Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010

Get on the Good Foot with Myrtle Beach Area Dance Clubs

By Ashley Morris -

Unpack your dancing shoes and get out to these dance clubs along the Grand Strand featuring everything from beach music to country to techno and more.

2001 Night Club
920 Lake Arrowhead Road, Myrtle Beach
449-9435
www.2001nightclub.com
Three clubs under one roof: Funkytown (spinning disco,'80s and '90s), Razzies Beach Club (live beach and oldies music a la shag-style) and Club Touch (mainstream dance, house, techno and hip-hop). Hours are 8 p.m.-until Wednesday through Saturday. Cover is free for ladies before 10:30 p.m.; regular admission is $10.

Beach Wagon
906 S. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach
448-5918
www.beachwagonnitelife.com
The hoedown haven for live country music - from local groups to big-name bands - since 1978. Wednesday is karaoke with cash prizes and free line dance lessons from 8:30-9:30 p.m. (no cover), Thursday features live music or open mike at 10 p.m. (cover $10), and Friday and Saturday hosts live music and free line dances from 8:30-9:30 p.m. (cover is $10 or $5 with local ID). Doors open nightly at 8 p.m.

Club Boca
Broadway at the Beach
1320 Celebrity Circle, Myrtle Beach
444-3500 or www.celebrationsnightlife.com
Dual DJs spin mainstream, house, techno, Latin and hip-hop - Miami- and Vegas-style. Mango's, a smaller retreat located inside Club Boca, also spins dance music, plus boasts a VIP section. Doors open at 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Cover for Boca, Malibu's, Froggy Bottomz and Broadway Louie's is $10, or two get in for the price of one before 11 p.m.

Club Myst
708 N. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach
445-6978
www.clubmystmb.com
Oceanfront club with DJs spinning hip-hop Friday and Saturday from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.; Cover charge varies from $5 to $10 (locals admitted free until 11 p.m.).

Fat Harold's Beach Club
212 Main St., North Myrtle Beach
249-5779
www.fatharolds.com
The home of beach music and shag dancin'. Free shag lessons with Jeppy McDowell on Tuesday at 7 p.m. and shag lessons with Judy Duke at 7 p.m. for $10 (new round of classes begin first Thursday of month). DJs entertain nightly at 7 p.m. Open Sunday through Thursday at 4 p.m. and Friday and Saturday at noon.

Froggy Bottomz Live
Broadway at the Beach
1320 Celebrity Circle, Myrtle Beach
444-3500 or www.celebrationsnightlife.com
Live house band Diversity plays Top 40, rock, hip-hop, pop and retro on-stage for the crowd on the dance floor starting at 9 p.m. Doors open at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Thursday, ladies get in free and $7 cover for guys for Froggy Bottomz, Malibu's and Broadway Louie's; Friday, $10 cover for Froggy Bottomz, Boca, Malibu's and Broadway Louie's, or two get in for the price of one before 11 p.m.; and Saturday, ladies get in free before 11 p.m. and $10 cover for guys for Froggy Bottomz, Boca, Malibu's and Broadway Louie's.

Malibu's Surf Bar
Broadway at the Beach
1320 Celebrity Circle, Myrtle Beach
444-3500 or www.celebrationsnightlife.com
Top 40 hits of today and yesterday in a beach-friendly atmosphere. Open daily at 9 p.m. Sunday, regular admission is $5, but no cover for locals and service industry; Monday, regular admission is $5, but no cover before midnight; Tuesday, no cover for Malibu's and Broadway Louie's before 11 p.m., $2.50 until midnight, then $5 cover rest of night; Wednesday, no cover for Malibu's, Froggy Bottomz and Broadway Louie's before 11 p.m., $2.50 until midnight, then $5 cover rest of night; Thursday, ladies get in free and $7 cover for guys for Malibu's, Froggy Bottomz and Broadway Louie's; Friday, $10 cover for Boca, Malibu's, Froggy Bottomz and Broadway Louie's, or two get in for the price of one before 11 p.m.; and Saturday, ladies get in free before 11 p.m. and $10 cover for guys for Boca, Malibu's, Froggy Bottomz and Broadway Louie's.

Ocean Annie's Beach Bar & Sandals Lounge
Sand's Resorts
9550 Shore Drive, Myrtle Beach
449-6461 or www.sandsresorts.com
Ocean Annie's: Live variety music and dancing on large, beachfront outdoor deck through mid-Nov. Sandals: Indoor dance floor with karaoke entertainment. Blarney Stone's Irish Pub-Cgr 5.0

Revolutions
Broadway at the Beach
1320 Celebrity Circle, Myrtle Beach
444-8032 or www.fantasticclubs.com/revolutions
It's disco fever here, with DJs spinning hits from the '70s, '80s and '90s. Open at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. No cover on Thursday and no cover for ladies on Friday and Saturday (for men, it's $10 Friday and Saturday).

Señor Frogs
Broadway at the Beach
1304 Celebrity Circle, Myrtle Beach
444-5506
www.senorfrogsmyrtlebeach.com
It's a party here every night, with DJs spinning Top 40, hip-hop and Latin music nightly starting at 7 p.m., with live music featured on the back porch Friday and Saturday at 11 p.m. Cover varies from $5-$10.

The Spanish Galleon Beach Club
Ocean Drive Beach and Golf Resort
100 N. Ocean Blvd., North Myrtle Beach
249-1047
www.spanishgalleonbeachclub.com
Bop to beach music pumped out by live bands or DJs at the Galleon or Ocean Drive Beach Club section. Opens Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 8 p.m. The $5 cover varies for live music nights.

Studebaker's
2000 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach
448-9747
www.studebakersonline.com
DJs spin everything from Motown to "old school" to retro to beach music for dancing queens of all ages. Mardi Gras Madness means games and fun and live music hits the stage on Wednesday, Thursday features dancing and a $10,000 karaoke contest through Nov. 20 (free T-shirt with $5 admission until 10 p.m.), Friday is a dancing Ladies Night, when ladies get in free until 10 p.m. and Saturday features dancing (free T-shirt with $5 admission until 10 p.m.).

Tunnel Ultralounge
Kono Grill Complex
1901 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach
213-1567
www.tunnelultralounge.com
New, multilevel venue inside Kono Asian Grill complex that hosts local and nationally touring DJs, spinning Top 40, hip-hop and high-energy dance. Open 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (Wednesday, free admission with college ID; Thursday, free admission for service industry; and Friday, Friday Night Fever featuring'70s,'80s and '90s) and 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday (free admission for ladies before midnight), when ladies can compete to be the next Status Magazine cover model. For free admission any night, text the word Tunnel to 95495.