Although the events of the evening may not be remembered the next morning, towns across Suffolk came to life after dark with hundreds heading to the local nightclub.
While some of the clubs in our archive are now closed, the venues used to be packed full of people dancing the night away.
Can you spot yourself in one of these photos?
An under 18s night at Liquid in Ipswich (Image: Newsquest)
2002: Brannigans in Ipswich (Image: Newsquest)
Bandbox in Felixstowe in 2006 (Image: Newsquest)
The opening of Hollywoods in 1988 (Image: Newsquest)
Liquid in 1999 (Image: Newsquest)
2005: Xcel nightclub in Stowmarket (Image: Newsquest)
2003: Club Brazilia in Bury St Edmunds (Image: Newsquest)
Betty's nightclub in Ipswich in 2004 (Image: Newsquest)
1968: A casino at the First Floor Club (Image: Newsquest)
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