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Y Afterhours
Category: Nightlife Dance Clubs Dance Clubs [Edit]
10028 102 Street NWEdmonton, AB T5J 0V6
(780) 421-8446
- Price Range:
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- Music:
- DJ
3 reviews for Y Afterhours
3 reviews in English
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Review from Yuri W.
Edmonton, AB
11/24/2010
When it comes to after hours clubs in Edmonton, Y Afterhours is the only game in town. The City of Edmonton shut down the only other after hours club earlier this year and has indicated that they won't be issuing any more after hours club licenses, at least for the foreseeable future. In a sense, this is sort of tragic because a vibrant after hours club scene can and should be part of a city's cosmopolitan makeup. Being the only after hours resource in town, Y Afterhours works hard at complying with regulations set forth by city administration while also offering "techno" heads a late night place to party.
Y Afterhours has three rooms of music and the DJs tend to play pretty hard. If that's your thing, all the better. But the club could probably benefit from a bit more nuance programming wise. By playing as hard as they do, the clientele tends to skew young and a bit more mid tempo fare might draw in a slightly older demographic - me included (at least more often). Expect to hear tougher house, epic trance and hard dance.
The place is relatively clean and the staff is pretty friendly. I recently attended Y's Halloween party and the decor was really incredible. They obviously put a lot of effort in, which was nice - a throwback to the well decorated rave parties of yore.
Drugs at Y? Probably, but that's never going to be something you can completely control no matter how effective your security is. It's a fact that drugs and electronic dance culture are inexorably linked, but that doesn't mean you can't have fun at Y without them. -
Review from Adam S.
11/24/2010
if you are looking for a place to do designer drugs (vitamins? need vitamins?) and hang out with generally creepy folks this is the place for you! that really is not my scene and i felt seriously uncomfortable the few times ive been here - and im a big guy.
if you really love dancing to electronic music i can see the appeal, but like i said - this is not the kind place you just go to chill. you need to be up on something or out on the floor dancing with the 4-foot-tall asian chick wearing pink bunny ears (while hoping her gangster-looking bf doesnt get too agro on the coke he snorted in the bathroom with no doors).
my recollection is that they only serve red bull and bottled water. -
Review from Jennifer P.
Edmonton, AB
10/21/2008 1 photo
Y Afterhours is the party hot spot for the city's night owls and insomniacs. I've been here a couple of times, but wasn't impressed. It's overcrowded. There are a lot of drugs going on, and you just never know what might go down. The city's pill-poppers would probably argue the vibe is chill, and there's less likely to be a scene here than in an alcohol establishment or illegal booze can. Anything could happen anywhere, but I didn't feel totally safe here. The music is techno beats, and I like the idea of having a place where you can stay out all night - just not the drugs, cover, crowds and potential for problems. Anything could happen anywhere, yes, but knowing the link between drugs, gangs, guns and violence, Y take the risk?
