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Ezra Collective, Gabriels, Obongjayar, Scalping, Grove, Prima Queen, Jim, Saloon Dion, Intoku, and Marla Kether have been added to Fowards 2023. The festival on Bristol's Clif…

Bristol’s biggest independent festival, Love Saves The Day, will return to Ashton Court on 27 and 28 May 2023. With world-class headliners ready to kickstart summer, over two days…

Between The Lines festival returns to the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London in May featuring Nabihah Iqbal, Lafawndah, Happa, Maeve Moayedi, Infinity Knives & Bri…

Siouxsie, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Aphex Twin, SLOWTHAI, Arca, and M83 are among the latest acts confirmed for MEO Kalorama Festival 2023. Returning to Lisbon from Thursday, August 31st t…

The Martinez Brothers and Paco Osuna will host a room each every Tuesday at Hï Ibiza this summer from Tuesday, June 13th to Tuesday, October 3rd. The Martinez Brothers will host t…

Sonus Festival has added more names for its 10th anniversary. Sonja Moonear, Joseph Capriati, Daria Kolosova, Claptone, Chris Stussy, KAS:ST, and Michael Bibi are the new DJs who…

Electric Brixton has announced new live shows and club events from May to July 2023.  Live shows will come from Stonebwoy (Friday, May 12th), The Orb (Saturday, May 20th), The Be…

Dave Clarke, Carl Cox, Bushwacka, Charlie Tee b2b Pola & Bryson, and Mark Knight will play pod parties as part of the 10th Brighton Music Conference (BMC) 2023. The annual el…

‘Dogma’ from Simula is the drum & bass producer’s debut album, and it's a trip through soundscapes from, in his words, the “creative chasm”, which Laura Jones reviews. Hav…

The Independent Label Market (ILM) returns to London at Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross on Saturday, 20th May. Among the confirmed labels will be !K7, [PIAS], 4AD, BBE, Because, B…

Taking over Bristol’s Harbourside, Siren is back at the Bristol Amphitheatre to bring three nights of drum & bass, jungle and dancehall anthems from Thursday, 27th to Saturday…

The behemoth drum & bass festival Let It Roll, known for its incredible production attracting ravers from around the world, takes place Thursday, 3rd to Sunday, 6th August thi…

Lizzo, Busta Rhymes, D-Block Europe, Latto, Loyle Carner, Biig Piig, Dry Cleaning, Electric Wizard, Greentea Peng help complete the Roskilde Festival 2023 lineup. The new acts joi…

AVA has announced individual day line-ups for its Belfast edition on Friday, June 2nd and Saturday, June 3rd. Friday will include CENCH aka Central Cee, Peggy Gou, Kojaque, Overmo…

Standon Calling has added Shygirl to its all-female line-up on the Laundry Meadows stage and Sainté and D Double E as headliners of a new rap and hip hop night called FutureFlow o…

Live shows from Yazmin Lacey, Sweely, and James Holden plus DJ sets from Dan Shake, Roza Terenzi, Maara, Pretty Girl, and salute help complete the line-up for Gottwood 2023. The f…

Risen returned to Hackney Wick on Saturday, April 1st to celebrate the divine feminine on nine dancefloors across five venues around Queens Yard. Mike Barnard was ther e. With a l…

Forwards will take over Bristol's The Downs for another two days of music and discussion, driven by its social initiatives to create positive change on Friday, September 1st a…