1 Rinse FM Boxing Day
If eggnog bloat and casual racism from the in-laws has you itching to draw a line under Christmas, demolish yuletide here with the help of sub bass. Grime stars Novelist and Abra Cadabra appear alongside a host of celebrated selectors (Zinc, Geeneus, Oneman, Loefah) and the Boxed crew.
Ministry Of Sound, SE1, Boxing Day
2 Shine Boxing Night
Belfast boys Bicep risk frowns from their grandparents by dashing off to host a night of deep techno and disco-fringed house. Fabric resident Craig Richards winds up his enforced sabbatical from the club alongside Clouds, nd_baumecker and more.
Queens University Students Union, Belfast, Boxing Day
3 La Cheetah NYE 2016
Spending midnight amid the unremitting thud of bass drums isn’t always the best omen for a new year; so why not spin around to disco edits provided by Rahaan and Sassy J instead?
La Cheetah Club Basement, Glasgow, New Year’s Eve
4 La Discotheque
Candi Staton plays live, with Derrick Carter and Horse Meat Disco bringing disco anthems, and Hot Chip spinning their Prince tribute, a Glasto 2016 highlight.
Albert Hall, Manchester, New Year’s Eve
5 The Art School NYE
If 2016 made you contemplate life on an off-world colony, Jon Hopkins and Nathan Fake’s cosmic techno will attempt to propel you there. But Glaswegians are reminded that it’s also the last ever night at Paisley rave institution The Club.
The Art School, Glasgow, New Year’s Eve
6 Wigflex NYE Cage Party
The stage for this Midlands bash is inside a caged wrestling ring, and while the perma-hunched Ben UFO, Pearson Sound, Pangaea and Call Super probably wouldn’t last five seconds in an actual match, they’ll go for 10 rounds of killer futurist techno here. The former three also play WHP’s New Year’s Day closing party in Manchester.
Secret location, Nottingham, New Year’s Eve
7 RAM NYE
The drum’n’bass label celebrates 25 years, admittedly without co-founder Andy C, but with nearly every other heavy-yet-poppy producer in the game, topped by Sub Focus and Nero.
O2 Academy Brixton, SW9, New Year’s Eve
8 Oval Space x Percolate
For lovers of smart but big-hearted 4/4, this is London’s best NYE option, with Levon Vincent, Midland and Floating Points.
Oval Space, E2, New Year’s Eve
9 Canal Mills Presents
For a blast of pure positive energy, pop-house don MK is hard to beat, plus there’s melodic techno from Modeselektor and The Black Madonna the next day.
Canal Mills, Leeds, New Year’s Eve & New Year’s Day
10 In:Motion
Kurupt FM put a middle finger up to 2016, with D&B in room two, and Local Action in three. NYD’s 14 hours are headed up by Tale of Us and Ben Klock.
