PIONEERING underground club Switch is fast becoming an institution on the Southampton party scene.

Once again this autumn the high spec club, in Above Bar Street in the building which formerly housed the Square Balloon, will lead from the front with a mouthwatering programme offering some world class DJs and sure to be memorable events including Abode, DJ Zinc, El Row, Sonny Fodera, Skream, Eats Everything and many more.

The 1250 capacity club is known for hosting promotions like Soundclash, Juiced and Warehouse as well as many warm up events and after party carry ons with stars like MK, Annie Mac and Snoop Dogg all having played.

The new season kicked off in style last week with Majestic, Artful Dodger, Rossi & Luca. Global Australian hit maker and Defected label artist Sonny Fodera plays on October 8 with his big bag of vocal house anthems, then legendary bass, garage and crack house pioneer DJ Zinc is in charge on October 15th. For a classics fuelled night of the best in garage, Garage Nation is the one for you on October 22nd, then leading London party Abode come to town on October 29th for a massive Halloween Special.

Dubstep turned house and disco don Skream will play all night long on November 5 while Bristol’s bass heavy hero Eats Everything will be in town on November 12th, and the much loved My Nu Leng then roll in on November 19th with Barely Legal and Gotsome before November closes with the cult pirate radio crew from London, Kurupt FM on November 26th. Playing for the team - who are stars of their own sitcom on BBC about their trials and tribulations - is Logan Sama, a hugely influential and award winning grime star from Essex who has appeared regularly throughout his career on radio stations Rinse, Kiss 100 and BBC Radio 1 as well as mixing up a fine entry into the famous fabriclive series.

Saturday December 3rd then sees SASASAS take charge and a week later the world renowned party carnival that is Elrow comes to town with a wild bunch of DJs, crazy dancers, colourful characters and insane production. Inspired by the psychedelic 60s, an iconic era of free-love and hedonism, this night, which was born in Barcelona and hosts events in London and Ibiza, is sure to be mesmerising.

The club boasts two bars either side of the dance floor, VIP areas, a Funktion One sound system and private balconies overhanging the cauldron like dance floor. It features exposed brick walls and great lights, ice cannons and big crowds.

See switchsouthampton.com