Top Picks: Easter Bank Holiday Weekend

Bristol
Bristol’s reputation for drum & bass and urban music has never been more present. With SWX having recently opened as the cities newest club and Motion still being one of the best clubs in the south, Easter bank holiday weekend in Bristol will provide plenty of exciting goings on.

Claptone & Bontan
Thursday - SWX Bristol, Bristol
Codec bring one of the biggets names in tech house to Britol in the form of the mysterious Claptone 

Codec Presents: Jaguar Skills
Saturday - SWX Britstol
Master of the mashup Jaguar Skills will weave through all things hip-hop and beyond

KISSTORY Easter
Sunday – SWX, Bristol
KISS FM residents play the very best old skool anthems

Liverpool
Liverpool is one of the North’s leading lights when it comes to clubbing. Chibuku, Circus, Camp & Furnace, The Magnet, The Shipping Forecast, the list goes on of impressive venues The Pool holds within its limits and there’s no doubt there will be something exciting suited to you coming this Easter.

Circus Daytime Bank Holiday Special
Saturday – Camp & Furnace, Liverpool
An all-star bill that includes Marco Carola, Yousef, The Martinez Brothers, Alan Fitzpatrick and Guy Gerber takes to Camp & Furnace for an all day affair.

Leeds
The clubbing capital of the north will no doubt be a live with a ripe selection of house and techno this Easter as it is all year round. There’s no rest for the wicked here at Mint Club, Mint Warehouse, The Warehouse, Canal Mills, Wire and a host of brand new venues set to show the town what they’ve got for the first bank holiday of 2016.

Selective Hearing 6th Birthday
Thursday - Wire, Leeds
One of Ostgut Ton's leading artists, Steffi, will be at the controls as one of the North West's leading parties as it celebrates its 6th Birthday 

Abstruse x Slam
Thursday – Mint Club, Leeds
British techno stalwarts and Soma spearheads Slam play a 3 hour set

Overflow 3rd Birthday
Friday - Wire, Leeds
Hazard & MC Biggie will be in effect as Overflow celebrate three years of drum & bass parties in Leeds 

Funk Soul Nation Presents Cosmic Slop DJs
Friday - HiFi, Leeds
FSN team up with one of Leeds best loved parties for a coming together of resident DJs 

Shine Easter Sunday Special
Sunday – The Warehouse, Leeds
Expect classic house music from Ce Ce Rogers, Marshall Jefferson and residents

Lost Property Opening Party
Sunday – Wire, Leeds
PBR Streetgang’s new party featuring Artwork, Maxxi Soundsystem and Reeshy

Knee Deep In Leeds
Sunday – Mint Warehouse, Leeds
Hot Since 82’s record label comes to Leeds with Nic Fanciulli, Cristoph and more set to play

Birmingham
The Rainbow Venues in Birmingham has always been a standout venue for bank holiday parties not just in its home city, but also in the UK. This Easter it will be rocking once again to celebrate its birthday, with a number of other exciting events taking place across the weekend.

Wobble x Hard Times
Sunday – Spotlight, Birmingham
Hard Times and Todd Terry are recruited to help celebrate 24 years of Wobble

Sun City Meets Urban Rewind
Saturday – O2 Institute, Birmingham
Line Up TBA

The Rainbow Venues Chapter XII
Saturday – The Rainbow Venues, Birmingham
A huge birthday celebration spread across all of The Rainbow Venues spaces. Dubfire, Loco Dice, Jamie Jones, Joseph Capriati, Pan-Pot, Maya Jane Coles and Richie Hawtin to play amongst over 25 other DJs.

Chapter XII by night
Saturday - 119 Floodgate Street
Spanish party starters Elrow, take over Chapter XII festival from the night well into the early hours 

Sun City meets Urban Rewind
Sunday - O2 Intitute Birmingham
A host of DJs will be on hand to celebrate Easter Sunday as Sun City comes together with Urban rewind

Sheffield
Sheffield’s club scene has been hugely on the rise this year. With new venues opening up in various places and Tramlines festival becoming bigger and better than ever, things are getting good. Just outside of the city, Magna will is known for its bank holiday knees ups and will be in action this Easter weekend.

Spring Fest
Sunday – Magna, Sheffield
DJs such as MK, Amine Edge & DANCE and a crew of Hot Creations favourites including Denney, wAFF, Richy Ahmed and Patrick Topping play across 4 rooms of music