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How Nashville, Tennessee is championing independent music venues as essential for cultural and economic prosperity | Brookings

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 6, 2025
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This piece focuses on the value that small and independent music venues bring to local communities, while also offering guidance to local leaders on how to preserve independent venues Source: How Nashville, Tennessee is championing […]

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Drowning in the Night: Ireland’s Efforts to Combat Light Pollution – The University Times

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 5, 2025
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Source: Drowning in the Night: Ireland’s Efforts to Combat Light Pollution – The University Times

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26% of UK Towns Have Lost All Nightclubs, with 1 in 6 Have No Late-Night Venues Left – NTIA Warns of Growing Nightlife Crisis

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 5, 2025
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The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has warned that Britain’s nightlife is in sharp decline, revealing that more than a quarter (26%) of towns and cities that had a nightclub in 2020 now have none, […]

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is japan safe at night? A Guide to Night-Time Safety for Travelers

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 4, 2025
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Japan night safety is among the best worldwide. See why low crime, respect, and community make walking at night safe. Source: is japan safe at night? A Guide to Night-Time Safety for Travelers

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India: ‘War zone every night’: Summit clubs test police limits – Hindustan Times

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 3, 2025
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This past week, two back-to-back cases of assault reported at two clubs, one of which is located in the said building, brought the focus back on the Vibhuti Khand police station Source: ‘War zone every […]

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What is Noctourism: The new nighttime travel trend taking adventurers into the world after dark | – The Times of India

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 2, 2025
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A new travel trend, ‘noctourism,’ is emerging in 2025, inviting adventurers to explore destinations after dark. It offers unique experiences like star Source: What is Noctourism: The new nighttime travel trend taking adventurers into the […]

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UK: Calls for better late night buses to help keep Sheffield’s nightlife alive and people safe

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 1, 2025
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The city council should “ignite the night” by supporting businesses and residents to get out and “fuel Sheffield’s night time economy,” says a leading Liberal Democrats councillor. Source: Calls for better late night buses to […]

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Free parties : pourquoi les raves sont dans la ligne de mire de la droite – L’Humanité

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 1, 2025
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Source: Free parties : pourquoi les raves sont dans la ligne de mire de la droite – L’Humanité

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The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How To Fight Trump’s Occupation | The Nation

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 30, 2025
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With only their cell phones, medical kits, and the confidence to assert their rights, volunteer night patrols follow and record the armed troops who have taken over the capital. Source: The DC Night Patrols Are […]

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‘March of commercialisation’: writing is on the wall for Berlin’s nightclubs | Germany | The Guardian

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 30, 2025
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Rising rents and gentrification in the once-cheap and abundant real estate market have put the pinch on the clubbing scene Source: ‘March of commercialisation’: writing is on the wall for Berlin’s nightclubs | Germany | […]

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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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