Lakota (club)

After a fierce bidding war between them and Piers Adams (of Mahiki - celebrity hangout) and Christian Arden (of Po-na-na), they eventually purchased the club using money they had raised from venture capitalists.

During the late nineties, Lakota became one of the country's most famous clubs, and the Burgess family expanded the empire to include a record company, merchandise shop and DJ agency.

Lakota hosted all the Superstar DJs, such as Carl Cox, Danny Rampling, Sasha, John Digweed, Todd Terry, Roger Sanchez, Paul Oakenfold, Judge Jules and LTJ Bukem.

At the turn of the century, Lakota, like all of the other superclubs, suffered from a massive drop in trade and over the next few years, it seemed to lose its way as it tried to stick to its house roots as well as dabble with new and other underground music such as a garage, reggae and two-step.

Since 2006 the club has regained ground by collaborating with young promoters to put on a series of drum and bass, hardcore, dub-step, psytrance and techno nights.