Hideout Bar

Hideout Bar is a compact bar and late-night social venue in Manchester’s city centre, known for a lively, underground vibe with DJs and dance events rather than a large mainstream club. It operates primarily late Friday and Saturday nights. Hideout isn’t strictly a “mainstream commercial” nightclub — it’s a basement bar with a DJ-led, dance-oriented sound policy that varies with the event/promoter. Across different nights, the music tends to fall into these categories: Core Sounds You’ll Hear House & Deep House: Regularly featured as a base genre, especially on dedicated dance nights. DJs often lean toward classic house grooves and deeper house textures. Retro / Old Skool Club Classics: Nights branded as “Timeless Old Skool” or similar focus on 90s/00s club hits and familiar dancefloor favourites. Bassline / UK Garage: On some nights, especially special events like NYE, you’ll hear bassline, old-skool garage and urban dance sounds alongside house. Club Classics: Expect mixes of recognisable club tracks spanning 90s–2000s — aimed at getting people dancing.