Sunday night at the Sub Club: it’s the kind of occasion that was made for Nina Kraviz. The Siberian isn’t just another record spinner. She is a DJ’s DJ: one of the most respected figures working in deep house and techno at the minute, beloved by nerds, newcomers, and everyone in between.

Kraviz arrives in Glasgow for off the back of playing Bristol’s Simple Things Festival and Manchester’s Warehouse Project… on the same day. Her support acts? Four Tet, Floating Points, Ben UFO, Leon Vynehall – some of the most popular names in electronica today. She’ll turn up at the Subbie and play for four hours, from start to finish. When you’re this big, there are no normal gigs. She occupies a world of her own.

A school night means that the crowd will be made up of the kind of purists most suited to a Kraviz crowd. “Small clubs have different environment energy and dynamic,” she told the Australian site In the Mix late last year. “The way you play your records can be more subtle and you can take your time. You can also get away with playing some slightly weirder music.”

For Kraviz, that usually involves the interesting stuff she’s putting out on her acclaimed label Trip. “I’m lucky in that I have the opportunity to play music that nobody else has because it’s not released yet,” she said. “[The] particular records I play might be different based on the vibe, but what stays the same no matter what is that all the tracks need to be badass and have to excite me enough so I can really enjoy playing it.” One thing is for certain: she’s not going to enjoy playing it quite as much as the Subbie crowd is going to enjoy drinking it in.

This Sunday nighter is the second of a trio of outstanding gigs hosted by the iconic Jamaica Street club this week. The first is tomorrow, when Chicago legend Lil Louis showcases his new album at an exclusive, early-doors preview party. It represents a remarkable comeback from the brink for the house pioneer, who almost quit music after suffering catastrophic hearing loss in an incident involving an over-zealous airhorn wielder in Manchester last January. The two-part album playback kicks off at 7.30pm: the ideal warmup for Hamburg’s Helena Hauff, who headlines Bigfoot’s Tea Party. Her famed residency at Hamburg’s Golden Pudel and a string of excellent releases on labels like Werkdiscs have made her an in-demand favourite in clubs from here to the Panorama Bar.

Then, on Tuesday, the always-amazing IAM boys have another Chicago house hero over in DJ Funk. It’s rare that one man defines an entire genre of music, but DJ Funk (whose real name is the decidedly less-funky Charles Chambers) single-handedly defined and propagated both ghetto tech and booty house. These raw house subgenres are exactly the kind of thing that IAM punters go nuts for, so expect less of a dancefloor and more a raucous, libidinous battleground for this. All of which is, of course, very much a good thing.

• Lil Louis, tomorrow, Sub Club, 7.30pm – 10pm, free

• Nina Kraviz, Sunday, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, sold out

• DJ Funk, Tuesday, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, £6

Regression Sessions

“Expect a clubbing experience like no other when they transform the venue into an Apocalypse torn Red Light District,” shouts the blurb for this enormous party at SWG3 on Saturday. “It's going to be HUGE!” I mean, no doubt, but could you tell us a little more? There have been no announcements on who’s playing, but we’re told to “expect… walkabout entertainers in whacky [sic] costumes and make-up, crazy props…” and “our trademark sound covering house, techno, drum and bass and hip-hop”

If the Regression Sessions in Bristol and London are anything to go by, this looks like an immersive cross between Alien Wars and the ABC’s JellyBaby. But how can I condone going to a show when you don’t even know who’s DJing? More certainty is to be found in the lineup for Saturday, as legendary promoters Colours team up with relative upstarts Zoom. Trance – hunners of it, to be exact – is the order of the night: Irish stalwarts John O’Callaghan and Bryan Kearney, local Radio 1 favourite Will Atkinson, and Canadian producer The Noble Six provide the thumping sonic backdrop for an outbreak of mild chaos.

• Regression Sessions, tomorrow, SWG3, 10pm – 3am, £10/£15

• John O’Callaghan, Saturday, SWG3, 9pm – 3am, £25

Bonkers 14th Anniversary

It was described as “similar to a warzone.” Spike Dawbarn, vocalist in seminal boyband 911, heard the rumours that it was “apparently the worst nightclub in Glasgow,” but they “always ended up there anyway." No wonder there’s so much nostalgia for Bonkers, the Hope Street venue that combined an atmosphere worse than that inside San Quentin while simultaneously pumping out the worst music known to man. Noble Whitelaw, DJ Gonzo and Paul Norval provide the tunes, but the real heroes on the night will be the security staff tasked with keeping order on the dancefloor. Good luck with that one, gents.

• Bonkers 14th Anniversary, Saturday, Tür, 10pm – 3am, £8