Video Club

Video Club is a warehouse-style club at Calle 64 #13-09 in Chapinero, Bogotá, Colombia, with a reputation as the most genuinely underground room in the city. The space has raw concrete, heavy low-end sound and a dark industrial aesthetic, and the crowd is a mixed queer and alternative scene of local artists, DJs, students, expatriates and visiting techno fans, with an age range mostly from early twenties to late thirties. The door policy is inclusive, and dress is casual and dark, with black clothing, boots and comfortable shoes far more common than dressy outfits. The atmosphere is intense and unpretentious, with people dancing for hours, and on Saturdays the night runs well past sunrise. The music leans toward techno, industrial, house and experimental electronic, with line-ups favouring local selectors and visiting European techno artists rather than mainstream commercial acts. The drinks programme is basic: beer, spirits with mixers and a short list of simple cocktails, priced at about COP 18,000 to COP 45,000. Opening hours are Friday and Saturday from 22:00 to 06:00. Cover ranges from roughly COP 30,000 to COP 80,000 depending on the programming, with higher prices on nights with international guests. There is no bottle-service culture, and tables are not the focus, so reservations are generally unnecessary; the main way to save money is to arrive earlier in the night. The door is selective about attitude rather than fashion, and the queue is usually shortest before midnight. Peak time is between 02:00 and 05:00, when the main room is fullest and the sets reach their heaviest. Visitors who want a true underground electronic night in Bogotá, rather than a commercial club, will find it a good fit, and it pairs well with an early dinner in Chapinero followed by a late arrival.