It certainly didn’t feel like a school night when Calvin Harris stepped up to a tightly-squeezed courtyard for his sold-out DJ set on Sunday night. It’s not every day you get to see an artist of this calibre at an intimate venue like the Greenwood, so who could blame us?

Opening DJs Sancho, Joey Kaz and Matt Nukewood took to their warm-up duties with flair, with Sancho dropping many crowd-pleasers including Leave The World Behind before mixing in Pjano by Eric Prydz. Followed by old school classics like Missing by Everything But The Girl, he soothed into the impressive Swedish Beauty/Diamond Life by Swedish House Mafia. Joey Kaz continued this streak belting out the house persuasion of Coma Cat by Tensnake and the Hook N Sling remix of Miami Horror’s Sometimes, vamping up the moderate crowd. Matt Nukewood hit us up with Hook n Sling and Snob Scrilla’s Gotta Make A Move before laying down the track we all love to hate, Far East Movement’s Like a G6.

Despite the icky humidity and occasional raindrop, the almost full house of party-goers were there to enjoy DJs Steve Play vs. Cadell. Whether it was the impressive lighting display or the two TVs screening bikini models, the courtyard was beaming. Although starting their set off with Stardust’s Music Sounds Better With You no doubt had a lot to do with it.

They took us back to 1995, dropping Faithless’ Insomnia, which had us, all singing “I can’t get no sleep….”, mixing it with the extended vocal remix of Eva Simons and Afrojack’s Take Over Control, that set everyone on a cheesy frenzy. Finishing off with Adrian Lux’s Teenage Crime and Planet Funk’s old school classic Chase The Sun, DJs John Glover and Ben Morris stepped out to a jam-packed courtyard thanks to Steve Play and Cadell.

With the help of MC Losty, they inspired plenty of big booty popping when they dropped the Laidback Luke’s Dr Dre/Steve Angello mash-up The Knas Episode. The boys really proved they could move between genres and still keep everyone interested. By the time Ben Morris finished playing his Give It Up track you were lucky to move a step in front, which was evidently frustrating many around, but most of us pulled through in time to see the man we’d been waiting six hours to see.

As Calvin Harris graced us with his towering presence (he was lucky to just fit the height of the tiny stage!) everyone was ready – and sweaty. Opening with I’m Not Alone, the crowd surely felt the opposite, with a sea of hands high and iPhones recording, before mixing Duck Sauce’s Barbara Streisand which got everyone singing to the familiar chorus.

Midway through his set, it did seem as though the crowd had scattered elsewhere – a relief for many. However all this went out the window again when Calvin dropped You Used To Hold Me with Laidback Luke’s remix of Wynter Gordon’s Dirty Talk, which got many pushing and shoving back to the courtyard from the bar and toilet queues.

Other highlights included his version of Satisfaction by Benny Benassi with the classic crowd-pleaser Daft Punk’s One More Time. Calvin looked impressed with sea of roars when he dropped Praise You by Fatboy Slim mixed with Sidney Samson’s Riverside. His impressive rendition of Taio Cruz’s Dynamite also had everyone guiltily singing along as he stopped and started the track to hear the audience singing a capella before hitting us with Flashback, which was a definite treat for the fans. He definitely had those heads rolling when he played Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Heads Will Roll as well as Dizzee Rascal’s Holiday, which made the courtyard drop everything for a rapturous dance-off.

Calvin ended his intimate hour-and-a-half set giving us a taste of new material he’s working on. “I’m finishing off with a couple of new tracks, a couple of works in progress,” he announced on the mic. “This is one of them. I’m too scared to put the vocal on it. Thank you very much! Cheers.” From what we heard it was clear the vocals weren’t necessary, making us eager to hear what’s next for this Scot.

Ember took over for an hour afterwards, entertaining the remaining crowd with popular house tunes we’d heard throughout the day. Overall out of the three times having seen Calvin, this gig was definitely the best I’ve seen from him as a DJ. However, I don’t think anything can top seeing his energy performing with a live band – an experience that seems sadly to now be in the past.