Perhaps it’s no surprise that Marc Kinchen – better known as MK - ended up as one of the world’s biggest house DJs. As a kid growing up in mid-80s Detroit, Kinchen watched his brother playing alongside legends like Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson at the city’s famous Music Institute. “Can you imagine growing up somewhere where your local DJ was Derrick May? I don't think there's any need to really explain how amazing that was and is,” he gushingly told Thump last year.

The celebrated producer worked his way up through the clubs and was one of the most popular house artists of the early-90s, before jacking it in to move to LA and work with the likes of Will Smith, Snoop Dogg and Jay-Z in 1996. Around then, “the scene started to slow down in New York a little bit… what labels wanted from me started getting boring,” he said. “I wanted to be that producer who everybody goes to and pays $80,000 a track. Doing house music wasn’t going to get me there.” Not quite the sentiments expressed by the average Sub Club headliner, but hear the man out. After a long period out of the limelight, Hot Creations bosses Jamie Jones and Lee Foss invited MK to DJ at one of their parties. It was only then that Kinchen realised his signature sound had come full circle and was in vogue again. “It feels like I’ve been in a coma,” he said at the time.

Those fat organ basslines, shuffling drums and chopped-up vocals will be the soundtrack tonight, as MK kicks off a weekend of dizzying activity for the Subbie. Not that it should come as a surprise to anyone, but most of what’s good in Glasgow over the next few days is happening on Jamaica Street.

Tomorrow, with Slam off gallivanting across Asia, the reins of their monthly night Return to Mono are handed to Clouds: another local duo who make tough, uncompromising techno. They’re joined by the lo-fi Leeds-via-Edinburgh duo Forward Strategy Group: not as rigid and mechanical as the name suggests, they pump out industrial and experimental techno, having made a name for themselves in clubs across Europe. And on Saturday, ahead of the start of the Warehouse Project’s 2016 season, Manchester’s arch-party starters head north to team up with Subculture and complete a dreamy quadruple bill of house tastemakers. Oh, and then there’s the small matter of a midweek Optimo sighting at I Am on Tuesday. “These two are our favourite DJs in the world, and it’s not often we get the chance to host them both,” said residents Beta & Kappa. “This will be special!”

• MK, tonight, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, sold out

• Return to Mono with Clouds, tomorrow, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, £10

• Subculture x Warehouse Project, Saturday, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, £10

Walk N Skank

This weekend’s listings are peppered with celebratory parties marking the anniversaries of some of the city’s favourite club nights. Tonight, reggae selectors Mungo’s Hi-Fi launch a complete takeover at the Berkeley Suite to mark Walk N Skank’s 4th birthday. Expect classics, rarities and dubplates galore – and don’t forget to dress smart, you scruffs. On Saturday, the opposite is recommended as the supremely sleazy disco night Supermax turns nine. They’re recommending swimwear as a tactic to deal with the extreme temperatures expected in the venue’s basement. Tongue in cheek or not, this is going to be a decadent, heady tribute to Studio 54, Paradise Garage and the golden days of disco and things are going to get steamy. Take heed! And on Tuesday, The Sanctuary’s Mode has the first instalment of their first birthday, with Kevin Knapp of sun-kissed house crew Hot Creations and Mahdi Ben Hamou on the decks.

• Walk N Skank 4th Birthday, tonight, The Berkeley Suite, 11pm – 3am, £5

• Supermax 9th Birthday, Saturday, The Berkeley Suite, 11pm – 3am, £8

• Mode 1st Birthday, Tuesday, The Sanctuary, 10pm – 3am, £5

100 Flowers

Until it was lovingly laid to rest in 2008, the legendary night National Pop League had Glasgow’s underground indie royalty shimmying on the scuffed floors of suburban halls like the Woodside Social and Queen’s Park Bowling Club. There might not be any members of Belle and Sebastian, The Pastels or Teenage Fanclub at 100 Flowers on Saturday night, but this new night grabs the spirit of its illustrious predecessor and runs with it. Taking place in a Southside ex-serviceman’s club, it promises indie pop, Motown, post-punk and C86 in an environment your auld gran would be more than happy to get down in.

• 100 Flowers, Saturday, Pollok Ex-Services Club, 8pm – 1am, £3