I had a brilliant final week in Buenos Aires, and amongst other things on the Thursday night went to “Club 69” at Niceto Club which was a definite highlight. I’d been in Buenos Aires for seven weeks and all though I’d (We’d) had some fun nights out in bars and clubs we hadn’t actually done a great job of discovering any places that I’d write home about. When you’re a tourist you stumble or find places based of slight recommendation, but for the most part the clubs we were ending up in are the type of places I’d never go back home. We always had a good time, untill the local reggatone music came on, which just doesn’t really float my boat!

So the final Thursday was our big last night out, as myself and another friend were leaving BA the following Sunday. After a great dinner at an Italian style thin base pizza place, and drinks somewhere else pretty ropey, we went to Club 69 just after 2pm….which is relatively early for people here! From the moment we got in the club we knew it was going to be a great night. For starters we got drinks in two minutes instead of half an hour in some other overcrowded places we’d been to. And the music was good! What really sets this place apart is the stage performance that goes on all night, it flip flops between a crew of break-dancers and a group of cabaret style dancers (mix of transvestites, very tall, short, fat, or very sexy girls). The night was titled “The nightmare before Halloween”, and the costumes reflected this. The break-dancers were just brilliant and I did video a lot of them!

I proudly lasted the longest in the club and left just before six, (which again is pretty early for BA people to call it a night), I got a taxi home and the birds were singing…finally felt like I’d transitioned over to BA time.

If you are in BA now, or at some point, and you like house music get yourself to club 69 for Thursday night, you will not be disappointed! The Dj group are called “the fun machine”, and you can listen to them on soundcloud.