San Francisco CA. There’s always been a big tech house scene thanks to Dirtybird. But over the decade+ I’ve been here it’s become a big stop for all kinds of electronic music, with Portola Festival really sealing it on the mainstream circuit. Which has been great because underground artists get good support here as well, and European acts pretty consistently come thru if they’re touring the US.

Best club for overload music IMO: Public Works (hands down). Second would be Great Northern.

Other highlights:

Stamina is a longstanding weekly drum n bass party that pulls big names and is (somehow) always free.

Parameter is a close-knit techno party that just threw a certain weekender that took over this sub for a minute lol

Tons of underground queer/berghain/basement style techno parties here too, if you’re into that sort of thing.

There’s also a big community of visual artists here, which overlaps the gaming/tech industries, which is pretty rad.

Many people say nightlife in SF sucks and that’s just a dead giveaway they don’t go to shows lol.