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Ibiza, Spain
Hï Ibiza
Built on the old Space site in Playa d'en Bossa, Hï pairs a Theatre room and Club room with production at the top end of what…
3,000 €50–€100
Music policy
Commercial
88 venues with Commercial in their music policy, across the UK and abroad.
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London
Ministry of Sound
Opened in 1991 and modelled on the New York warehouse clubs, Ministry of Sound built its reputation on The Box — a room designed around the…
1,600 £15–£30
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Ibiza, Spain
Pacha Ibiza
The cherry logo has been on the Ibiza skyline since 1973, making Pacha the island's oldest superclub. A whitewashed Ibicencan building with a main room, terrace…
3,000 €40–€90
Phil Guest
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Ibiza, Spain
Ushuaïa Ibiza
An open-air poolside stage attached to a hotel, running daytime parties that finish as the indoor clubs open.
4,000 €50–€100
Dennis Brekke
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Las Vegas, United States
XS Nightclub
A gold-toned room at Encore that opens onto a pool deck, consistently among the highest-grossing clubs in the United States.
3,000 $30–$100
InvadingInvader
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Las Vegas, United States
Omnia Nightclub
A three-level Caesars Palace club built around a kinetic chandelier that descends over the main floor, plus a terrace overlooking the Strip.
3,500 $30–$100
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Birmingham
Snobs
A Birmingham institution since 1972, moved from Paradise Circus to Smallbrook Queensway in 2016. Several rooms of indie, Motown, chart and alternative, and a fiercely loyal…
1,400 £3–£10
UltrasonicMadness
Checked02 SEP 2026
Aberdeen
Beach Ballroom
A category B listed art deco ballroom on the seafront, with a sprung dancefloor mounted on steel springs — one of the finest dance floors in…
1,000 £10–£25
Checked10 SEP 2026
Nottingham
Rock City
A live venue and club since 1980, with weekend club nights running across three rooms after the gigs.
2,000 £5–£15
Checked02 SEP 2026
Hull
The Welly Club
Hull's alternative institution, on a site used for entertainment for over a century, running indie, pop-punk, electro, 90s, rock and drum & bass nights.
600 £4–£12
Checked02 SEP 2026
Manchester
42nd Street
Known to everyone as 42s, an indie and Britpop basement club near Albert Square running until 4am at weekends.
600 £3–£8
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Newcastle
Digital Newcastle
A multi-room club by the Centre for Life, long recognised for its sound system and its Shindig house residency.
1,500 £8–£20
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Miami, United States
E11EVEN Miami
A 24-hour club downtown combining aerial performance with a full DJ programme, open around the clock at weekends.
1,200 $30–$100
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Leicester
Fan Club
Open since 1985 and running 80s, 90s and indie anthems across four rooms — the fixed point of Leicester's alternative scene.
1,000 £3–£10
Nick Cooper at English Wikipedia
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London
Heaven
Under the arches by Charing Cross, Heaven has been a cornerstone of LGBTQ+ nightlife in London since 1979 and hosts the long-running G-A-Y club nights.
1,600 £5–£20
Ardfern
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Belfast
Limelight
A Belfast institution across two rooms, combining touring live shows with weekend club nights.
900 £6–£20
Ardfern
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Manchester
O2 Ritz
A 1920s ballroom with a sprung maple dancefloor that still bounces, hosting live shows and indie club nights.
1,500 £5–£20
Checked02 SEP 2026
Nottingham
Rescue Rooms
A live venue beside Rock City running indie and alternative club nights after the gigs finish.
450 £4–£12
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Northampton
Roadmender
A Northampton music venue with thirty years of history behind it — Radiohead, Metallica and Oasis all played here. It was forced to close in 2005…
900 £5–£18
Checked02 SEP 2026
London
The Clapham Grand
A restored Victorian theatre near Clapham Junction that runs as a live venue and a late club, from pop and indie to garage and soca.
1,250 £8–£20
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Southampton
The Edge
Southampton's LGBTQ+ bar and club, with a dancefloor, stage, patio and a deliberately music-free room for anyone who wants to talk.
400 £3–£10
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Coventry
The Empire
A live venue and club on Far Gosford Street, co-owned by The Enemy's Tom Clarke, mixing touring gigs with club nights.
900 £5–£18
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Middlesbrough
The Empire Middlesbrough
Teesside's best-known live venue and club, in a former cinema, running Fang Fridays and Shangri-La Saturdays through to half three in the morning.
1,000 £5–£15
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Las Vegas, United States
Zouk Nightclub
Resorts World's flagship club, with a multi-level main room, moving stage elements and a connected dayclub.
2,500 $30–$90
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Liverpool
Camp and Furnace
A converted industrial complex hosting everything from warehouse raves to food halls and Bongo's Bingo.
1,200 £10–£30
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Inverness
Ironworks
A purpose-built live music and event venue in the centre of Inverness, which has hosted Biffy Clyro, Van Morrison and Kasabian among others.
1,000 £10–£25
Checked02 SEP 2026
Birmingham
O2 Institute
Originally built as a chapel in the 1900s and now a multi-room Digbeth venue combining gigs with club nights.
1,500 £5–£20
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Oxford
Plush
Oxford's LGBTQ+ basement club, just off Cornmarket Street.
300 £3–£10
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Shrewsbury
The Buttermarket
A Grade II listed former buttermarket by the canal basin, running live music and club nights across three floors.
1,000 £5–£15
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Coventry
The Yard
The largest LGBTQ+ venue in Coventry, combining bar, food and club nights.
400 £3–£10
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Leeds
Bar Fibre
A cornerstone of the Lower Briggate LGBTQ+ quarter, with a heated outdoor terrace and dancefloor anthems across several floors.
400 £0–£10
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London
Brixton Jamm
A Brixton Road venue with an indoor room and a garden terrace, mixing live music with dance and commercial club nights.
600 £8–£20
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Wrexham
Central Station
A Wrexham music venue and club with a 900-capacity club room and a 550-capacity live space, and the main survivor of the town's club scene.
900 £5–£15
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Aberdeen
Cheerz
Aberdeen's LGBTQ+ bar and club, open seven days a week.
250 £0–£8
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Norwich
Loft NR1
Norwich's LGBTQ+ club, upstairs on Prince of Wales Road.
250 £3–£8
Checked02 SEP 2026
Birmingham
Nightingale Club
The centre of Birmingham's Gay Village since 1969, over several floors with cabaret, drag and club nights.
1,200 £3–£12
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Bournemouth
O2 Academy Bournemouth
A former Victorian theatre in Boscombe, used mainly for touring live shows with club nights alongside them.
1,900 £8–£25
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Oxford
O2 Academy Oxford
A three-room Cowley Road venue combining touring live shows with student and alternative club nights.
1,000 £5–£18
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Glasgow
Polo Lounge
A long-running LGBTQ+ club in the Merchant City, with a lounge bar upstairs and dancefloors below.
400 £3–£10
Tim Landy
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Reading
Purple Turtle
A two-level Reading institution with a heated garden, live music and weekly club nights.
500 £3–£10
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Lincoln
The Engine Shed
Lincoln's largest venue, run by the University of Lincoln students' union on the Brayford waterfront, combining touring live shows with student club nights.
1,500 £5–£18
Checked02 SEP 2026
Bournemouth
The Old Fire Station
Run by the Students' Union at Bournemouth University, and now the main survivor of the town's club scene, combining live gigs with DJ nights and silent…
800 £5–£15
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Exeter
Timepiece
A multi-storey club in a converted building off the high street, and the fixed point of Exeter's student circuit for decades.
600 £3–£10
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Liverpool
54 Liverpool
A two-floor club inspired by the New York disco era, with a large sound system and a dressy weekend crowd.
500 £5–£15
Tim Sheerman-Chase
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Portsmouth
Astoria Portsmouth
Portsmouth's busiest surviving club, on Guildhall Walk, drawing crowds from across the region even as the rest of the city's nightlife contracted.
1,200 £5–£15
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Canterbury
Club Chemistry
Canterbury's largest and latest-running club, with three floors covering different policies and a Saturday licence that goes through to 6am. The lower level doubles as a…
900 £3–£10
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Dundee
Fat Sam's
A long-running Dundee club blending live music with themed rooms and throwback nights.
900 £4–£12
Checked02 SEP 2026
Sheffield
Foundry
The main club room of the University of Sheffield Students' Union, running term-time club nights and touring shows.
1,000 £4–£12
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London
Freedom
A long-running Soho bar with a basement club floor, playing disco, pop, house and dance to a mixed and LGBTQ+ crowd.
300 £5–£15
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Liverpool
Gloria's
A neon-lit 1970s disco room in the Ropewalks, playing pop anthems and classic disco.
300 £5–£12
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Liverpool
OMG Liverpool
An LGBTQ+ club on Victoria Street playing throwback pop and chart anthems.
350 £3–£10
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Swansea
Sin City
A two-floor Swansea club running rock, alternative and chart nights alongside live shows.
700 £3–£10
Checked02 SEP 2026
Glasgow
The Garage
The largest nightclub in Scotland by capacity, with several themed rooms under the yellow lorry on Sauchiehall Street.
1,300 £3–£12
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Cardiff
Y Plas
The main hall of Cardiff University's students' union, running large student club nights and touring shows in term time.
1,200 £4–£12
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Southampton
Cafe Parfait
A late-night Southampton venue running a wide spread of club nights, from pop and dance to old-school RnB.
300 £3–£10
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Manchester
Club Academy
The basement room of the University of Manchester's Academy complex, used for student club nights and touring shows.
900 £4–£12
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Liverpool
Heebie Jeebies
A split-level Seel Street club and courtyard, long a cheap and reliable night in the Ropewalks.
400 £3–£10
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London
Infernos
A Clapham institution trading on disco, 90s and 00s pop and unapologetic cheese.
400 £5–£15
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London
Metropolis
A Hackney club running pop, club classics, house and disco.
400 £5–£15
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Chester
Rosies Chester
A multi-room Chester club over three floors, with a rooftop terrace and VIP lounges.
800 £3–£12
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Middlesbrough
Spensley's Emporium
A multi-room bar and club on Albert Road, at the centre of Middlesbrough's night-out strip.
400 £3–£10
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Cambridge
Vinyl Cambridge
A retro-fitted Cambridge club with a light-up dancefloor, running themed 70s to 00s throwback nights on Fridays and Saturdays.
500 £4–£10
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Manchester
Fifth Manchester
A multi-room Princess Street club programming chart, RnB and commercial house to a student-heavy crowd.
1,500 £5–£15
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Lincoln
Home Nightclub
A multi-room Lincoln club on Park Street, long the anchor of the city's student circuit.
900 £3–£10
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Newcastle
Jalou Newcastle
A weekend club in The Gate complex with resident DJs playing party and chart sets.
600 £5–£15
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London
Le Fez
A Putney club playing house, disco, funk and party classics to a south-west London crowd.
400 £5–£15
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Cambridge
Lola Lo Cambridge
A tiki-themed club on Corn Exchange Street running themed parties five nights a week, with two rooms of house, RnB, hip hop and chart on student…
450 £4–£10
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Bradford
Napoleon's Casino & Club
A casino, restaurant and late club on Westgate, open long after the city centre quietens.
350 £0–£10
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Wolverhampton
The Planet Nightclub
A long-standing Wolverhampton club near the canal, running alternative and chart nights.
600 £3–£10
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Portsmouth
Tokyo Joe's
An Asian-themed Portsmouth club known for its headbands, beer pong tables and performers working the floor.
500 £3–£10
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Leicester
Waikiki Club
A two-room club on Market Place with VIP tables and a cocktail-led bar.
500 £5–£12
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Gloucester
Fever Gloucester
A city-centre club on Eastgate Street, on the former site of The Windmill.
700 £3–£10
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Doncaster
Labyrinth
A Silver Street club running weekend chart and party nights.
500 £3–£10
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Bradford
Mavericks
A Bradford city-centre club running weekend chart and party nights.
400 £3–£10
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Norwich
Mercy
One of the bigger rooms on Prince of Wales Road, running chart, RnB and student nights across several floors.
900 £3–£12
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Cardiff
Retro Cardiff
A St Mary Street club trading on throwback anthems and feel-good chart nights.
400 £3–£10
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Birmingham
Rosies Birmingham
Five rooms over two floors just off Broad Street, running noughties throwbacks, RnB and chart nights.
900 £3–£10
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Blackpool
Trilogy
A large Market Street club running weekend nights and day raves through the resort season.
1,200 £5–£15
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Barnsley
Vogue Barnsley
A refreshed town-centre club running weekend nights.
400 £3–£10
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Derby
Popworld Derby
A Derby branch of the Popworld chain, trading on 80s, 90s and 00s pop alongside current chart.
400 £3–£8
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Brighton
PRYZM Brighton
A large multi-room club on West Street. It closed to the public in October 2024 when structural problems were found in the Kingswest complex, and reopened…
2,000 £5–£15
PookieFugglestein
Closed27 JUN 2025
Sheffield
The Leadmill
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 it closed on 27…
Closed 27 Jun 2025
Closed26 APR 2026
Milton Keynes
Pink Punters
A landmark of the region's LGBTQ+ nightlife on Watling Street in Bletchley. Patrons were evacuated in the early hours of 26 April 2026 as fire took…
Closed 26 Apr 2026
Closed27 JUN 2026
Bournemouth
Cameo Bournemouth
A long-running Bournemouth club that closed on 27 June 2026. Its operators pointed to the relocation of the entrance, to make way for student accommodation, as…
Closed 27 Jun 2026
ClosedFEB 2024
Birmingham
PRYZM Birmingham
A large multi-room commercial club on Broad Street, geared to student nights and chart-led weekends. It closed permanently in February 2024, when Rekom UK — then…
Closed Feb 2024
ClosedFEB 2024
Wrexham
ATIK Wrexham
Once the largest nightclub in North Wales, holding more than 1,600 people across two rooms. It closed permanently in February 2024 in the Rekom UK administration.
Closed Feb 2024
ClosedFEB 2024
Portsmouth
PRYZM Portsmouth
A large multi-room club by the Guildhall. It closed permanently in February 2024 in the Rekom UK administration, one of seventeen venues shut at once.
Closed Feb 2024
ClosedLAST ORDERS
Bournemouth
Halo Bournemouth
Closed. A £750,000 relaunch as Sanctum folded within a month over management and health-and-safety problems.
Closed