A raft of bands and electronic music wizards take over the nightclubs tonite, and we all know that eight out of ten times that can't go wrong. (The other two times, of course, you don't remember what happened.
It's a Friday night, and top local bands including Capricio, Akshar, Gravity Eleven and Merakee, and top DJs including Whosane and Vito Mendez deliver it to you in plenty of style and then some.
Film buffs have some cerebral stuff to look forward to, and fashionistas, lots of places to test their credit limits. Also, a national powerlifting championship, the Ramadan fest on Necklace Road, theatre and more.
Ramzaan and mango specials abound this week - no surprises there. Also among our picks are a Telangana food fest, a mountain cuisine theme and a salad celebration.
A ladies night at Kismet is an irony - you need lots of money to get in to the five-star's club, but do not need to spend it. Also, gigs by two local bands, an MRP night and more.
Anuja & Band, The Playmores and Shiv Menon promise some high-quality communion tonite. And high quality stuff doesn't always have to come at a high price, as all the MRP nights will show.
An Ananda Shankar Jayant production sparkles on the culture map this week, and the comics seem to be staging a comeback. And there's enough plays to satiate the most ardent of theatre buffs.
Ankita Srivastava, Jyoti Prakash and Tandur Kavita are the only solo names at the galleries this week, in another example of the growing girl power at the galleries in town.
Guru Randhawa needs a big stage, and he has one. Yes, it's a Saturday night, and there's plenty of special attractions, including a national dance festival, an Agakhan Academy play, Rev Jam and more.
It's the night that is expected to reward you for making it to it, and sure enough, half a dozen bands, imported DJs and loads of EDM deliver on the promise.
The Sheraton brings food from the mountains this week and Trident from approximately the same place. And the Park celebrates two things having diametrically opposite effects on you - mangoes and whisky.
Live gigs by Rhythm, Kalyan Project and others, funkily-named DJs and Karaoke themes put on their game faces as they compete for footfalls with all the ladies nights tonite.
Ramzan-themed shopping and food festivals are of course ubiquitous, but there's still all the rest of us, and between classical dance, Korean screenings, chess tournaments and art exhibitions, there's plenty to engage all minds.
It's surprising how many people go to a party titled bladders' night. It's not, however, all that surprising how many go to Kismet on Tuesdays. Our picks for the best at the clubs tonite.