Commercial clubs

Venues with Commercial in their music policy, across the UK and beyond.

Hï Ibiza

Ibiza, Spain · 3,000 capacity

Built on the old Space site in Playa d'en Bossa, Hï pairs a Theatre room and Club room with production at the…

Featured ★★★★☆

Ministry of Sound

London · 1,600 capacity

Opened in 1991 and modelled on the New York warehouse clubs, Ministry of Sound built its reputation on The Box — a…

Featured ★★★★☆

Pacha Ibiza

Ibiza, Spain · 3,000 capacity

The cherry logo has been on the Ibiza skyline since 1973, making Pacha the island's oldest superclub. A whitewashed Ibicencan building with…

Featured ★★★★☆

Ushuaïa Ibiza

Ibiza, Spain · 4,000 capacity

An open-air poolside stage attached to a hotel, running daytime parties that finish as the indoor clubs open.

Featured ★★★★☆

XS Nightclub

Las Vegas, United States · 3,000 capacity

A gold-toned room at Encore that opens onto a pool deck, consistently among the highest-grossing clubs in the United States.

Featured ★★★★☆

Omnia Nightclub

Las Vegas, United States · 3,500 capacity

A three-level Caesars Palace club built around a kinetic chandelier that descends over the main floor, plus a terrace overlooking the Strip.

Featured ★★★★☆

Snobs

Birmingham · 1,400 capacity

A Birmingham institution since 1972, moved from Paradise Circus to Smallbrook Queensway in 2016. Several rooms of indie, Motown, chart and alternative,…

Featured ★★★★☆

Beach Ballroom

Aberdeen · 1,000 capacity

A category B listed art deco ballroom on the seafront, with a sprung dancefloor mounted on steel springs — one of the…

★★★★☆

Rock City

Nottingham · 2,000 capacity

A live venue and club since 1980, with weekend club nights running across three rooms after the gigs.

★★★★☆

The Welly Club

Hull · 600 capacity

Hull's alternative institution, on a site used for entertainment for over a century, running indie, pop-punk, electro, 90s, rock and drum &…

★★★★☆

42nd Street

Manchester · 600 capacity

Known to everyone as 42s, an indie and Britpop basement club near Albert Square running until 4am at weekends.

★★★★☆

Digital Newcastle

Newcastle · 1,500 capacity

A multi-room club by the Centre for Life, long recognised for its sound system and its Shindig house residency.

★★★★☆

E11EVEN Miami

Miami, United States · 1,200 capacity

A 24-hour club downtown combining aerial performance with a full DJ programme, open around the clock at weekends.

★★★★☆

Fan Club

Leicester · 1,000 capacity

Open since 1985 and running 80s, 90s and indie anthems across four rooms — the fixed point of Leicester's alternative scene.

★★★★☆

Heaven

London · 1,600 capacity

Under the arches by Charing Cross, Heaven has been a cornerstone of LGBTQ+ nightlife in London since 1979 and hosts the long-running…

★★★★☆

Limelight

Belfast · 900 capacity

A Belfast institution across two rooms, combining touring live shows with weekend club nights.

★★★★☆

O2 Ritz

Manchester · 1,500 capacity

A 1920s ballroom with a sprung maple dancefloor that still bounces, hosting live shows and indie club nights.

★★★★☆

Rescue Rooms

Nottingham · 450 capacity

A live venue beside Rock City running indie and alternative club nights after the gigs finish.

★★★★☆

The Clapham Grand

London · 1,250 capacity

A restored Victorian theatre near Clapham Junction that runs as a live venue and a late club, from pop and indie to…

★★★★☆

The Edge

Southampton · 400 capacity

Southampton's LGBTQ+ bar and club, with a dancefloor, stage, patio and a deliberately music-free room for anyone who wants to talk.

★★★★☆

The Empire

Coventry · 900 capacity

A live venue and club on Far Gosford Street, co-owned by The Enemy's Tom Clarke, mixing touring gigs with club nights.

★★★★☆

Zouk Nightclub

Las Vegas, United States · 2,500 capacity

Resorts World's flagship club, with a multi-level main room, moving stage elements and a connected dayclub.

★★★★☆

Camp and Furnace

Liverpool · 1,200 capacity

A converted industrial complex hosting everything from warehouse raves to food halls and Bongo's Bingo.

★★★★☆

O2 Institute

Birmingham · 1,500 capacity

Originally built as a chapel in the 1900s and now a multi-room Digbeth venue combining gigs with club nights.

★★★★☆

Plush

Oxford · 300 capacity

Oxford's LGBTQ+ basement club, just off Cornmarket Street.

★★★★☆

The Yard

Coventry · 400 capacity

The largest LGBTQ+ venue in Coventry, combining bar, food and club nights.

★★★★☆

Bar Fibre

Leeds · 400 capacity

A cornerstone of the Lower Briggate LGBTQ+ quarter, with a heated outdoor terrace and dancefloor anthems across several floors.

★★★★☆

Brixton Jamm

London · 600 capacity

A Brixton Road venue with an indoor room and a garden terrace, mixing live music with dance and commercial club nights.

★★★★☆

Cheerz

Aberdeen · 250 capacity

Aberdeen's LGBTQ+ bar and club, open seven days a week.

★★★★☆

Loft NR1

Norwich · 250 capacity

Norwich's LGBTQ+ club, upstairs on Prince of Wales Road.

★★★★☆

Nightingale Club

Birmingham · 1,200 capacity

The centre of Birmingham's Gay Village since 1969, over several floors with cabaret, drag and club nights.

★★★★☆

O2 Academy Bournemouth

Bournemouth · 1,900 capacity

A former Victorian theatre in Boscombe, used mainly for touring live shows with club nights alongside them.

★★★★☆

O2 Academy Oxford

Oxford · 1,000 capacity

A three-room Cowley Road venue combining touring live shows with student and alternative club nights.

★★★★☆

Polo Lounge

Glasgow · 400 capacity

A long-running LGBTQ+ club in the Merchant City, with a lounge bar upstairs and dancefloors below.

★★★★☆

Purple Turtle

Reading · 500 capacity

A two-level Reading institution with a heated garden, live music and weekly club nights.

★★★★☆

The Old Fire Station

Bournemouth · 800 capacity

Run by the Students' Union at Bournemouth University, and now the main survivor of the town's club scene, combining live gigs with…

★★★★☆

Timepiece

Exeter · 600 capacity

A multi-storey club in a converted building off the high street, and the fixed point of Exeter's student circuit for decades.

★★★★☆

54 Liverpool

Liverpool · 500 capacity

A two-floor club inspired by the New York disco era, with a large sound system and a dressy weekend crowd.

★★★★☆

Foundry

Sheffield · 1,000 capacity

The main club room of the University of Sheffield Students' Union, running term-time club nights and touring shows.

★★★★☆

Freedom

London · 300 capacity

A long-running Soho bar with a basement club floor, playing disco, pop, house and dance to a mixed and LGBTQ+ crowd.

★★★★☆

Gloria's

Liverpool · 300 capacity

A neon-lit 1970s disco room in the Ropewalks, playing pop anthems and classic disco.

★★★★☆

OMG Liverpool

Liverpool · 350 capacity

An LGBTQ+ club on Victoria Street playing throwback pop and chart anthems.

★★★★☆

Sin City

Swansea · 700 capacity

A two-floor Swansea club running rock, alternative and chart nights alongside live shows.

★★★★☆

The Garage

Glasgow · 1,300 capacity

The largest nightclub in Scotland by capacity, with several themed rooms under the yellow lorry on Sauchiehall Street.

★★★★☆

Y Plas

Cardiff · 1,200 capacity

The main hall of Cardiff University's students' union, running large student club nights and touring shows in term time.

★★★★☆

Cafe Parfait

Southampton · 300 capacity

A late-night Southampton venue running a wide spread of club nights, from pop and dance to old-school RnB.

★★★★☆

Club Academy

Manchester · 900 capacity

The basement room of the University of Manchester's Academy complex, used for student club nights and touring shows.

★★★★☆

Heebie Jeebies

Liverpool · 400 capacity

A split-level Seel Street club and courtyard, long a cheap and reliable night in the Ropewalks.

★★★★☆

Infernos

London · 400 capacity

A Clapham institution trading on disco, 90s and 00s pop and unapologetic cheese.

★★★★☆

Metropolis

London · 400 capacity

A Hackney club running pop, club classics, house and disco.

★★★★☆

Fifth Manchester

Manchester · 1,500 capacity

A multi-room Princess Street club programming chart, RnB and commercial house to a student-heavy crowd.

★★★★☆

Jalou Newcastle

Newcastle · 600 capacity

A weekend club in The Gate complex with resident DJs playing party and chart sets.

★★★★☆

Le Fez

London · 400 capacity

A Putney club playing house, disco, funk and party classics to a south-west London crowd.

★★★★☆

Waikiki Club

Leicester · 500 capacity

A two-room club on Market Place with VIP tables and a cocktail-led bar.

★★★★☆

Mercy

Norwich · 900 capacity

One of the bigger rooms on Prince of Wales Road, running chart, RnB and student nights across several floors.

★★★★☆

Retro Cardiff

Cardiff · 400 capacity

A St Mary Street club trading on throwback anthems and feel-good chart nights.

★★★★☆

Rosies Birmingham

Birmingham · 900 capacity

Five rooms over two floors just off Broad Street, running noughties throwbacks, RnB and chart nights.

★★★★☆

Trilogy

Blackpool · 1,200 capacity

A large Market Street club running weekend nights and day raves through the resort season.

★★★★☆

PRYZM Brighton

Brighton · 2,000 capacity

A large multi-room club on West Street. It closed to the public in October 2024 when structural problems were found in the…

★★★★☆

The Leadmill

Sheffield · 900 capacity

Sheffield's best-known independent venue, open from 1980 and central to the city's music history. After a long legal battle over its lease…

★★★★★

Cameo Bournemouth

Bournemouth · 1,000 capacity

A long-running Bournemouth club that closed on 27 June 2026. Its operators pointed to the relocation of the entrance, to make way…

★★★★☆

PRYZM Birmingham

Birmingham · 2,500 capacity

A large multi-room commercial club on Broad Street, geared to student nights and chart-led weekends. It closed permanently in February 2024, when…

★★★★☆

Halo Bournemouth

Bournemouth · 700 capacity

Closed. A £750,000 relaunch as Sanctum folded within a month over management and health-and-safety problems.

★★★☆☆