But with so many venues setting the benchmark through the decades, we have one question – what is Portsmouth’s best nightclub ever?
In a bid to answer that we took to Facebook to ask the people who know best, our readers, and we got hundreds of responses.
Their votes have been tallied up and before you now is their countdown of the top 15 Portsmouth nightclubs of all time.
Want to know which one they declared the very best? Simply make your way through the gallery until you get to the last page to find out.
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9. Portsmouth's 15 best ever nightclubs - Route 66
If this building looks familiar, that's because it is. Route 66 in Guildhall Walk, at number six on the list, is another former occupant of The Astoria. After Route 66, it was known as Pure - the frontage picture here. Photo: Sarah Standing
10. Portsmouth's 15 best ever nightclubs - Joanna's
So many of you voted for the eponymous Joanna's, in South Parade, Southsea, making it the first venue in our top five. Sadly, as pictured here, it was destroyed by fire in 2011. Photo: Paul Jacobs
11. Portsmouth's 15 best ever nightclubs - Nero's
At number four, Nero's. You told us you loved this club in the 1970s. Like many of its counterparts, it was located in South Parade, Southsea. Pictured is one of the club's queues in the 1970s. Photo: Contributed
12. Portsmouth's 15 best ever nightclubs - Mecca
If you were to travel back to Portsmouth in the 1960s or 70s, it is likely you would have put on your dancing shoes and gone to The Mecca in Arundel Street. You voted it Portsmouth's third best nightclub of all time. Photo: Contributed