While SOB's features music from around the world, such as Brazilian, Haitian, Latin, and south Asian, the club remains a highly respected venue for reggae music. The club strikes a graceful balance between giving stage time to emerging artists and timeless veterans, featuring live reggae music every few nights. The club boasts a full bar and dinner menu, a large stage, special lighting effects including spinning multi-colored lights and mirrored disco balls. The cover, as of 2010, ranges from $7 to $25 dollars nightly, depending on the group performing.
SOB's
200 Varick Street, Basement
New York, NY 10014
(212) 243-4940
sobs.com
The Base Night Club is a relaxed and reasonably priced nightclub in Brooklyn, five miles away from the Dyker Beach Golf Course. The club features live reggae music regularly and a DJ that plays reggae and soca. The club has a strong Caribbean influence, offers an extensive menu of tropical drinks, has an enormous dance floor, modest decorations, and the dress code is casual to dressy depending on the event. Cover charge, as of 2010, is $15 to $25 depending on the night.
The Base Night Club
229 Empire Blvd.
Brooklyn, NY 11226
(347) 221-0356
myspace.com/298259016
Salud Bar and Lounge is a dance club in Yonkers, New York. While it doesn't have a lot of live music booked on its calendar, it does feature reggae music from their DJs along with R&B, salsa, and merengue. The club showcases electric blue and reddish lighting, red velvet couches, VIP areas, and offers appetizers from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. You should especially dress to impress on weekends and headgear, sneakers and workboots are not allowed. You can also rent out the club to host birthday celebrations. The door, as of 2010, ranges from $15 to $20.
Salud Bar and Lounge
585 Central Park Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10740
(914) 207-1678
saludbarlounge.com