Clubs

Dex

467 Brixton Rd, London, SW9 8HH

Brixton’s best boutique bar is booming at the weekends with clubbers making the most of the rooftop views, belting house music, bean bags and a hot tub. Experience the Slide Summer Terrace Party on August 1 when Justin Robertson and Lee Mortimer amp up the electro and fidget house. Read more

Egg

5-13 Vale Royal, off York Way, London, N7 9AP

This club’s USP has always been its expansive, well-decorated garden, which is where, post smoking ban, you’ll find the most kaleidoscopic clubbers littering the lawn. After a hard night’s raving at Always Fridays many wait here for after-party Breakfast At Egg to kick off. Read more

The Big Chill House

257-259 Pentonville Rd, London, N1 9NL

The sky-high decking at this party palace is the setting for many a barbecue-fuelled shindig. Often overlooked thanks to the Foxton's crowd that falls through the doors after work, its large roof terrace is a favourite of sizzling, dub-wise spinners Reggae Roast, noted also for its 100% Dynamite scorchers at Café 1001, whose last party there saw Suggs come down. Read more

Secretsundaze

The granddaddy of all daytime parties, the Secretsundaze squadron sniffs out super spaces for its deep house-, disco- and minimal-lovin’ crowd. Recently it’s rocked Ministry of Sound’s courtyard, Shoreditch’s Village Underground and THAT Club.

Queen of Hoxton

1 Curtain Rd, London, EC2A 3JX

Exotic disco enthusiasts Tropicana unleash their monthly Escape To New York party on this new venue’s rooftop. Boogie to lashings of synth-led gems from its guest DJs with panoramic views of east London, an outdoor cocktail bar and barbecue. Don’t miss the Carnival special on August 30, with an extended 6am licence. Read more

THAT Club

338 Boord St, London, SE10 OPF

This plush, 1,800-capacity club aims to recreate Space in North Greenwich, attracting the likes of Secretsundaze and Cream. Part of a series of Terrace Sessions held there over the summer, In Bed With Space will see fire-eaters, stilt-walkers, jugglers and tons of sand to create Ibiza in south London. Read more

Corbet Place

15 Hanbury St, London, E1 6QR

Hidden round the corner from the Big Chill Bar, you’ll find Corbet Place, with its miniature back garden, ideal for sunset soirees. Nuke Them All and Calling All Tribes’ firebrand Buster Bennett recently threw a Carnival-themed mash-up there (the next are on July 18 and August 15) and You Are We brings along underground DJs, like Moonharbour’s Leif. Read more

Cargo

83 Rivington St, London, EC2A 3AY

An East End institution, Cargo’s street-art-swathed garden attracts as many people as its eclectic indoor line-ups. Its next, on July 29, with ’90s R&B, new jack swing and hip hop enthusiasts Work It!, will be a stormer. As will Spin Doctor’s hip hop barbecue on July 12. Read more