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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
  • Uncategorized

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
  • Uncategorized

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
  • Uncategorized

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
  • Uncategorized

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
  • Uncategorized

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
  • Uncategorized

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
  • Uncategorized

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
  • Uncategorized

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
  • Uncategorized

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
  • Uncategorized

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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  • Quebec stores can soon stay open late on weekends. Will they want to? | Montreal Gazette

    March 2, 2026
  • La Rue des Livres à Hô Chi Minh-Ville s’illumine pour la 3e Fête du livre et de la culture nocturne

    February 27, 2026
  • New research shows shifts in Amsterdam’s nightlife: Social and cultural aspects are most valued, nightlife is not declining

    February 27, 2026
  • France – Municipales 2026 : l’extinction nocturne de l’éclairage augmente-t-elle vraiment la délinquance ?

    February 26, 2026
  • Spain: El Ocio nocturno propone consejerías propias y un ministerio de la noche

    February 26, 2026
  • Nice la nuit : médecins, carnavaliers et artistes au cœur de Grands Reportages sur TF1

    February 22, 2026
  • PRIX COAL 2026 : La Nuit – COAL

    February 19, 2026
  • Vietnam: Da Nang et le rêve d’une « ville qui ne dort jamais »

    February 18, 2026
  • São Paulo rallume la nuit: le centre-ville devient une machine à bars, rooftops et fêtes jusqu’à l’aube

    February 18, 2026
  • How “sunlight on demand” could erase darkness

    February 18, 2026
  • France: Extinction nocturne des enseignes lumineuses : les villes jouent la carte de la pédagogie

    February 17, 2026
  • Brazil: Vie nocturne à São Paulo: la ville qui refuse de dormir et transforme son centre en machine à fêtes

    February 17, 2026
  • La noche, motor del consumo urbano chino – DangDai – DangDai

    February 14, 2026
  • France: Arras. Les bars et restaurants pourront fermer à 2 heures au lieu d’1 heure du matin – Oise Hebdo

    February 14, 2026
  • France: Rennes après le coucher du soleil : évolution de l’économie nocturne et point de vue des entrepreneurs – Rennes Infos Autrement

    February 14, 2026
  • Pourquoi le tourisme nocturne pourrait transformer votre manière de voir le monde – Geo.fr

    February 14, 2026
  • Call for papers: ICNS.LX – International Conference on Night Studies

    February 14, 2026
  • Cais do Sodré, histoire d’un quartier où la nuit gouvernait Lisbonne – Portugal.fr

    February 12, 2026
  • Mitigating the environmental and ecological impacts of evolving city-scale streetlighting installations | Journal of The Royal Society Interface | The Royal Society

    February 12, 2026
  • Montreal mayor open to helping La Tulipe, protecting other venues | Montreal Gazette

    February 10, 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/

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

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