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The Doctor’s Orders celebrates its 20th birthday party at Electric Brixton on Friday, June 20th. Spin Doctor who launched the night at Shoreditch nightclub Herbal in 2005 has hand…

Purpose-driven parties, large-scale installations, and conversations on climate, consumption, identity, community, and belonging will form Roskilde Festival's Art & Activi…

SYREETA, Thunderpony, East End Dubs, Franky Rizardo, and Elena Mikac are among the acts added to Sonus Croatia 2025. The festival returns to Pag Island from Sunday, August 17th to…

Music, workshops, wild crafts, food, and inspiring speakers will feature when family-friendly Into The Wild festival returns in August. What began as a small annual gathering has …

Romare, Manga Saint Hilare, Lady Shaka, DJ Yoda, Grace Petrie, Freestylers v Dub Pistols, Nubiyan Twist Soundsystem, and Daraa Tribes help complete the line-up for Shambala 2025. …

Apparat, Bicep, L’Impératrice, Altın Gün, Coca Puma, DJ Gigola, DJ Tennis, Dov’è Liana, Giorgio Poi, and La Niña will play Sping Attitude Festival 2025. On Friday, September 12th …

Ibiza's Pyramid clubnight will take its world tour to Barcelona as part of OFFBCN Festival. Pryamid will host a house stage and a hard stage at Parc del Fórum on Friday, June …

The Doris Duke Foundation (DDF) has announced the six recipients of its artist awards for 2025 and launched a campaign and national network celebrating artists as creative laborer…

A new participatory installation has opened at Somerset House Studios created by resident artists Sophia Al-Maria and Lydia Ourahmane. Titled The Pits in Somerset House Studios’ …

14 acts complete the non-profit and independent Roskilde Festival 2025 line-up. The Raveonettes, Seu Jorge, Rachel Chinouriri, MRCY, Aya, Astrid Sonne, Kenny, Rachel Chinouriri, A…

The City Splash London celebration of Caribbean and African music and youth culture has revealed the emerging artists performing as part of its Rise Up programme. Jaz Elise, Nesta…

SWX Bristol has launched a new chapter by becoming Electric Bristol. Owners Electric Group, the venue operator behind spaces such as Electric Brixton and NX Newcastle, has investe…

Alix Perez's drum & bass label 1985 Music will host a day party at London's Roundhouse at the end of the year. From 3pm to 10pm on Saturday, November 22nd, the event p…

Busta Rhymes will headline a South Facing Festival show this summer. The rapper will play the Crystal Palace Park event on Friday, August 15th. Support will come from Redman, Big …

UK duo Koven show no stopping in their cinematic drum & bass journey with a seminal second album titled Moments in Everglow this April. It features huge tracks that have alre…

Brighton Music Conference (BMC)'s welcome party will kick off three days of activities across new venues and includes the return of the 'A&R Sessions'. The party a…

Sub Focus, Maddix, Subtronics, Karla Blum, Per Pleks, Avaion complete the NIBIRII 2025 line-up. The event invites techno, drum & bass, and GOA fans to Düren from Friday, Augus…

Obscure Shape, Head High, BADSISTA, Trancemaster Krause, AGY3NA, and The Muffin Man help complete the Home Again Club Festival 2025 line-up. Also confirmed are ALIS., Christa Bell…

Ulverston International Music Festival is mixing gastronomy with music by offering food-themed experiences to go hand-in-hand many of its concerts. Sound Bites is a new foodie the…

4AD, Because, Bella Union, Big Dada, Brainfeeder, Dead Oceans, Dirty Hit, Domino, Fire, Ghostly, Jagjaguwar, Late Night Tales, Mute, Matador, Ninja Tune, Partisan, Secretly Canadi…

The Prodigy, DJ Snake, and Solomun will headline EXIT Festival’s special 25th edition. They join a line-up that includes the Sex Pistols with Frank Carter, Tiësto, Eric Prydz, Ame…

Art app and social platform gowithYamo has teamed up with culture critics The White Pube for the return of What I Saw Last Week video series. Every Monday this month, one half of…

Solomun, ÂME b2b DJ Holographic, Young Marco, Patrick Mason, and WhoMadeWho (Hybrid set) will play Docklands Festival 2025. The 15th anniversary of the event at Münster's Hawe…

Everything Everything, The Leisure Society, The Bug Club, Seb Lowe, Omega Nebula, Chiedu Oraka, Riding the Low, and Eighty Eight Miles will play Sonic Boom Festival 2025. The even…

Ghanaian-American rising star MOLIY has joined the City Splash Festival 2025 line-up. The event takes over London's Brockwell Park on Monday, May 26th. Moliy joins acts such a…

Massive Attack, Iggy Pop, Suede, Nathy Peluso, Bad Gyal, Rigoberta Bandini, Antònia Font, Dorian, Sidonie, and Villano Antillano will top the bill at Mallorca Live Festival 2025. …

C2C Festival's theme for 2025 will be “Per aspera ad astra” (Through hardship to the stars), in loving memory of founder and director Sergio Ricciardone. Sergio sadly passed a…

Queer East Festival will take over London's cinemas, theatres, and community spaces from Wednesday, April 23rd to Sunday, May 18th. The festival will showcase boundary-pushing…

FKA Twigs, Little Simz, Empire of the Sun, Alessi Rose, The Joy, Sevdaliza, Miss Monique, and Michael Kiwanuka are among more than 50 acts added to Sziget Festival 2025. The Óbuda…

Charli XCX, Tyla, and Africa Express are among 20 acts joining Denmark's Roskilde Festival 2025. The latest additions also include Anton Westerlin, Amenra, Bela, Charanga Do F…

Mogwai will headline London's South Facing Festival on Thursday, August 7th. The band will be joined by Lankum at Crystal Palace Bowl. Other shows in the series already announ…

Price hikes and shrinking workforces will increase pressure on the nighttime economy, warns the the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA). The trade association conducted a fla…

This summer Sónar teams up with Boiler Room and Printworks for its Barcelona festival. Sónar by Night on Friday, June 13th and Saturday, June 14th will see a stage co-hosted by ea…

Fat Dog, BDRMM, deBasement, Curtisy, RIP Magic, and 3L3D3P will play Wide Awake Festival 2025. They join headliners Kneecap, CMAT, and English Teacher, plus others such as Peaches…

Morcheeba, UNKLE, and special guest DJ Shadow will headline London's South Facing Festival on Thursday, August 14th. The Crystal Palace Bowl day event series will host the tri…

Jyoty, Nooriyah, and Mason Collective are among the first acts confirmed to play new London venue Unlocked Shoreditch. The space on Curtain Road will tease its capabilities throug…

Pyramid World Tour will host two stages OFFBCN Festival 2025 in Barcelona on Friday, June 13th and Saturday, June 14th. The Ibiza brand has invited Jamie Jones, Rossi, Salomé Le C…

Performances from Samuel Kerridge and Daisy Dickinson, Aja Ireland, NØELLE, and Sculpture will complement talks, interactive workshops and jam sessions at Crux Festival 2025. The …

The Wombats and Razorlight are joining forces for two double headline shows as part of the Margate Summer Series and Hitchin Priory Summer Series in August. On Friday, August 22nd…

BEONIX Festival returns to Cyprus from Friday, September 19th to Sunday, September 21st headlined by Armin Van Buuren, Boris Brejcha, and Adriatique. Hosted at ETKO in Limassol, t…

Brighton Music Conference (BMC) has revealed its first wave of speakers and panels, plus a new health, wellbeing and lifestyle focus for 2025. The 12th edition will run from Wedne…

Gardna will bring the ‘Time To Move’ A/V show to Bristol's Prospect Building on Saturday, May 3rd as part of a day of drum & bass, jungle, UKG, and reggae. The ‘Time To Mo…

Ulverston International Music Festival 2025 has revealed its line-up ranging from classical and folk to jazz and tango running from Friday, May 30th to Sunday, June 8th. This year…

AI, the future of the creative industries, and the relationships between technology, culture, and society will take centre stage at Sónar+D 2025. The Barcelona festival running fr…

Brixton Disco Festival returns for its seventh annual edition on Saturday, 3 May 2025. Expect live music, DJs, screenings, talks, food & drink in the venues surrounding Brixto…

Andy C, Friction, Borgore, Bou, Camo & Krooked, Hannah Laing, Harriet Jaxxon, I Hate Models, REAPER, and Shlømo have been confirmed by Germany’s NIBIRII 2025. The festival ret…

Armand Van Helden, Fabio & Grooverider and the Outlook Orchestra, Hybrid Minds, Dave Clarke, and Goldie will play Beat-Herder Festival 2025. The 20th edition of the event will…

Pyramid Ibiza will launch its 2025 residency at Amnesia on Sunday, June 8th. In the Main Room, techno will take centre stage with Nina Kraviz, Deborah de Luca, Marco Faraone and L…