going to a club on your own C or D

I'd rather go to a club alone when there's a focus of activity, a performance or dancing or etc, than go to a bar alone when everyone's just making conversation and milling around.

odd gigs you have had to go to alone to review

Gigs on your own. Sad or Not sad?

Do you ever go to a movie/gig/club/theatre by yourself?

I felt comfortable doing this in the city I previously lived in. This was due to the confidence that goes with having a lot of friends already and if they couldn't make it out then so be it. Perhaps the biggest part was the remarkable consistency in the particular club I would attend. I never cared about meeting people because the music was too good and I just wanted to dance.

In a new city where I don't know anybody it's considerably more awkward. I've done it once, when the DJs from the aforementioned club came into town. Again, I was happy to dance on my own/make an arse of myself because the music was so good. I'm not so sure I could handle it if I were going out to dance to someone I had never heard spin before. There's uncomfortable milling around early on, and if I can't find the groove then the whole night is just awkward. Unfortunately because of my job going out to a club is about the only thing I can do if I want to get out of the house on a weeknight. Gigs are fine because you're just there to watch but clubs are different.

I try to avoid doing this but at this point I usually bump into someone I know, which is what happened the last two times I went to see Optimo (both alone)

Optimo is the club I'm happy to go to on my own.

Well I went to see Optimo play in Philadelphia. Sort of different but yeah.

I saw them in DC a few weeks ago. That's the one club I've been to on my own here.

I have had to do this a number of times. If you feel confident and good about yourself you can pull this off and meet someone cool almost everytime, not so much if you are self conscious and look sad about it. I think the key here is the music. If the music is good and you like it then there's going to be a healthy dancefloor, you will easily blend in. Once in there everyone's is just having a good time and don't care if you are with a model, with five people or on your own. That's how I see it from the outside when I'm with friends.

Or maybe I'm wrong and it's only ok if you are attractive.

This needs a poll.

Hot dude dancing on his own is cool. Balding dude in bad trousers and shirt because he just got off of work/has no sense of style not so much. I'm guessing.

Although tbh I never really notice when people are at clubs are on their own.