Clubs require membership from Feb 2009??

Is this only for non muslims?or its open to everyone?

""Why try fittin' in?, when you were born to stand out?""

Honestly I could care less if all the so called "nightclubs" in Doha were bulldozed overnight. I'm just waiting for the Qatar-Bahrain "friendship bridge" to be done. Hurry up COWI, these airfares are hurting my savings.

still come to Bahrain to pay for sex.......

"A man may fight for many things.His country,his friends,his principles,the glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child.

But personally,I'd mud wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sackful of porn."

Blackadder.

We'll issue porn permits soon.

But yes,it would have an impact on trade....

"A man may fight for many things.His country,his friends,his principles,the glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child.

But personally,I'd mud wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sackful of porn."

Blackadder.

If those "certain nationals" weren't allowed into Bahraini nightspots, the industry would go bust in no time. LOLZ

This is true, however it won't be enforced until March. The deal will be that people have to pay 25Qr and provide your Qatari ID and two passport photos in order to get a club membership. Club membership entitles you to free entry and free entry for 1 other person. However this is only for Nightclubs like the Qube, nowhere else is effected.

Loulsy, where did you find 10-15 nightclubs in Doha in the first place?

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they don't even have decent clubs to impose such a rule

well this means Dubai everytime I feel like clubbing, which is the case anyway :p

But for someone who goes clubbing here once a month or even two months, why on earth would you get a card for that

I think this doesn't make sense and most likely is a rumor

Fromt What Irrysa just said, i would assume there is oging to be a membership for every single club. I.E. you would have to walk around with a special wallet just for the club membership cz ur gonna have around 10 - 15 just in case u decide to go there on a spur of the moment. and if each membership will be btw 25 - 50 qr u should expect to pay something btw 500 - 750 QR, lets hope its not a monthly renewable fee :D

and if there is any beach party or whatever once in a blue moon event... u can start to cry.. :D

This is ridiculous seriously.

WYSIWYG

qatar will be the permits capital of the world...

where every single move requires a permit...

yay!

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what a joke.. may be bcause its called a club they thought of membership lol

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Dancing permit will be required next.

wtf?!?!?!

it's Qatar at it's best again.....

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Bob1 Sounds like bulldust to me

agreed Mr.P... a lot of BS is going on here lately... i don't take it seriously anymore.. just need to blah-blah-blah, while relaxing ..

..is it cold in Bahrain? Here it’s freezing.. I even don’t want to go out because of cold.. got stuck to this bloody screen..:)

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Why in February 2009??? Maybe they have records that January's income was the lowest through the years and then before the deadline next gossip please.

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KEEP MOVING!!!

Then i had a small break for 2 months, only went out at weekends, and then i discovered Rydges so back to drinking every night again for 3 months,before i left qatar, i seem to remeber i had at least 2 leaving do's........Blimey, Im such a lush

They were the good old days of QL, a great social scene.Now people would just end up beating the crap outta each other.

"A man may fight for many things.His country,his friends,his principles,the glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child.

But personally,I'd mud wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sackful of porn."

Blackadder.

drinking every night for 3 month? ... i wouldn't even survive...

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night in there for 3 months ........

Or maybe Im just a raging alcoholic :P

Saying that, Club Z here in Bahrain was BD10 to get in last time i went....

"A man may fight for many things.His country,his friends,his principles,the glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child.

But personally,I'd mud wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sackful of porn."

Blackadder.

Mr.P, the membership Fee in Qube went down along with its reputation .. what do you think? usually prices for the good place/products/services don't go down, do they?

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Prob need a permit to pee soon...

You can't teach experience...

"A man may fight for many things.His country,his friends,his principles,the glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child.

But personally,I'd mud wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sackful of porn."

Blackadder.

no Paul, it's 25 now.

If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.

not QR25....maybe they brought the price down, but that was for the VIP bar upstairs.A gold membership i think it was.

"A man may fight for many things.His country,his friends,his principles,the glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child.

But personally,I'd mud wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sackful of porn."

Blackadder.

To be fair, this is all still speculation. Obviously something's behind it for Global to have sent the email in the first place, and it seems other people have heard things too. But we've no idea what places are going to be covered. If it's just the few nightclubs in Qatar it wont be too much hassle, considering more than half aren't worth going to in the first place.

i've got infor from Qube, that their membership is only 25QR.

so, not that bad.

u need:

-2 passport size photos;

-copy of ur RP

-membership fee of 25QR

-filled application

and, of course, u need to be over 21!

If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.

Assuming all this is true, is it basically a roundabout way of saying that the local Muslims, and in particular Qataris, aren't in fact very Muslim at all? I've seen first hand how they behave of an afternoon in the Ramada bar, and they certainly know how to drink... they just don't know how to stop!

If Global Djs sent us an email about the new law for memberships and since the Djs perform most of their time in Qube then membership card is for them(qube)...but in an other way it includes all the nightclubs which are;

Pearl(u already have to be a member to enter)

Admiral

Garveys

And i guess they did this law to identify who's entering the clubs, who is consuming alcohols for later when there's a fight they will directly know who started it!!

Get ready for the massive influx of locals from Qatar...

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Yalla Bahrain.

"A man may fight for many things.His country,his friends,his principles,the glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child.

But personally,I'd mud wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sackful of porn."

Blackadder.

Doesn't really bother me much. House parties are just as good.. unless, they will start requiring for a house party permit!! LOL

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what a bloody palava!

Could it be that the sharia law and followers, are showing their internal influence with effect and out of the darkness?

What the?! I arrive in Qatar on 1st Feb, this is a conspiracy! This starts to sound like monopoly with all these cards. Do you guys have a "get out of jail free" yet?

QS, I don't know. As I have mentioned above I just got this message from Global-Djs. I posted it to get more details. Tallg is correct, it will highly depend on what they define as a nightclub.

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It depends what they define as a nightclub I guess. Off the top of my head; Pearl, Cube, Diplomatic Tent. Then there are others that hold club nights every now and then.

But hen you could easily define Palomos as a nightclub - it has a bar and live music, as well as many of the other bars.

JJ, what Clubs? could you please name them?

IH

Qube (sucks)

Orion

Nyne Cloud (even more sucks)

Paloma

Garvey’s (?)

..what else?

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It may actually be a good idea. Come to think of it.. I just wonder how difficult will they put the people through, just to obtain membership for each of the clubs.

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i doubt it.. even the message doesn't look professional...

anyway, if it's true, i will need a membership only to IH ..my hubby has a Permanent Residence there :)...

what are other clubs?? Rydges is closed, Garvey's is closed (has it been re-opened yet?).. what else? Qube? i've been there once, no any intention to go there ever again..

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Oryx, wow. That would be a perfect social circle hey! This way could probably boost their people skills!! Brilliant!!

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and only to Non Muslims.Might stop certain nationalities from coming here and cluttering up the place.....

"A man may fight for many things.His country,his friends,his principles,the glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child.

But personally,I'd mud wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sackful of porn."

Blackadder.

FAMILY DAY only during Thursdays and Fridays and holidays at nightclubs and Bars. Bachelors no entry!!!

can you begin to imagine a social life that only consists of

a) going to your aunt's house

b) going to eat out with your parents...

i dont care how much you like your family....

personally i would prefer to be in prison than have a social life like that....

More administrative jobs. Yes, to Qatarization! Yes to Applebees!

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Maybe someone need a job therefore just add this administrative procedures to your daily life.

Yes there will definitely be permit to buy condomn in Qatar, permit to take non-muslim food outside of qatar, permit for home party involving alcholic drinks,.....there are not that much public toliets, therefore you don't need a memebership card for toliet mjamille.

Oryx, good for Applebee's!!! Hahaha

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how about membership cards for entering the toilet...

gr8..

they are stopping the entertainment in qatar...

ID Card..

Health Card..

Driving Liscence Card..

Insurance Card..

Liquor Card...

Expecing Soon...

Party Card...

Mall Card(to enter to Malls)...

Souq Card..(to enter the souqs)...

Dancing Card(for Dancing in pubs)

Theater Card(for watching movies)..

etc...

Ok so you encourage women to be educated, go to work...

guess what if you want women to be involved in society you can't be selective about which aspects....

blimey must be boring that the highlight of your social week is going to eat in applebees with your cousins...

who can blame them???

havent even been to any of the clubs here...

am a nerd.

is there a club inside drac's cave?

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Additional info (heard from a very reliable source a week back or so): I know for sure a certain hotel has received a memo to introduce this rule with effect from 1st Feb 09. There's a lot of confusion around this as the hotel doesn't know if all the clubs have been advised to do so or not. Apparently this has been brought into effect due to the fact that a lot of Qatari women found clubbing in western clothes during DJ events.

Hence, they've been asked to totally do away with DJ events and introduce membership as well to keep a track of people who enter the club.

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Way to go Ray!

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Do I need my sponsor's approval??!!!

Hey Mr. Sponsor please sign my papers I need to get out for a couple of drinks.....

I haven't heard anything about this from any of the clubs....It's probably just another rumour.

bad news... :(

Just another law to control and regulate venues. This means all muslims can not apply for membership cards. Hence all the venues will barely get any customers even on weekends. Time for DJ's to start packing there bags. lolz...

Fubar...

bribing will be really hilarious to watch. lolzz...

Peace.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Garvey's patrons are members, and the place got closed down anyway(has it re-opened?).

And now they want to put membership in place in other venues?

I'm actually quite looking forward to this. I can think of nothing that will be more entertaining than just standing outside a Global DJs event watching people without membership arguing, fighting and bribing their way in. It will be hilarious.

If anything, such a scheme will, in my view, create more problems AT venues, and will lead to more drinking and partying in unregulated venues, like my living room for instance.

Rather than going out, people will be forced to get wasted at home since you can't really plan a night out to a venue unless all your friends have the appropriate membership.

to stay at home..... No memberships to worry about;-)

"if you don't like the heat... get out of the kitchen... but stop trying to fan the flames before you leave... it will burn you on the a** as you go through the doorway...." ME

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Are they going to have a ruler to check we dont dance too close to members of the opposite gender?

'too much dancing with back side madam'

'too close jiggy jiggy dancing madam'

blimey o'reilly

imagine dancing salsa or merengue two feet away from your partner....

Brit, keep the riff raff away from uber posh places like Qube and Cloud 9 hey.

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Please Mr HR Manager I need an NOC for my Party permit.

Thank You.

The Venezuelan Sensation!!!

it is stupid.....

surely if they are trying to 'protect society' then clamp down on rubbish driving...

there was a lad driving at 140kmph in an 80 zone..killed someone and got a month in prison...

and they are worried about people going out for a dance!

they should be in the car parks...looking out for drunk drivers...

Oryx!! Hahaha That's really funny and highly possible too!! Hahaha

"Excuse me madam, only 5x you shake your bumbum. Now, take seat."

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ehhh can someone tell us how we get this membership????

i have to check with 2 clubs for QL membership then as a whole Group not individual.

oh LOL

it makes that monster bar in the Star Wars film...look normal!!

Do you think we will have a dancing quota soon...???

'Madam - please sitting now - too much big dancing'

I think its a good move..

We have to keep the Riff Raff away from such high brow establishments as the Qube..

I think they are trying to make all clubs like the Pearl Lounge, where only the exclusive members will be allowed. Guess who this exclusive members are.. Mr Q and Mr Q

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perhaps that's what QL points are really for - to determine which clubs you can get in. Anyone care to list nightclubs in order of how good they are?

Yeah tallg, maybe that's what this new law is all about. To keep QLers out! :-D

jj - Judging from the number of empty liquor bottles I see lying around beaches and wasteland, there are plenty of places!

brit - since when has being a member of QL meant you're a good person who should be allowed into nightclubs???!

Janey, I'd imagine tourists will get 'free' membership when they stay at the venue's hotel.

Did you Google it first?

So, what's going to happen to the half-bottle-consuming-Qataris? Where are they all going to do their drinking? LOL

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This is how information about new laws is spread - via the gossip grapevine! It's rare that you see an official announcement before it's on QL or facebook. Good on Global DJs for spreading the news as soon as they got it. Even if it's not true, no harm done.

QL (through DaRuDe), issue membership QL cards.

These are then accepted by all establishments as bonafide.

Simple!

Notfromhere, true. It could just have been an idea. An impossible idea. lol

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In the UK they have schemes whereby all the clubs in the city have lists are barred people and similar things, to keep out the drug dealers, fighters, etc, etc, but there aren't problems like that at the nightclubs in Qatar, are there? So it can only be to keep out under-age people, or perhaps Qataris?

janey, even if it's not a hoax, they might change their mind by next week

RP, well Global Djs is an events organizing group. I'm sure they are required to know the rules and laws before starting up a gig. I highly doubt that this is a hoax.

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Skanky, maybe next we'll need a QL permit!

Aaarrggghhh! That reminds me ... My Liquor permit expired 12/08

Did you Google it first?

Oryx.. unbelievable isn't it? How about the tourists? Isn't Qatar trying their best to be tourist friendly?

I won't be surprised when bouncers will be equipped with breathalyzers soon..

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janeyjaney said:

Due to changes in local law, all nightclubs will be issuing memberships to people who want to enter.

What law?

The stupid Global Djs-Qatar law?

Show me in black and white that Law.

Definitely there will be no revenues with members only bull-crap.

They are already restricted as it is in the entrance of the bars and clubs.

wow!!!

are they trying to stop muslims going clubbing????

is that the reason?

or is it an age thing???

ehhhhhhhhhh what about all the prossies in the car park?

are they going to give them permits??? LOL

I refuse to have a Sex Permit.

Sorry Skanky no money no honey show me your ID or go sleep alone hahahaha.

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I can just imagine!! People having to fill up forms. Haha. So does this mean they're finally going to get rid of these scary perverts out and about??

They will definitely charge for membership. And since the government requires this, we have nothing else to do but accept. LOL

I love it hey!!

"Oh, I'm so sorry I forgot to bring my Irish Harp membership card, but I have my Qube membership with me, would that be ok, Mr. Bouncer?"

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!! QDC will have to stock up on more booze then as house parties will be on the rise. Well, probably a big possibility.

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Skanky,

TALKING TO THE OPPOSITE SEX PERMIT!!

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

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There must be one pass for all nightclubs.. isnt it easier?

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To control the access of some locals to the pubs???

LOL this is funny. Liquor permit, Party permit, what else???

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lol baldrick!

I suppose they will charge..

It may also give them an opportunity to "pick and choose" members..

Woohoo! Finally a post on QL that actually affects people living in Qatar!

Hmmm, personal details ... bring on the spam :o(

Did you Google it first?

Interesting. So what do they class as a nightclub? Surely some hotel bars could fall into that category. And is it one card for all clubs, or separate ones for each? If it's separate ones that means a whopping 3 or 4 extra cards in your wallet! And are they charging for membership? And I bet they'll take loads of personal details when you apply for it.