Scottish Clubbing Highlights: November 2024
Belated Halloween festivities, a handful of MCs, and a MF boat party. November’s top club picks include Karenn, DJ Assault, Madam X, and Shakara
On Friday 1 November, get your skater boi in Glasgow to the backdrop of Busted and Britney for So Fetch – 2000s Halloween special at The Classic Grand . On Sunday 3 November, Dame Area are a surefire bet to leave you breathless at Sneaky Pete’s with their live industrial post-punk show.
Midweek at The Bongo Club, Hip Hop Scotland and Form 696 bring London MC Genesis Elijah over the border – support from Red King and Paque (6 Nov). On Thursday, Psweatpants takes the mic for Volens Chorus at Sneaky Pete’s (7 Nov). Elena Colombi is joined by Cardopusher on Friday in Glasgow at The Flying Duck for Cold Open – expect a psychedelic techno-fusion certain to get you moving (8 Nov). The next day in the capital, Club_Nacht welcome back MiNNA, alongside an effervescent bag of house, disco, and garage to The Bongo Club (9 Nov).
Form 696 returns to The Bongo Club on Thursday 14 November, this time with Rapture 4D and Chrissy Grimez – bring your gun fingers. On Friday 15 November, say your last goodbye to Shakara, as they end a six-year legacy at The Berkeley Suite with CC:Disco! Otherwise, head to Sub Club for the hard drum of Ahadadream, or Stereo for DOLLS DOLLS DOLLS – the long-awaited return of Excuse My Beauty. On Saturday, shake your ass to the ghetto sounds of Detroit at the Taikano 7TH Birthday with DJ Assault on The Ferry (16 Nov).
The following Friday (22 Nov), titan techno-mutators Blawan and Pariah aka Karenn tear the roof off Sub Club for Spirit. On Saturday, Edinburgh welcomes back the rhythms of Erol Alkan to a sold-out Sneaky Pete’s (23 Nov). On Friday 29 November, Objekt takes the reins at La Cheetah, providing an underground avant-garde masterclass. Closing out the month, Madam X celebrates ten years of Kaizen with an instore at Glasgow’s Rubadub, followed by a late affair with Hang Tough at EXIT (30 Nov).