They come around soon, these ‘biggest nights of the year’. Some say it’s NYE, others say it’s exam results day; but we all know what it really is, don’t we? Yeah, that’s right: Halloween.

Formerly a cause for celebration strictly to our American cousins, Halloween is now a firm favourite in the calendars of British clubbers, with the excuse to dress up and get down too tantalising to pass up. Up and down the country, people will don their scariest clothing, faces painted like all kinds of harrowing creatures, and pass up door-knock tricks for dancefloor treats. Here to help you find your Halloween destination, we ran through the best of the action in London, Leeds, Manchester and beyond.

London

Rick & Morty Halloween House Party
Friday 27th October
Electric Brixton

Get schwifty at Rick and Morty's Halloween House Party, with hip-hop classics and plenty of surprises.

Secondcity presents The End: Eli & Fur
Friday 27th October
Egg London

Secondcity brings two expert selectors to Egg.

Hip-hop vs RnB - Halloween Special
Friday 27th October
The Prince of Wales

Drumcode Halloween 2017
Saturday 28th October
Tobacco Dock

Adam Beyer has a pretty hefty team behind him, and that’s a good thing too because Drumcode is one of the biggest brands in techno at the moment. Nick Hoppner, Levon Vincent and Dense & Pika are among those joining for the Halloween special at Tobacco Dock.

Printworks 002 || 25 Years of RAM Records
Saturday 28th October
Printworks

Andy C, Bad Company, Camo & Krooked and more lead a DnB onslaught

Krankbrother presents Halloween
Saturday 28th October
Studio Spaces

A stellar lineup of big hitters heads to Studio Spaces as Krankbrother bring Anthony Parasole, B.Traits, Efdemin and special guests to town for another killer night. 

Hollywood Forever Halloween Part 2: Christian Smith, Drunken Kong, Matt Sassari, DJ Spen & Karizma
Saturday 28th October
Egg London

Karizma and DJ Spen are enough to make this a serious contender for London house heads, with Christian Smith, Drunken Kong and Matt Sassari sealing the deal.

Artwork Presents Art's Haunted House
Saturday 28th October
Electric Brixton

Artwork takes on a full night in South London for a freaky fancy dress party.

Pure Old Skool
Saturday 28th October
Scala

Garage, jungle, classic Balearic & acid house get the Old Skool treatment, with DJ Luck & MC Neat topping the bill alongside the likes of Kenny Ken, and Pied Piper.

Hollywood Horror Halloween Party
Tuesday 31st October
Phonox

Brixton's newest dance hotspot delivers a suitably spooky soiree.

Bristol

In:Motion / The Blast Halloween
Friday 27th October
Motion

Brutal beats will combine drum and bass, jungle, grime, hip hop and more as The Blast growl their way through a blistering Halloween party. Sets from Shy FX, Congo Natty, Chris Lorenzo, Zinc and more will not be for the fainthearted.

Kisstory Halloween
Friday 27th October
SWX

Bristol gets a night of old skool, hip hop, dance, R&B and garage.

In:Motion / Just Jack Halloween
Saturday 28th October
Motion

Just Jack are always a safe bet to provide one of the best nights of an In:Motion series, and with Steffi, Virginia, Young Marco and Interstellar Funk in one room whilst DJ Harvey plays all night long in the other, this year is no exception.

Pop Confessional
Saturday 28th October
Thekla

Guilty Pleasures galore.

Leeds

Brotherhood presents Tama Sumo & Lakuti
Friday 27th October
Wire

Two of Berlin's finest selectors bring the heart and soul of Panorama Bar to Leeds. Expect the best you've ever heard in house, techno, disco and more.

Garage Nation Fright Night ft. DJ Luck & MC Neat
Friday 27th October
O2 Academy Leeds

UKG gets a terrifying twist.

system. Halloween - Richie Hawtin / Nicolas Lutz
Saturday 28th October
MiNT Club

Minimal techno, unyielding breakbeat and the deepest 90s tech house collide as Richie Hawtin meets Nicolas Lutz at MiNT Club. Virtuoso DJing guaranteed.

Canal Mills presents: Bicep Live Album Tour
Saturday 28th October
Canal Mills

Feel My Bicep's head honchos play live.

Prism Halloween
Saturday 28th October
MiNT Warehouse 

Prism promise a spectacular lineup as they return to MiNT's larger dance space.

Wire presents Joy Orbison & Or:la
Saturday 28th October
Wire

A stalwart of the UK bass and techno scene is joined by the highly rated Or:la. 

Just A Little Dungeon Disco
Tuesday 31st October
Freedom Mills

NYC disco, nu-disco and house rhythms will be deployed to scare away any bad spirits residing in the Freedom Mills dungeon.

Mixtape Project Halloween Thriller
Tuesday 31st October
HiFi

Fancy dress encouraged as Mixtape Project gets given a frightening twist.

Sticky Treat Halloween
Tuesday 31st October
The Warehouse

Sticky Feet add a ghoulish side to their usual student haunt. 

MiNT Mondays: Halloween Warehouse Project
Tuesday 31st October
MiNT Warehouse

The last 3 consecutive Halloween Projects have sold out, and this one will most likely be going the same way. House, disco, tech, garage and hip-hop all on offer.

Manchester

Ultimate Power Bat Out of Halloween Special
Friday 27th October
O2 Ritz

Power ballads all night long. Trick or treat?

The Warehouse Project || ANTS Halloween Takeover
Saturday 28th October
Store Street

Paul Kalkbrenner’s live set tops the bill for ANTS, with Andrea Oliva, Eli & Fur, Groove Armada and more supporting.

IllumiNaughty presents: Underworld indoor Festival
Saturday 28th October
Bowlers Exhibition Centre

LTJ Bukem, Vini Vici, Sesto Sesto and plenty more will bring the noise at Bowlers Exhibition Centre, with everything from reggae to trance on the menu.

Liverpool

Yousef Presents Circus Halloween
Saturday 28th October
Camp & Furnace

Yousef has stirred up a real magic potion in the Camp & Furnace cauldron, which bubbles and boils with Richie Hawtin, KiNK, Sasha, Alan Fitzpatrick and more providing the heat.

Sheffield

Muzik Pres Alan Fitzpatrick, Enrico Sangiuliano, Reset Robot, Boxia
Friday 27th October
Code

A "techno massacre" is planned with Alan Fitzpatrick leading the onslaught

FF17 (Fearfest 17)
Saturday 28th October
Magna, Templeborough

Bass, bass and plenty more bass, provided by the likes of Chris Lorenzo, wAFF, Low Steppa, De La Swing and many more en vogue selectors.

Detonate Halloween
Saturday 28th October
O2 Academy Sheffield

Detonate return to Sheffield with DJ Hazard joining My Nu Leng, AJ Tracey, SaSaSaS and more. Sign up for tickets here.

HalloSCENE 
Saturday 28th October
Paris Nightclub

An assortment of ghosts, devils, "scary" cats, Harley Quinns and Pennywise the Clowns will assemble at Sheffield's favourite Saturday night hangout.

SuNKeN | Halloween Headlined by Josh Butler
Monday 30th October
Tank

Leeds-based Josh Butler deals in everything from hard house to ambient, and will bring plenty of the deep stuff as he takes to Tank.

Sheffield Halloween - Organised Chaos Crawl - The Living Dead 31/10
Tuesday 31st October
Various venues

It’s a zombie apocalypse, so what do you do? Do you barricade the doors and live out your days eating tinned food a forkful a day? “No!”, you say. “Let ‘em come”, you say. We’ll see you at the pub.

Tribeca Halloween
Tuesday 31st October
The Viper Rooms

Who said Halloween couldn't be glamorous? Tribeca proves otherwise.

Southampton

Junk is... Halloween Jackmaster
Tuesday 31st October
Junk

Southampton scores a Halloween exclusive from Numbers boss Jackmaster

Photo courtesy of Fright Festival