Glaswegians are spoiled rotten for clubbing at the best of times, but this weekend it's almost embarrassing.

The Arches finds itself at the eye of a techno and hardcore storm, new venues are sprouting up, and world-conquering institutions are celebrating their birthday: it's dizzying.

Here are just a few suggestions to keep you busy...

T in the Park fans can prepare for their Balado blow out at the Arches with a four-hour techno set from the Slam boys.

Needless to say, there will be more sinister underground and cutting-edge techno than it's possible to visualise without some kind of graph. Book now, as it's unlikely there will be tickets left at the door.

l Pressure, Arches, tomorrow, 11pm-3am, £7 in advance.

Hot Number

My eighth birthday was amazing: I got a trip to a fire station and a football party at the sports centre. Nothing has matched it yet, but it seems a little timid in comparison with Numbers' eighth birthday bash tomorrow.

They have a bash at the Sub Club, where hip-hop infused electro will be in abundance as resident DJ Spencer and guest spinner Floating Points tickle the turntables.

Numbers' rise to prominence has been remarkable: going from a loose collective of labels, DJs and producers to a dance music powerhouse- they are one of the main reasons why Glasgow is the UK's rave capital. In the past year they've taken on Berghain – Berlin's most imposing super-club, a former power station where the parties simply do not end – and embarked on a US tour: activities which might make the Sub Club seem rather a small deal.

Nevertheless, this is sure to be one of the highlights of this summer's clubbing calendar.

l Numbers is 8, Sub Club, tomorrow, 11pm-3am, £5

Soul Patrol

Goodness knows how he finds the time, but Coronation Street's premier taxi firm owner Lloyd Mullaney also does a handy sideline in funk and soul DJing under the pseudonym Craig Charles.

Now he's brought his monthly residency at Band On The Wall, in Manchester's hip Northern Quarter, north to coincide with the Glasgow International Jazz Festival.

The Fruitmarket should provide a suitably old school backdrop for his impeccable taste in Northern soul, funk and acid jazz.

Federation of the Disco Pimp will add some extra colour on the night with a live show.

l Craig Charles' Funk & Soul Show, The Old Fruitmarket, tomorrow, 11pm. £10, tickets from www.jazzfest.co.uk

Chambre 69

As if Saturday isn't busy enough, Glasgow's newest club opens its doors to the general public.

Having previously hosted some under-the-radar gigs, Chambre 69 is a bar, club and gig venue catering to "those hip enough to find it".

Sorry to spoil the mystery, but it's up the lane between Urban Outfitters and Subway on Nelson Mandela Place.

Proceedings kick off with Bruce Springsteen tribute act Brilliant Disguise, and continue throughout the night with DJs spinning electro and disco. Regular nights that have so far been announced include Ange-Noir, a hip hop/dancehall party on the last Sunday of the month, and See You Next Tuesday, a gay night on – you guessed it – Tuesdays.

l Chambre 69, open from 4pm tomorrow, free entry before 11pm.

It's Hardlife

From the people who brought you Inside Out comes one of Glasgow's radgest club nights ever.

Called Hardlife, it promises hard trance and hard dance.

Technoboy and Tuneboy top the bill, alongside The Prophet, Kutski and several more, making this one of the biggest hardstyle lineups ever seen in the UK – as the busloads of trance fans descending upon The Arches from Fife, Ireland, Manchester and Yorkshire will attest. It promises to be ecstatic, pounding, eardrum threatening fun of hard partying.

l Hardlife, The Arches, Saturday, 11pm – 3am, tickets £20