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Anthony B, Channel One, King Shiloh, Little Lion Sound, Awa Fall, Lasai, and Lorrè Shakalab are among the first acts confirmed for Bloom Festival Malta near year. The event will c…

Cruz Beckham & The Breakers, Villanelle, Fontaines D.C., KATSEYE, Lola Young, and IDLES are among the first acts confirmed for Sziget Festival 2027. The celebration of live mu…

Girls Don’t Sync, East End Dubs, Special Request, Interplanetary Criminal, Rossi., and Morgan Seatree are among the first acts confirmed for Hideout 2027. The festival returns to …

Author, music producer, and friend of zap! bang! Magazine Oli Freke has followed up his book detailing the history of synthesizers with a drum machine anthology. Beat Gems is a vi…

The music acts, speakers, and topics for festival and conference Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) 2027 are taking shape. The event returns to Groningen from Wednesday, January 13th to…

Sónar promises a reborn festival in Barcelona for its 34th edition from Thursday, June 17th to Saturday, June 19th. Sónar by Day and with Sónar+D will be hosted at a seafront in c…

The work of 12 contemporary artists will be on display across two exhibitions at Soho Revue in London from Tuesday, November 4th to Sunday, December 20th: Saturnalia and Love you,…

The women who shaped punk take centre stage at Museum of Youth Culture in November as the Up Yours! God Save the Queens programme continues with workshops, film and conversations.…

Jayda G, Max Dean, CC:DISCO!, and Ross From Friends are among the latest acts announced for Snowbombing 2027. The festival returns to Mayrhofen from April 5th to April 10th with E…

Comedian, actress, and singer Meg Stalter has joined the False Idols Halloween line-up at London's Drumsheds line-up. The Emmy-nominated star will be part of the party on Satu…

We Call it Dance returns to Bultins Skegness for its third edition from Friday, November 6th to Monday, November 9th. Headliners Sigma, Claptone, and Joel Corry will be joined by …

DJ Gigola, Logic1000, Blasha & Allatt, Speedy J, Saoirse, and Carl Craig are among the final acts confirmed for Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) next week. Organisers have also fin…

Robyn, Arca, Oklou, underscores, Kelela, Yung Lean & Bladee, Chanel Beads, Joanne Robertson, The Avalanches, Shygirl, Smerz, Fine, HEADACHE, and Grouper will play C2C Festival…

Bloc Reunion will celebrate 20 years since its first event with a takeover at London's The Cause on Saturday, March 6th. The anniversary will run from 2pm to 6am bringing toge…

For its ninth year, AVA London continued its mission to create a space where artists, industry leaders, innovators and cultural figures could connect, collaborate and explore the …

The women who shaped punk, the grassroots venues powering a new generation of DIY music, Black queer culture, and urgent conversations around access to the creative industries wil…

Coco María, John Gómez and Ri Mistry will play The Carpet Shop as part of a Beat Hotel x Ilegal Mezcal takeover. The show on Friday, October 16th will be a culmination of Beat Hot…

Âme, Angel D'lite, Bad Boombox, BASHKKA, Ben Klock, Boris Acket, CARISTA, Dave Clarke, DJ Stingray 313, HAAi, Het Nationale Ballet, Hunee, Kittin & The Hacker, Lady Starli…

Tame Impala, Caroline Polachek, Kacey Musgraves, Ezra Collective, and Lambrini Girls are among the first 18 acts confirmed for Roskilde Festival 2027. Denmark’s major independent,…

Autumn Knight’s first major UK exhibition, cinema retrospectives of Shōhei Imamura and Nicolás Pereda, a new programme of 360° performances in ‘In the Round’, and the fourth editi…