Friday
The Hydra
Fire, Fri Sep 27
Roaming party The Hydra beds down in Vauxhall with a stellar line-up of underground house talent. The show marks the London debut of the Three Chairs collective, comprised of Detroit house luminaries Moodymann, Theo Parrish, Rick Wilhite, and Marcellus Pittman. UK underground star Boddika headlines room two, bringing signees of his Nonplus label along for support. This is a truly blockbuster ticket.
Fire, South Lambeth Road, SW8 1UQ, 10pm-6am, £22.50, hydra.supremebeing.com
Tief Second Anniversary
Corsica Studios, Fri Sep 27
South London’s premier underground house night turns two this weekend. To celebrate, it's sticking to the formula that’s made it such a success – inviting big name DJs down to intimate Elephant and Castle venue Corsica Studios. Tonight it's an understandably special line-up, with Steffi, a celebrated producer and resident at Berlin's world-famous Panorama bar, behind the decks, with turns from jackin' house beat-maker KiNK and elusive French producer Pepe Bradock.
Corsica Studios, 5 Farrell Court, SE17 1LB, 10pm-7am, £17.50, facebook.com/Tiefmusic
Lost Valley of the Power Ballads
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, Fri Sep 27
Head to Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club for no-nonsense cheese this weekend. It's hosting a bizarre power ballad/dinosaur-themed night, with a fancy dress code of 'Eighties power pop cave man'. Erm, yes. Whatever happens, you can guarantee you’ll have fun – if you like cheesy pop and the prehistoric era that is.
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 42-46 Pollard Row, E2 6NB, 9pm-2am, £6, workersplaytime.net
Saturday
The Dirtybird Players
Fire, Sat Sep 28
San Francisco techno troublemaker Claude Von Stroke brings the best artists from his Dirtybird record label to Vauxhall. As well as label boss Von Stroke himself, recent Eats Everything collaborators Catz 'N Dogz are on the bill, along with bass-house pioneers Zombie Disco Squad and talented producer Justin Martin.
Fire, South Lambeth Road, SW8 1UQ, 11pm-7.30am, £20, dirtybirdrecords.com
Sink the Pink Fifth Birthday
XOYO, Sat Sep 28
Another birthday this weekend – camp clubbing landmark Sink the Pink celebrates five years in the business, moving proceedings from its usual Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club home to the bigger XOYO. Expect the usual mix of sing-a-long hits, transvestite performances and an utterly unique Glitter My Shitter “make under” area.
XOYO, 32-37 Cowper Street, EC2A 4AP, 9pm-3am, £10, sinkthepinklondon.com
Sunday
secretsundaze Closing Party
Oval Space, Sun Sep 29
Sunday clubbing institution secretsundaze brings its 2013 summer season to a close with a blockbuster party at Bethnal Green's Oval Space, the venue where they kicked things off earlier in the year. Smooth house master Motor City Drum Ensemble, aka Stuttgart-born DJ Danilo Plessow, is being flown over for the occasion and secretsundaze favourite Mr G and club bosses James Priestley and Giles Smith are also on the bill.
Oval Space, 29-32 The Oval, E2 9DY, 2pm-10.30pm, £19.50, secretsundaze.net
