WIRED

WIRED is the Saturday-night DJ session at Polar Bear Music Club, and it's one of those nights that splits its sound across two rooms. The main room is where the alt anthems, indie bangers and club classics live, and it runs right through until 2:30am. If you're in the mood for the songs everyone knows, that's where you'll find them.

But the other half of the night is a different thing entirely. The beer garden is held by DJ Skopium van Bear, who spends his set digging into over 20 years of underground music. He pulls from experimental pop, trip-hop, ambient, new age and space rock, so it's a far cry from the main room's indie hits. It's the kind of set that works just as well if you want to drift off as it does if you're actually listening.

Because the two rooms run side by side, you can switch between them as the night goes on. You can start with the bigger, more familiar sounds in the main room and then head out to the beer garden for something a bit more left-field, or vice versa. It's a long night, and the music keeps going well into the early hours.

Entry is free, though it's an over-18s night. Between 10:30pm and midnight, there's a 2-for-£12 deal on cocktails, so if you're planning on starting early, that's the window to get them in. The session runs from 10:30pm to 2:30am, with the next ones on Saturday 14 November and Saturday 28 November at Polar Bear Music Club, 229 Spring Bank, Hull, HU3 1LR.