The Bongo Club

The Bongo Club Putting The Cult Into Culture Since 1996
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Edinburgh's Underground Cultural Capital

The originators of its much imitated style, The Bongo Club specializes in the art and music of the underground. From its original roots in the old bus depot on New Street (1996-2003), via Moray House, in Holyrood ('03-'13), and finally its current location in the Central Library vaults on Cowgate (since '13), The Bongo Club has always broken the traditional mould for a nightclub.

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27/08/2026

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23/07/2026

Depeche Mode tribute act Enjoy The Silence return to Bongo next this Autumn, with support once again from Eighties pop tribute Synthadelica.

*7pm, Saturday 19th September*

Tickets available now.

17/07/2026

THIS SATURDAY: For our Closing Night Party, house & disco champs Club_Nacht x Hobbes Music welcome Belfast-via-Glasgow's indomitable Hammer, plus a big support crew.

*4am licence confirmed*

RM 1:

Hammer (Remmah, Get Physical, Italo Hits)
Lobos (Lava Lava, Monty Jacks, Discotia)
Leonidas (Hobbes Music, lovetoparty, Beauty & The Beat) [Athens]
Hobbes (Hobbes Music)

RM 2: Hobbes Music Takeover

Leonidas & Hobbes
Plastic GRN (Neptune Discs)
Tickets via RA // Bongo

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Clip ID: Shelter, Amsterdam
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Bongo Summer Closing:
Sun 19th July - Thurs 3rd Sept (incl)
Due to Underbelly's Fringe Takeover
Come party with us b4 we shut.
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THIS WEEK: FINAL SUMMER CLOSING PARTIES FRIDAYDisorder: All star local crew(jungle, drum ‘n’ bass)LINE UP: Pollyanna (S...
13/07/2026

THIS WEEK: FINAL SUMMER CLOSING PARTIES

FRIDAY

Disorder: All star local crew
(jungle, drum ‘n’ bass)

LINE UP:

Pollyanna (Sunday Service)
Rodent (Alien Disko)
Billy Bawbags (YBZ)
Leesha b2b Harry Jackson

“A night dedicated to local DJs, we’re pushing nothing but quality drum & bass and jungle,’ they say. “Expect heavy rollers, serious steppers, and proper womper stompers from some of the city’s most up and coming artists.

All we can say is it’s going to be all Gs, no cheese.”

—

SATURDAY

Club_Nacht x Hobbes Music:
Hammer (Remmah, Get Physical, Italo Hits) +++
[4am licence tbc]
(house, disco)

RM 1:

Hammer (Remmah / Get Physical / Italo Hits)
Lobos (Lava Lava / Monty Jacks, Discotia, Edinburgh Disco Lovers)
Leonidas (Hobbes Music / lovetoparty / Beauty & The Beat) [Athens]
Hobbes

RM 2:

Leonidas & Hobbes
Plastic GRN (Neptune Discs)

“We are delighted to welcome one of the UK’s most trusted dancefloor operators, Hammer, to close the doors of the Bongo for the summer,” say the C_N x HM crew. “Expect analogue‑soaked house, driving drums and those big melodic moments for which he’s renown.

Born in Belfast and schooled in Glasgow’s house, disco, and techno underground, Hammer has carved out a sound built on deep rolling arps, vintage analogue synths and big, heart‑in‑mouth melodies, the kind that have become a staple at spots like Panorama Bar, fabric, Love International, Glastonbury and AVA in his hometown.

As a producer he’s behind cult labels Remmah and Italo Hits, platforms that have pushed artists like Anna Gram, Kilimanjaro and Stevie Cox while serving up his own sleazy, hi‑NRG take on Italo and modern disco.

With recent heaters on imprints such as Optimo Music, Shall Not Fade and Get Physical, plus collabs w/longtime friends Bicep, Hammer’s records are built for that exact moment when the room tips over into full release.

Add in his Hammer Hits residency at Glasgow’s Berkeley Suite and a busy touring calendar across Europe, North America and India, and you’ve got a selector who knows exactly how to read a crowd and keep things simmering all night.”

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Come party w/us b4 we close.

Tix via RA & Bongo

See website 4 full details, links etc.

08/07/2026

Jungle and drum n bass champs Disorder host the Friday night of our Summer Closing Weekend’s festivities, "spotlighting talent that’s keeping Edinburgh's underground scene moving, they say. "All Gs, no cheese."

*Friday 17th July*

LINE UP:

Pollyanna (Sunday Service)
Rodent (Alien Disko)
Billy Bawbags (YBZ)
Leesha b2b Harry Jackson

Tickets: RA // Bongo

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Bongo Summer Closing:
Sun 19th July - Thurs 3rd Sept (incl)
Due to Underbelly's Fringe Takeover
Come party with us b4 we shut.
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07/07/2026

For our Closing Night Party, house & disco champs Club_Nacht x Hobbes Music welcome Belfast-via-Glasgow's indomitable Hammer, plus a big support crew.

*Saturday 18th July*
[4am licence tbc]

RM 1:

Hammer (Remmah, Get Physical, Italo Hits)
Lobos (Lava Lava, Monty Jacks, Discotia)
Leonidas (Hobbes Music, lovetoparty, Beauty & The Beat) [Athens]
Hobbes (Hobbes Music)

RM 2: Hobbes Music Takeover

Leonidas & Hobbes
Plastic GRN (Neptune Discs)

Tickets via RA // Bongo

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Clip ID: Shelter, Amsterdam
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Bongo Summer Closing:
Sun 19th July - Thurs 3rd Sept (incl)
Due to Underbelly's Fringe Takeover
Come party with us b4 we shut.
--------------------------------

07/07/2026

For our Closing Night Party, Club_Nacht x Hobbes Music welcome Belfast-via-Glasgow's indomitable Hammer, following a run of mega-gigs(details below), plus a big support crew.

*Saturday 18th July*
[4am licence tbc]

RM 1:

Hammer (Remmah, Get Physical, Italo Hits)
Lobos (Lava Lava, Monty Jacks, Discotia)
Leonidas (Hobbes Music, lovetoparty, Beauty & The Beat) [Athens]
Hobbes (Hobbes Music)

RM 2: Hobbes Music Takeover

Leonidas & Hobbes
Plastic GRN (Neptune Discs)

Tickets via RA // Bongo

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Hammer Clip IDs:
1, Bicep's Blackstone Warehouse, Liverpool
2, SWG3, Glasgow
3, BW, Liverpool
4, Warehouse Project, Manchester
5, Centre Point, Dublin
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Bongo Summer Closing:
Sun 19th July - Thurs 3rd Sept (incl)
Due to Underbelly's Fringe Takeover
Come party with us b4 we shut.
--------------------------------

07/07/2026

THIS FRIDAY: Overground hosts their instalment of our Summer Closing Parties series.

“Each July we mark the date with an open-genre party to traverse the distance between the club foundations our community was built upon and the bleeding edge of contemporary dance music," they say. "Hardcore continuum archaeology thru future-rave prophecy."

Tickets via RA // Bongo

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Bongo Summer Closing:
Sun 19th July - Thurs 3rd Sept (incl)
Due to Underbelly's Fringe Takeover
Come party with us b4 we shut.
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06/07/2026

THIS SATURDAY: Femme techno champs EPIKA host Turin-via-London's ALNA for their instalment of our Summer Closing Party series and another Scottish debut.

LINE UP:

ALNA
Arrosa
ona:v
Nikki Guild
Dany

Tickets via RA // Bongo

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Bongo Summer Closing:
Sun 19th July - Fri 4th Sept (incl)
Due to Underbelly's Fringe Takeover
Come party with us b4 we shut.
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66 Cowgate
Edinburgh
EH11JX

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+441315588844

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