Challenges aplenty but the nightlife scene keeps on partying

From the pub to the world: Muzza (left), bassist Zikri and drummer Hafiz will be leaving the pub stage to take on the world at the Global Battle of the Bands 2015 in Oslo.

IT HAS been a difficult year for the clubbing industry in and around the Klang Valley, with almost all of the outdoor festival of an EDM nature wiped off the entertainment map this year since the sudden cancellation of the third day of the FMFA 2013 in the middle of March.

The previous couple of years had seen significant growth in the local mainstream acceptance of the scene now commonly known as Electronic Dance Music (EDM).