Despite the UK’s large Arab population, there are few clubs that play their music. Enter Hishek Bishek, where you can find high-speed dabke, mahraganat and more

From small beginnings in 2012, the Kyiv club-cum-cultural centre has become an eastern European scene-leader

Now celebrating 10 years of hedonism, this staple of Berlin nightlife has become a place for people to escape the drudgery of 9-to-5 existence

Founded in 1997, Homoelectric railed against the tacky scene in Manchester’s Gay Village with acid, techno and Italo disco. It has now scaled up to a 12,000-person festival, complete with unicorn drag queens

Thunderdome launched with a giant octopus on an ice rink – and created the Netherlands’ biggest youth culture movement. Three decades on, it’s stronger and tougher than ever

For 40 years, one all-nighter has brought the heaviest, most obscure soul classics to London’s 100 Club – and its middle-aged crowd doesn’t quit

Despite dance music’s roots in gay subculture, the island’s superclubs are overwhelmingly straight. Enter Glitterbox: a riot of bare buttocks, trans go-go dancers and, yes, glitter

With its mix of hippies, techno heads and hikers, this party deep in California’s gold rush country has resisted creeping commercialisation

In conservative, authoritarian Almaty, a small techno event aims to create a safe space for activists and the LGBT community

With sound systems across squats and disused buildings, Naples – ravaged by years of unemployment and violence – has become a European centre for roots reggae

With its hotchpotch of electro, breakbeat and garage, Wigflex has become a beacon in Nottingham where ‘there’s not loads of things to do, so people come and forget their troubles’

Attracting the bohemian set of Burning Man alongside hardcore techno fans, Damian Lazarus’s Get Lost has become one of the most psychedelic all-nighters in the US

Held in a Pontins holiday camp, Bang Face Weekender is a riot of fancy dress, in-jokes and unfashionable dance music – and one of the most vibrant subcultural events in the UK

For two decades, the Farringdon club has brought underground dance into the mainstream. But with increasing costs and less adventurous punters, it faces serious challenges

After a police raid prompted mass protests, the defiantly queer nightclub became an emblem of a new, progressive Georgia. Its founders explain how they’re standing up to conservatism

With its blend of dancehall, afro bashment, UK funky and experimentalism, Swing Ting has spent 10 years diversifying Manchester’s club scene

In Bandung, Indonesia, music is often suppressed by local authorities – but one series of shows is defying the restrictions with breakcore and folk-punk

For its first 10 years, this remote mecca for house music battled nature and its neighbours to keep its doors open. Now it is bringing its distinct sound to Europe

Set in an industrial area far outside the city – and with industrial tracks to match - the nightclub Клуб is putting community before music to create a truly beloved space

With its sound collage of grime, techno and more, Janus has brought a fresh intensity to the city’s club scene – and its partnership with Berghain means it keeps getting stronger