wednesday night thirtysomething..

The Dreamers, Change, The Glitterband, The Drifters, Rose Royce, Odyssey, Hot Chocolate and The Village People (both 1991) The Supremes (1992) Bucks Fizz, Boney M (1991) The Supremes (1992)

The Real Thing, The Rubettes, Rose Royce, Bay City Rollers, Tina Charles, Kenny Thomas (1991), Showaddywaddy (Pictured), A triple appearance by Mr Edwin Starr (Pictured) and The Valentine Brothers (who performed the original Money's too Tight to Mention) later covered by Simply Red.

tribute acts..

All the original "Stars in Their Eyes" artists including in 1990 the 1st Series Winner, Miss Maxine Barry (Pictured) on the same December night that Shirley Bassey appeared in the SECC Glasgow..
..or was it really her!

Voulez Vouz 1995 (pictured ABBA), Gidea Park (Beach Boys), Cavern (Beatles), Mark Anthony 1995 (Prince) Badness 1996 (Madness) French Kiss 1996 (Blondie), Spicey Girls 1997 (Spice Girls) , Oasisn't (Oasis) Them People 1997 (M People) Wham Bam 1997 (Wham) All Sainters 1998 (All Saints)

speciality acts..

Throughout the Nineties nightclub speciality acts were extremely popular, fire eaters, horror acts, dance acts, jugglers and illusionists.. we brought you..
Halloween Specialists Nightmare (Pictured), Ratman & Robin, Hot Flesh, The Amazing Orchante, Thriller Killer, The Blobendales, Marc Oberon, Liquorice Allsorts, Tronics.

Fraud Monty, Mazeppa Cossacks, The Balloon Dancers, Hypnotist The Man, Mrs Merton, outrageous drag queen Billie Raymond, Clive from the TV show The Hit Man and Her (1991) and Right Said Fred who made a 'I'm Too Sexy" appearance in 1991
Mr Methane (Pictured 1995) and Stevie Starr (1990) both recently
appeared on the 2010 Britains Got Talent TV Show.

A memorable night in our first year with Eddie Kidd doing a wheelie
up Arthur Street and riding into the club on a motorbike in 1990..

tv celebrity appearances..

Dieter Brummer ("Shane" in Home & Away 1995 Pictured) , Dan Falzon (Rick Alessi in Neighbours 1995), John Savident (Fred Elliot in Corrie 1997), Ken Morley (Reg Holdsworth in Corrie), Andy Newton Lee (Robbie Flynn), Daniel Hyde (Scott Anderson), and Andy McNair (Dan Hunter) 2004 all Hollyoaks.

Sam Robertson (Adam Barlow in Corrie 2004), Jeremy Edwards (Holby City / Hollyoaks / Big Brother 2004) Brian Capron (Richard Hillman in Corrie) Marcus Patric (Ben Davies Hollyoaks 2005) and Ben Richards (Bruno Milligan in Footballers Wives 2006 Pictured),

REALITY TV STARS - Jeff Brazier ( The Farm Winner 2004) Fran Cosgrave (Celebrity Love Island Winner appeared 2005 & 2006), Paul Danan (Celebrity Love Island 2005)
DJ Lee "Jester" Watson (Club Reps and Club Reps The Workers)

Star of X-Factor.. it was "Chico Time" at Christmas 2005

divas..

MC B feat Daisy Dee (this beat is technotronic) Eve Gallagher (love come down) both 1990 Alison Limerick (where love lives), Rozalla (everybody's free) and Katherine E (i'm alright) all 1991 Tina Charles (I love to love) and Sharon Dee Clarke (rich in paradise "going back to my roots")

Jocelyn Brown 1990 (pictured somebody else's guy) Dina Carroll (pictured, ain't no man) Jaki Graham (round and round) both 1992 Hazell Dean (searchin') Lisa M and Wham Girls Pepsi and Shirlie (goodbye stranger) 1991

Mrs Merton (yeah wrong column) but if you were in that night you would agree!

guest dj's..

Room Red Goes Large Nights with MOBO Winners - Tim Westwood (2005) Trevor Nelson (2006) Shortee Blitz (2006 Pictured) DJ Spoony (2003) and Manny Norte (2005 Kiss)

Plus.. Our first guest DJ Jeff Young from Radio 1, The Firin' Squad (Sean Slim, Mista Grill & Chris Vee..Choice FM), Ronnie Herel (2005 1Xtra), DJ Swerve (2005 Kiss), DJ Sassy, Hey Miss DJ Tour (Asha 2005), Lucy Ambache (2004), DJ Bigger, Bobby & Steve (2004), Coolio (2009) DJ G-Child (Pictured 2004, 2010 1Xtra)

Dance / Trance DJs Graham Gold & Darren Tate (2004)
John O Bir (Gatecrasher 2004), UltraBeat DJ Ian Redman (2010)

for the guys.. for the girls..

For the guys..
The Electric Blue Roadshow,
The Sunday Sport Roadshow
Two Memorable Miss Wet T-Shirt Competitions in 1996

For the girls..
The Dreamboys (1991) Obsession (1992)
The Untouchables, Flesh for Fantasy
The X-Men (2010) (Pic)
Ricky Whittle (Pic)

Everyone enjoyed the Foam Parties in 1995 and they are still as popular now!

right up to date..

Guest appearances from 2010..
Keith Duffy from Boyzone and Coronation Street
Ricky Whittle from Hollyoaks and Strictly Come Dancing
Michelle Heaton from Liberty X and Big Brother.
Shane Lynch from Boyzone
Mark Wright from "The Only Way Is Essex"

Guest appearances from 2011..
American International Superstar Vanilla Ice
Jamie Lomas from Hollyoaks
Greg and James from Geordie Shore
Lucien Laviscount Celebrity Big Brother
The Risk.. X Factor Finalists (Pic)

Into 2012..
Emmett Scanlan from Hollyoaks (Pic)

club de mar.. images

The first image on the right hand side was the original logo used when the club opened in 1989..

The second image was used for our marketing during the late nineties.

The club's corporate image has evolved over the years to it's current simple design which we have used from 2010

In 2001 CLUB DE MAR was voted..
SCOTTISH NIGHTCLUB OF THE YEAR
in Edinburgh at the Scottish Miller Draught
British Entertainment & Discotheque Association Awards

club de mar...
...love the nightlife