clubland

English

Etymology

club +‎ land

Noun

clubland (usually uncountable, plural clublands)

1. The part of a city where nightclubs are located.
   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 251:

     He ran untaxed whisky down to London's clubland — the very racket the Quinns aimed to threaten with their Tradeston warehouse — and he bossed the Maitlands' cannabis dealers.

2. (uncountable, collective) The world or scene of nightclubs and people who frequent them.
   • 1988 December 18, Christopher Wittke, “Why I Loved Marc Almond From The Minute I First Read About Him”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 23, page 16:

     "Bitter Sweet" is the best song on the album with its catchy "Let's go to Paradise, Jack" refrain. This is the fastest, dancingest song on the album, but compared to much of the dance music played in late-'80s clubland, it's just the other side of midtempo.

   • 1999 October 30, Michael Paoletta, “Dance Market Improves, But Distribution Catch-22 Remains”, in Billboard, volume 111, number 44, page 45:

     However, while the sounds of clubland—house, electronica, Euro-nrg, trance, big beat, trip-hop, and neo-disco—have never been easier to locate, many independent dance labels are discovering that it's not always easy getting product into the retailer of one's choice.

   • 2015 July 29, Alex Williams, “Former Club Kids Rally Around Stephen Saban, a Scribe of 1980s New York Culture”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     While the once-ubiquitous columnist eventually fled New York during Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s crackdown on debauchery and vice, clubland, it seems, never forgot his influence.