The Easter long weekend is made for clubs.
With four days off to play with, there’s no excuse for staying in. Whether you’re looking for hypnotic house marathons, foundation-shaking bassweight or simply all Drake, all night long, Britain’s fair capital city has pretty much everything you need.
This Easter it seems like half of the world’s DJs are coming to London, so to make sense of the bewildering number of top-flight parties happening under our noses we’ve rounded up the best nights out of the next four days. Turn the page to find out where you can cut a rug to everyone from Surgeon to Skrillex.
THURSDAY
Jackmaster presents Tweak-A-Holic
The Glasgow renegade brings his cheesiest bag of discs to the XOYO basement for a journey through ’80s boogie, pop and r’n’b that’s bound to put a smile on your face, while his countrymen from the Dixon Avenue Basement Jams label take over room two. XOYO, 21:00-04:00
Secretsundaze Easter Special
New Jersey’s DJ Qu heads the bill with deep and soulful house and techno, joined by NTS Radio regular Mosca and Panorama Bar resident Virginia. The Laundry, 22:00-06:00
Blueprint x Innervisions with Planetary Assault Systems
Luke Slater wheels out his Planetary Assault Systems alias for a live set at The Hydra’s straight-up-techno Easter shindig, alongside Innervisions kings Ame, the mighty hand of Surgeon, Truss, James Ruskin and more. Studio Spaces E1, 22:00-08:00
Mono_cult London 8th Birthday with Genius Of Time
Swedish duo Genius Of Time head to Dalston’s best sweatbox alongside Man Power and Matt Long. Dance Tunnel, 22:00-05:00
Trouble Vision with Marcellus Pittman
Detroit originator Marcellus Pittman leads a foolproof bill down at Elephant & Castle, joined by Text’s NYC star Anthony Naples, Cologne original Barnt and Dan Beaumont. Corsica Studios, 23:00-06:00
Before My Eyes with Demdike Stare
If all those disco lights and happy faces fill you with horror, get thee to the Stoke Newington for a night of pitch-black picks from Demdike Stare and Raime. The Waiting Room, 09:00-02:00
FRIDAY
Swamp81 with Loefah
Label boss Loefah is joined by New York’s FaltyDL plus Paleman, Chunk, Jonny Banger and the marvellous Josey Rebelle for a dub-heavy night down south. Corsica Studios, 22:00-06:00
Lapalux album launch
Brainfeeder’s UK rep launches his sumptous new album Lustmore with live audiovisual show in the heart of Shoreditch – a perfect warm-up. Rich Mix, 20:00-23:00
Prosumer & Murat Tepeli
The eternally on-point Prosumer is joined by Potion labelmate Murat Tepeli for a deep house masterclass. Dance Tunnel, 22:00-04:00
Gold Teeth Beyonce special
The south London hip hop and r’n’b party dedicates its Good Friday special to Queen Bey, with strictly Bey/Destiny’s Child between 1-2am plus “elevator kickboxing with Solange”, whatever that may mean. Brixton Jamm, 23:00-05:00
Drake Night
Alternatively if you’re OVO through and through, get over to Hackney where the Work It crew and NBA Jam are serving up all Drake, all night long. The Laundry, 22:00-04:00
SATURDAY
Seth Troxler and Robert Hood at Fabric
It’s a star-studded line-up at London’s clubbing epicentre on Saturday night, with Seth Troxler rocking up for his quarterly residency joined by minimal figurehead Robert Hood, blazing live techno from Karenn and chart-topper Route 94 among others. Fabric, 23:00-08:00
NTS 4th Birthday with Delroy Edwards
NTS Radio puts on an impressively diverse spread for its birthday bash, with chameleonic LA producer Delroy Edwards joined by Bristol’s Shanti Celeste, NTS regulars Jon Rust, Tasker and Murlo, and tons more. Corsica Studios, 22:00-06:00
Plex Easter Warehouse Party with Bleaching Agent
Techno crew Plex serve up some heavyweight 4/4 on 4/4 with Bleaching Agent, He/aT, Datassette, J. Tijn and more. Bloc, 23:00-06:00
Solo Danza Crucifix Lane closing party with Margaret Dygas
After being served its notice by Network Rail killjoys, south London’s Crucifix Lane club waves goodbye with a bang this weekend, bringing Ostgut Ton talent Margaret Dygas and Cocoon’s Tobi Neumann over for the send-off. Crucifix Lane, 22:00-06:00
Dummy presents Goon Club Allstars & Friends
The Dummy magazine team up with one of our favourite labels for a quirky night with Bok Bok collaborator Sweyn Jupiter, rising singer/producer Lafawndah and grime kid Moleskin. The Laundry, 23:00-04:00
SUNDAY
Electric Minds with Mano Le Tough
The Hydra’s Sunday night offering pairs nomadic party Electric Minds with Croatian festival Dimensions to present a stonking line-up of (deep breath) Mano Le Tough, Omar-S, Midland, Daniel Bortz, Jay Daniel, October (live), Moxie, Dolan Bergin and Paranoid London. Studio Spaces E1, 23:00-08:00
Half Baked Easter Special with Motor City Drum Ensemble
Much off-kilter fun to be had at Ibiza-aping club Studio 338, with MCDE joined by Panorama Bar star Tama Sumo and tons more from Half Baked Records. Studio 338, 16:00-07:00
Eglo Records Bank Holiday Special
Sound Signature’s Andrew Ashong joins up with Eglo label boss Alexander Nut for a lengthy back-to-back set in room one alongside broken beat reps Dego and Kaidi Tatham, while the Channel One sound system handles room two. Corsica Studios, 22:00-06:00
Chapter Ten presents Steffi
Ostgut Ton ambassador Steffi heads a jacking line-up with R&S lad Pariah and man-about-town Dan Beaumont. Bloc, 23:00-06:00
Four Tet & Skrillex
This one’s for lucky ballot winners only, sadly. Will the Text boss find some common DJing ground with the world-gobbling EDM megastar? Who knows, but it’s bound to be an absolute screamer. Underworld, 19:00-23:00
