70s Discos & 80s Boston Nightclubs, Bars
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70s Discos / 70s Nightclubs / 80s Discos, Greater Boston, New Hampshire, Worcester and Cape Cod Nightclubs. Please send photos or links to cover band & show band photos, old club photos, memorabilia, descriptions, club corrections and answers. 70s Discos updated May 2019.
- 1270 (Boston, MA)
- 777 (Manchester NH)
- 9 Landsdowne Street (Boston, MA)
- 15 Landsdowne Street (Boston, MA)
- 910 Broadway (Saugus)
- Ace of Clubs (Revere)
- Alhambra’s (Westport MA)
- Andover Marriott
- Avenue C
- Aquarius
- Avalon (Part of a string of clubs dating back to the 70’s)
- Axis (Lansdowne Street, Boston)
- B & B Discotheque (Revere, MA???)
- Bahama Beach Club (Nashua NH)
- Backside (Dedham)
- Ball of Confusion??? (Rt. 114 Danvers, MA???)
- Banyan Club (Ipswich, MA)
- BBC Holiday Inn (Randolph)
- Beachcomber (Quincy Shore Drive, Quincy, MA)
- Beachcomber (Wellfleet, Cape Cod)
- Beef and Oyster House (Salem, MA)
- Bellbottoms (Was there more than one location?)
- Billy’s Dry Dock (Revere Beach)
- Billy Wood’s Wharf (New Bedford MA)
- Bleachers (Salem MA)
- Bogey’s (Acushnet MA)
- Bomb Shelter (Cambridge, MA)
- Brandy’s (Brighton)
- Bridgeside Restaurant & Nightclub (Salem, MA)
- Boston Boston
- Boston Tea Party (HISTORY)
- Brothers 3 ?
- Brothers 4 (Nashua)
- Brothers 4 (Falmouth)
- Buddy’s
- Bunratty’s
- Cabaret after Dark (Predecessor to “15 Landsdowne Street”, Boston)
- Cache’
- Cafe Felix
- Cantab Lounge (Cambridge, MA)
- Cantone’s
- Carlton House (Quincy)
- Casa Loma Saloon (Bridgewater, MA)
- Cask & Flagon (Lansdowne Street, Boston, MA)
- Celebration
- Chameleon (Lynnway, Lynn, MA)
- Chaps (Boston, MA)
- Chet’s (Cambridge, MA)
- Chatham’s Upstairs (Faneuil Hall Boston)
- Château Deville (All Locations)
- Chevy’s (Quincy)
- Choices Bar (Somerville MA)
- Circus Circus (Saugus)
- City Club (Formerly Metro then became Axis)
- Clarke’s (Faneuil Hall Boston)
- Club III (Somerville)
- Club 114 (Rt. 114, Peabody/Danvers Line)
- Club Caravan (Revere)
- Club California (Quincy)
- Club 93 (Woburn)
- Club 2001 (Manchester)
- Club Horoscopo
- Club Max (Park Square, Boston MA)
- Club Morgan (Lynn)
- Club Vogue (Nantasket Beach, Hull 1987)
- Club Soda
- Coach and Six (Holiday Inn, Peabody)
- Compass Lounge (Yarmouth, Cape Cod)
- Copperfields
- Coral Gables (Weymouth)
- Crystal Palace (Hyannis, Cape Cod)
- Cyranos
- Dance Factory (Boston)
- Darts
- Deco’s (Somerville, MA)
- Destinations
- Diamonds (Burlington Marriott)
- Dick Doherty’s Crystal Palace (Hyannis, Cape Cod)
- Dimples (Randolph & Peabody)
- Down Under (Bowdoin Square, Boston MA)
- Dominic’s (Cambridge w/DJ Tony Ministeri)
- Duca’s (Framingham)
- Déjà Vu (Lynn)
- DV8
- El Sids (Somerville)
- El Torito’s (All Locations)
- Empire Room (Cambridge)
- Escapades (Weymouth)
- Esme – (Boston – Currently Whiskey Saigon)
- Estelle’s (Tremont Street)
- Facades (Broadway Revere)
- Faces (Route 2, Cambridge, MA)
- Fathers II
- Flappers (Cambridge)
- Flicks (Boston)
- Flying Machine (Holiday Inn, Boston)
- Four Seasons (Falmouth, Cape Cod)
- Frank’s (Brockton)
- Fran’s Place (Lynn MA)
- Friends (10 Ocean Avenue, Revere, MA, Next to The Surf)
- Fritz (South End)
- Future (Commonwealth Av. Boston)
- Gatsby’s (Boston, MA)
- Giovanni’s (Hampton Beach NH)
- Gladstone’s (Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA)
- Green Apple (Peabody?)
- Great Escape (Weymouth)
- Great Scott
- Green House (99 Restaurant, Billerica MA)
- Grover’s (Beverly, MA)
- Ground Zero
- Harbor House (Lynn)
- Harper’s Ferry
- Haymarket
- Heartache (Commonwealth Av., Allston, MA)
- Hillbilly Ranch
- Holiday Inn (Woburn, MA)
- Holiday Inn (Brockton, MA)
- Hong Kong (Harvard Square – Upstairs)
- Horoscope
- Houlihan’s (Boston)
- Howard Johnsons (Cambridge)
- Hub Club
- Hunt Club (Falmouth)
- Industry (Manchester, NH)
- Inman Square Men’s Bar or Inn Square Men’s Bar (Cambridge, MA)
- Inn at Duck Creek (Wellfleet Cape Cod)
- International Pub (Revere)
- Jack’s
- Jacqueline’s (Danvers)
- Jacques (Boston)
- Jacobs Ladder (Revere, MA)
- Jason’s (Boston)
- Jaspers
- Jazz Workshop (Boston)
- Jukebox (Boston)
- Juliet’s (Woburn, MA)
- John Martins Manor / Nite Shoes (Saugus)
- Jonathan’s (Beef & Oyster, Salem)
- Jonathan Swifts (Cambridge, MA)
- Joseph’s Lounge (Lowell, MA)
- Joe’s Jaguar (Dudley Square)
- Kaleidoscope Disco
- Kazbar (Yarmouth – Cape Cod)
- Kenmore Club
- Kennedy’s (Hampton Beach)
- Ken’s Pub (Brighton)
- Kimmie’s (Cambridge)
- Kings Row – Near Fenway Park
- Kix (Boston)
- KKK Katy’s (Boston)
- Lantern Lodge (Attleboro – Disco House Band “Sunshyne”)
- Last Chance Disco (Framingham)
- Limelight (Saugus)
- Lipstick
- Little Earls (Gloucester, MA)
- Living Room (Revere)
- Lucifer’s (Kenmore Square Boston)
- Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (Brighton)
- Mad Hatter (Necco St., Boston)
- Magoo’s
- Manor IV (Nashua NH)
- Manray (Central Square, Cambridge, MA
- Maryanne’s
- Maxwell’s (on Dartmouth Street)
- Max on the Waterfront
- Metro
- Metropolis
- Michael’s (Framingham, MA)
- Monticello (Route 9, Framingham MA)
- Middle East
- Mill Hill Club (Yarmouth, Cape Cod)
- Mirage
- Misty’s (Howard Johnson’s Revere)
- Molly’s
- Mr. C’s Rock Palace (Lowell, MA)
- Napoleon’s (Boston)
- Narcissus (Kenmore Square)
- Natalie’s (Commonwealth Av., Allston, MA)
- New York City Jukebox
- New York New York (Peabody, MA)
- Night Shoes (Saugus, MA)
- Nightstage (Cambridge, MA)
- Nine Landsdowne (Boston)
- North Meadow Tennis Club
- OD’s (Cambridge / Became Flappers) – Happenings, Mason Dixon, Platters, Younger Brothers played there.
- Olivers (Boston, MA – Currently Cask & Flagon)
- One City Hall Plaza (Boston)
- One Newbury Street (Peabody)
- On The Rocks (Mashpee, Cape Cod)
- Ovations
- Oxford Ale House (Harvard Square, Cambridge MA)
- Pamplona ???
- Palladium (Worcester)
- Pappillon Nightclub (Downstairs at the Back Bay Hilton, Boston)
- Paradise
- Paula’s Disco (Rt. 114 Danvers MA)
- Paul’s Mall (Boston, MA)
- Paza Luna (Route One Saugus, MA)
- Peabody Marriott
- People’s Disco (West Bridgewater)
- Piggy’s (Provincetown, Cape Cod)
- Pipeline (Landsdowne Street Boston, MA – 1982)
- Playboy Club (Boston, MA)
- Plough ‘n Stars
- Plums
- Polyesters (Boston, MA)
- Poohs Pub
- Powder Mill (Maynard)
- Pufferbellies (Cape Cod)
- Ramada Inn (Portsmouth RI)
- Ramrod
- Randolph Country Club
- Rascals (Cape Cod)
- Red Barn (Sudbury?)
- Red Fox (Rockland)
- Reflections (Cambridge MA)
- Rhinoceros (Boston)
- Rise Club (Central Square, Cambridge MA)
- Rockefeller’s (Lynnway, Lynn, MA)
- Rosebud Bar (Davis Square, Somerville, MA)
- Rusty Scupper
- Sadie’s (Now Lombardo’s)
- Sammy White’s (Brighton)
- Sammy’s Patio (Revere Beach)
- Sanctuary (Now Vincent’s Nightclub, Randolph, MA)
- Satch’s (Boston)
- Scandals (Holiday Inn East Boston)
- Scandals, Ramada Inn (Woburn)
- Scotch and Sirloin (Boston, North End)
- Shenanigan’s (Canton)
- Showboat?? (Holiday Inn Somerville)
- Sir Morgan’s Cove (Worcester, MA)
- Smugglers Den (New Bedford MA)
- Sneakers (Salem MA)
- Sonny’s (Falmouth)
- Spinoffs Roller Disco (Landsdowne Street)
- Spit
- Stadium (Framingham, MA)
- Stage Door Disco
- Steve’s Place
- Stocks and Bonds (Boston)
- Street Lights (South Boston)
- Storyville
- Studio 4 (Lynn, MA – Currently the Porthole Pub)
- Styx (Boston)
- Sultan’s Tent (Boston)
- Sundancers (West Dennis,Cape Cod)
- Surrey Room (Somerville)
- Swinger’s 2 (Route 9, Framingham MA)
- Tia’s (Waterfront Boston at the Marriot)
- Tender Trap (Hingham)
- The Abbey Lounge (Cambridge)
- The Approach (Bourne, Cape Cod)
- The Ark
- The Balcony (Peabody, MA)
- The Bell Buoy (Front Street, Scituate. Aerosmith, Cars & Boston played there) More…
- The Boston Club
- The Bounty (Holiday Inn Nashua)
- The Bridgeway (Plymouth / Marshfield?)
- The Bull and Finch (Boston, MA)
- The Casino (Falmouth, Cape Cod)
- The Catacombs
- The Channel
- The Commons (Copley Place, Boston)
- The Fan Club
- The Fish House (Newton, MA)
- The Flying Bridge (Falmouth, Cape Cod)
- The Forum (Kenmore Square, Boston)
- The Gallery (Massachusetts Avenue)
- The Garage (Commonwealth Av., Boston)
- The Great Escape (Weymouth, MA)
- The Groggery (Allston)
- The Grog Shop (Scituate, MA)
- The Harbor Club (Quincy???)
- The Jumbo Lounge
- The Landing (Hyannis, MA)
- The Lighthouse (Revere Beach)
- The Lions Den
- The Loft
- The Main Act (Harbor House, Lynn, MA)
- The Mooring (Hyannis, MA)
- The Modern
- The Old Forge (Easton)
- The Other Side (Boston)
- The Palace (Saugus)
- The Pickle Barrel (Easton)
- The Pier (Boston)
- The Playroom (Saugus)
- The Pipeline (Boston)
- The Quarter Deck
- The Rathskeller “The Ratt”
- The Roxy
- The Rusty Nail (Sunderland, MA)
- The Saints – 112 Broad St Boston – 1974-1982
- The Shaboo (Wilamantic CT)
- The Speakeasy (Central Square Cambridge MA)
- The Starlight (Saugus MA)
- The Sugar Shack (Boylston Street, Boston)
- The Summit Club (Peabody, MA)
- The Surf Nantasket (Hull)
- The Swamp Fox (Falmouth MA)
- The Thunderbird Club
- The Townnehouse (above the Bull & Finch)
- The Way Station (Bourne, MA)
- The Vineyard (Now Vincent’s)
- Timothy’s (Framingham)
- Timothy’s Too (Framingham)
- Tingles (Hyannis – Cape Cod)
- Twist (Falmouth, MA)
- Together
- Tony C’s (Named after Tony Conigliaro, Nahant, MA)
- Town Line (Malden, MA)
- T. T. The Bears
- Ultimate (Danvers, MA)
- Uncle Sam’s (Hull)
- Up and Up (Kenmore Square)
- Vamps
- Velvet Hammer (Hyannis, MA)
- Venus De Milo
- Victors (Revere Beach)
- Vincent’s (Randolph)
- Vogue (Saugus, MA)
- Webb Brook (Billerica, MA)
- Westgate Lounge (Brockton)
- Wheels Plus Roller Disco
- Whimsy’s
- Who’s on First
- Wursthaus (Harvard Square, Cambridge MA)
- Yesterdays (Boston)
- Yesterdays (Saugus)
- Zacks (Falmouth)
- Zanzibar (Boston)
- Zelda’s
- Zodiac
“Old School Boston Combat Zone Adult Nightclubs”
- Boston Bunny
- Club 66
- Glass Slipper
- Harry’s
- Palomino
- Pussycat
- Pussy Galore Stag Bar
- Naked i Cabaret
- Teddy Bear Lounge
- Tom Caruso’s (Chelsea, MA) “Legs & Eggs” was the breakfast special.
- Two O’Clock Club
Did the Pier in Boston Become Polyesters???
Any 70’s 80’s Nightclub, Disco, Bar Photos of ANY TYPE is APPRECIATED!!!
DJ John Luongo Favorites, Courtesy of: DISCO DISCO
“The day Disco dies is the day people stop dancing.
And people aren’t about to do that.
There will always be Disco in one form or another.”
John Luongo at the 1978 National Disco Awards
Evelyn King – “Shame”
Machine – “There but for the Grace of God Go I”
Odyssey – “Native New Yorker”
Peter Brown – “Do You Wanna get Funky with me”
Sylvester – “You Make me Feel (Mighty real)”
Lenny Williams – “Choosing You”
Kokomo – “Imagination”
Blackbirds – “Walking in Rhythm”
Main Ingredient – “Happiness Is Just Around the Bend”
Funkadelic – “Shit Godman Get Off Your Ass and Jam”
Kool & the Gang – “Hollywood Swingin”/”Celebration”/”Jungle Boogie”
Thelma Houston – “Don’t Leave Me This way”
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes – “Bad Luck”
JB’s – “Doing It To Death”
Double Exposure – “Ten percent”
BT Express – “Do It Till Your Satisfied”
Frankie Goes to Hollywood – “Relax”
Philly Devotions – “Pick Me Up”
People’s Choice – “Do It Anyway You Wanna Do It”
MFSB – “Love Is the Message”
SalSoul Orchestra – “Magic Bird of Fire”
James Brown – “Payback”
T-Connection – “At Midnight”
Musique – “Push Push In The Bush”
Margie Joseph & Blue Magic – “You And Me Got A Good Thing Going On”
Creative Source – “Who Is He and What Is He To You”
Stevie Wonder – “I Wish”
Fantasy – “You’re Too Late”
Everyday People – “I Like What I Like”
Sly & Family Stone – “Dance To the Music”
Tower of Power – “Drop It In The Slot”
Bee Gees – “Night Fever”/”You Should Be Dancing”
Don Ray – “Got To Have Loving”
Cerrone – “Love In C Minor”/”Give Me Love”/”Cerrone’s Paradise