Electric Pizza Shop

Part of Resident, a five-floor multi-concept space in the heart of Deansgate, Electric Pizza Shop sits beneath the first record store to open on Deansgate in nearly 30 years. Downstairs, a red-lit basement is built around the DJ booth, with the records on show and the music setting the pace. Bookings come down to selection, crowd and culture. Headliners are usually producers or label owners, and their records are stocked in the racks so you can take the night home. Each headliner plays alongside Resident’s own DJs, so the nights build lasting connections rather than one-off bookings. Residents: Urbi, Shimrise, Groove Division, Joe Roche, Bay, Sui 13, Rhod Parry, Jacinta, Jordan Villa, Pez and Maclo. Between them they cover Chicago, deep and dub house, percussive Latin and tribal house, UK garage and speed garage, acid, minimal and microhouse, broken beat, disco and edits, electro and breaks. The club runs Thursday to Saturday with free entry. Sign up for the guestlist on the venue’s website. Pizza by the slice and serious cocktails are on hand to fuel the night.