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The autumn calendar is full. Between now and New Year there are club nights, daytime shows, label tours and an artist reunion. This is our running list of dates that have been confirmed on the organisers' own pages, in the order they fall. Check each page before you travel, since listings change.
October
Friday 23 October: Critical Sound at fabric, London, from 11pm to 6am across three rooms with new systems, billed by Critical Music as a coming together to celebrate the best in underground drum and bass. Address: 77A Charterhouse Street.
Friday 23 October: Hospital30 at Quarters, Brighton, from 9pm to 3am, with Metrik, Hoax, Solah, Gabriella Bongo and Emma B, hosted by PVC. It is the label's thirtieth birthday night.
Saturday 24 October: Shy FX at The Warehouse, Leeds, one of twelve drum and bass and jungle nights listed across England, Scotland and Wales that weekend.
Saturday 31 October: Metalheadz in Bristol at Clock Factory.
November
Friday 6 November: the label's own shop lists the Hospital30 white vinyl box set for release, though it shows as sold out.
Saturday 7 November: Worried About Henry, known as WAH, at Drumsheds in London, from 12pm to 10.30pm across three stages with more than 40 artists, with Wilkinson on top of the bill.
Saturday 14 November: The History of Jungle at Outernet Live on Charing Cross Road, London. It is listed as sold out, with doors at 1pm and the event finishing at 9pm, for ages 18 and over. A third date on 13 March 2027 is listed too and also shows as sold out.
Saturday 28 November: the thirty fifth anniversary of Kool FM's first broadcast, which was on 28 November 1991.
Sunday 29 November: Metalheadz at The Wardrobe, Leeds.
December
Friday 4 December: Metalheadz at Joshua Brooks, Manchester. The same night, Critical X Hospitality, billed as Hospital30 x Critical Sound, runs at Stealth and Rescue Rooms in Nottingham from 11pm to 5am. And in Amsterdam, Noisia play their first show since the end of their farewell tour, at Melkweg, after announcing their return on 17 September, exactly seven years after they announced they would split.
Friday 11 December: Critical Sound at Volks Nightclub, 3 Madeira Drive, Brighton, from 11pm to 7am.
Friday 18 December: Metalheadz at Night Tales, London.
Thursday 31 December: DnB Allstars New Year's Eve at Troxy, the restored 1933 art deco cinema in Limehouse, east London. It runs from 9pm to 4am, with last entry at 11pm, for ages 18 and over.
Touring
Beyond the nights, Wilkinson lists five UK dates this autumn alongside his album Infinity. Nia Archives has announced a 19 date Emotional Junglist world tour behind her second album, released in July on Island Records. It starts in Japan in September, runs through North America, the UK and Europe in November and December, includes Alexandra Palace, and finishes in Australia in January 2027.
How to plan
Dates this close together reward some planning. Book the sold out ones first by joining waiting lists, and check each venue's age limit and last entry. If you are travelling, check the trains, since many events finish late. And take your earplugs, because December is a long month.
We will update this calendar as new dates are confirmed, and tell you when something sells out.
