Scottish Clubbing Highlights: December 2024
It would seem Scottish clubbers made it to Santa’s good list this Christmas. Top December picks include Headset Festival, Principe, DJ Chicken, Poole, and Sicaria
Dance your way into winter with Nigeria’s coldest Kukuruku kingpin DJ Chicken at Glasgow’s 142b lounge (1 Dec). At EXIT, Portugal’s Principe crew heat up Healthy for a second time in 2024 – the last contends for best night this year (1 Dec). On Monday 2 December, celebrate the brat bank holiday, as Charli xcx hits Glasgow. Stereo’s Shitepop x Rahul.mp3: The Brat Afterparty is sold out, however you can still catch the cult classic afterparty at The Berkeley Suite (2 Dec).
On Friday 6th, Glasgow’s Poole showcases his latest release to life, bringing live abstract electronics, visuals, and vocals, to EXIT. A few streets southwards, techno’s favourite stoners – Fjaak – light up Sub Club for Sensu. Otherwise, Gary Beck and A Deeper Groove join forces to launch brand new night, Visionaire to the seaside town of Ayr (6 Dec). On Sat 7 Dec, FUSE turns eight in style, hosting the SICARIA UK Tour – BACK2BASICS feat. Hometown Soundsystem to Glasgow’s Stereo – support from SOFSOF, Luckybabe & Chicha. Also on Saturday, Club Nacht welcomes home Wallace, alongside his tartan army and a bag of blistering house to The Bongo Club (14 Dec). Witness hundreds of Scottish acts, across four rooms, in support of one local HERO: Skillis hosts Headset's 10th Birthday x 3-Day Festival from Friday 20 December at The Mash House – this may never happen again (20-22 Dec).
Meanwhile, in Glasgow Illian Tape roll through to La Cheetah with stone-cold drumfunk on Friday (20 Dec), while DUENDE X Decades of Dub shares global bass flavours to EXIT on Saturday (21 Dec). On Friday 27, it’s the Animal Farm 20th Birthday at Sub Club – our forecasts predict no nonsense doof. For more doof, Fraz.ier is back in Aberdeen at UNIT 51; this time with E.DN b2b Liam Capello (27 Dec). Techno birthdays persist across the weekend at The Bongo Club, firstly for 15 Years Of Pulse: Ben Sims on Saturday 28 December, followed by the 23-year finale of Jackhammer with Dave Clarke and Detroit Techno Militia. Round out the year in Edinburgh at the Mash House Hogmanay. Although it’s tricky to compete with fireworks and a 5am license, EXIT, Ponyboy, and The Berkeley Suite have Glasgow clubbers in safe hands come Tuesday 31 Dec.