[ChrisRR]

From the UK, I'd agree. Drinks before you go out, either at home with friends or at a pub, head to the club 21:00-22:00 ish

Drink and dance, there's a few tables about, but it's mostly standing space and a dance floor. Kicking out is like 01:00ish

Maybe I'm oblivious, but I'm fairly sure our clubs are way more alcohol than drugs.

[hollowcelery]

Where in the UK are you? In London the type 2 clubs (Fabric, Village Underground, Oval Space, Pickle Factory, Corsica Studios, The Cause, Egg, E1, etc.) only open their doors around 23:00, and it'd be weird to show up before midnight - the place would be deserted. Peak time is 1:30-3:30am. At some of these places, almost everyone is on drugs.

[antihero]

It sounds like you are going to shite clubs!

[watwut]

In the dancing clubs here, the actual dancing floor fills at like 1:00. But, I stopped going there years ago precisely for that reason - I would much prefer the British way you describe. Dancing from 21:00-22:00 ish makes so much more sense then having to wait till it is super late.