Which Toronto Club Are You?

For bass heads, this is the best place for trap, dubstep and drum & bass. The club is also known for booking an eclectic variety of bands, if you’re into punk, funk or soul. There’s also a pinball machine and jukebox if you get bored.

A number of areas around Toronto’s West End are gentrifying into trendy neighborhoods, best exemplified by The Drake Hotel, a former flophouse turned boutique hotel and club. This intimate, 200-person-capacity club is known for having a tasteful lineup of house and techno DJs.

Replacing Ryze, NEST is one of the newer clubs serving Toronto’s growing club culture. It’s a favorite thanks to its impressive Dynacord sound system and 13,000 square feet of space.

Named after British mod culture of the 60s, Mod Club Theatre is the alternative choice on this list. It’s a highly adaptable venue, comfortable showcasing everything from an indie rock band as well as rave DJs.

At the turn of the millennium, most venues shifted toward a Top 40 program. Footwork was one of two clubs (the other being Guvernment) that rejected this trend, incubating the city’s underground dance scene for nearly a decade. Today, its spiritual successor is Coda, a sprawling venue aiming to be North America’s premier house and techno club.

If you like after-hours clubs, Toronto’s most famous is The Comfort Zone. It was in limbo for 10 months after a series of drug raids, but the self-described “special events venue” reopened in 2009 with plenty of dancing until the sun comes up.