Picture this. It's September. The heatwave is over and England's beer gardens are abandoned. University looms; it's no longer coming home and the 5th place Love Island contestants are popping up in every shit club from Halifax's Acapulco to Club NEO in Yeovil.

An uber, a train, or, pushing it, a bus, are the only logical forms of travel as we head into the inevitable grey and windy reminder that we don't live in a tropical equator belt country.

You need a reason to leave the house. You need floor-filling bangers and unique party concepts to drag you away from Netflix and your mind-eroding routine of reciting Peep Show episodes perfectly with your housemates before realising there's nothing actually playing on the TV. 

You need The Sauce™

North Sessions - Episode 3: The Send Off [Mint Club, Leeds] Saturday 1st September

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North Sessions makes a big return on the 1st for one final massive send-off before everyone goes to uni to do lots of studying and absolutely no partying whatsoever... Episode 3 takes over Leeds' infamous Mint Club for a pick'n'mix of genres with a special guest headliner to be announced.

Tunnel Vision Presents... Bad Gals Club [Amusement 13, Birmingham] Friday 14th September 

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Tunnel Vision are back at Birmingham's Amusement 13 with a line-up of the finest female selectors. As a promoter and record label, Tunnel Vision's main aim is putting new and upcoming DJs from Birmingham and Bristol into the spotlight, with people from all backgrounds given an opportunity to showcase their talent and create a more equal musical playing field.  

At the top of the bill is the undeniable talent of L U C Y. This 19-year-old from Bristol juggles the duties of a producer, DJ, radio presenter for Kane FM and a uni degree in electronic music production at ACM in London, madness. With an arsenal of 140 weaponry, this up-and-comer who has already left her mark on Glastonbury's Silver Hayes stage and Brisfest is one to watch.

The Acid Experiment: The Final Summer Show [Lab 11, Birmingham] Saturday 22nd September

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Get your bucket hats, dungarees and offensively patterned t-shirts on and head down to Lab 11 to party like its two-thousand and nineteen-ninety-two. Unless you were literally living under a rock and missed their Summer of Love party, their biggest and baddest event to date, you will know that these guys have been absolutely smashing it all summer long. Seriously, if you want a time-travelling club night experience, this is the one for you.   

Interstellar Groove w/Hidden Spheres [Komedia, Brighton] Friday 28th September 

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Finally making the jump from the airwaves to the club, the Interstellar Groove ship touches down at Komedia on the 28th September to bring you sounds from a galaxy far, far away. 

Headliner Hidden Spheres is able to blend acid into funk smoother than a peanut butter milkshake and his productions have made cosmic waves on weighty labels like Rhythm Section and Distant Hawaii. To make this mission even more exciting, this will be a Brighton debut for the Manchester-based selector.

Warming up is one of Brighton's most exciting talents. Found on an old hard drive and booted up on a cracked copy of Windows 95, Tech Support's reputation is currently blasting through the stratosphere, with his most recent track 'Friends' receiving support from DJs like Dan Shake and Crazy P.

Expect nothing but anti-gravity grooves and deep, spacey basslines. 

Rotary Club presents - Owain 124 [Undertone, Cardiff] Saturday 29th September

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From humble beginnings in Falmouth to exploding onto the scene in Cardiff, Rotary Club have been championing underground music in the Welsh capital and don't plan on slowing down. Expect the finest underground talents, local up-and-comers and the best subterranean house music you can find. 

Selecting only the finest of House and UK Garage, Owain 124 is set to shake the foundations of Cardiff's favourite dive bar. With his very own vinyl only label, 124 Recordings, you know this guy knows his stuff - expect the finest dance floor worthy jams straight from the underground. 

Johnathon Ulysses 3HR Ibiza Classics [The Doghouse, Bristol] Saturday 29th September

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For those who aren't in the know, this guy is absolute DJ royalty. Elite selector and legendary Ibiza resident Johnathon Ulysses is bringing his trademark up-tempo, pumping blend of euphoric house to Bristol's Doghouse.

Johnathon has pretty much done (and probably seen) it all. With appearances on every continent, he's pretty much completed being a DJ; his career achievements include an incredible 19-year residency at Ibiza's Space as well as launching his own label and his infamous club brand 'Ulybug'. 

With a 3 hour set of pure Ibiza classics, Bristol is about to get the Mediterranean treatment.