Bartholomew's Bar and Rockefeller Grill , Executive
House Hotel , 777 Douglas St (tel 388-5111). An upbeat pub with
a steady diet of local rock and blues bands.
BJ's Lounge , downstairs at 642 Johnson St (tel
388-0505). Popular gay dance club playing fairly mainstream Top 40
music.
Esquimalt Inn , 856 Esquimalt Rd (tel 382-7161).
Long-established venue with country bands most nights and
occasional jam sessions. Take the #23 bus.
Evolution , 502 Discovery St (tel 388-3000). One of
Victoria's more interesting clubs and discos, thanks to plenty of
techno and other dance-floor sounds
Hermann's Jazz Club , 753 View St (tel 360-9098). Dimly
lit club thick with 1950s atmosphere which specializes in Dixieland
but has occasional excursions into fusion and blues. Open Mon-Fri
11.30am-2am, Sat 3pm-2am.
Legends , 919 Douglas St (tel 383-7137). Biggest, best
and noisiest of the hard-rock venues, this club occupies the
garish, neon-lit basement of the Strathcona Hotel . Music
and dancing nightly.
Millennium , 1605 Store St at Pandora Ave (tel 360-9098).
You may well have to queue to join the slightly older crew who
frequent the basement disco of Swan's Pub . Classics from
the 1960s and 1970s generally rule along with current Top 40
fodder. Open Tues-Sat.
Pagliacci's , 1011 Broad St (tel 386-1662). Live music
(jazz, blues, rock and R&B) starting at 9pm Tuesday to
Saturday, in a packed and popular restaurant.
Steamers , 570 Yates St (tel 381-4340). You'll catch
enthusiastic local bands here most nights, playing anything from
reggae to Celtic.
Victoria Blues House , 1417 Government St (tel
386-1717). Victoria's "House of the Blues" at the Victoria Plaza
Hotel has disco some nights and local blues and R&B bands
most others.