2016: A gay bar at Glastonbury festival became the UK’s best club

Seeing Midland dancing in the crowd with his husband while she plays ‘Final Credits’ is a pretty amazing sight and the love and respect of the crowd who congratulate him while it’s happening is everything that Glastonbury and the NYC Downlow is about.

“The first time I came here I was incredibly moved by the level of passion I saw. You have the feeling that everyone comes here to contribute,” says Prosumer, who played on the Saturday night to a similar level of vibes and atmosphere.

If anything can be taken from the way NYC Downlow operates, it’s that it’s done so with a level of passion and integrity that isn’t shown in most clubs. Every detail is catered for, every fantasy fulfilled. You can be whoever you want to be at the Downlow as long as it’s from a good place, a place where you’re caring to one another.

It doesn’t matter how long you spend in that space, for that time, you are family, you are at one with the people around you and while we were all coming to terms with the Brexit decision, that’s one of the most profound sentiments you can experience.

“Above anything else, the NYC Downlow was and is a mission to create the best club in the world," says Gideon. "A gay creation to show the world just how we do it and just how we have been doing it for a long, long time.”

Mission accomplished; we'll see you on the floor for the NYC Downlow's 10th birthday in 2017.

Funster is Mixmag's Deputy Digital Editor. Find him propping up Maceo's Bar at dawn