, 2026
  • Nighttime Imaging Grows Landsat’s Science Value – NASA Science

    April 30, 2026
  • Panama: La vida nocturna: El consumo no despega

    April 28, 2026
  • Vichy, France: Tour de vis sur les trottinettes, charte de la vie nocturne, démocratie locale… A Vichy, les 12 premières mesures du nouveau mandat – La Montagne

    April 28, 2026
  • France: Deux nouvelles communes de l’Oise rallument leur lumière la nuit, dont une après une série de vols

    April 28, 2026
  • US: Flagstaff, AZ Travel Guide: Stargazing, Food & Grand Canyon – AFAR

    April 28, 2026
  • US: Denver may let nightclubs stay open later, but leaves last call unchanged | 9news.com

    April 28, 2026
  • France: Pourquoi après les élections municipales, cette ville du Lot a décidé de rallumer la lumière une heure de plus la nuit ? – ladepeche.fr

    April 27, 2026
  • Beyond Brightness: How Lighting Configuration and Urban Context Shape Nighttime Park Use – ScienceDirect

    April 26, 2026
  • Nocturnal Infrastructure | UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment

    April 25, 2026

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THE SPECTRE LIBRARY PRESENTS: The Pulp and Paperback Fiction Reader

Reading and reviewing rare vintage fiction stories

Urban Audiovisual Festival

UAF

Backlots

Night Time Economy

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Dr. Stephen Luis Vilaseca

Investigating art and politics in urban space

The Urban Night

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Progressive Geographies

Thinking about place and power - a site written and curated by Stuart Elden

deviantleisure

exploring the boundaries of leisure and crime

Armando Silva

Just another WordPress.com weblog

Toby Bennett

Urban Sound Space

researching music-making in Wellington and Copenhagen

C'est toi ma Ville

Mon regard sur Montréal

Geografia Crítica

Laboratório de Prática de Ensino para professores de Geografia

nocionescomunes.wordpress.com/

urbanculturalstudies

the culture(s) of cities... space, time and urban everyday life

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