Sub Club announces new residency format ahead of Subculture’s 30th birthday

Glasgow’s Sub Club has announced a new format for Subculture to mark three decades of the long-running party.

Announced via an Instagram post on Friday (March 28), Sub Club announced a slew of new in-house residents for its Saturday parties, writing: “After 30 years in the making, Subculture embarks on a new voyage this April.”

Sub Club confirmed that Subculture will feature “new line-up combinations, all-night longs and B2Bs, live sets and label takeovers,” with long-time residents Harri & Domenic, Stevie Cox, and Telford expected to take a central role in the party’s curation.

Subculture will kick off with its new format from this Saturday (April 5), with a party headlined by long-running resident Harri and Bradley Zero. Other confirmed acts for Subculture through this month include Stevie Cox and Oberman, Domenic Capello and Jane Fitz, and Telford and Alex Kassian.

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Sub Club’s post indicated that the new format will feature “fresh local faces and a wider programming spectrum across Glasgow and beyond.”

In a statement to Mixmag, Sub Club’s Managing Director and Subculture promoter Mike Grieve said that this new chapter “gives the team space to build on that legacy in a way that feels natural and exciting – fresh formats, new dynamics, but always rooted in what’s made Subculture what it is.”

“Thirty years of Subculture is a milestone that means a huge amount to everyone involved,” he continues. “Since it began in 1994, it’s played a defining role in Glasgow’s club culture shaped by the residents, the music, and the people on the dancefloor week in, week out.”

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“What Harri and Domenic started has grown into something much bigger than any one DJ or any one night – it’s become a community that continues to inspire,” he adds.

Alongside the format change for Subculture, Sub Club has also shared details of an upgrade to its Bodysonic dancefloor, which utilises transducers to deliver vibrations underfoot and was first installed in 2006.

While Grieve says the timing of the dancefloor upgrade is “a happy coincidence,” the renovation reflects Sub Club’s “ongoing focus on improving the experience for the people on the dancefloor. That’s always been the priority.”

For more information and tickets for Subculture at Sub Club, click here.

Megan Townsend is Mixmag’s Deputy Editor, follow her on Twitter