Dc10 is already etched firmly into the history books of dance music culture on the white isle. Legendary favorites like saturdays subculture house and sundays. Book club is an airy dinner conversation set before a spectacular, disposable backdrop, a surefire bet to be the breeziest two hours you spend in the theater this summer. In the smaller, sweatpacked poetry club there were dj sets from ben ufo and the sublime allfemale trio from copenhagen by way of glasgow, apeiron crew, while the. The 3,500squarefoot 330 m 2 basement space can legally hold up to 410 people. The bunker is one of the citys rare oases of serious dance music, and yet the party isnt too purist to host optimo, the evereclectic duo that once made glasgows sub club one of the world. We also run a record label nautilus rising, a festival sub club. Back in 2015, sub club launched sub hub a creative local hub located in a loft space in glasgow city centre, bringing. They also continue to throw parties on a regular basis. It has always been at the sub club except for the 3 or so years of its life when the sub club burned down.
Then we were very briefly at the th note on clyde street, at planet peach on queen street for a year or so and at mas on royal exchange square for a year or so. Michael dracula optimo, sub club, glasgow, sun 1 jul. But really its at sub club where the magic multiplies. We are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is. It opened 1 april 1987 and is the longest running underground dance club in the world. Compare every available hotel deal and airbnb near sub club, so book today to. Although djs twitch and jg wilkes called time on the club in 2010, optimo still operate as a label and music duo. Keith mcivor and jonnie wilkes ran optimo in glasgow for well over a decade. To keep irregularly updated with news of special optimo events please sign up. Keith mcivor, better known as jd twitch and one half of optimo, attributes. However, jd twitch and jg wilkes would continue to tour, promote and release music as optimo. The legacy of optimo is something that cannot be downplayed.
Its no surprise that one of the best nightclubs in the world is located on the party mecca of ibiza. Optimo espacio home, see what upcoming events and guests weve got lined up. Mark vonnegut we have a new mailing list facility on the site. The sub club is a club and music venue located at 22 jamaica street in glasgow, scotland. Optimo espacio the club night that defied expectation and defined a generation keith mcivor and jonnie wilkes ran optimo in glasgow for well over a. Their weekly sub club residency, running every sunday from 1997 to 2010, tore up the rule book and continually pushed the boundaries of. Before optimos infamous sub club residency, both twitch and jonnie wilkes had already gained experience as performers in their own right. Having run every week since it was founded in 1997, on thursday 11 march 2010, it was announced on the official facebook page that the weekly nights would come to an end on sunday 25 april 2010. Optimo espacio optimum space was a weekly sundaynight club based in glasgow, scotland at the sub club on jamaica street, as well as a collective moniker for the nights resident dj duo. To mark 20 years since optimo launched at sub club in glasgow, the duo will host a special alldayer in august.
The sub club always had more faith in optimo than we did. It has also featured djs such as harvey and ivan smagghe. Optimo and subculture sprang up in the sub clubs hallowed basement space and slam first made their mark there with their legendary. Optimo espacio was a weekly sundaynight club based in glasgow, scotland at the sub club on jamaica street, as well as a collective moniker for the nights resident dj duo. Optimo espacio optimum space was a weekly sundaynight club based in glasgow, scotland at the sub club. Before optimo s infamous sub club residency, both twitch and jonnie wilkes had already gained experience as performers in their own right. Optimo espacio faq, have all those burning questions about jd twitch. This year the sub club celebrates its silver anniversary, wedded to glasgows.