Dare to Club

Private membership / adult entertainment venue with occasional club events for Bristol non


Maybe you already know Dare To Swing as a clubhouse for all kinds of fetish and adult-based activities? Like a lot of sex clubs and strip bars in the Old Market area, recently it's opened up it's 250 capacity Victorian doors to the wider music communities - so you don't have to swing to find out whats on.

The main room, dungeon and roof terrace combine to make it one of the more interesting venues for techno/experimental in Bristol. Most known as the main venue for the forward thinking Dialogue nights - it's hosted Siren DJs, Universe of Tang and also DJ October and Banoffee Pies for the Restless Nights x Set It Out collaboration.

What's On At Dare to Club

VINYL DESTINATION 14 at Dare to Club
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hardcore techno breakbeat jungle jump up happy hardcore
Swing both ways at Dare to Club
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swing lgbtq+
BRIZZLE BIZZNESS at Dare to Club
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drum and bass jungle jump up
Quality control at Dare to Club
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Event Cancelled
drum and bass jungle jump up
Trancelation - An Afternoon of Classics at Dare to Club
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house tech house techno trance
Templates on the Terrace: DJ Cosworth, V-Priya, + Templates DJs at Dare to Club
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uk garage speed garage bassline uk funky
Techmeout Presents Jerome Hill at Dare to Club
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acid house minimal techno techno
FIENDISH - August 2025 at Dare to Club
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electro synthpop post-punk dark wave industrial
Casa Disco Presents: Feel The Music at Dare to Club
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house disco house tech house deep house
Latino Fest Summer Day Party  August 2025 at Dare to Club
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reggaeton salsa funk
Nyce1 Unleashed at Dare to Club
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house techno trance hardstyle
Vinyl Destination 15 at Dare to Club
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acid house techno breakbeat trance jungle

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Our recent recommendations for Dare to Club

The undisputed god of new skool hardcore junglism, N4’s Pete Cannon lands at Vinyl Destination for a dubplate showcase alongside Mined’s ragga rudbeoy T-Cuts. Another vital Dare2 day party for all the dedicated ravers, old and new. VINYL DESTINATION 14 at Dare to Club.

Woiii oiiiii we got a happy hardcore hero in the building! There’s none better than Billy Bunter to sling some time-honoured trancecore and hard house euphoria alongside the most notorious rotter in hardtek: Deathchant’s The DJ Producer. Bolstered by the hella authentic new skool junglism of Boca and Fez the Kid, we’re gurning in anticipation … We're Not Dead Volume 5 - Album launch

Sunshine terrace session with Bristol’s finest (proper) dnb selectors. For our money, you can’t do better than No Nation and Deselecta’s next gen ruffneck junglism and uplifting amen nostalgia + Optimystic’s Reinforced-approved intelligent techstep / drumfunk rollers. This is a Hospitality free zone. Kick off May bank holiday with a Bristol-Jungle masterclass!

Poppers-grade hard house and queer techno from play-friendly miscreants FIST. Expect a sex-positive, men-only, no-phones exploration into the dark corners of Dare2’s dungeons with Cardiff’s Backroom saviour Kofi Tarris (fka Dave Little). HARD HOUSE . TECHNO . DARK ROOMS . QUEER . MEN

Poppers-grade hard house and queer techno from play-friendly miscreants FIST. Expect a sex-positive, men-only, no-phones exploration into the dark corners of Dare2’s dungeons with extra NYE wallop from Gino Figliolini and Muzhit. HARD HOUSE . TECHNO . DARK ROOMS . QUEER . MEN