Thirty years of Nukleuz! The London label started in 1996, went on to rule hard house, and gave us the Hardcore Nation CDs along the way. To mark it, Frantic and Nukleuz are throwing a 30th Birthday Xmas Party at Ministry of Sound on Saturday 5th December, 1pm to 10pm, and it has already sold out, two months in advance according to the organisers.

Hardcore heads get the Baby Box, with Vinylgroover playing happy hardcore classics and Cally & Juice playing their own classics, plus Jester & Kohl, PSR & Mooney, Dean Zone and Danny Burch & Big Ben. Elsewhere it's BK, Andy Farley, Lisa Pin-Up, Anne Savage and plenty more. Happy birthday, Nukleuz!

Frantic & Nukleuz present Nukleuz 30th Birthday Xmas Party, Ministry of Sound

Thought the old Paisley basement was gone for good? Club 69, the club under a curry house that has been running since 1989, shut its doors on 10th October, with the outgoing team saying they hoped it wasn't "final orders". Turns out it wasn't.

For anyone newer to the scene, a bit of context. Club 69 put on its first party back in 1989, before happy hardcore even had a name, and plenty of you reading this weren't even born yet! Rooms like this are where the scene grew up, and so many of them are long gone now, so having this one back and still playing the high BPM stuff keeps a real piece of hardcore history alive in Scotland.

The venue reopened under new management on Saturday 7th November with Secret Sessions, promising GBX anthems, up front happy hardcore and makina. 2 Sick Puppiez, Mikey Motion, Shugg, Parallell, MC Stretch and MC Amense were on the flyer, plus a secret headliner. The local Gazette reported the reopening too. Good to see a legendary room keeping the high BPMs going in Scotland!

Club 69 presents Secret Sessions, Paisley

Italian producer Daniel Seven has his second album out. BLUE SKY landed on 25th October 2026 on HPTG Music (cat HPTGAA02), and Geek Jack opened CD orders on 6th November.

It's a 12-tracker with vocals from Lexi, Dionne, Kuupi, fumie and AIRI KIRISHIMA among others, plus the Extended Mix of MOVING FASTER (feat. Lindsey Marie), first heard in TAITO's GROOVE COASTER 4. Fracus & Darwin, Alaguan and DAYOx2 handle the remixes. Check it out!

Daniel Seven - BLUE SKY (HPTG Music)

Here's one you don't see every day. Liverpool-born filmmaker Róisín Burns is developing her debut feature, and it's called Happy Hardcore. Set in Liverpool in 2004, the drama follows Sean, a 17-year-old soldier who deserts his post during the Iraq War and goes on the run to find his sister.

The project won the Cannes Critics' Week Next Step prize in May, and on 28th October it was named one of 17 projects picked for the Les Arcs Coproduction Village in France, running 12th to 15th December, out of a record 496 submissions. Critics' Week says the film puts music and parties front and centre, but the music is still being chosen. Perhaps it'll be happy hardcore? Sounds like an interesting project, so we'll be keeping an eye on this one!

Róisín Burns (holding the prize) at Cannes Critics' Week Next Step 2026

Technikore is heading back to Japan, and it's his first show there in three years! The OneSeventy boss headlines Hardcore Gathering in Tokyo 2026 at WARP Shinjuku on Sunday 29th November, promoter TCPT announced.

It's a daytime show, 4pm to 10pm, so under-18s can get in too, and more names are still to come for the bill. Japan has always had a soft spot for UK hardcore, so we reckon WARP will be bouncing. Have a great one, Tokyo!

Hardcore Gathering presents Technikore, WARP Shinjuku

Missed it first time round? Here's your chance. Slammin' Vinyl has repressed DJ Brisk & Trixxy's 1997 happy hardcore classic Eye Opener, backed once again with I Need Somebody on the flip.

It's a 2026 reissue on 12", cat RAR015, and it's limited to 300 copies, so it won't hang around. Shops list it from 6th November, with stock landing at some from 11th November. Originals have been going for silly amounts on Discogs, so this is a welcome return. Get your crates ready!

DJ Brisk & Trixxy - Eye Opener / I Need Somebody (Slammin' Vinyl)

We told you about HTID's first ever Melbourne date the other day, and now the Sydney half of Klassic 2027 has gone. Sydney Showground's event page for Saturday 23rd January 2027 is now marked sold out, after tickets went on general sale on 10th October.

It's a full classics show from 4pm to midnight: Technoboy & Tuneboy, D-Block & S-te-Fan with DJ Isaac, Wildstylez & Noisecontrollers, Warface with a RAW Classics set, and the HTID Crew of Gammer, Hixxy and Stonebank closing with a Best Tunes Ever set, with Villain hosting. Melbourne's Klassic at Pica follows two nights later. Not bad for a one-off!

HTID presents Klassic 2027, Sydney Showground

Some MCs have been on the mic longer than most of us have been raving, and MC Natz is one of them. Natty Oliver, known to the Doncaster crowd as The Godfather, has announced he is retiring, and The Doncaster Warehouse is throwing him a retirement rave on Saturday 28th November.

The club calls him the longest serving MC in the whole of the UK underground scene, and says he has been with them from day one. Topgroove, Easy D and Rush, MZone, Paul O, Simz, Jake Nicholls and Skandal are on the bill, and the early bird tickets have already sold out. The Doncaster Free Press picked up the story too. Enjoy the send off, Natz!

MC Natz Retirement Rave, The Doncaster Warehouse

Bonkers has been flying the flag since 1996, and now it's going big. The first names are in for Bonkers Sheffield at Network on Saturday 10th April 2027, and it's Bonkers legends Hixxy, Sharkey and Scott Brown.

The promoters are calling it their biggest Bonkers event yet: an indoor and outdoor mini festival from 1pm to 10pm, with 50+ artists across four arenas of hardcore, freeform, hardstyle, hard house, bounce, classics and more. Tickets are on sale now. That's a lot of names still to come!

Bonkers Sheffield, Network, 10th April 2027

So much for the final chapter! Just a day after Sanctuary Forever said goodbye to the old V7 Saxon Street site on 7th November, Forever Presents and ESP have revealed Dreamscape - The Return to V7 Saxon St, at Arena MK on Saturday 6th November 2027.

If you were raving in the 90s you'll know Dreamscape called The Sanctuary home, and the brand has been out on a 35th anniversary tour this year. There's no lineup yet, just the date and the flyer, which is already up on Forever's events page. More as we get it. Better get the whistles ready!

Forever presents Dreamscape - The Return to V7 Saxon St, Arena MK