Scottish Clubbing Highlights: April 2025

Who’s the baddest of them all? On Thursday 3 April, it’s Eliza Rose – don’t miss the platinum-selling singer’s vinyl fetish tour at The Berkeley Suite in Glasgow. Close runners up, Orbital, bang out boomer techno and breaks to the Barrowland Ballroom from 7pm. On Friday 4 April, after a seven-year sabbatical, Hawkchild DIY returns to The Art School with a trance music triple threat: Courtesy, Dark0 + Torus. Alternatively, discover the UK cloud rap revival with Feng + Jah at The Flying Duck for CWX1 or head to EXIT for all things Latin reggaeton and trap inside Club Beso. On Saturday 5 April, choose between leftfield dance in Dundee at Szentek’s Moving Castle or fast-paced pelters at the Carouse Day Party in Edinburgh at The Pitt's new home in Granton.

For experimental club sounds, see Foodman & gyrofield at The Art School as part of Glasgow’s Counterflows festival. If you fancy a pint without the party, catch Baxter Dury’s post-Primal Scream bar set at McChuills (5 Apr). On Friday 11 April, 140 legend Loefah lands at Sneaky Pete’s in Edinburgh for mantle with Feena. On Saturday 12 April, Stereo hosts (the very last) Mojxmma FOREVER: Legends Never Die – don’t cry because it’s over, smile since it happened. Numbers is back on Friday 18 April with Fergus Jones, Shell Company & Older Brother, Unspecified Enemies, and Ribeka at EXIT – expect forward-looking sounds from artists new and old. Otherwise, Supertouch DIY showcases grime-tech mutations with MJK and Chrissy Grimez at The Flying Duck, whilst Or:la offers off-kilter house cuts to The Berkeley Suite. On Saturday 19 April, DJ Lag brings the best of South African Gqom to Glasgow via EXIT. Hang Tough have UK techno’s holiest Pearson Sound at The Berkeley Suite with support from Chicha on Easter Sunday – free entry for those that pull up on a donkey (20 Apr).