Walk N Skank St. Mungo’s Day Special

To commemorate the feast day of our city’s founder and patron saint, leading reggae crew Walk N Skank are throwing this extra-special session at the Berkeley Suite tonight.

Expect to hear the finest in roots and modern reggae and dancehall, some added civic pride sprinkled in for good measure.

He might have died more than 1,400 years ago, but it’s unthinkable that St Mungo wouldn’t have loved a night like this in his honour.

Given his miracles involving animals, it’s easy to conclude that he would also have enjoyed Dub N Grub at The 78 in Finnieston.

Every week, it serves up delicious vegan soul food with a soundtrack of dub and other Jamaican sounds. It’s free to get in, and constitutes the perfect pre-Walk N Skank stomach-lining session.

On Saturday, Al Kent takes to the North Street basement’s luxurious DJ booth for Million Dollar Disco’s infamous annual party.

Last year there were queues up the street and the club was full within 30 minutes of opening, with punters still waiting to get in at 2am.

Inside, a delirious sweat-fest ensued, with solid gold soulful disco classics fueling the madness.

This year’s party coincides with the release of Kent’s compilation Disco Love Volume Four, so look out for CDs and other freebies throughout the night.

• Walk N Skank: St Mungo’s Day Special, tonight, The Berkeley Suite, 11pm – 3am, £5

• Million Dollar Disco, Saturday, The Berkeley Suite, 11pm – 3am, £tbc

Celtic Connections Festival Club

A welcome ray of folky sunshine in an otherwise dreary January, this year’s Celtic Connections festival has over 2000 artists from across the world performing at more than 20 venues throughout the city.

As well as a diverse lineup that packs in Robert Plant, The Wainwright Sisters and Scottish Album of the Year winner Kathryn Joseph, the festival also has its own beer for 2016: the Drygate’s exclusive Festival Brew, which was made with microphones inside the fermentation tanks to ensure it is “infused with Celtic music.”

For a proper taste of Celtic music, that isn’t PR nonsense, get down to some of the late-night hootenannys that pockmark the festival calendar.

The Drygate’s late-night sessions are hosted by the inimitable Findlay Napier, and offer a chance to soak up sessions from some of the festival’s performers in a more relaxed environment than the Art School, which is sure to be a hectic, more energetic affair.

Not that that’s a bad thing, of course.

Later in the week, DJ Milktray dishes out velvety beats at The Art School’s Fashion Show fundraiser, alongside Cubik and Dressin’ Red. Dress to impress and get there early – it’s only £3 before midnight.

• Celtic Connections Festival Club, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, The Art School, 10pm – 3am, £9 (£5 on Sunday)

• Celtic Connections Late Night Sessions, tonight and tomorrow, Drygate, 10.30pm – late, £5

• GSA Fashion Show Fundraiser, Wednesday, The Art School, 11pm – 3am, £3

Blue Hour

Under his Blue Hour guise, Berlin-based Brit Luke Standing has spent the last few years releasing driving, hard-edged beats on labels like Ostgut Ton, playing at Berghain, and taking his music around the world.

He’s joined by Animal Farm at the Sub Club tomorrow night for what should be a Berlin-esque night of uncompromising techno.

Local producer Petrichor – producer of “rose-tinted techno” – is Harri and Dom’s guest at Subculture on Saturday night, and on Wednesday Sub Rosa have their personal space invaded by Vicious Creatures, who promise “escape, a sense of adventure, and most importantly stunning house music.”

• Blue Hour, tomorrow, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, £8

• Petrichor, Saturday, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, £5 before 12am

• Sub Rosa vs Vicious Creatures, Wednesday, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, £5

Kwartz

There’s more European techno at La Cheetah on Saturday as Code welcome Madrid producer Kwartz to the Queen Street basement club for their first party of 2016.

The young Spaniard has released a string of successful singles on Exium’s Nheoma label, including the ferocious EP Fenomen.

He rounded off 2015 with a breathtaking five-and-a-half-hour set at Berlin’s Tresor – get down to this on Saturday to witness a young DJ who’s already killing it years before he reaches his peak.

• Kwartz, Saturday, La Cheetah, 11pm – 3am, £10

Monday Night at Campus

David Bowie's wholly unexpected passing made an already difficult start to the week even more bleak. In a week when we lost one of the world's great artists, it didn't seem right to be out gallivanting with the usual gusto reserved for a Monday night session in Campus. But if Glaswegians can be relied on for one thing, it's turning difficult moments into a celebration of sorts. The town may have been quiet, but as in Bowie's birthplace of London and his adopted home of New York, revelers could be found gathering to toast his remarkable legacy.

Bowie was always an outsider: he defied anyone's expectations of what an artist, musician, or even what a male should be. It feels a little gauche to steal someone else's thoughts, but I could not put it better than Dean Podesta did. "If you're ever sad, just remember the world is 4.543 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie," he tweeted.

In several pubs around the city centre, they wore Thin White Duke t-shirts and at least one sported lightning bolt makeup. Sadly, we didn’t see any drinkers wearing a skintight sparkly jumpsuit – well, at least not in Campus, anyway. The frathouse-themed sports bar might have played his Mick Jagger collaboration Dancing in the Street at one point, but I can't be sure. Otherwise it was business as usual: student-orientated bangers and the atmosphere of spirited nonchalance that you only find when out drinking on a Monday night. It’s liberating: an outsider activity that flies in the face of polite society. And in that sense, it is a very Bowie activity. We should all try it a bit more often.

Q: Give us a few words to describe David Bowie?

1. Stephanie Harrison, 26, Springburn, Let’s Dance

Laura Burke, 26, Springburn, Inspiration

2. Jack Balfour, 20, East Kilbride, He was an exception – truly unique

William Proctor, 25, Maryhill, Quirky and talented

3. Emma Lawrenson, 25, Largs, An absolute legend

Jack Forrest, 21, West End, I’m a Young American

4. Elaine Mackenzie, 25, Largs, No words can describe him

Walter Vettese, 28, Kelvindale, He was an example for all

5. Ali Nacibi Zerigue, 27, South Side

Favourite Club? Sub Club

Favourite Bar? Factory

Favourite DJ? David Guetta

Favourite Band? Phil Collins

First Club? ABC

What You Drinking? Buffalo Trace

Describe Your Dancing? Wild!

6. Alen Çankaya, 21, Largs, I’ve never listened to him

7. Tiffany Stirling, 23, Rutherglen, A phenomenon

Kimberly McGuigan, 26, East End, An awesome oddity

8. Lisa Gibson, 21, East End, #letsdance

Ania Maconkiewicz, 19, Poland, A hero