You’ll be hard pressed to find another London venue featuring such an impressive schedule of live music each week while hosting wild sound sugar parties on the weekends. Since 2006, the Scala stages have been honored to host a list of artists that would make any Gorilla vs. Bear junkie start monkeying around uncontrollably—The Knife, Camera Obscura, 1990s, CSS, Pipettes, Bat for Lashes, Lady Sov, The Boy Least Likely To, Sebastian Tellier, Jack Penate, Pharoahe Monch, Feist, Simian Mobile Disco, Robyn, Chromeo, Thurston Moore, Santogold… you get the gist.

Weekend nightlife pillar Smartie Partie has been calling the four floor venue home after its four year residency at the now closed Turnmills. Off-the-wall events like Scala’s version of a holiday celebration: “The Poll Dancer’s Christmas Party! A masked ball” also attract throngs of eager clubbers. Among three bars, two dance floors, and a small courtyard in addition to the main stage, you’re bound to find fulfillment on any given night.