When presented with the news that Beta had made the cut again this year, a Beta (Waterloo) spokesperson highlighted that Waterloo (Ontario) is universally infamous for two reasons: its universities and as the birthplace of fruity phone corporation Blackberry.

Now they can add home to the 63rd best club in the world — as voted by the people — to the list, and the third highest from Canada, behind Montreal's Circus Afterhours and Toronto's Footwork. This 650 capacity box is not one of the larger entries in the poll, but don't let that fool you.

The sound is big, its Dynacord Alpha system one of the best there is, and its bookings are even bigger: Nicky Romero, Hardwell and Laidback Luke are just a few of the titans spotted on the ones and twos in recent months.