Scottish Clubbing Highlights: September 2024

Starting on Wednesday 4 September, Pop Mutations presents a midweek doozy at Glasgow’s Flying Duck with East Africa’s MC Yallah x Debmaster. Otherwise, get weird to the contemporary hip-hop of LA’s Bayymack at Broadcast. On Thursday 5 September, it’s footwork, juke, and jungle at Sneaky Pete’s, as Jetski docks at Volens Chorus. Erosion welcomes the drum & bass of dBridge to The Flying Duck on Friday (6 Sep). On Saturday, house, trance, and techno encyclopaedia/internet sensation, Fish56Octagon makes a Scottish debut at SWG3, while EXIT’s 1ST BIRTHDAY FUNDRAISER WEEKENDER seeks to repair a soundsystem we’ve come to know all too well (Fri 6 & Sat 7 Sep).

The following Friday (13 Sep), Weird and Wired pull up to The Old Hairdressers with live punk and electronic savagery. In Edinburgh, CELTIC TERROR SQUAD match up with Clean Up Crew at The Mash House, throwing down donk, makina, and hardcore – £2.50 tix (Fri 13 Sep). On Sunday, Charlie Dark of Run Dem Crew brings funk, soul, and reggae to Sneaky Pete’s from 5pm. Later that evening, Four Tet co-sign Anish Kumar headlines Postal.

Buckle up for Gunk on Tuesday at The Berkeley Suite with Massie and VNEE’s mixed bag of bass-weighted selections (17 Sep). On Wednesday, hear the diasporic sounds of South Asia and SWANA at Sub Club for Haram Haram (18 Sep). Spirit invites Donato Dozzy b2b Bake to Sub Club on Friday – let’s see if we make it past 110bpm. For something a little faster, SWG3 presents Irish techno reviver Tommy Holohan (Fri 20 Sep). On Saturday, Events Research Programme descends from dub to punk at EXIT with babyschön, meanwhile in Edinburgh, it’s all things soulful house and hip-hop for The Mirror Dance: dreamcastmoe at Sneaky Pete’s (Sat 21 Sep). On Sunday, Scotland’s biggest Afropiano festival lands at Glasgow’s Slay for RAP ACADEMY – GLASVEGAS EDITION (22 Sep).

Kick back to the bars of South London’s Jadasea at The Glad Café on Tuesday evening (24 Sep). Rubadub turns 32 at EXIT on Friday with Tikiman, Arthur, and Watkins Group – Crucial Roots Sound System confirmed. Alternatively, Stereo explores the roots of clubkid with Metaraph for Ponyboy (Fri 27 Sep). On Saturday, Tom Boogizm links up with Finn, and Mother at The Flying Duck for Cold Open (28 Sep).