Techno clubs

Venues with Techno 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…

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Berghain

Berlin, Germany · 1,500 capacity

A former power station in Friedrichshain, running from Saturday night deep into Monday. Famous in equal measure for its Funktion-One rig, its…

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Fabric

London · 1,600 capacity

Three rooms under the old Smithfield cold stores, with Room One's bodysonic dancefloor wired so the bass travels through the floor itself.…

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The White Hotel

Manchester · 600 capacity

A former car repair garage in Salford with bare concrete walls and almost no production, running experimental electronics, noise and techno. Widely…

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Amnesia Ibiza

Ibiza, Spain · 5,000 capacity

Two enormous rooms — the Club Room and the glass-roofed Terrace — and the venue where balearic beat took shape in the…

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The Warehouse Project

Manchester · 10,000 capacity

A seasonal series rather than a permanent club, WHP takes over disused Manchester industrial space each autumn and winter. Its Depot Mayfield…

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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…

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Motion

Bristol · 2,800 capacity

A former skate park turned warehouse complex beside the Feeder Canal, with connected rooms and an outdoor Marble Factory yard. Bristol's largest…

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The Brooklyn Mirage

New York, United States · 6,000 capacity

The open-air centrepiece of the Avant Gardner complex in East Williamsburg, with a vast LED backdrop and a summer-season programme.

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Drumsheds

London · 15,000 capacity

A vast former IKEA warehouse in Tottenham converted by Broadwick into four connected halls. It is among the largest indoor club spaces…

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DC-10

Ibiza, Spain · 1,500 capacity

A low-slung building by the airport runway, home of Circoloco Mondays and the island's least polished, most revered room.

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Corsica Studios

London · 400 capacity

An artist-run space in two railway arches near Elephant & Castle, small enough to feel like a party and adventurous enough to…

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Sneaky Pete's

Edinburgh · 100 capacity

A hundred-capacity room on the Cowgate that books far above its size, seven nights a week.

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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…

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FOLD

London · 500 capacity

A Canning Town warehouse with a no-photography policy and long, late programming across techno, dubstep, garage and jungle.

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Hope Works

Sheffield · 800 capacity

A working industrial site by day and a techno warehouse by night, home to the Hope Works and No Bounds programmes.

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La Cheetah Club

Glasgow · 200 capacity

A small basement under Max's bar on Queen Street, booking electro, house and techno well above what the room's size suggests.

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Mint Club

Leeds · 300 capacity

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

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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…

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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.

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The Bongo Club

Edinburgh · 350 capacity

A charity-run club on the Cowgate programming techno, drum & bass, electro, jungle and hip hop, alongside arts and community events.

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The Cause

London · 1,200 capacity

A club with a charitable model that donates profits to mental-health and community causes, now in a Docklands home after outgrowing its…

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24 Kitchen Street

Liverpool · 300 capacity

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

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Cabaret Voltaire

Edinburgh · 600 capacity

Built into the Edinburgh Vaults beneath the Old Town, a stone-arched club running house, techno and bass across two rooms.

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Partisan Collective

Manchester · 150 capacity

A volunteer-run, member-owned social centre north of the centre, programming afrobeat, dub, jazz-leaning electronics and experimental nights.

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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…

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SWG3

Glasgow · 1,250 capacity

A former warehouse complex on the Clyde with multiple event spaces, a yard and a year-round arts programme.

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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.

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De Marktkantine

Amsterdam, Netherlands · 900 capacity

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

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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.

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Lab11

Birmingham · 900 capacity

A Digbeth warehouse club with an outdoor yard, central to Birmingham's underground programming.

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Lakota

Bristol · 1,000 capacity

A Stokes Croft mainstay since the early 1990s, spread over three floors and central to Bristol's rave history.

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Limelight

Belfast · 900 capacity

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

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Patterns

Brighton · 500 capacity

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

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The Mill

Birmingham · 1,000 capacity

A converted Digbeth industrial building programming live shows and large electronic club nights.

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Hidden

Manchester · 900 capacity

A mill conversion in north Manchester with a courtyard and two rooms, favoured for long underground line-ups.

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Joshua Brooks

Manchester · 400 capacity

A pub above and a low basement club below, with a 4am weekend licence and a house, techno and drum & bass…

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The Arch

Brighton · 600 capacity

A seafront arch club under the promenade, booking touring house and techno names alongside local residents.

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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…

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ARTCH Studios

Preston · 800 capacity

One of Preston's largest spaces, with multiple stages given over to house and electronic events.

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Basement 45

Bristol · 300 capacity

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

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Beaver Works

Leeds · 2,000 capacity

A multi-room warehouse south of the centre used for large-scale touring shows and all-night events.

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Egg London

London · 1,200 capacity

Three floors plus a large terrace and garden, running some of the longest sessions in the capital.

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PlanB

Swansea · 600 capacity

A dance-focused club on the former Club Oxygen site, with two floors and a licence that runs through to sunrise on Friday…

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Tunnel Club

Birmingham · 400 capacity

A railway-tunnel club in the Jewellery Quarter with a heavy sound system and underground bookings.

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