Disco clubs

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

Sub Club

Glasgow · 410 capacity

Open since 1987 beneath Jamaica Street, Sub Club is one of the longest continuously running underground clubs in the world. The low…

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 ★★★★☆

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 ★★★★☆

Albert Hall

Manchester · 1,600 capacity

A former Wesleyan chapel off Deansgate with the original pipe organ and stained glass still in place, used for gigs and large…

★★★★★

World Headquarters

Newcastle · 400 capacity

An independent club founded in 1993 on an explicitly anti-racist, anti-sexist door policy, playing soul, funk, reggae, hip hop and house.

★★★★★

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…

★★★★☆

Dalston Superstore

London · 250 capacity

A queer bar and basement club in Dalston, open from daytime through to late, with a policy spanning house, disco, techno and…

★★★★☆

Mint Club

Leeds · 300 capacity

A small, low-ceilinged room with a Funktion-One rig that has anchored the Leeds underground since 1998.

★★★★☆

Reading Rooms

Dundee · 500 capacity

A converted hall on Blackscroft that reshaped Dundee nightlife, booking underground house and techno well beyond what a city of its size…

★★★★☆

The Berkeley Suite

Glasgow · 200 capacity

A velvet-lined room west of the centre with a disco, electronica and punk-house policy and a devoted regular crowd.

★★★★☆

The Night Owl

Birmingham · 400 capacity

A Digbeth club built around northern soul, ska, reggae and Britpop, with a sprung floor and a soul-club atmosphere.

★★★★☆

24 Kitchen Street

Liverpool · 300 capacity

A Baltic Triangle warehouse space combining club nights, live music and community programming.

★★★★☆

Concorde 2

Brighton · 600 capacity

A seafront venue in a former tea room, mixing live shows with long-running club nights.

★★★★☆

Green Door Store

Brighton · 250 capacity

A free-entry bar and venue in the railway arches behind Brighton station, running gigs and indie, soul and disco nights.

★★★★☆

HiFi Club

Leeds · 250 capacity

A basement club off Briggate with a soul, funk, disco and hip hop policy, plus a long-running comedy night.

★★★★☆

Independent

Sunderland · 400 capacity

Open since 2006 on Holmeside, and the centre of Sunderland's independent scene, with a range running from nu-jazz and acid house to…

★★★★☆

Moth Club

London · 250 capacity

A former ex-servicemen's club in Hackney with a glittering gold ceiling, running gigs and indie, soul and disco club nights.

★★★★☆

Phonox

London · 500 capacity

A Brixton club built around a single room and a resident-led booking policy, giving one DJ a long Saturday residency at a…

★★★★☆

Thekla

Bristol · 400 capacity

A 1950s cargo ship moored in the Floating Harbour, converted into a live venue and club. The hull room is one of…

★★★★☆

Unit 51

Aberdeen · 300 capacity

An independent, multi-purpose space in the merchant quarter, run by people who treat music, art and drink with equal seriousness.

★★★★☆

XOYO

London · 800 capacity

A two-floor Shoreditch club best known for its long-running resident series, which hands a DJ a three-month run of weekends and lets…

★★★★☆

YES

Manchester · 250 capacity

Four floors on Charles Street — bar, live room, restaurant and a basement club running house, disco, techno and hip hop.

★★★★☆

Annabel's Cabaret & Discotheque

Plymouth · 400 capacity

A Barbican venue combining live music, burlesque and cabaret with a late discotheque.

★★★★☆

Carpet Shop

London · 200 capacity

A small Peckham arch behind a shopfront, with an eclectic policy taking in psytrance, Italo disco, house, techno, grime and dubstep.

★★★★☆

Colour Factory

London · 500 capacity

A Hackney Wick warehouse with a courtyard, programming house, techno, disco, grime, garage and jazz across day-to-night events.

★★★★☆

De Marktkantine

Amsterdam, Netherlands · 900 capacity

A converted 1930s market canteen in west Amsterdam with an ornate main hall and late licence.

★★★★☆

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.

★★★★☆

Gorilla

Manchester · 500 capacity

Built into railway arches under Oxford Road station, with the curved brick giving the room its natural acoustics.

★★★★☆

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…

★★★★☆

Nice N Sleazy

Glasgow · 200 capacity

A bar and basement venue on Sauchiehall Street, mixing live gigs with house, soul and new-wave club nights.

★★★★☆

Patterns

Brighton · 500 capacity

A two-floor venue on Marine Parade with a sea-view balcony and a strong underground booking policy.

★★★★☆

The Bodega

Nottingham · 220 capacity

A small upstairs room on Pelham Street, mixing new bands with indie and disco club nights.

★★★★☆

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.

★★★★☆

Volks

Brighton · 300 capacity

A low, tunnel-like club dug into the seafront at Madeira Drive, running dub, reggae, jungle and bass nights.

★★★★☆

Night Tales

London · 700 capacity

A set of Hackney railway arches combining street food and bars with a club floor running house, disco, garage and soul.

★★★★☆

Plush

Oxford · 300 capacity

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

★★★★☆

The Buff Club

Glasgow · 300 capacity

A basement off Bath Street playing funk, soul, disco and retro hits, open late through the week.

★★★★☆

The Warehouse

Leeds · 500 capacity

One of the oldest clubs in Leeds, open since 1979, with a Funktion-One stack and a mix of underground bookings and long-running…

★★★★☆

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.

★★★★☆

Basement 45

Bristol · 300 capacity

A low, dark basement off Frogmore Street running jazz, funk, techno and bass nights.

★★★★☆

CHALK

Brighton · 700 capacity

A seafront venue on the former Coalition site, running weekly club nights alongside touring live shows.

★★★★☆

Cheerz

Aberdeen · 250 capacity

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

★★★★☆

Hockley Arts Club

Nottingham · 300 capacity

A multi-room bar in Hockley whose Stockholm room runs as a late club on Fridays and Saturdays.

★★★★☆

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.

★★★★☆

Polo Lounge

Glasgow · 400 capacity

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

★★★★☆

Queen of Hoxton

London · 500 capacity

A Shoreditch bar and club over three floors, best known for a rooftop that is themed and rebuilt each season.

★★★★☆

The Lanes

Bristol · 400 capacity

A bowling alley, bar and club in one building on Nelson Street, with club nights running late at weekends.

★★★★☆

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.

★★★★☆

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.

★★★★☆

South Nightclub

Manchester · 350 capacity

A small basement off King Street with a house, disco and RnB policy and a smart-casual door.

★★★★☆

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.

★★★★☆

Le Fez

London · 400 capacity

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

★★★★☆

Retro Cardiff

Cardiff · 400 capacity

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

★★★★☆