October 2026 Club Nights: London and Manchester, the Dates Worth Booking

October is the month the UK club season actually starts, and in 2026 it is stacked: five Saturdays, Halloween landing on the last of them, Drumsheds and The Warehouse Project both running full weekends, and Ibiza closing in the middle of it all. This is the calendar as it stands on 11 September, every date checked against the venue's own listing, with the ones I would actually buy a ticket for marked. It covers London and Manchester, because in October the two cities are one circuit: the same brands, sometimes the same weekend, and a two-hour train between them. Dates get added through the month; this page is updated as they land.

How to read this

• Sold out means sold out on the official channel at the time of writing. Waiting lists and resale exist; the guide to that is in the tickets and waiting lists piece.
• Times are the venue's listed doors and close, not the headline set. Drumsheds Saturdays finish at 22:30, which changes how you plan the night.
• Prices are the published opening tier plus booking fee where the venue lists one. Later tiers cost more.

London: Drumsheds, week by week

The Drumsheds AW26/27 season opened with Defected on 19 September and Steppers on 26 September, and October is where it gets dense: seven dates in five weekends across the 14,999-capacity former IKEA. The full season, with every price and door time, is in the season guide; these are the October dates.

• Saturday 3 October, NEXUP: The Return. X and Y rooms, 15:00 to 22:30, from £38.45 plus booking fee, listed 19+. Max Dean confirmed with more to come. The only door of the season that is not 18+.
• Friday 9 October, Don't Let Daddy Know. X Room only, 19:00 to 03:00. The Ibiza-born EDM brand's first London edition, with Ben Nicky and Dimitri Vegas on the bill. One of only three Fridays in the season.
• Saturday 10 October, Bugged Out: 2001 and On. Three rooms, 13:00 to 22:30. A period piece built around 2001, with 2manydjs, The Avalanches, Erol Alkan and Felix Da Housecat. My pick of the month for anyone who was there the first time.
• Saturday 17 October, Spotify DIA/LOG with Skream and Benga. Listed on the venue's calendar; details are still filling in. Two of the people who built dubstep in one room is enough of a reason.
• Friday 23 October, Terminal V London. Three rooms, 19:00 to 03:00. The Scottish techno festival's second London edition, with Holy Priest, I Hate Models, 999999999 and Charlie Sparks in the X Room. If you want hard, this is the October night for it; the room-by-room bill is in the Terminal V London guide.
• Saturday 24 October, False Idols. Three rooms, 13:00 to 22:30. Fourth edition, with Kim Petras and Cobrah live and Rose Gray. The pre-sale sold out, so buy the moment general sale opens.
• Saturday 31 October, elrow Horroween Festival. Three rooms, 13:00 to 22:30, from £40 plus booking fee. Back after a two-year break for elrow's fourth London Horroween, with MK, Patrick Topping, Danny Howard and Oden & Fatzo live on the first wave. The room-by-room plan is in the elrow Horroween guide.

One thing to say plainly: a 22:30 finish at Drumsheds is a feature, not a bug. It means the Saturday events are day-into-evening, you are back at Tottenham Hale before midnight, and the second half of the night, if you want one, is somebody else's problem. Plan the afterparty separately, and read the Drumsheds guide for the travel detail.

London: fabric, E1, Onyx and the rooms with a roof

The city's actual clubs, as opposed to its indoor festivals, have a quieter October on paper until the last weekend, when everything happens at once. For the difference between the four big rooms, read FOLD vs fabric vs E1 vs Drumsheds, and for the two institutions, fabric vs Ministry of Sound; for the dates:

• Friday 16 October, FABRICLIVE 27th birthday, fabric. The bass-music side of the club celebrating 27 years of FABRICLIVE, built on drum and bass, jungle and rave foundations. A birthday at fabric is always a serious booking.
• Saturday 24 October, Switch Disco, Onyx. The 700-capacity sister club next to E1 in Wapping, a year old this autumn, with the Switch Disco duo returning to London.
• Friday 30 October, FABRICLIVE, fabric. The first night of fabric's Halloween weekend, on the bass side of the house.
• Saturday 31 October, Rødhåd, fabric. 11pm to 7am, with Demi Riquisimo, DESIREE and Kamma and Masalo confirmed and more to come. The one October night in London that runs properly late, and the techno counterweight to everything happening at Drumsheds in the daytime.
• Saturday 31 October, Jungle Mania meets AWOL Halloween all-dayer, E1. 14:00 to 22:00, last entry 19:00, tickets £10 to £30. Three arenas of jungle, drum and bass and house and garage, with Micky Finn, Brockie, DJ Rap, Kenny Ken, Nicky Blackmarket and the Ragga Twins in arena one. The old-school option, and a day event you can leave for fabric.
• Halloween weekend, In The Field with Jamie Fielding, XOYO. The Shoreditch room's Halloween special.

And a new name on the map. Ironworks, a restored shipyard site at Thames Wharf in the Royal Docks (Scarab Close, E16 1AF), run by AMAAD with LWE and Projekt, opens its first season in October with day-to-night takeovers: Jamie Jones presents Voyager on Saturday 3 October, 12:00 to 22:00, sold out; Eric Prydz on Saturday 10 October, 14:00 to 22:00, sold out with a waiting list, his first London show in six years; CamelPhat on Saturday 24 October, 14:00 to 22:00, still on sale; the Appetite Halloween special on Saturday 31 October, 12:00 to 22:00, sold out; and Charlotte de Witte on Sunday 1 November, 14:00 to 22:00, waiting list. Five dates, three of them gone before the doors have opened once, which tells you how much London wanted a new big room.

Halloween is a Saturday this year for the first time since 2015, and it changes the whole weekend; the full plan for both cities, including the trap of the weekend before, is in the Halloween 2026 club nights guide.

Manchester: The Warehouse Project in October

The Warehouse Project's 20th season opened on 18 September with KI/KI, followed by Rampa and &ME, a sold-out Solomun and Homobloc. October at Depot Mayfield, the 10,000-capacity depot beside Piccadilly station, looks like this, taken from the WHP calendar:

• Friday 2 and Saturday 3 October, You&Me. Both nights sold out. Josh Baker's label brings the Amnesia residency home for a weekend.
• Friday 9 October, Worried About Henry. 20:00 to 04:00, across Depot, Concourse, Archive, the new Vault room and the Star and Garter. The drum and bass takeover, and the first big test of Vault.
• Saturday 10 October, Interplanetary Criminal Presents. 19:00 to 04:00. Sold out, with a waiting list. If you want to understand why, read the Interplanetary Criminal profile.
• Friday 16 October, doof with Hannah Laing, presented with Teletech. 20:00 to 04:00, listed from £35 plus booking fee. Scotland's Hannah Laing and her donk-and-hard-dance brand at full size.
• Saturday 17 October, Eric Prydz. Concourse only, 21:30 to 03:00. A rare chance to see him in a room rather than an arena.
• Friday 23 October, Alisha. Concourse only, 21:00 to 04:00. Sold out, with VIP the only tier left.
• Saturday 24 October, Duke Dumont. 21:00 to 03:00. Sold out.
• Friday 30 October, Overmono. 20:00 to 04:00, across Depot, Concourse and Archive. Still available at the time of writing, and the Halloween weekend's best live electronic show in either city; the Overmono profile explains the set-up.
• Saturday 31 October, NEXUP Manchester. 20:00 to 04:00. Sold out, and the first Halloween night to use Vault.

The pattern is obvious once you lay it out: the Saturdays at WHP sell out first, the Fridays hold tickets longer, and the Concourse-only shows are the intimate option in a building that is otherwise about scale. If you are choosing between the two cities' mega-rooms for a single trip, that comparison is a whole article: Warehouse Project vs Drumsheds. For the rest of Manchester's rooms, the best Manchester clubs guide covers the smaller floors.

The weekend-by-weekend read

• 2 to 4 October. The loud Ibiza weekend. NEXUP at Drumsheds and Jamie Jones opening Ironworks, sold out, are the London dates; Manchester has You&Me sold out; and at 9am on the Sunday Glastonbury 2027 tickets go on sale. Meanwhile Hï, Ushuaïa, UNVRS, Amnesia and Pacha all stage closings between Friday 2 and Monday 5 October. If you were ever going to fly, this is the weekend; the Ibiza closing parties guide has every date.
• 9 to 11 October. The busiest ordinary weekend of the month: DLDK and Bugged Out at Drumsheds, Eric Prydz's sold-out Ironworks debut, Worried About Henry and Interplanetary Criminal at WHP. Ibiza's final weekend runs in parallel, ending with Circoloco at DC-10 on Monday 12 October.
• 16 to 18 October. FABRICLIVE's birthday and Skream and Benga at Drumsheds in London; Hannah Laing and Eric Prydz in Manchester. The best weekend to be in London if you want bass rather than four-to-the-floor.
• 23 to 25 October. The trap weekend. Terminal V and False Idols at Drumsheds, CamelPhat at Ironworks, Alisha and Duke Dumont in Manchester, and Amsterdam Dance Event running from Wednesday 21 to Sunday 25 October. Everyone who is not in Amsterdam is at one of these, and everyone is tired the week after.
• 30 and 31 October. Halloween on a Saturday. Overmono then NEXUP at WHP; FABRICLIVE then Rødhåd at fabric; Jungle Mania at E1, the sold-out Appetite special at Ironworks and elrow Horroween at Drumsheds, all in the day. Pick one daytime and one night; do not try to do the day at Drumsheds and the night at fabric unless you have done it before.

MNEEMO's five for October

1. Bugged Out: 2001 and On, Drumsheds, 10 October. The line-up is a history lesson and a party at the same time, and the three-room format suits it.
2. Interplanetary Criminal Presents, WHP, 10 October. Sold out, so join the waiting list now. The most important UK garage booking of the autumn.
3. FABRICLIVE 27th birthday, fabric, 16 October. Birthdays at fabric are when the club programmes for itself rather than for the door.
4. Overmono, WHP, 30 October. Live electronic music at depot scale on the night before Halloween, with tickets still available as I write.
5. Rødhåd, fabric, 31 October. The only night on this list that goes until 7am, and the right way to end the month.

If you are a student reading this in your first month, the freshers clubbing guide covers how the ticketing and the door actually work before you spend £40 on a Drumsheds Saturday.

FAQ

What are the best club nights in London in October 2026?

The standout London dates are Bugged Out: 2001 and On at Drumsheds on 10 October, the FABRICLIVE 27th birthday at fabric on 16 October, Terminal V at Drumsheds on 23 October, and the Halloween weekend, with Rødhåd at fabric from 11pm to 7am on 31 October and elrow Horroween at Drumsheds the same day.

What is on at Drumsheds in October 2026?

Seven dates: NEXUP: The Return on 3 October, Don't Let Daddy Know on 9 October, Bugged Out: 2001 and On on 10 October, Spotify DIA/LOG with Skream and Benga on 17 October, Terminal V on 23 October, False Idols on 24 October and elrow Horroween on 31 October. Saturdays run 13:00 to 22:30 and Fridays 19:00 to 03:00.

What is on at The Warehouse Project in October 2026?

You&Me on 2 and 3 October, Worried About Henry on 9 October, Interplanetary Criminal Presents on 10 October, doof with Hannah Laing on 16 October, Eric Prydz on 17 October, Alisha on 23 October, Duke Dumont on 24 October, Overmono on 30 October and NEXUP Manchester on 31 October. You&Me, Interplanetary Criminal, Alisha, Duke Dumont and NEXUP were sold out at the time of writing.

Is Halloween 2026 on a Saturday?

Yes. 31 October 2026 is a Saturday, the first time Halloween has fallen on a club-open Saturday since 2015. The big rooms in both cities are programming the night itself rather than the nearest weekend.

What time does Drumsheds finish?

Saturday events finish at 22:30; the three Friday events of the season, including Don't Let Daddy Know and Terminal V in October, run 19:00 to 03:00.

Which October 2026 club nights are sold out?

At the time of writing: You&Me on 2 and 3 October, Interplanetary Criminal Presents on 10 October, Alisha on 23 October, Duke Dumont on 24 October and NEXUP Manchester on 31 October at The Warehouse Project, and the pre-sale for False Idols at Drumsheds on 24 October. Waiting lists are open for the WHP shows.

When is Amsterdam Dance Event 2026?

21 to 25 October 2026, which clashes with the fourth weekend of the month in London and Manchester. The ADE guide on this site covers the nights worth the flight.

When do the Ibiza closing parties happen?

The main run is 28 September to 12 October 2026, with the heaviest weekend from Friday 2 to Monday 5 October and Circoloco at DC-10 closing the season on Monday 12 October.

Sources

• Broadwick Live and Drumsheds official listings for the AW26/27 season; The Warehouse Project's official calendar
• fabric, E1, Onyx and XOYO event listings for October 2026; Eventbrite and Drum and Bass UK for the Jungle Mania meets AWOL all-dayer
• Amsterdam Dance Event official dates; Ibiza closing party listings as compiled in our closing parties guide

This guide is part of House of MNEEMO's ongoing coverage of the electronic and club music scene, written by London-based DJ and producer MNEEMO, with millions of streams to his name and a party series running through some of London's best clubs. For the full-season view of the two biggest rooms, read the Drumsheds season guide and the Warehouse Project 2026 guide. The month after is in the November 2026 club calendar.