69 Bathurst St., Toronto, ON
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Great for bday parties or general debauchery: For anyone looking to shake their booty to good tunes and have a fun night out with friends, State Theatre offers a textbook downtown nightclub experience. Boasting a larger-than average venue, this club’s defining features are the music and the VIP booths, built on varying levels around the club. Though these areas take up a sizeable portion of the club, there’s still enough room for two large bars and a dance floor for the regular clientele. State’s music varies between hip hop, house, and mashup, though on Fridays you may hear anything from rock to punk to R&B, and special events bring other genres to the venue as well. State is usually great with their DJ bookings, and there is rarely a night where the dance floor isn’t packed with bodies. The club’s downtown location means you won’t get much in the way of cheap booze, but the atmosphere and the crowds are typically worth an overpriced drink or two (or ten). The King West/Bathurst location, a fair distance from most other clubs its size, gives State a scene that is much less hectic than the clubs around John and Richmond st. While the outside of the club could use a touch-up, State’s upscale, loft style interior décor is nice without being overly gaudy, and the bars are large and usually quick to serve up the shots. For anyone looking to get a booth, State is definetly VIP-friendly, with reserved banquette seating beside the raised DJ booth and covering most of the club’s walls, making it ideal for hosting birthday parties or just a general night of vodka-related mayhem.