If ever you needed a reminder of the difference between partying in Glasgow and partying in Berlin, here’s one. Tama Sumo, who headlines at Subculture on Saturday night, is gearing up to play at Berghain’s New Year’s Day event.

I say New Year’s Day, but it actually stretches on a bit: from 1am directly after the bells until the morning of January 3, or thereabouts. It’s split into two staggered parties, with different lineups, and if you can go the full whack, you only need to pay in once.

If you leave at any point during January 2 – say, for instance, to eat for the first time in 24 hours, or take five minutes away from the eardrum-crushing techno and brain-frazzling strobes – you’ll have to pay in again on your return. Bummer, right?

Best to just keep going the whole 53 hours and get your money’s worth, no? Or you could catch Sumo at the Sub Club, which - while only on for a paltry five hours – would be logistically easier and less likely to result in death by exhaustion. A prominent figure on the Berlin club scene for twenty years, Sumo is a DJ’s DJ: she has very few production credits and no solo albums. But catch her in a dark room on a Saturday night and that all goes out the window: this is a world-class spinner and a must for any smart house fan.

On Sunday, Croydon dubstep pioneer Skream takes over the Subbie in the six-hour long finale to his Open to Close tour. As is his wont, he’ll be manning the booth and pumping out strong, strong house and techno selections from when the club opens at 10pm, until the very last at 4am. “The whole reason [the Open to Close tour] came about in the first place is that it's purely for me to play tunes and build my perfect sort of party, I guess,” he told Thump in October. “I've always amassed musical knowledge, so now's a good time to share all that, from disco back to when I was working in the record shop selling house and techno. It's finally a time to show that side off and get to play records that I never thought I'd be able to play.

“We're all ravers at heart, and we're all out to have a good time.”

The last in a trio of outstanding parties on Jamaica Street this week comes on Tuesday, when veteran ravers Simian Mobile Disco roll into town. “Simian are no stranger to our basement home,” the club said in a breathless statement. “Having brought their own brand of hard hitting dub techno and rolling basslines to our surroundings several times in the past, there’s a reason we continue to ask them to come back. They always absolutely kill it, and this occasion shall be no exception.” You know what, I’m not inclined to argue. It’s going to be incredible.

• Tama Sumo, Saturday, Sub Club, 11pm – 4am, £12

• Skream, Sunday, Sub Club, 11pm – 4am, sold out

• Simian Mobile Disco, Tuesday, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, £6

Anunjabeats

Words like “nang” and “wasteman” have never been a part of my vocabulary, but all that has changed since my last column. If you’re like me, you’ll have spent most of the last week watching videos of the Chicken Connoisseur. He’s basically the coolest guy on YouTube: a smartly-dressed patter merchant from London who reviews fried chicken shops and the only food blogger I’ve ever had any respect for. All of this has nothing to do with the next club night, I just really wanted to get that in there because I legitimately love him and can’t stop watching his videos. To Above & Beyond now: after their storming gig at the Academy a couple of weeks ago, this is a well-timed chance to catch the best acts from their Anunjabeats imprint at their only Scottish label event of the year. Label mainstays Andrew Bayer, Ilan Bluestone and local legend Grum supply the tunes, their record bags brimming with fresh cuts pressure-tested at Above & Beyond's annual ABGT radio celebrations. If you’re into progressive house, it’s going to be a peng ting.

• Anunjabeats, tomorrow, SWG3, 10pm – 3am, £24.50

Fuzzkill

Since its inception in 2013, Glaswegian indie label Fuzzkill has garnered a deserved reputation for throwing parties of quite brilliant, uninhibited chaos. This festive blowout has Manchester’s Fruit Tones playing live alongside Secret Motorbikes, Lush Purr, and the reunited Deathcats. After, superlative hipster spinners El Rancho, Sweaty Palms and jittery art-pop outfit Breakfast Muff provide the tunes until late, before they handing over to Holly Calder and Craig Reece of Nite Tripper who’ll take it up until 4am with the best in modern psych, garage and fuzz.

• Fuzzkill Xmas Party, Saturday, Broadcast, 8pm – 2am, £5