- “The Bronze. It's the only club worth going to around here. They let anybody in, but it's still the scene. It's in the bad part of town.”
- ―Cordelia Chase[src]
The Bronze was a popular nightclub in Sunnydale. It featured a stage, dance floor, pool table, balcony, and bar. The club often hosted live performances and was located in the "bad" part of town.[1]
Although the Bronze admitted minors, it did not serve them alcoholic beverages.[2][3] The club was also known for its annual Fumigation Party, where patrons could exchange captured or killed cockroaches for free drinks.[4]
Prominent events[]
1997[]
- The Order of Aurelius used the Bronze as a feeding ground for the Master's Vessel, Luke. Several humans and vampires were killed during this event.[5]
- Buffy Summers flirted and danced with Owen Thurman. Cordelia Chase met Angel for the first time.[6]
- Buffy mistakenly believed Angel had attacked her mother and fought him in the deserted Bronze. The true culprit was Darla, who tried to shoot Buffy before Angel staked his sire.[4]
- Marcie Ross took Cordelia and Buffy hostage before two FBI agents took her away.[7]
- Spike watched Buffy, Willow Rosenberg, and Alexander "Xander" Harris dancing together until he lured them to a nearby alley, where he observed Buffy's fighting skills.[8]
- The Bronze hosted the World Culture Dance, an event involving Sunnydale High School students and their foreign exchange partners dressed in traditional attire. The Inca Princess attended the dance with Xander and nearly absorbed his and Jonathan Levinson's life force.[9]
1998[]
- Buffy's 17th birthday party was held at the Bronze, though it was never properly celebrated due to Spike's attempt to reawaken the Judge.[10]
- Daniel "Oz" Osbourne attacked the club during his werewolf transformation.[11]
- The club was decorated for Valentine's Day, during which Cordelia received a gold heart necklace from Xander before breaking up with him.[12]
- Faith Lehane danced with a vampire, and the Scoobies witnessed as the new Slayer killed him in a nearby alley.[13]
- The Bronze hosted Sunnydale High's senior Homecoming Dance.[14]
- The nightclub became the site of a wild party after adults were mentally reverted to teenagers by eating cursed chocolate candy.[15]
- After witnessing Willow and Xander kissing, Oz played guitar at the Bronze.[16]
1999[]
- After Buffy and Faith destroyed a vampire nest, they went dancing at the Bronze.[17]
- Willow's vampire counterpart held the Bronze and its patrons hostage so she could return to her dimension.[2]
- After a Dingoes Ate My Baby performance, Oz saved Willow after she was bitten by the newly turned vampire Harmony Kendall.[18]
- Oz attended several of Shy's performances. Veruca, the lead singer, was also a werewolf.[19]
2000[]
- While in Buffy's body, Faith went to the Bronze and flirted with Spike. She was later introduced to Tara Maclay by Willow, who was unaware that Faith was impersonating Buffy.[20]
- Jonathan performed live music, much to Xander and Anya Jenkins' excitement. Buffy and her boyfriend, Riley Finn, reconciled while dancing to his song.[21]
- The Scooby Gang celebrated Tara's 20th birthday at the club.[3]
Bronze's reopening.
2001[]
- Olaf the troll entered the Bronze after smelling what he thought was ale. When Willow and Buffy failed to stop him, he damaged the club by smashing support pillars with his hammer, injuring several patrons.[22]
- A month later, the Bronze reopened, though bar prices increased since their insurance didn’t cover an "act of troll." [23]
- Drusilla and Spike celebrated their reunion by draining a young couple inside the club.[23]
- The musical demon Sweet used the Bronze as his lair during his brief stay in Sunnydale.[24]
- Buffy revealed to the Scoobies that her resurrection had torn her from heaven.[24]
- After Buffy followed Spike outside, they shared a kiss behind the Bronze.[24]
- Willow and Amy Madison used the club to practice magic, turning male performers into women, conjuring sheep, and forcing two homophobic men to dance in a cage.[25]
2002[]
- Powered by Orbs of Nezzla'khan, Warren Mears hit on a former schoolmate's girlfriend and easily fought off the boyfriend and several others. Xander attempted to intervene but was thrown aside.[26]
- Under the influence of the First Evil, Spike seduced and sired several women he met in the club, including one named Charlotte.[27]
2003[]
- Willow and Kennedy had their first date at the club.[28]
- After Faith took the Potential Slayers to the Bronze, the police confronted and attacked her for being a wanted fugitive.[29]
- The Bronze was presumably destroyed along with the rest of Sunnydale following the battle at the Hellmouth.[30]
Live performances[]
- “Man, I hate playing vampire towns.”
- ―Aimee Mann[src]
- Aberdeen[28]
- Aimee Mann[27]
- Angie Hart[31]
- Bellylove[32]
- The Breeders[33]
- Cibo Matto[34]
- Darling Violetta[13]
- Devics[23]
- Dingoes Ate My Baby[9][12][14][35][18]
- Halo Friendlies[25]
- K's Choice[2]
- Lotion[11]
- Man of the Year[36]
- Michelle Branch[37]
- Nerf Herder[29]
- Nickel[8]
- Royal Crown Revue feat. Jonathan[21]
- Shy[38]
- Splendid[39][40]
- Sprung Monkey[1]
- Summercamp[23]
- Superfine[41]
- Velvet Chain[6]
- Virgil[25]
Behind the scenes[]
- The shooting location of the Bronze was at the Buffy the Vampire Slayer studio lot in Santa Monica, California.
- Of 144 episodes of the series, 66 feature at least one scene at the Bronze, not including its appearance in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot.
- Regarding the performances at the Bronze, Buffy music supervisor John King explained that "we like to use unsigned bands" that "you would believe would play in this place."[42]
- Some Bronze employees were shown wearing t-shirts with the club's logo in the episodes "Reptile Boy," "Phases," "Band Candy," and "Doppelgängland."
- Unlike the television show, the Bronze appears in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic comics as a large building with two statues and a sign identifying it as "Bronze Club."
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Appearances[]
Canonical[]
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1 | |||||||||||
| "Welcome to the Hellmouth" Appears |
"The Harvest" Appears |
"Witch" Absent |
"Teacher's Pet" Appears |
"Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" Appears |
"The Pack" Appears |
"Angel" Appears |
"I Robot, You Jane" Mention |
"The Puppet Show" Mention |
"Nightmares" Mention |
"Out of Mind, Out of Sight" Appears |
"Prophecy Girl" Appears |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2 | |||||||||||
| "When She Was Bad" Appears |
"Some Assembly Required" Absent |
"School Hard" Appears |
"Inca Mummy Girl" Appears |
"Reptile Boy" Appears |
"Halloween" Appears |
"Lie to Me" Appears |
"The Dark Age" Absent |
"What's My Line? Part One" Absent |
"What's My Line? Part Two" Absent |
"Ted" Absent | |
| "Bad Eggs" Mention |
"Surprise" Appears |
"Innocence" Mention |
"Phases" Appears |
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" Appears |
"Passion" Appears |
"Killed by Death" Absent |
"I Only Have Eyes for You" Appears |
"Go Fish" Appears |
"Becoming, Part One" Absent |
"Becoming, Part Two" Absent | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 3 | |||||||||||
| "Anne" Appears |
"Dead Man's Party" Absent |
"Faith, Hope & Trick" Appears |
"Beauty and the Beasts" Absent |
"Homecoming" Appears |
"Band Candy" Appears |
"Revelations" Appears |
"Lovers Walk" Appears |
"The Wish" Appears |
"Amends" Absent |
"Gingerbread" Absent | |
| "Helpless" Mention |
"The Zeppo" Appears |
"Bad Girls" Appears |
"Consequences" Absent |
"Doppelgängland" Appears |
"Enemies" Absent |
"Earshot" Absent |
"Choices" Absent |
"The Prom" Absent |
"Graduation Day, Part One" Mention |
"Graduation Day, Part Two" Absent | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 4 | |||||||||||
| "The Freshman" Appears |
"Living Conditions" Absent |
"The Harsh Light of Day" Appears |
"Fear, Itself" Absent |
"Beer Bad" Appears |
"Wild at Heart" Appears |
"The Initiative" Absent |
"Pangs" Absent |
"Something Blue" Appears |
"Hush" Absent |
"Doomed" Absent | |
| "A New Man" Absent |
"The I in Team" Appears |
"Goodbye Iowa" Absent |
"This Year's Girl" Absent |
"Who Are You?" Appears |
"Superstar" Appears |
"Where the Wild Things Are" Appears |
"New Moon Rising" Absent |
"The Yoko Factor" Absent |
"Primeval" Absent |
"Restless" Vision | |
| Angel: Season 1 | |||||||||||
| "City Of" Absent |
"Lonely Heart" Absent |
"In the Dark" Mention |
"I Fall to Pieces" Absent |
"Rm w/a Vu" Absent |
"Sense & Sensitivity" Absent |
"The Bachelor Party" Absent |
"I Will Remember You" Absent |
"Hero" Absent |
"Parting Gifts" Absent |
"Somnambulist" Absent | |
| "Expecting" Absent |
"She" Absent |
"I've Got You Under My Skin" Absent |
"The Prodigal" Absent |
"The Ring" Absent |
"Eternity" Absent |
"Five by Five" Absent |
"Sanctuary" Absent |
"War Zone" Absent |
"Blind Date" Absent |
"To Shanshu in L.A." Absent | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 5 | |||||||||||
| "Buffy vs. Dracula" Absent |
"Real Me" Absent |
"The Replacement" Absent |
"Out of My Mind" Absent |
"No Place Like Home" Absent |
"Family" Appears |
"Fool for Love" Appears |
"Shadow" Absent |
"Listening to Fear" Absent |
"Into the Woods" Absent |
"Triangle" Appears | |
| "Checkpoint" Absent |
"Blood Ties" Absent |
"Crush" Appears |
"I Was Made to Love You" Absent |
"The Body" Absent |
"Forever" Absent |
"Intervention" Absent |
"Tough Love" Absent |
"Spiral" Absent |
"The Weight of the World" Absent |
"The Gift" Absent | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 6 | |||||||||||
| "Bargaining, Part One" Absent |
"Bargaining, Part Two" Absent |
"After Life" Absent |
"Flooded" Absent |
"Life Serial" Absent |
"All the Way" Appears |
"Once More, with Feeling" Appears |
"Tabula Rasa" Appears |
"Smashed" Appears |
"Wrecked" Appears |
"Gone" Absent | |
| "Doublemeat Palace" Absent |
"Dead Things" Appears |
"Older and Far Away" Absent |
"As You Were" Appears |
"Hell's Bells" Absent |
"Normal Again" Absent |
"Entropy" Mention |
"Seeing Red" Appears |
"Villains" Absent |
"Two to Go" Absent |
"Grave" Absent | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 7 | |||||||||||
| "Lessons" Absent |
"Beneath You" Appears |
"Same Time, Same Place" Absent |
"Help" Absent |
"Selfless" Absent |
"Him" Appears |
"Conversations with Dead People" Appears |
"Sleeper" Appears |
"Never Leave Me" Absent |
"Bring on the Night" Absent |
"Showtime" Absent | |
| "Potential" Appears |
"The Killer in Me" Appears |
"First Date" Absent |
"Get It Done" Absent |
"Storyteller" Absent |
"Lies My Parents Told Me" Archive |
"Dirty Girls" Absent |
"Empty Places" Appears |
"Touched" Absent |
"End of Days" Absent |
"Chosen" Absent | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 12 | |||||||||||
| One Year Later Absent |
Future Shock Absent |
The Reckoning Absent |
Finale Mention | ||||||||