I love this stretch of April to May. There’s a nice series of bank holidays which firstly equates to four day weeks or long weekends, but secondly and most importantly it means so many great rave up opportunities. You might have only just flushed the last bank holiday weekend out of your system, but here it is again, another extended weekend in our midst.

So what are the options for the May day rave up?

Saturday has some nice options with Excuse The Mess being top of the pile. They’ve got My My live along with the always excellent Matthew Styles in room 1. Then in room 2 Ralf Kollman takes the spotlight to entertain along with Shane Watcha.

The first part of Eastern Electrics also kicks off on the Saturday too. They’ll be vibing with some dub-tastic sounds with Dublime who have brought in Brendon Moeller. Room 2 has been taken over by the folks that brought you the Bloc Weekender. Their room is looking particularly sharp with the likes of Metro Area, Appleblim and Zomby. Then the third and final room is hosted by the Man Make Music guys. They’ve got the West Coast house head and Buzzin Fly aficionado Justin Martin.

Tickets are still available for both, so get Excuse the Mess tickets here and Eastern Electrics tickets here.

But in true bank holiday weekend style, the parties really kick off on Sunday and being the start of May for most Brits we’re in full blown summer. That means, outdoor parties in blustery not quite hot weather. Secretsundaze have their first outdoor party on the recently refurbed terrace of That formerly the House and Terrace in Greenwich. Apparently the terrace was always quite good, but with its Greenwich location it used to attract a pretty unsavoury crowd. Anyways, with a strict door policy and the terrace done up in the Secretsundaze way we can expect a pretty decent party. Brothers Vibe, Move D and Melon will be providing the tunes to what we hope will be a sunny day (a quick BBC weather check says sunny intervals!). If you’re after tickets you might be out of luck as they sold out the other week. But you could give your money a run on the door.

Another outdoor party which is a bit closer to home comes from those Circo Loco and tranquiliser lovers KetoLoco. They’re throwing a shindig at Light Bar in Shoreditch. They’ve brought in man of the moment SiS to do a live set along with Hobo from Minus, Ilario Alicante and Craig Torrance off MurMur. A balanced quality underground lineup. Lets hope its stays sunny for those guys too.
Get your tickets here.

The final outdoor party that takes our fancy is the Escape From New York Roof Top Party at the Queen of Hoxton. They’ve got a pretty spectacular roof top terrace which will play host to Holy Ghost from DFA and The Revenge. They’re also laying on a BBQ spread for those which need to eat through the daytime sessions. Sounds yum.
Tickets for this here

Once the sun sets, not to be seen until Monday, the main option is to head to Eastern Electrics for their second part of the Bank Holiday extravaganza. Sunday sees them team up with Mulletover once again who have brought in 2000 and One, The Mole, Craig Richards and Karl Gonzales. Our disco favourites Disco Bloodbath once again take over room two with Manchester and Electric Chair legends The Unabombers. The third room sees the Freak n Chic label setup shop with Dan Ghenacia, Shonky and Terry. MASSIVE. Get your tickets from here

If you’re wondering where Eastern Electrics is, its down at the Union Car Park on Great Suffolk Street.

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So there you go.. I’ve laid it out.. You just need to play it out. Good luck and see you there.