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ISSUE: 05 Jul 2022
  • Pitchfork's inaugural Berlin festival features I. JORDAN, Nia Archives, AYA. (RA) 
  • Sheffield festival No Bounds completes line-up, reveals new venues for 2022. (RA) 
  • EDC Mexico’s 10th anniversary dates has been officially announced for February 2023. (EDMTunes) 
  • David Guetta, J Balvin, Jamie Jones, Richie Hawtin and many more to play Untold Festival. (DA) 
  • Amelie Lens, Jeff Mills, Peggy Gou, Courtesy, Honey Dijon, The Blessed Madonna and more announced for Portugal's Neopop festival. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 28 Jun 2022
  • Cofounder of Japan's Balance festival defends all-male lineup for 2022 edition. (RA) 
  • Neversea Festival based in Romania has announced that Tyga and Danny Avila will be this year’s international headliners. (Mixmag) 
  • Berlin's Rave the Planet Parade has announced the line-up and floats. (DJMag) 
  • EXIT Festival adds final acts including Disciples and Ofenbach. (RaveJungle) 
  • Lost Lands festival announces 2022 line-up. (EDMTunes) 
  • ULTRA Japan returns to Tokyo this September. (EDMTunes) 
  • Decibel Open Air announces full line-up for 2022. (Crack)
ISSUE: 21 Jun 2022
  • ADE's Arts and Culture expands to include artist residencies and new experiences in 2022. (EDM) 
  • Time Warp has announced it will return to Mannheim with a two-day, two-stage event on 28 and 29 October this year. (DJMag) 
  • Palestine's Exist Festival has criticised Athens venue PTX for allegedly failing to pay agreed-upon fees. (RA) 
  • Kygo has revealed the line-up for the 2022 Palm Tree Music Festival in the Hamptons. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 14 Jun 2022
  • Dimensions Festival celebrates its 10th-anniversary edition. (TCN)
  • Epizode Festival is returning to Albania this September. (Mixmag)
  • BeOn1x Open Mind Music Festival is to debut in Cyprus this September. (EDMHouseNetwork)
  • Tomorrowland Festival has released its full line-up and timetable for this year's event, which stretches over three weekends, kicking off on July 15. (Mixmag) Charlotte de Witte has been announced to close the mainstage on the Saturday - the first techno, and female, headliner. 
  • Kyiv festival ICKPA is to stage a two-day event in Berlin later this month to raise funds for Ukraine's dance music community. (DJMag) 
  • Junction 2 festival will no longer be going ahead due to ongoing London Transport Network strike action. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 07 Jun 2022
  • Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival has apologised for “problems” amid a number of complaints from attendees about large queues for bars, lack of access to water despite high temperatures, and overcrowded stages. (NME)
  • Glastonbury has revealed the full line-up and stage times for this year's festival. (Guardian) 
  • Tomorrowland has announced the full timetable for its 2022 edition. (DJmag)
  • Defected has announced a full plate of names for its debut event in Malta this summer. (Mixmag) 
  • Movement Music Festival in Detroit: A line-up stacked with local legends drew thousands of ravers from around the world for the ultimate techno festival experience. (Mixmag)
  • Flatlining ticket sales and rising production outgoings have seen several UK summer music festivals cancelled. (Guardian) Infrastructure costs have gone up, many skilled workers have left the industry during the pandemic and now audiences are dealing with the cost of living crisis.
ISSUE: 31 May 2022
  • Finland's Solstice Festival completes 2022 line-up. (RA) 
  • Otherlands Music & Arts Festival in Scotland adds DJ Stingray 313, VTSS and Gary Beck. (DJMag) 
  • Flume, Kaytranada, The Chemical Brothers and more to play Goldenvoice's new San Francisco festival, Portola. (EDM) 
  • Loco Dice, Cinthie and PAWSA announced for Albania's Epizode festival. (DJMag) 
  • Outlook festival announces pay-what-you-can ticket scheme for it's two upcoming festivals in the UK and Croatia. (DJMag) 
  • Todd Edwards, Shygirl, DJ Paulette and Honey Dijon announced for Block9 at Glastonbury 2022. (RA) 
  • Seth Troxler, Mind Against and Lee Burridge announced for Turkey's Echoes from Agartha. (Mixmag) 
  • Armin van Buuren, Suzanne Ciani and DJ Stingray 313 have been confirmed for ADE 2022. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 24 May 2022
  • Barcelona festival Sónar has finalised the programme for its conference arm, Sónar+D. (RA) 
  • MDLBEAST announce XP conference and SOUNDSTORM Festival dates for 2022. (EDMNomad)
ISSUE: 17 May 2022
  • Miami's Bayfront Park has been approved as the home of Ultra Music Festival until 2027. (DJMag) 
  • Fatboy Slim has announced a new UK festival weekender, All Back To Minehead, for November. (Mixmag) 
  • TSHA, Shygirl and Charlotte de Witte are playing Paris festival We Love Green festival. (Mixmag) 
  • Amsterdam Dance Event reveals first speakers and artists for 2022 Conference and Festival. (Decoded) 
ISSUE: 10 May 2022
  • Mint Festival has announced the full line-up for its 2022 edition. (DJMag) 
  • Porter Robinson, Madeon, Alison Wonderland and more are confirmed for HARD Summer. (DA) 
  • DJ Stingray 313, Paramida, Courtesy and dozens more to play Brussels festival XRDS in September. (RA) 
ISSUE: 03 May 2022
  • DGTL has created a blueprint for the future of sustainable music events. (Magnetic) 
  • Calvin Harris to headline the HARD Summer event at Žnjan Beach in Split, Croatia, on 6 August. (EDMTunes) 
ISSUE: 26 Apr 2022
  • Glastonbury Festival has revealed the line-up for Silver Hayes dance area. (RA) 
  • Desertopia books Mykki Blanco, DJ Kerry, Vicki Powell and others for 'gay summer camp' party in Palm Springs. (RA) 
  • Amnesia Ibiza has announced its full programme for the club's summer 2022 Croatia takeover. (DJMag) 
  • DGTL Festival teams up with four eco organisations to launch The Climate Gig. (RA) 
ISSUE: 19 Apr 2022
  • Helsinki's Flow Festival adds OK Williams, Jayda G for 2022. (RA) 
  • Amsterdam festival ZeeZout reveals 2022 line-up, including D. Tiffany, KI/KI, Sansibar, DJ Plead and more. (RA) 
  • Belgian's Rampage Open Air 2022 festival had dropped its full line-up. (DT) 
ISSUE: 12 Apr 2022
  • Insomniac and Club Glow announce they have acquired a majority stake in Baltimore's Moonrise Festival. (EDMTunes) 
  • Creamfields South loses Steel Yard Stage and HOLO. (EDMTunes) 
  • UK festival KALLIDA books UNiiQU3, Tash LC, Iration Steppas. (RA) 
  • AVA Festival announces Boiler Room line-up. (DT) 
  • Faithless (DJ set), Roni Size and Nia Archives to play Arcadia’s field at the UK's Valley Fest. (Mixmag) 
  • CRSSD reveals 2022 XL DAY.MVS line-up: Eric Prydz, Claptone, Vintage Culture, and more. (DA) 
  • Outlook Festival UK completes 2022 line-up, including Kode9, Yung Singh and Ifeoluwa. (RA) 
ISSUE: 05 Apr 2022
  • Thunder Beats Festival cancels its first edition. (EDMTunes) 
  • Montreal's MUTEK confirms 25 artists for 2022. (RA) 
  • Sunset Music Festival adds Alesso, Illenium, John Summit and more to Memorial Day Weekend event in Tampa. (Billboard) 
  • Scratchclart, Tom Boogizm, SHERELLE, Skee Mask and more have been confirmed for Sheffield's No Bounds Festival. (RA) 
ISSUE: 29 Mar 2022
  • London’s Madison Square Garden Sphere gets planning approval. (Guardian) 
  • Italy's Decibel Open Air will return this September for its fourth edition with live performances from Paul Kalkbrenner, Caribou and Cosmo. (Mixmag)  
  • Dekmantek announces full 2022 line-up. (Mixmag) 
  • Michigan's Electric Forest bolsters 2022 lineup with Porter Robinson’s Air2Earth, The Knocks, Fred again.., and more (DA) 
  • Peggy Gou, Damian Lazarus, Jayda G and others booked for Coachella afterparties. (RA) 
  • Black Coffee to headline Lost Nomads festival in Morocco's Agafay Desert. (EDM) 
  • The Croatian edition of Palm Tree Music Festival will take place on the Adriatic island of Pag at the end of August and feature Nora En Pure, Don Diablo and more. (EDM) 
  • Jaime Jones headlines new Tulum Festival DANCE WITH ME. (EDMTunes) 
  • London festival Junction 2 moves date and location for 2022. The event will now take place on 18-19 June at Trent Park in North London. (DJMag)
  • Georgia's Imagine Music Festival brings the energy with loaded 2022 lineup: Excision, Kaskade, GRiZ, Gorgon City, and more. (DA) 
  • EDC Las Vegas finalizes May return with 2022 lineup: Kx5, Alesso, Porter Robinson, Eric Prydz, and more. (DA) 
ISSUE: 22 Mar 2022
  • Germany's Melt Festival adds UNIIQU3, Eartheater, Nazira and others to 2022 line-up. (RA) 
  • California's Desert Hearts Festival has announced its line-up, including Carl Craig, Kenny Larkin, Anja Schneider and more. (Magnetic) 
  • Pennsylvania's Elements Festival announces headliners Kaskade, Rezz and Fisher – and a new location. (Billboard) 
  • Tomorrowland will become the first major music festival to feature an NFT on its main stage. (DA) 
  • Barcelona party series OFFSónar reveals 2022 programme. (RA) 
  • Calvin Harris, Becky Hill and Jax Jones have been confirmed for BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2022. (RotD, RotD) 
  • International Music Summit (IMS) Ibiza has revealed the DJ line-up for its 2022 edition, which is located at the Dalt Vila fort in Ibiza Old Town. b2b sets come from Jamie Jones and The Blessed Madonna, Overmono b2b Joy Orbison, and Prospa b2b Jaguar. Solo sets from Patrick Topping, Tsha, Lala and Artche. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 15 Mar 2022
  • RA and London festival RE-TEXTURED to host audiovisual workshop and forum with Theresa Baumgartner. (RA) 
  • Movement Detroit finalises 2022 line-up. (RA)  
  • Terminal V has announced the stage splits and residents for the festival's 2022 edition. (DJMag) 
  • Texas festival Ubbi Dubbi announces venue change and cancels camping. (EDMTunes) 
  • Scratcha DVA, BFTT, DEBONAIR and more have joined Rewire line-up for its 2022 edition. (RA)
  • Dutch festival Defqon.1 announces massive full line-up. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 08 Mar 2022
  • Nia Archives, Soichi Terada, Willikens & Ivkovic and more confirmed for Gottwood Festival. (RA) 
  • Dixon, Âme and more to play Lost In A Moment festival in the UK. (RA)  
  • Glastonbury Festival confirms Four Tet, Bicep for 2022. (RA) 
  • Ultra Music Festival 2022 sells out. (EDMTunes) 
  • Tomorrowland sells out 600,000 passes for historic three-weekend event. (Billboard) 
  • Tomorrowland has announced the full line-up for its 2022 winter festival. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 01 Mar 2022
  • Gilles Peterson's We Out Here festival has revealed more acts set to join its third edition in Cambridgeshire later this year. (DJMag) 
  • California's Lightning in a Bottle adds more than 100 artists to 2022 line-up (Billboard) 
  • Body Movements has announced the collectives and stages taking part in the summer 2022 festival. (DJMag) 
  • SXM festival has announced more names for its 2022 edition, which returns to the Caribbean island of Saint Martin next month. (DJMag) 
  • HARD Events has announced its return to Miami Music Week this March with a show featuring Moodymann, Tiga and TSHA. (EDMTunes) 
  • JASSS, DJ Stingray 313 and more will perform at Fort Vechten, the UNESCO World Heritage site near Utrecht in July. (RA) 
  • The Chemical Brothers, Fred again.. and Jamie xx are among acts announced on the line-up of new music festival Forwards, to be held in Bristol 3-4 September. (RollingStone) 
ISSUE: 22 Feb 2022
  • Vietnam's Equation Festival goes subterranean for 2022. (RA) 
  • Lee Burridge's The All Day I Dream festival has announced its line-up. (Billboard) 
  • The BPM Festival announces the inaugural Ibiza edition event in May. (EDMTunes) 
  • Beach festival Balaton Sound announces first line-up. (Mixmag) 
  • Awakenings drops full 2022 summer festival line-up. (EDMTunes) 
  • French Alps festival Monticule files for bankruptcy and cancels 2022 edition. (RA) 
  • Albania's Kala Festival confirms 2022 line-up. (RA) 
  • Marcellus Pittman, Optimo, Shanti Celeste & Peach, Prosumer, Secretsundaze, Ash Lauryn and Bradley Zero to play Kala Festival in Albania. (Mixmag) 
  • Skyline drops map of festival grounds, announces official after parties. (EDMTunes)  
  • Solardo has released the line-up for their HIGHER festival in Dubrovnik, Croatia. (Mixmag) 
  • Martin Garrix, Becky Hill and Marshmello are to headline Hungary's Balaton Sound festival this year. (Mixmag) 
  • EXIT Festival announce Calvin Harris, Honey Dijon, Maceo Plex and more for 2022 edition. (NME)
  • Ultra Music Festival (UMF) has revealed the set times for its flagship Miami festival. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 15 Feb 2022
  • Former London club The Cause is throwing a seaside weekender at Pontins Camber Sands Holiday Park. (RA) 
  • Insomniac’s Dreamstate coming to Miami during Ultra Music Festival. (EDMTunes) 
  • Claptone, Patrick Topping, VNSSA and more join Arizona’s inaugural Body Language line-up. (DA) 
  • Tomorrowland has shared the full line-up for it’s 2022 edition, which will take place over three weekends in July. (DJMag) 
  • Hot Creations, Disco Disco, Sonny Fodera and more announced for Epic Pool Parties at Miami Music Week. (DJMag)
  • Leeds-based festival The Garden Party Weekender has announced its 2022 plans and line-up following the event's 2021 return since the beginning of the pandemic. (Mixmag) 
  • Belgian festival Paradise City reveals first names for 2022, including Miss Kittin & The Hacker, Octo Octa, Powder and more. (RA) 
  • Manchester's Flashback festival will be celebrating dance music from the ‘90s and ‘00s, with over 60 artists spread across 5 incredible stages this summer. (ManchesterFinest) 
  • David Guetta, Paul Kalkbrenner, and Oliver Heldens confirmed for Untold Festival in Romania. (DJMag) 
  • The UK's We Are FSTVL has announced next wave of acts for 2022, including Carl Cox, Adam Beyer and Tale Of Us. (DT) 
  • A new techno festival - entitled Verve - has been launched in Switzerland, which is set to go ahead 20 May to 22 May. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 08 Feb 2022
  • Croatia's Love International Festival confirms stages for 2022 event. (Mixmag) 
  • Italy's Polifonic festival to host debut Milan edition in June. (RA) 
  • One Out Festival in Surrey, UK, has announced Eats Everything, Skream, Chloé Robinson, Dusky and more for its second edition this June. (DJMag)  
  • Ricardo Villalobos, Helena Hauff and Powder are among the names for the third edition of the Houghton Festival in the UK. (RA) 
  • San Diego's CRSSD adds more talent with Phase Two line-up, including John Summit, Pan Pot, Cristoph, Jerro, Deep Dish, Kasablanca and Bontan. (EDMTunes) 
  • Ultra Music Festival announced phase 3 additions. (EDMTunes) 
  • Jeff Mills, ANNA, Blawan, Natasha Diggs and many more to play Movement Detroit in May. (RA) 
  • Drumcode plots Malta takeover with Adam Beyer, Richie Hawtin, Joseph Capriati, ANNA, and more. (DA) 
ISSUE: 01 Feb 2022
  • Insomniac has cancelled all Crush events for Valentine's Day weekend. (EDMTunes) 
  • Time Warp has postponed its flagship edition in Mannheim to 2023. (RA) 
  • Dweller festival in New York has revealed its full line-up. (Mixmag) 
  • Beyond Wonderland plots return to The Gorge featuring Porter Robinson, TroyBoi, and more. (DA) 
  • Thunder Beats Music Festival in Florida have announced the phase one line-up of their inaugural 2022 event. (EDM) 
  • Inaugural edition of Creamfields South expands its line-up with Oliver Heldens, Pete Tong, Idris Elba and more. (Billboard) 
  • Adam Beyer, Anna, Sam Paganini, and Maceo Plex have been announced for Drumcode's Malta Festival in September 2022. (EDMTunes) 
  • Floorplan, Overmono, Sama' Abdulhadi and SHERELLE will all play at AVA Festival Belfast in 2022. (DJMag) 
  • London's Waterworks festival has revealed the line-up for its 2022 return, with over 70 acts confirmed to play its second edition. (DJMag) 
  • Caterina Barbieri, Evian Christ, Tirzah and more will play The Hague festival Rewire. (RA)  
  • Tomorrowland is teaming up with fellow Belgian festival Rock Werchter to stage a brand new event, CORE, this May. (DJMag) 
  • Richie Hawtin, Arca, Bicep, Overmono, and more are confirmed for Sònar Lisboa. (Mixmag) 
  • Dimensions Festival is marking its tenth year, with Helena Hauff b2b DJ Stingray 313, Blawan, Peach, Saoirse, Batu, Adam Pits, LSDXOXO among the lineup. (Clash, Mixmag) The event is at Croatia’s Garden Resort in Tisno between 1-5 September. 
  • Hideout Festival completes full 2022 lineup revealing Mike Skinner, Gorgon City and more, for the Croatian festival in July. (Metro)
  • C2C Festival (AKA Club To Club) has announced the first 13 names for its 20th anniversary edition in Turin this November. (RA)
  • Eric Prydz has announced the return of HOLO, at Creamfields South on 3 June. (DJMag)
  • Field Day announced the second wave of artists joining its 2022 lineup, including Peggy Gou, Folamour, Squarepusher, and Moodymann b2b Carl Craig. (Mixmag) The festival takes place on 20 August at Victoria Park, east London.
ISSUE: 25 Jan 2022
  • London festival GALA completes 2022 line-up. (RA) 
  • Kappa FuturFestival confirms 2022 festival. (DT) 
  • Flashback Festival, organised by Dance Generation, will be taking place at a yet-to-be-confirmed location in central Manchester on Saturday 21 May 2022. (DJMag) 
  • Solardo, Green Velvet, Eli Brown and more join Edinburgh’s Terminal V’s Resurgence line-up. (EDM)
  • London festival Waterworks books over 70 acts for 2022, including DJ Storm, Digital Mystikz and Or:la. (RA) 
  • Croatia's Dimensions Festival reveals line-up for tenth edition in 2022. (RA) 
  • Bicep, PinkPantheress, Fred again.., Chase & Status, and more announced for Parklife 2022. (Mixmag) 
  • Miami hosts first bitcoin festival, Sound Money, with deadmau5, Steve Aoki, and San Holo confirmed to perform. (EDMTunes) 
  • New multi-venue festival Risen is coming to Hackney Wick in London this spring. (Mixmag) 90 artists will perform at the festival, which features a line-up consisting only of women, transgender, and non-binary musicians.
ISSUE: 18 Jan 2022
  • Texas festival Ubbi Dubbi has released its full line-up. (EDMTunes) 
  • Insomniac Events and Club Glow have announced Project GLOW to take place in Washington, D.C om April with Martin Garrix, Griz, Seven Lions and more. (EDM) 
  • Insomniac shares Florida's Forbidden Kingdom line-up with Excision, Kayzo, Subtronics, and more. (DA) 
  • Manchester promoter Teletech announces debut festival in 2022. (RA) 
  • Houghton Festival in Norfolk, UK, has announced its return dates for 2022. (DJMag) 
  • Chippy Nonstop, object blue, LSDXOXO and more will perform at Flesh festival in the UK in May. (RA) 
  • Coachella announces Swedish House Mafia, Disclosure, Anna and more for 2022. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 11 Jan 2022
  • We Belong Here announces Miami Festival with Bakermat, Don Diablo and more. (EDMTunes) 
  • Beyond Wonderland taps 90+ acts for 2022 installment including Zedd, Seven Lions, JOYRYDE, and more. (DA) 
  • Cancun Music Week has announced the dates for its maiden event, which will take place between 13-17 April 2022. (Mixmag) 
  • Departure Festival cancels Playa Del Carmen event. (Billboard) 
  • A new festival, Otherlands Music & Arts, is set to take place in a Scottish palace this summer. (DJMag) 
  • DGTL Amsterdam reveals 2022 line-up. (RA) 
  • Tomorrowland has revealed a pre-registration date for people to purchase tickets for this summer's edition of the festival. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 21 Dec 2021
  • Awakenings NYE has been officially called off. (EDMTunes) 
  • Sonus Festival releases second round line-up and adds ticket guarantee. (EDMTunes) 
  • Creamfields North has just announced their Phase 1 line-up, which includes Nina Kraviz, Above & Beyond, Carl Cox, David Guetta, Tiësto, Armin van Burren, and Martin Garrix. (EDMTunes) 
  • Tomorrowland has received the regulatory green light to expand to three weekends in 2022. (EDM)
  • Martin Garrix, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Adam Beyer, Alesso, Nina Kraviz, Richie Hawtin, and more have been confirmed to play at Ultra Europe 2022. (EDM) 
ISSUE: 14 Dec 2021
  • The organizers of 2021's ill-fated Elements Festival in Pennsylvania are facing a class-action lawsuit. (EDM) 
  • Primavera Sound has announced the line-up for its inaugural Los Angeles festival, which will be taking place next September. Bicep, James Blake, PinkPantheress and Eris Drew b2b Octo Octo are set to perform. (Mixmag) 
  • Michigan's Electric Forest reveals line-up for its first festival since 2019. Disclosure, Griz, Porter Robinson and Louis the Child are among the performers. (Billboard) 
  • London festival Maiden Voyage reveals first names for 2022. (RA) 
  • Ultra Music Festival (UMF) has unveiled the line-up for Resistance next year. UMF's underground brand will feature a host of house and techno DJs including Adam Beyer, ANNA, Carl Cox, Amelie Lens, Nina Kraviz, Sasha b2b John Digweed, and more. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 07 Dec 2021
  • The BPM Festival: Brazil releases giant phase 1 line-up (EDMTunes) 
  • London festival RE-TEXTURED returns in 2022. (Mixmag) 
  • Jayda G, Little Simz, Yung Singh and more will play Germany's Melt Festival next year. (RA) 
  • Dekmantel Selectors reveals 2022 line-up, including Carista, FAUZIA, Eris Drew and more. (RA) 
  • Avalon Emerson, Marcellus Pittman and dozens more announced for the inaugural Gop Tun festival in São Paulo. (RA) 
  • MDLBEAST add Kevin Saunderson, Ricardo Villalobos, Black Coffee and more to line-up. (Complex) 
  • MDLBEAST’s XP announces full conference program. (WeRaveYou) 
  • Basement Jaxx, Marco Carola, Roger Sanchez and more have been confirmed for new UK festival Dream Valley on 28 May. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 30 Nov 2021
  • SAGA Festival reveals new venue, headlining artists for 2022. (EDMTunes) 
  • Bicep will headline SANDS, a new festival at Dreamland Margate in the UK, next summer. (RA) 
  • Rakastella hits Miami this weekend with Dixon b2b Âme, Honey Dijon, DJ Koze and more. (EDMTunes) 
  • MDLBEAST drops full line-up for SOUNDSTORM 2021. (EDMTunes) 
  • Australian festival Pitch Music & Arts is set to return in 2022 with Maceo Plex, Jayda G and more. (RA) 
  • Detroit's Movement Electronic Music Festival is coming back to Hart Plaza in 2022. (Magnetic) 
  • Squarepusher, Goldie, Rebekah, SHERELLE, and India Jordan have been confirmed for Southport's Bang Face Weekender in 2022. (Mixmag)  
  • Calvin Harris and David Guetta have been revealed as the first headliners for the inaugural Creamfields South in Chelmsford, Essex between 2-4 June 2022. (RollingStone) 
ISSUE: 23 Nov 2021
  • WE ARE FSTVL announce first phase lineup for 2022 edition. (WeRaveYou) 
  • Ocaso Festival to become Costa Rica’s first mass event since 2020. (IQ) 
  • Belfast festival AVA has confirmed that Bicep will headline its 2022 edition with a live set. (DJMag) 
  • California's cannabis-forward festival Northern Nights is welcoming electronic music fans back in 2022. (EDM) 
  • All Points East in London to return for two weekends in August 2022. (RollingStone) 
  • The Chemical Brothers and Kraftwerk announced to play at Field Day's 15th anniversary next year. (RA) 
  • Ultra Music Festival announces second wave of 2022 talent with Seven Lions, Tchami, Afrojack, Tiësto, and more. (Billboard) 
  • Richie Hawtin announces a weekend of techno events in Argentina on 29-30 April 2022. The events will feature Richie Hawtin, plus DJs such as Nina Kraviz, Fabio Florido, Seth Troxler, and Sama' Abdulhadi. (Mixmag)  
ISSUE: 16 Nov 2021
  • BPM Festival to debut Brazil edition in 2022. (EDMTunes) 
  • EDC Orlando 2021 will feature three unique drone shows. (EDM) 
  • Berlin's CTM Festival announces theme and first names for 2022. (RA) 
  • Aluna to curate Noir Fever, a new festival in New Orleans celebrating Black artists next May and will feature Jayda G, TSHA, Kevin Saunderson and more. (RA) 
  • Ubbi Dubbi festival in Texas has announced its 2022 line-up, featuring Alison Wonderland, Camelphat, Excision and more. (EDMTunes) 
ISSUE: 09 Nov 2021
  • Tomorrowland Winter 2022 has sold out. (EDMTunes) 
  • Insomniac’s Countdown NYE announces line-up topped by REZZ, RL Grime, deadmau5, and more. (DA) 
  • Insomniac’s Factory 93 underground house and techno concept is entering the European scene with two shows in Antwerp, Belgium, this month. (EDMTunes) 
  • Fatboy Slim, SHERELLE, Maribou State, TSHA, Kettama and ABSOLUTE are among the names added to Snowbombing 2022. (DJMag) 
  • Love International will return to The Garden Tisno in 2022. The line-up features Shanti Celeste, Moxie, Saoirse & Peach and more. (RA)
  • Josey Rebelle, Goldie, Gerd Janson, Shanti Celeste and more are set to perform at next year's GALA festival in London. (RA)  
ISSUE: 02 Nov 2021
  • Ultra Music Festival is set to return to Australia next year with a one-day event in Melbourne in March. (Brag) 
  • Horse Meat Disco, Jayda G and Mella Dee have been confirmed for Hideout Festival 2022. (DJMag) 
  • London's Junction 2 has announced its full line-up for 2022. Four Tet, Avalon Emerson, Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer and more are among the line-up. (DJMag) 
  • Sónar Lisboa has locked in Charlotte de Witte, Floating Points, and Kampire for its debut event next year. (DJMag)
  • David Guetta, Alison Wonderland, and Pendulum are among the names heading to Ultra Music Festival (UMF) in March 2022. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 26 Oct 2021
  • Insomniac announces EDC live stream details with all eight stages for the first time. (YourEDM) Electric Daisy Carnival becomes first music festival in the Roblox Metaverse. (YourEDM)
  • Charlotte de Witte announces arena show for her label. (Mixmag) 
  • Edinburgh Terminal V announces Ben Klock and Sven Vath for November Distrikt 14 line-up. (EdinburghLive) 
ISSUE: 19 Oct 2021
  • Laurent Garnier to headline OFFSónar's return to Barcelona. (RA) 
  • Epizode Albania delivered a groundbreaking debut. (DT)
ISSUE: 12 Oct 2021
  • Terminal V Festival in the UK cancels due to Covid-19 concerns. (EDMTunes) 
  • Seth Troxler, Adiel, and Dixon to play Time Warp Mannheim 2021. (RA) 
ISSUE: 05 Oct 2021
  • Unsound has finalised UNiiQU3, AYA and Speaker Music for its 2021 festival. (RA) 
  • Departure Festival shares phase two lineup featuring Adam Beyer, Dubfire, Rinzen, Black Coffee, and more. (DA) 
  • Costa Rica's Ocaso Underground Music Festival celebrates its fifth anniversary in January 2022 with Amelie Lens, Hot Since 82, Seth Troxler, Samá Abdulhadi and more. (Mixmag) 
  • Rakastella Festival returns to Miami with Ben UFO, Jayda G, Eris Drew, Octo Octa, DJ Harvey and more. (RA) 
  • MDLBeast has announced Saudi Arabia's first three-day music event with a conference and nightlife aspect. XP will take place in Riyadh from 13 – 15 December 2021. (IQ)
  • Burning Man festival has partnered with Sotheby's to sell art and experiences in an effort to keep organizing nonprofit running until 2022 tickets go on sale in January. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 28 Sep 2021
  • Full details of the inaugural Climate Music Blowout conference presented by Music Declares Emergency, Adapt and Bird On The Wire, have been revealed by the organisers. (RotD) 
  • Sheffield's No Bounds Festival have finalised their 2021 line-up. (RA) 
  • Daniel Avery, HAAi, Darwin, Lafawndah and Max Cooper will play Nuits Sonores & European Lab Brussels next event in the capital next month. (RA) 
  • Desert Air Festival to debut in Palm Springs this December, featuring Dixon, Peggy Gou, The Martinez Brothers and DJ Koze. (EDMTunes) 
  • Kygo announces Cabo festival line-up with Gryffin, Sam Feldt, Autograf, Goldroom, Sofi Tukker, Nora En Pure, NoMBe and more. (EDMTunes)
  • A new trance and hard dance festival, Bring The Noise, is heading to Birmingham, UK in 2022. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 21 Sep 2021
  • Insomniac announces EDC Week 2021 line-up. (EDMTunes)  
  • Armin van Buuren, Paul Kalkbrenner, Wall Recordings boss Afrojack and Quintino have been announced for Tomorrowland's 2022 winter edition. (DJMag) 
  • Tomorrowland calls for three weekends of festival action in 2022. (EDM) 
  • Jamie Jones, Black Coffee and Lauren Lane set to play week-long Mexico festival, Ibiza Spirit. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 14 Sep 2021
  • 'Free' Burning Man brings 15,000 maskless partiers, vax-only orgy and dogs galore to Nevada Desert. (Billboard) 
  • Edinburgh's Terminal V has confirmed its return with a two-day festival taking place over the Halloween weekend next month. (DJMag) 
  • Unsound has shared its main music programme for 2021. (RA)   
  • EPIZODE Albania has shared the full line-up for its 2021 festival. (DJMag) 
  • Alesso is to perform at the world's first NFT art and music festival, Dreamverse. (EDM) 
ISSUE: 07 Sep 2021
  • The Brooklyn Mirage and Pollen is to host a house and techno experience at Playa del Carmen in Mexico on 6011 January. Black Coffee, CamelPhat, Lee Foss, Nicole Moudaber, Nora En Pure, Seth Troxler, Solardo and Yotto have been confirmed to perform with more to be announced.  (DA) 
  • Swedish furniture and homeware giant IKEA is throwing a 24-hour virtual festival on 16 September 2021, featuring Loraine James, ZULI, TOKiMONSTA, and Kaytranada. (DJMag) 
  • Porter Robinson has hired Nassal, a renowned developer of themed environments who designed The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Orlando, for his upcoming 2021 edition of Second Sky festival. (EDM) 
ISSUE: 31 Aug 2021
  • The latest in European club and festival announcements. (RA)
  • Belgrade club Drugstore is raising money for a new festival, Polja. (RA)
  • Martin Garrix returns to the stage with ID-loaded outing at Austria’s Electric Love festival. (DA)
  • Insomniac will require proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 or a negative test result for all future events. (DA)
  • Defected has announced the full line-up for its London party, taking place from September 25-26 at Tottenham’s Drumsheds. (Mixmag)
  • EDC Las Vegas 2022 event has been scheduled for 20-22 May. (EDM) 
ISSUE: 24 Aug 2021
  • Tomorrowland has shared further details of the return of its winter festival to the French Alps next March. (DJMag) 
  • ADE in jeopardy as Dutch government closes nightclubs until at least 1 November. (Magnetic) 
ISSUE: 17 Aug 2021
  • Insomniac to take Boo! Halloween to Seattle. (DA) 
  • Arizona’s DUSK Music Festival announces Porter Robinson, Diplo, John Summit, Justin Martin, and more. (DA) 
  • All AEG Presents-owned indoor New York venues will require proof of vaccination for all ticket holders, staff, crew, and performers. (DA) 
  • Berlin Atonal announces Metabolic Rift, a series of installations, concerts and Kraftwerk tours. (RA) 
  • Haçienda Classical will return to Blackpool this August bank holiday. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 10 Aug 2021
  • Carl Cox, Jaguar, Judge Jules and SHERELLE confirmed for Brighton Music Conference on 23 September. (RA) 
  • SnowGlobe Music Festival is permanently cancelled. (DA) 
  • Pikes Ibiza descends on Somesert for a new event - Pikes at Marston Park. (DJMag) 
  • Exit Festival 2021, which took place in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 8 to 11 July, did not lead to a significant increase in new cases of Covid-19 at either a local or national level, despite attracting more than 40,000 people a day, organisers have confirmed. (IQ) 
ISSUE: 03 Aug 2021
  • The Dutch government has extended their music festival ban through August. (EDM) 
  • New York City's Nightlife Advisory Council has published a report limiting 4 AM curfews and allowing for drinking in public parks. (DJMag) 
  • UK festival Field Maneuvers, originally due to take place in early September, has postponed its next edition to 2022. (DJMag) 
  • AVA Festival has announced its full line-up and day splits for this year's event. (DJMag) 
  • Creamfields has revealed plans for an all-new 50,000 capacity two-day camping festival in August 2022 at Hylands Park near Chelmsford in the UK. (Standout) 
  • Armand van Helden, Honey Dijon and Roger Sanchez are among the artists locked for Defected's Croatia festival this month. (DJMag) 
  • Ibiza superclub Amnesia, will be heading to Croatia this summer for a week-long takeover from 30 August until 5 September. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 27 Jul 2021
  • The BPM Festival's 15th anniversary will span seven days and feature over 100 performers in Tamarindo, Costa Rica. (DA) 
  • DVS1, Rrose, Lauren Flax to play an expanded version of LA's REFORM Festival. (RA)  
  • Homoelectric locks in Honey Dijon, Avalon Emerson, India Jordan, Sherelle and more for Homobloc 2021 in Manchester. (DJMag) 
  • Unsound has shared the first program announcement for this year's festival. (DJMag) 
  • Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann, Lakuti and Avalon Emerson, plus many more will perform for the Ostgut Ton x ARTE stream from Berghain. (RA) 
ISSUE: 20 Jul 2021
  • The latest in European club and festival announcements. (RA) 
  • Epizode announces dates in Albania in September. (DT) 
  • ​180,000 people attended EXIT Festival in Serbia. (Mixmag) 
  • Insomniac drops full EDC Orlando 10th anniversary line-up. (EDMTunes) 
  • Festival promoter ID&T has filed a lawsuit against the Dutch government over Covid-19 restrictions. (EDM)  
  • Poland's Unsound festival has announced the first wave of artists in its 2021 program. (Mixmag) 
  • Helena Hauff, Avalon Emerson, Eric Prydz, and more have been confirmed for Sónar 2022 in Barcelona. (RA)
ISSUE: 13 Jul 2021
  • The latest in European club and festival announcements. (RA) 
  • Escape Halloween unveil first phase of 2021 line-up with Zedd, Eric Prydz, and Tchami confirmed. (DA) 
  • Illenium, Alison Wonderland, Excision, and more announced for HiJinx NYE festival in Pennsylvania. (DA) 
  • Decentraland to host the world’s first virtual music festival on Ethereum. (EDMTunes) 
  • Netherlands Mysteryland festival returns with Alesso, Eric Prydz, DJ Snake, and more. (EDMTunes) 
  • Serbia's EXIT makes history as Europe's first major festival since pandemic began. (Billboard) 
  • Amsterdam Dance Event have launched a new Arts & Culture program for the five-day summit. (EDM) 
  • Kaytranada, Zhu, CamelPhat, and more are confirmed for San Diego's CRSSD Festival this September. (DA) 
ISSUE: 06 Jul 2021
  • Outdoor events in France have returned to full capacity as all Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. (Mixmag)
  • The latest in European club and festival announcements. (RA)
  • New festival Aura Event coming to Morocco in August. (RA) 
  • Denver's Global Dance Fest comes roaring back this July. (Magnetic) 
  • Primavera Sound Los Angeles reschedules to September 2022. (DA)
  • Insomniac moves new Day Trip event out of LA County. (DA)
  • Sónar Festival confirms Lisbon edition for 2022. (RA)
  • Cercle Festival postponed to 2022. (DA) 
  • Tomorrowland has unveiled the full timetable for Around the World 2021. (Tomorrowland) 
  • Houghton Festival has set up a week-long fundraising campaign to help make its 2021 edition happen. (RA) 
  • Insomniac Events' Dreamstate SoCal marks its return this year with the release of the first phase 2021 line-up. (EDMTunes) 
  • Insomniac's Day Trip Festival have announced that they have switched the event's venue a second time, less than a week before the festival. (EDM) 
ISSUE: 29 Jun 2021
  • The latest in European club and festival announcements. (RA)
  • A new festival, Summer of Love, is set for an abandoned central Manchester building over the weekend of 21-22 August. (DJMag)
  • Chicago's ARC Fest has added TSHA, Channel Tres, Lee Foss, and more to its line-up. (DA) 
  • Afrojack, David Guetta, Jamie Jones B2B Loco Dice and Tale of Us will be performing at Romania's UNTOLD festival. (DJMag)
  • Ultra Europe in Croatia has been rescheduled to 8-10 July 2022. 
ISSUE: 22 Jun 2021
  • Moovin Festival returns this August near Manchester with Basement Jaxx, Todd Terje, Mr Scruff, Krafty Kuts, Graeme Park and more. (RotD) 
  • Splash House has announced its return to Palm Springs this August. (EDMTunes) 
  • Jika Jika Festival in Northern Ireland will go ahead this August as a Drumcode special, featuring label boss Adam Beyer in the headline spot. (Mixmag) 
  • Dekmantel has released the full 2021 program for its flagship festival in the Netherlands. (Mixmag) 
  • Awakenings Festival and Reinier Zonneveld will host a 13,000 capacity show at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome this October. (Mixmag) 
  • The organisers of the Notting Hill carnival have cancelled this August's event due to the pandemic, but are "working towards alternate events". (RotD) 
  • Don Diablo, deadmau5 and his business partner Dead Wilson, Mixcloud CEO and co-founder Nico Perez, IMPALA chair Helen Smith, musical duo Zaena x Jason Maek, and AR/VR expert Cortney Harding have been confirmed as Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) conference speakers in October. (EDM) 
  • Tomorrowland 2021 has been cancelled by Belgian officials. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 11 Jun 2021
  • EXIT Festival adds Amelie Lens and Maceo Plex to the already stellar 20th anniversary lineup. (DA) 
  • Unsound Festival returns to Adelaide in July. (RA)
  • Snowbombing formalizes 2022 return with lineup featuring Bicep, CamelPhat, Gorgon City, and more. (DA)
  • Splendour In The Grass goes virtual, announces Splendour XR featuring Duke Dumont, Kaytranada, What So Not, and more. (DA)
  • UK promoter Terminal V is heading to Berlin with a three-day festival at Funkhaus in February 2022. (RA) 
  • Tomorrowland's organisers are feeling "very positive" about the their 2021 real world events following the Belgian government's announcement that large scale, outdoor festivals can restart from 13 August, for crowds of up to 75,000. (DJMag) 
  • CRSSD crew returns with new DAY.MVS XL festival featuring Fisher, Lane 8, MK, Nora En Pure, and more. (DA) 
  • EDC Las Vegas ups the ante with 2021 lineup featuring Zedd, Martin Garrix, The Chainsmokers, and more. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 04 Jun 2021
  • Kygo has announced a headlining set at the Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater on 24 June. (EDM)  
  • Boiler Room plans hybrid festivals in London, New York and Barcelona. (RA)
  • Slander announce new curated music festival, Starbase, to take place in Charleston, South Carlina this October. (EDM) 
  • Global Dance Festival announces red-hot lineup featuring Illenium b2b Said The Sky b2b Dabin, plus Excision, Kaskade, and more. (DA) 
  • Club Glow plots Echostage’s grand reopening - Zedd, Alesso, David Guetta, and more to perform. (DA)
  • Coachella has announced dates for its 2022 festivals, with the event set to run across the weekends of 15-17 and 22-24 April next year, in Indio, California. (DJMag)
ISSUE: 28 May 2021
  • Body Movements festival books over 30 LGBTQI+ collectives for East London debut. (RA) 
  • EDM star Illenium is set to perform the first-ever show at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on 3 July. (Billboard) 
  • Ministry of Sound will celebrate its 30th anniversary with Ministry of Sound Classical: Three Decades of Dance at the O2 Arena on 13 November. (DJMag)
  • Strawberries & Creem in the UK has confirmed a full line-up for its brand new house and dance stage, Studio S&C. (Mixmag) 
  • SiriusXM announces virtual memorial day weekend festival with Martin Garrix, Kygo, Nora En Pure, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, and more. (EDM) 
  • Primavera Sound has announced the lineup for its two-weekend festival in 2022. The line-up include Massive Attack, India Jordan, Ben UFO, Bicep, Dreamcatcher and Honey Dijon. (RA)
  • deadmau5 to perform at E11EVN Miami during world's largest cryptocurrency conference. (EDM) 
  • Miami promoter Where Are My Keys is throwing a lengthy day-into-night party this Sunday, 30 May, headlined by DJ Harvey and Moodymann. (RA) 
  • Moby, Aluna, Sofi Tukker, and more announced for virtual DGTL LIB 2: 24 Hour Brunchy-Q-Partython. (DA) 
  • Krakow's Unsound Festival has revealed its 2021 theme, dəəp authentic and will take place 13-117 October. (RA) 
  • Ultra Music Festival will return to Miami next year after the festival and the Downtown Neighbors Alliance, an organisation that represents various residential communities in Downtown Miami officially settled their differences surrounding “many of the issues that have impacted Downtown Miami residents during previous Ultra events,” according to the organisation’s president James Torres. (Billboard, DA)
ISSUE: 21 May 2021
  • Bob Moses have announced a new show at Los Angeles' iconic The Greek Theatre in May 2022. (EDM) 
  • Eric Prydz has announced four massive New York shows across two consecutive weekends in winter 2021. (DJMag) 
  • Factory 93 announces Las Vegas event for 22 May with sets from Avision, Maceo Plex and Testpilot. (EDMTunes) 
  • Alesso and Insomniac unite for two shows in LA, called Alesso: Together Again, this July. (EDMTunes) 
  • Burning Man to host a virtual festival for the second year running. (Mixmag) 
  • Dimensions, Love International and Hospitality On The Beach festivals have all been postponed due to uncertainty surrounding travel and testing in Croatia. (Mixmag) 
  • Seismic Dance Event in Austin has replaced Charlotte de Witte with Blacklist (Zhu) after her Visa issues. A replacement for Enrico Sangiuliano is still forthcoming. (EDMTunes) 
  • Tomorrowland has announced the full line-up for this year's virtual festival: Tomorrowland Around The World. (DJMag) 
  • Riva Starr, Anabel Englund, Rich DietZ, and Chicago house music legend Marshall Jefferson are to perform at the virtual edition of the Winter Music Conference. (EDM) 
ISSUE: 14 May 2021
  • Starting this week, concert-goers at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre will be able to receive COVID-19 vaccinations during select concerts. (EDM) 
  • Sónar reveals first names for 2022, including The Chemical Brothers, Oneohtrix Point Never, Arca, Joy Orbison and more. (RA) 
  • Insomniac has cancelled EDC Europe 2021 and has pushed it to 2022. (EDMTunes) 
  • Movement Detroit to host micro-festival over Memorial Day Weekend. (DA) 
  • Germany's Parookaville has cancelled its 2021 edition due to the pandemic. (EDMTunes) 
  • AVA Festival has announced the details for an online conference and music event taking place later this month. Annie Macmanus is to talk about her career evolution, A/V artist Max Cooper is to host a workshop and there will be a panel on DIY release strategies. (DJMag) 
  • Glastonbury Festival organisers are reportedly planning a two-day festival in September that would use only its Pyramid stage. It would not feature any overnight camping for the 50,000 attendees. (AAA)
  • Excision has announced a brand new two-day event, Reunion, taking place at Legend Valley in Ohio on 16-17 July. (DA) 
  • Tomorrowland organisers are "hopeful" about the event going ahead later this year. (DJMag) 
  • Pasquale Rotella has confirmed Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2021 line-up and is set to take place on 27-28 August. (DA) 
ISSUE: 07 May 2021
  • GALA Festival has announced an extra date and a second wave of artists performing at this year's event. (DJMag) 
  • Barcelona's Primavera Sound music festival is to resume next year over two weekends. (Reuters) 
  • Porter Robinson has confirmed Second Sky festival line-up for this September. Madeon, Jai Wolf, WAVEDASH, Jyocho, Toro y Moi, Jon Hopkins, Jacob Collier, Knower and himself will be performing. (DA) 
  • London's Southport Weekender has been renamed the Beautiful People Festival. (RA) 
  • Sheffield's No Bounds festival has confirmed DJ sets from SHERELLE, Ben UFO, India Jordan, Helena Hauff, Batu, Joy Orbison, Anz, Kode9, Juliana Huxtable and Aurora Halal. (DJMag) 
  • Armin van Buuren, Adam Beyer and Tale of Us are among the first names confirmed for Tomorrowland's virtual festival this July. (DJMag) 
  • New York's Governors Ball has secured RÜFÜS DU SOL and Duck Sauce among its performers for its rescheduled September dates. (DA) 
  • Holy Ship! Wrecked has confirmed it is happening on 3-7 December in Mexico this year.  A-Trak, Madeon, ZHU, Chris Lake, Subtronics, SG Lewis, Seth Troxler, Alison Wonderland, 12th Planet, Valentino Khan, and Nora En Pure have all been confirmed to perform. (DA) 
  • SIDEPIECE, Excision, Galantis, deadmau5 and more are set to play Freaky Deaky 2021 this October in Houston. (DA) 
ISSUE: 23 Apr 2021
  • T in the Park's Slam Tent to make a comeback at a new dance music festival on the outskirts of Edinburgh this summer. (EdinburghNews) 
  • ILLENIUM has announced his own inaugural music festival, Ember Shores, taking place in Cancun, Mexico, in December 2021. (EDM) 
  • Labyrinth announces seven 'Sessions Series’ shows across London with Axel Boman, Gerd Janson, Perel and Todd Terje + more. (RotD)
  • GRiZ announces two-day curated music experience Space Camp in Virginia with CloZee, Moore Kismet, Lucii, and more confirmed to play. (DA) 
  • Octo Octa, TSHA, Steven Julien (AKA FunkinEven), object blue, Crazy P, Dusky and Dan Shake are set to perform at Access The Festival in Warwick, UK, on 25-26 June. (RA)
  • Porter Robinson has announced the full line-up for this weekend's Secret Sky virtual festival. Among the artists locked for the event are Baaeur, Boys Noize, and Canadian DJ/producer Rezz, who'll perform alongside the likes of James Ivy, Laxcity, Yvette Young, and Porter Robinson himself. (DJMag) 
  • Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas has officially been postponed to October 2021 from its original May dates. Pasquale Rotella explained that the postponement is the result of a new Clark County reopening plan that requires at least 60% of residents to be fully vaccinated before large-scale events are able to take place in Las Vegas. This stipulation makes it impossible for EDC Las Vegas to happen in May, as there is no guarantee that the current rate of vaccination will yield the 60% rate by the May 21 – 23, 2021 event dates. (Variety) 
ISSUE: 16 Apr 2021
  • The Hague festival Rewire has added 41 artists to this year's online line-up. (RA) 
  • Secret Sky Festival reveals stream event to mark Porter Robinson's Nurture release. (EDMTunes) 
  • New Chicago festival ARC launches this fall with local heroes Derrick Carter, DJ Heather and DJ Pierre. (RA) 
  • Denis Sulta, Honey Dijon, Moxie, Mall Grab and more have been added to the line-up at the Strawberries & Creem festival. (Mixmag) 
  • Defected is returning for a special Ibiza edition of PRESS.PLAY tonight (16 April) at 21:00 CET. DJ sets from Roger Sanchez, Danny Rampling, David Penn, Manu Gonzalez, and more. (IbizaSpotlight) 
  • Pasquale Rotella has quelled concerns surrounding conflicting reports on the promoter's safety plan for EDC Las Vegas 2021 in May. "The plan that was previously not approved is not the plan that will be used to produce EDC," Rotella wrote. "A revised plan is currently being worked on with government officials that will be executed to make EDC happen." (EDM) 
  • Amsterdam Dance Event has launched a free to access livestream series, ADE in Conversation. In the first episode, Richie Hawtin and 3Lau discuss the new opportunities for artists arising from NFTs, as well as the reopening of the electronic music industry with directors and representatives from Elrow, CAA, Fieldlab Events, and Swallow Events. (Groovecartel)
ISSUE: 09 Apr 2021
  • New UK festival Labyrinth Open Air has shared the line-up for its second event on 7 August at Tofte Manor. DJ Koze, Motor City Drum Ensemble and more have been confirmed. (RA)  
  • Rainbow Disco Club has revealed all-local line-up and 24-hour programming for its 2021 edition on 1 May. (RA) 
  • Electric Forest has been postponed to August amid evolving COVID-19 considerations. (DA) 
  • Ultra Music Festival has been sued again over postponement claims and refund policies. (DJMag)  
  • Honey Dijon is to perform at ‘Live At Worthy Farm’ livestream. (DA) 
  • Baauer announces Twitch-streamed virtual music festival, BOPFEST. (EDM) 
ISSUE: 01 Apr 2021
  • A 1500-person festival has taken place in the Netherlands to test whether a large-scale event can take place safely during the pandemic. (Mixmag)
  • 5,000 people attended a music concert with no social distancing restrictions at Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi venue on Saturday. (Mixmag)
  • New UK festival Labyrinth Open Air books Âme back-to-back with Dixon. (RA)
  • Nighttime Industries Association says vaccine passports would cause "further anxiety" for operators. (Mixmag)
  • DJ Koze launches new open air festival in the UK at new venue Tofte Manor. (RotD)
  • A vaccine passport to be used to enter Ibiza and the rest of Spain will be ready by June. (Mixmag)
  • Insomniac Events Founder and CEO Pasquale Rotella has given another status update on EDC Las Vegas. Insomniac will announce whether or not the May festival is happening by April 8. If a safety plan is not accepted, the festival will be pushed to October. (Billboard)
  • A digital vaccine passport app has been made available to New Yorkers in a bid to speed-up the reopening process for business and venues in the state. (DJMag)
  • Hacienda Classical has announced a run of shows taking place later this year. (DJMag)
  • Seven Lions, deadmau5, and TroyBoi, among others, tapped for Bonnaroo 2021. (DA) 
  • Electric Zoo announces phase two of 2021 lineup: Dom Dolla, Dr. Fresch, Galantis, and more. (DA)
  • HARD Summer returns with 2021 lineup: Dillon Francis, Kaytranada, REZZ, A-Trak, Baauer b2b RL Grime, and more. (DA) 
  • Eric Prydz has rescheduled his fan-favorite Holosphere shows due to scheduling conflicts. (EDM)
ISSUE: 26 Mar 2021
  • Eric Prydz, Carl Cox, Honey Dijon, Disclosure, Bicep and Kaytranada are among those confirmed to perform at this year's Manchester's Parklife festival in September. (DJMag) 
  • Imagine Music Festival is to take place in Georgia on 18-20 September and feature Madeon’s ‘Good Faith’ live, Gryffin, Kaskade, and more. (DA) 
  • Anja Schneider, Andhim and Amine K played live streamed sets for the new virtual reality music venue, 5th Dimension, this week. (DJMag) 
  • Drumcode Festival Malta announces new line-up additions and increased capacity. (MusicEssentials) 
  • TOKiMONSTA, Mr. Carmack, Shiba San and more are to perform at Dirtybird CampINN in Orlando on 14-17 May. (EDM.com) 
  • Mixmag is celebrating 10 years of the Lab tonight (26 March) with 20 DJs going back-to-back, including SHERELLE, Kerry Chandler, Danny Tenaglia, Jamie Jones, Charlotte De Witte and Fatboy Slim. (Mixmag)  
  • Tomorrowland has announced details of its second winter festival, scheduled to take place on 19th - 26th March 2022. (DJMag) 
  • Caribou, Roisin Murphy, and Octa Octa set to perform at All Points East in London on 30 August. (AllPointsEast) 
  • HARD London have announced their initial line-up for the one-day electronic music festival on 21 August. Alesso, Tchami, Dillon Francis, Malaa, WHIPPED CREAM, and more are set to perform. (EDM.com) 
ISSUE: 19 Mar 2021
  • Eric Prydz Holosphere set has been removed from the Creamfields line-up. (EDMTunes)
  • London festival Waterworks prepares the first edition for 25 September 2021 at Gunnersbury Park. (RA) 
  • Albania's Kala Festival reveals the full line-up for 2021, featuring Joy Orbison, Palms Trax, Jayda G, Shanti Celeste & Peach, Skee Mask, Evan Baggs, Parris, Shy One, DJ Python and Maurice Fulton. (RA) 
  • Above & Beyond to celebrate the 450th episode of their long-running Group Therapy serial from their hometown - London. Hosted at The Drumsheads in Meridian Water on 14-15 August. (DA) 
  • TOKiMONSTA has announced Every Woman livestream for 26-27 March and will feature an all-woman line-up, including Tinashe, Aluna, and Tygapaw. (EDM.com) 
  • Coachella is reportedly rescheduling to April 2022. (DA) 
  • Edinburgh's Terminal V have announced the full line-up for its first-ever two-day event this year for Halloween. Among the artists performing at the weekender are Ben UFO, Honey Dijon, Octo Octa and Shanti Celeste, with Avalon Emerson, Ejeca, Ewan McVicar, Floorplan and Moxie. (DJMag) 
  • Excision has confirmed both Bass Canyon (20-22 August) and Lost Lands (24-26 September) festivals will take place a planned in the US. (DA) 
  • Day Zero is returning to Israel with Charlotte de Witte, Diplo, Lee Burridge and more in September. (Billboard) 
  • The Martinez Brothers are to headline Shangri-La's VR venue Lost Horizon on 20 March and will be joined by Jaden Thompson, Christian AB b2b Quest and Alan Fitzpatrick. (Mixmag) 
  • The Flemish government has granted Belgium music festival Tomorrowland with €1.8m.  (EDMTunes) 
  • Tomorrowland have now officially announced that it will be taking place later in the summer than its usual July dates. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 12 Mar 2021
  • Inner State, a brand new festival designed to guide you on a wellbeing journey through carefully curated experiences that include music, wellness, talks, travel, food, and drink, is to happen in Albania on 15-22 September. Bradley Zero, Erol Alkan and Joe Goddard are confirmed to play. (RotD)
  • Ahadadream, Yung Singh, Jyoty and more to play 24 hour livestream of south Asian DJs in support of Indian farmer protests this weekend. (DJMag) 
  • Burning Man have announced Terra Incognita is 2021 theme but are unable to confirm other  details regarding the prospects of the event's 2021 edition, saying it was "simply too early to make the call." (EDM.com) 
  • Terminal V in Edinburgh returns for Halloween with Charlotte de Witte, Eats Everything and more. (EDMTunes) 
  • Tomorrowland festival may take place in August this year. (DJMag)
  • Day Zero Masada is set to return this year in September. (EDMTunes) 
  • Insomniac has announced the line-up for Orlando's Skyline Techno festival. Blond:ish, DJ Tennis, Maceo Plex and more are set to play on 28-29 May. (EDMTunes) 
  • Life Is Beautiful has announced its full line-up for this year's festival. ILLENIUM, Dillon Francis, FISHER, San Holo, and CloZee are among those confirmed.  (EDM.com)
  • Bicep are to headline this year's Field Day festival on 29 August. Floating Points, The Blessed Madonna, Josey Rebelle, and Mall Grab are among the confirmed acts to play. (Standard) 
  • All Points East festival in London is to take place on 27-30 August. Jamie XX, HAAi, Marie Davidson and more confirmed to play. (RA) 
  • The Chemical Brothers and David Guetta have been confirmed to headline Creamfields North Stage on the 27 & 28 August 2021 respectively. (RotD, RotD)
ISSUE: 05 Mar 2021
  • California's Lightning in a Bottle event has been put back to 2022. (EDMTunes)  
  • Eastern Electrics festival in London on August Bank holiday has announced its full line-up, featuring Jamie Jones, Denis Sulta, Maya Jane Coles and more. (RA) 
  • Dimensions Festival has completed its 2021 line-up. (RA) 
  • Life Is Beautiful has announced it will take place in Las Vegas on 17-19 September. (Magnetic) 
  • Martin Garrix to perform DJ set at the virtual edition of Mexico's Tecate Pa’l Norte festival. (EDM.com) 
  • Barcelona festival Primavera Sound has cancelled its 2021 edition. (DJMag) 
  • Martin Garrix is set to play a headline live stream set at Hydeout digital festival this weekend. (DJMag) 
  • Mija, Louisahh, LP Giobbi and more lined up for Dirtybird's 'Women in Music' Livestream on 8 March. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 26 Feb 2021
  • Peggy Gou, Marco Carola and Mathame have been announced to play at Decibel 2021. (RA)
  • Ultra Music Festival 2021 has officially been cancelled due to coronavirus. (DJMag) 
  • Insomniac Events' Pasquale Rotella has confirmed Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas remains on the calender for May. (Billboard) 
  • Insomniac East has announced Tchami, Virtual Riot and more are set to perform at the inaugural Abduction 2021 festival on 10 April. (EDM.com) 
  • Insomniac has launched Lost In Dreams, a new festival for future bass, melodic dubstep, and vocal-driven dance music with a dedicated record label. (DA)  
  • Tomorrowland announces a vinyl box set of iconic tracks from the festival’s 15-year history. (DJMag) 
  • Electric Zoo: Cancun Edition has been rescheduled to 10-14 November. (EDMTunes) 
  • South London's GALA Festival has announced it is to take place on 31 July & 1 August this summer. Line-up includes TSHA, Roman Flügel, Jayda G, Marcellus Pittman and more. (RotD) 
  • The UK's Hospitality Weekend In The Woods has revealed the full line-up for its debut festival in September. Line-up includes Netsky, Camo & Krooked, Noisia and more. (RotD)  
  • Creamfields has announced this year's festival in August has sold out.  
  • Danny Tenaglia has teamed up with Beatport, Gray Area and Jukebox to celebrate his 60th birthday with a two livestream featuring David Guetta, Carl Cox, Nicole Moudaber and more. All proceeds raised will benefit UNICEF. (EDM.com) 
ISSUE: 12 Feb 2021
  • Rewire Festival releases recordings of archived performances including Nicolás Jaar. (RA) 
  • Auckland's Beacon Festival returns with Avalon Emerson, Ben UFO and more this March. (RA) 
  • The Dutch Government has said that festivals should be possible in the Netherlands from July. (DJMag) 
  • Heléna Star, Altern-8, Eats Everything and more to play BBL CLB interactive raves. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 05 Feb 2021
  • Music festivals 2021: Which festivals are happening and when will they return. (Mixmag) 
  • Coachella festival in April has been canceled. (Billboard)
  • Florida’s SunFest cancels due to Covid-9 concerns among performers. (EDMTunes) 
  • New festival Lunar Beach is scheduled to take place in Vietnam from 12-15 February. (RA) 
  • Igloofest Montréal returns for 2021 with the virtual iteration of the winter festival. (DA) 
  • Hydeout: The Prelude has announced details of its immersive digital music experience, with the likes of Alison Wonderland, DJ Snake, Don Diablo, Martin Garrix and TOKiMONSTA announced to appear in the digital dimension. (DJMag) 
  • Holland's Awakenings Festival has been postponed until September 2021. (DJMag)
  • The Netherlands’ A State of Trance (ASOT) has sold all 55,000 tickets for this September’s festival in Utrecht on 3–4 September. (IQ) 
  • Live Nation is suing its insurance company, claiming the provider is refusing to honour the premium policy it sold the promoter despite language that communicable diseases like Covid-19 were covered. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 29 Jan 2021
  • Tomorrowland has shared the aftermovie from last year's virtual festival. [Watch] (Tomorrowland) 
  • Burning Man has said it is “Impossible to say right now” if the flagship festival will go ahead this year. (DJMag) 
  • Rothbury Village council have approved dates in June 2021 for Electric Forest. (EDM.com) 
  • The US live event business is offering its support to help vaccinate people across the United States. (Magnetic) 
  • Glastonbury: "Emily Eavis said she was still working on Glastonbury-related projects for this year, including possible livestreamed events. 'A lot of big artists have been in touch offering to perform for us at the farm'." "In 2020 the festival lost £5m after cancelling in March with much of the planning and work under way. Cancelling now meant this year’s losses would not compare". (Guardian) 
  • Organisers of the Ultra Music Festival are said to be ready to cancel this year's event, but are requesting that City of Miami officials approve their permit request to stage the event next year before making a formal announcement. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 22 Jan 2021
  • Tomorrowland to unveil rollercoaster at Belgium’s Plopsaland. (DA) 
  • Organisers of a brand new street party in Berlin, Rave The Planet, have announced that their debut street parade will take place on the 9 July 2022. (DJMag) 
  • Unum Festival is to return for 2021 as Albanian Government approves use of rapid testing. (RotD) 
  • Glastonbury festival has been cancelled for 2021. There is a “guarantee the chance to buy a ticket for Glastonbury 2022” for those who paid their £50 deposit for a ticket for the 2020 festival. (Guardian)
ISSUE: 15 Jan 2021
  • Madeon to headline experimental music and art virtual festival, wwFest: VALORANT, tonight (15 January). (DA) 
  • Sherelle and Afrodeutsche lined up for 7 Days of Sound digital event. (Mixmag) 
  • The 2021 edition of The BPM Festival: Costa Rica has officially been postponed due to Covid-19. (EDMtunes) 
ISSUE: 08 Jan 2021
  • UNTOLD has announced details of its 2021 festival cruise, UNTOLD Odyssey. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 18 Dec 2020
  • Barcelona concert tests use of same-day COVID-19 screening. (AP) 
  • New virtual events experience BBL CLB launches in February. (RA) 
  • Florida district court orders Ultra 2020 ticket refund case to arbitration. (DA) 
  • Tchami and Insomniac partner for The Elevation Sunrise livestream from Miami's highest point tonight (18 Nov) at 10pm PST. (DA) 
ISSUE: 11 Dec 2020
  • Insomniac has announced an “audiovisual drive-thru” event series. (DJMag) 
  • Dubfire, Nicole Moudaber and Loco Dice are among the artists set to play The BPM Festival. (DJMag) 
  • Helena Hauff, DJ Stingray and more have been locked in for Krake Festival 10th anniversary online edition. (DJMag)
  • Absolut and Beatport reveal the final line-up for NYE 2020 - Honey Dijon, Nicole Moudaber, Patrick Topping join other top DJs for #DanceAway2020 (beatportal) 
ISSUE: 04 Dec 2020
  • Alison Wonderland to perform a set at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre on 15 September 2021. (EDM.com)  
  • Krust, Peach & The Martinez Brothers to play Lost Horizon's virtual parties this December. (RA) 
  • The Albanian government has approved rapid Covid testing for Unum Festival 2021. (Crack) 
  • Drumcode Festival Malta has rolled out its first phase of 2021 line-up featuring Richie Hawtin, Maceo Plex, Adam Beyer and more. (DA) 
  • Time Warp has rescheduled its 2021 event to 30 October 2021. (EDMTunes) 
  • Basement Jaxx, Mr Scruff, Heartless Crew, Arielle Free and many more to join SK Shlomo for a virtual NYE party #RaveToTheMoon. (RotD) 
  • We Out Here Festival has announced the full line-up for its 2021 festival. (DJMag) 
  • Hospitality has announced it is launching a brand new festival in September 2021 called Hospitality Weekend In The Woods, located in Beckenham Place Park, London. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 27 Nov 2020
  • Insomniac Cares teams up with Musically Fed for weekly food drives at Park ‘N Rave Concert Series. (DA) 
  • Ministry of Sound Classical Orchestra has announced a socially distanced live event at the London Palladium on 21 February 2021. (DJMag) 
  • Kraftwerk, Underworld and Nile Rodgers & Chic have been confirmed as the headliners for Playground Festival in Glasgow next year. (DJMag) 
  • EDC has announced that the 2021 Orlando edition will be taking place on 12-14 November. (DJMag) 
  • Absolut and Beatport announced #DanceAway2020 - a 20+ hour, 15-city, global live stream party, available to watch on Beatport’s Twitch channel, as well as on YouTube and Facebook. (beatportal) 
  • Pete Tong, The Heritage Orchestra and Jules Buckley are to return to the O2 on 19 December for an Ibiza Classics livestream. The virtual event will be available to watch on LiveNow and tickets are available to buy now. (IQ)
ISSUE: 20 Nov 2020
  • Ultra Music's parent company, Event Entertainment Group, has filed suit in Miami against AG Production Services, Inc for withholding $800k deposit. (EDMTunes) 
  • Nyege Nyege has revealed the line-up for its 2020 digital festival, taking place on 3-6 December. Kampire, MC Yallah, Rey Sapienz, Afrorack, HHY & The Kampala Unit and Bonaventure are among the performers. (RA) 
  • Rolling Loud Miami has revealed it will return on 7-9 May for its 2021 edition. (Billboard) 
  • Tomorrowland releases tickets and packages for its New Year's Eve virtual festival. (EDM.com) 
  • EDC Orlando has announced the line-up for the virtual festival taking place on 20-21 November. Among the acts performing at the virtual event are Afrojack, Cat Dealers and Kaskade, as well as Cosmic Gate, Loud Luxury, and Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano. (DJMag) 
  • Swallow Events has launched a full rapid testing screening service facility to detect Covid-19 to event organisers throughout the UK and the rest of the world. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 13 Nov 2020
  • The 35th Technics/DMC World DJ Championships has announced its dates for 2020's virtual edition, with finalists going head-to-head for the crown on 27th November.  (DJMag) 
  • Live Nation‘s CEO Michael Rapino has confirmed that the company is working on a series of measures that will allow for “full scale” shows by the summer of 2021. (DA) 
  • Insomniac will be bringing back Dreamstate SoCal next year in November. (EDMTunes) 
  • Ticketmaster outlines plans to check vaccine status of ticketholders for concerts. (Billboard)
  • Tomorrowland have announced details of their upcoming virtual New Year's Eve festival. Artists confirmed to appear are Armin van Buuren, CamelPhat, Charlotte de Witte, David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Diplo, Duck Sauce, Kölsch b2b Joris Voorn, Lost Frequencies, Major Lazer, Martin Garrix and more. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 06 Nov 2020
  • A German study by scientists from Halle University into the transmission of coronavirus at indoor concerts has concluded that such an environment poses a “low to very low” risk to attendees of contracting the disease provided attendees follow correct hygiene procedures and the venue limits capacity, with good ventilation. (DJMag) 
  • Ticketmaster announced the development of SmartEvent, a new suite of technology tools that helps fans safely return to live events. (IQ)
  • Tomorrowland to host virtual New Year's Eve festival. (DJMag) 
  • Armin van Buuren has announced a series of virtual performances with VR platform Sensorium Galaxy. (Mixmag) 
  • Lost Horizon, the VR music venue created by the team behind Glastonbury’s Shangri-La, has announced its first season of virtual events in VR event platform Sansar. (IQ) 
  • Beatport has partnered with When the Music Stops and Silentmode for a 24+ hour virtual music festival in support of mental health this Saturday. (RotD)
ISSUE: 30 Oct 2020
  • The Desert Hearts crew will be bringing some house, techno, and love to the NOS Events Center as they take over Insomniac’s Park N Rave series! (EDMIdentity) 
  • Relentless Beats has announced a series of socially distanced ‘pod concert’ experiences for Halloween weekend in Arizona. (DA) 
  • Tomorrowland's pioneering virtual festival struggled to turn a profit, but plans to return. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 16 Oct 2020
  • Movement Detroit's 20-year spanning history is being commemorated in a new photography exhibition. (RA) 
  • Save Our Stages has launched livestream festival SOSFEST for 16-18 October featuring Major Lazer, Dillon Francis, Miley Cyrus, and more. (DA) 
  • Manchester and Salford initiative Save Our Scene launches campaign to help local music communities. (RA) 
  • Primavera Sound is organizing a "pilot concert" in collaboration with Barcelona's Hospital Germans Trias and the Fight AIDS And Infectious Diseases Foundation (FLSIDA) to assess the efficacy of recently developed rapid result Covid-19 tests. (RA) 
  • The BPM Festival has announced a three-day Ibiza event for 2021. As part of a collaboration between IMS and Pollen, BPM festival will host three events in Ibiza from the 29 April to the 1 May 2021. (DJMag) 
  • The promoters behind a controversial Chainsmokers concert held in Southampton, New York will be fined $20,000, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced via Twitter. 
  • New dance festival One Out is scheduled to launch in Surrey in June 2021, with Roger Sanchez among the headliners. (RotD)
  • Defected has launched a new three-part virtual event called We Dance As One. The first event will take place on 30 Friday and will feature Carl Cox, CamelPhat, Sam Divine and more. (RotD)
ISSUE: 09 Oct 2020
  • Mixcloud announces ticketed live shows with Flying Lotus, Lafawndah, Róisín Murphy and Leon Vynehall. (RA) 
  • Belfast’s AVA Festival announces its 2021 plans (DataTransmission)
ISSUE: 02 Oct 2020
  • France has banned gatherings of over 1,000 attendants in 11 cities across the country. (DJMag) 
  • DJ Bone and RADION have booked DJ Stingray and Surgeon for limited-capacity Further weekender in Amsterdam. (RA) 
  • Beyond Wonderland is returning to San Bernardino in 2021. (EDM.com) 
  • Walker & Royce, Mija, Sonny Fodera, and more confirmed for Dirtybird Couchout virtual festival. (DA) 
  • Mad Zoo has announced the line-up for Stratosfest, an event taking place within Minecraft on 23-24 October. Above & Beyond, Ferry Corsten, Ilan Bluestone, Tritonal, Gabriel & Dresden, Darude, Qrion, Attlas and Mat Zo will perform exclusive sets. (IQ) 
  • Bonnaroo organizers have postponed the festival’s dates for a third time in response to COVID-19. It will now take place 2-5 September 2021. (DA) 
  • Charlotte de Witte, Eric Prydz, Armin van Buuren and Paul Kalkbrenner are among the first names announced for EDC Europe 2021. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 25 Sep 2020
  • Rising DJs can compete for a slot at Dirtybird’s Couchout livestream festival thanks to the collective’s new mix competition. (DA)
  • Nicolás Jaar, UNIIQU3, Laraaji and more are confirmed for the 11-day virtual Unsound Festival in October. (DJMag) 
  • Nkisi, Aquarian and Shackleton complete line-up for Lunchmeat Festival 2020. (RA) 
ISSUE: 18 Sep 2020
  • London's Junction 2 festival has announced it will go forward next year, taking place from June 4th through 5 June. Names announced include Avalon Emerson, Ben Klock, Maceo Plex, Set Troxler, Robert Hood and more. (RA) 
  • 54 events happened in Berlin this past weekend as the city's nightlife makes a precarious return amid rising Covid-19 cases. (RA) 
  • Sheffield's No Bounds Festival is going virtual next month. (RA) 
  • EDC Mexico’s 2021 instalment will reportedly be postponed. (DA) 
  • The first edition of Tomorrowland's digital festival, Tomorrowland Around the World, has received the Favourite Website Award (FWA) for the month of August. (DA) 
  • Insomniac has announced that their Southern California festival, Nocturnal Wonderland, will make its grand return in 2021. (EDM.com) 
  • Mark Knight, Justin Martin, Drezo, and more are set to play the virtual Nocturnal Wonderland event this weekend. (DA) 
  • Martin Garrix, The Chemical Brothers and RÜFÜS DU SOL to perform at Polish festival Open'er in 2021. (EDM.com)  
  • Electric Daisy Carnival is returning to Europe in 2021. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 11 Sep 2020
  • In a bid to encourage event organisers to resume live entertainment, the French government has announced €220m dedicated to the live sector. (IQ)
  • The virtual Burning Man universe has launched online. (DJMag) 
  • Montreal festival MUTEK returns with over 100 artists for 2020. (Mixmag) 
  • The US are set to increase the cost of visas for visiting foreign artists by over 50% from 2 October. The changes will affect both the P and O visa. (DJMag) 
  • Electronic Labor Day and Beatport ReConnect join forces to raise funds to rebuild Beirut on 13 September for the 'For Beirut' initiative. Headliners include Andhim, Amelie Lens, Blond:ish, Carl Cox, Danny Howard, Dennis Ferrer, Derrick May, Kölsch, Luciano, Pete Tong, Roger Sanchez, Skream, Umek and more. (RotD)
ISSUE: 04 Sep 2020
  • Carl Cox, Faithless, Fatboy Slim and more locked in for Brighton Music Conference 2020. (DJMag) 
  • Insomniac has cancelled the rest of its 2020 events and announced a new house-focused festival Day Trip for 2021. (Billboard) 
  • Glastonbury organisers aim to have the festival back in June, Emily Eavis has said. There have been online rumours of a move to September. (BBC)
  • Uganda's Nyege Nyege Festival has postponed its 2020 edition until December. (DJMag) 
ISSUE: 28 Aug 2020
  • Review: Patrick Topping at the UK's first socially distanced dance event. (Mixmag) 
  • Notting Hill Carnival announces line-up for 2020 digital event. (DJMag)
  • Swiss festival Caprices has confirmed its line-up for the two weekend event in September, with the likes of Ricardo Villalobos, Sonja Moonear and Mathew Jonson playing. (RA) 
  • A number of Australia’s major music events have been cancelled due to ongoing coronavirus concerns, putting a question mark over the country’s imminent festival season. (IQ)
  • There is no longer a requirement to distance patrons at events with under 5,000 people in France, although mask wearing must be "continuous". (IQ)
ISSUE: 21 Aug 2020
  • HOHA Water Electrical Musical Festival saw thousands of festival-goers pack out Maya Water Park in Wuhan. (IQ) 
  • Gilles Peterson's We Out Here is to host a virtual festival this weekend to raise money for Black Lives Matter charities. (RA) 
  • Many UK music venues would go bankrupt if they open for socially-distanced gigs. (Mixmag) 
  • Beatport taps Carl Cox, John Digweed, and more for the first Together For Beirut fundraiser on 22 August. (DA)
  • Vietnam's Epizode festival has locked in Jamie Jones, Nastia, Sonja Moonear and more for New Year's Festival. (DJMag)
ISSUE: 14 Aug 2020
  • EDC Las Vegas’ 2021 edition has sold out in under 24 hours. (DJ Mag) 
  • Burning Man has launched a crowdfunding campaign to secure the future of the annual event. (DJ Mag) 
  • San Francisco's Outside Lands has announced the digital replacement for 2020 iteration, Inside Lands. (DA) 
  • NAMM 2021 has been cancelled and is being replaced by a weeklong digital event Believe In Music. (Magnetic) 
  • The Chainsmokers, Martin Garrix, Illenium, and Kaskade to headline Ottawa's Escapade 2021. (DA) 
ISSUE: 07 Aug 2020
  • Electric Daisy Carnival has been cancelled for 2020 and rescheduled for May 2021. (Billboard)
  • The BPM Festival: Malta has been cancelled due to COVID-19. (Billboard) 
  • Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis has admitted that the festival may not be able to return until 2022. (Mixmag) 
  • Creamfields, one of the UK's biggest dance music festivals, has announced an upcoming virtual event happening in lieu of its 2020 festival. (Billboard) 
  • CamelPhat have announced details of a new ‘Dark Matter’ tour next March, including their biggest ever headline shows to date at London’s Wembley Arena and Glasgow’s SSE Hydro Arena. (Mixmag) 
  • Terminal V will launch a new A/V virtual platform called CONNECT this weekend with a set from Patrick Topping. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 31 Jul 2020
  • Manchester in the UK are to hold ‘Rave in a Box’ event series throughout August. (DA) 
  • Kansas City's electronic music festival Dancefestopia has cancelled its 2020 edition. (DA) 
  • Juliana Huxtable, Evan Baggs, Laurel Halo and LSDXOXO to play virtual United We Stream festival. (RA) 
  • Imagine Music Festival reveals the official Phase 1 2021 line-up only a few weeks after its 2020 cancellation. (EDMTunes) 
  • DJ Yoda and Norman Jay MBE will perform at UNLOCKED, an outdoor event at London's Alexandra Palace in August. (RA) 
  • Tomorrowland Around The World virtual event drew more than 1 million viewers. (DA) 
  • ADE‘s 2020 conference is officially going digital due to continued uncertainty about the safety and feasibility of hosting such an event during the COVID-19 pandemic. (DA) 
  • EXIT Festival has announced the first acts for 8-11 July 2021 including David Guetta, DJ Snake, Tyga, Eric Prydz, Four Tet, Metronomy. (Exit)
  • Proximity is announcing a partnership with Montraa, the new company from Omar Zabian, the former Cirque du Soleil Director of Global Events and Sr. Director Strategic Development and Partnership. The companies will produce and stream shows from a variety of A-list dance artists performing at various wonders of the world. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 24 Jul 2020
  • Polifonic team to host Alternate Festival this month with '99% Italian artists'. (RA) 
  • Tomorrowland have revealed set times for the forthcoming digital 2020 festival, Tomorrowland Around The World. (DJ Mag) 
  • Manchester music venues Gorilla and The Deaf Institute have been purchased by Tokyo Industries and saved from closure. (MEN) 
  • A COVID-19 spread-prevention experiment is set to take place at a 4000-capacity indoor concert next month in Germany. (DJ Mag) 
  • A socially-distanced “rave in a box” series, called Puffin Box, is coming to Manchester this summer from promoters La Discothèque. (DJ Mag) 
  • We Are FSTVL's flagship UK edition will not place in 2020. (Barking&DagenhamPost) 
  • Dirtybird's CampINN has been rescheduled to 2021 due to COVID-19. (EDMTunes) 
  • The UK Government has announced that socially distanced indoor music performances can return in August. (DJ Mag)
ISSUE: 17 Jul 2020
  • A Covid Nightlife Guide has been published online for small New York nightlife venues by Morgan Deane of 508 Events. (DJ Mag) 
  • Vietnam's EPIZODE festival has confirmed it is hosting an edition at the end of this year, from December 29th to January 10th, 2021. (RA) 
  • The BPM Festival will host an edition in Malta for the first time this on 11-13 September. (RA) 
  • Paul Van Dyk, ATB, Swanky Tunes and more set to perform at GEM Fest in Greece next month. (EDMLI) 
  • Rave Family Blockfest has announced second postponement: 'It’s not fair to deliver a subpar experience' (Billboard) 
  • Electric Zoo festival in New York has been cancelled this September due to COVID-19. (OneEDM) 
  • The organisers of Exit Festival, one of the last major events of 2020 still standing, have announced the event will not go ahead this year, amid a deterioration of the public health situation in Serbia. (IQ)
  • Burning Man will host a virtual conference on environmental sustainability today (17 July). (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 10 Jul 2020
  • An illegal desert rave in Las Vegas on 4 July broke social distancing rules. (EDMTunes) 
  • Refraction Festival and Fact to stream sets from DJ Stingray, Nyege Nyege Tapes and more. (Fact) 
  • Jonas Blue, The Shapeshifters and Sam Divine are set to perform at the UK's first socially distanced festival, Gisburne Park Pop-Up. (Standard) 
  • Nyege Nyege festival has announced plans for a digital festival in September. (DJ Mag)
  • Carl Craig, DJ Deeon, Ash Lauryn, Louie Vega and more to take part in Rave The Vote liverstream on 24 July. (RA) 
  • Organisers of Exit Festival in Serbia may have to reduce the capacity of this summer’s event by “more than 90%”, as the government moves to reinstate lockdown measures amid a new spike in Covid-19 cases. (IQ)
  • Virtual festival Rave Family Block Fest, which claimed to feature over 950 artists and 65 stages over four days, has faced criticism after a day. (YourEDM) 
ISSUE: 03 Jul 2020
  • Excision announces cancellation of Lost Lands and Bass Canyon, shares 2021 dates for both festivals. (DA) 
  • Croatia's BSH Island Festival is to go ahead from 7-12 July. (IQ) 
  • A 24-hour live stream is set to take place across 12 record stores this weekend, called Move the Record. (DJ Mag) 
  • Junction 2 have announced a virtual livestream with Adam Beyer, Carl Craig, Moodymann and more on 11-12 July. (beatportal)  
  • Movement Detroit postpones to 2021, announces first wave of names. (RA) 
ISSUE: 26 Jun 2020
  • Germany has extended its large events ban until at least October. (DJ Mag) 
  • Glastonbury has announced the schedule for Glastonbury Experience virtual festival. (DJ Mag)
  • Honey Dijon, Mike Servito, Jasmine Infiniti play New York Pride 2020 charity livestream marathon. (RA) 
  • The organisers of online dance festival Electric Blockaloo have moved its date to 9-13 July and changed the name to Rave Family Block Fest. (Billboard)  
  • The Australian Government has pledged $75 million to aid the country's ailing festival and events industry. (RA) 
  • DJ Mag are partnering with Block9 to bring you a charity stream this weekend as part of their virtual Glastonbury 2020 plans. Norman Jay MBE, Heidi, Batu and DJ Paulette will all play the warehouse party.
ISSUE: 19 Jun 2020
  • Electric Blockaloo, the virtual music festival of Minecraft, unveiled the full lineup for its digital event taking place June 25-28. (HR) Steve Aoki with DIM MAK's Dojo, Rudimental, Seth Troxler, Kevin Saunderson and Carl Craig are among the lineup, which includes over eight hundred other artists. 
  • Freaky Deaky announces gallant Halloween 2020 return with deadmau5, Zeds Dead, and more. (DA)
  • Tomorrowland, the world's largest dance music festival, has announced the lineup for its online event to be held 25-27 June. (Billboard)
  • Germany has extended its ban on big events from 31 August until at least the end of October. (RA) 
  • EXIT Festival has announced it's line-up for this year's August festival, featuring Black Coffee, VTSS, Paul Kalkbrenner, Roni Size, and more. (DJ Mag) 
  • Eric Prydz to bring HOLOSPHERE to Tomorrowland and Creamfields in 2021. (DA) 
  • Tomorrowland organisers have said that a third weekend may happen in 2021. (DJ Mag) 
  • Seven Lions to host a drive-in rave in Arizona with Insomniac and Relentless Beats on 26 and 27 June. (DA) 
  • MDLBEAST is set to launch a 12-hour digital music festival called MDLBEAST Freqways on 20 June with Steve Aoki, Afrojack and more. (YourEDM)
  • Carl Cox and Eats Everything headline Last Night A DJ Saved My Life's Set For Love weekender. (IbizaSpotlight) 
ISSUE: 12 Jun 2020
  • Dutch dance music giant ID&T, known for festivals such as Mysteryland, Defqon.1 Weekend Festival, Amsterdam Open Air and Welcome to the Future, is trying its hand at organising camping holidays, as festivals in the Netherlands remain banned until 1 September. (IQ)
  • Lollapalooza and most of the Chicago’s other summer music festivals have been cancelled due to coronavirus concerns, the city announced. (Variety)
  • People are breaking lockdown to attend illegal raves across the UK. (Mixmag)
  • Coachella festival in California is being planned for April 9-11 and April 16-18 2021, having been cancelled for this year. (Billboard)
  • The Isle of Wight festival has announced the line-up for its 2021 event next June. Headliners include Pete Tong and the Heritage Orchestra.
ISSUE: 05 Jun 2020
  • Tampa's Sunset Music Festival has been rescheduled to 26 and 27 December. (EDMTunes)  
  • Romania's Untold Festival 2020 has been cancelled. (EDMTunes) 
  • Online electronic music festival Digital Mirage 2.0, which was due to take place this weekend, has been postponed as they do not want to divert any attention from the Black Lives Matter movement. (DA) 
  • The Virtual Electronic Music Summit will be held 4-7 June to tackle challenges faced by the music industry due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (RotD)
  • Tomorrowland announces Around The World digital and interactive festival to take place on 25 & 26 July. (We Rave You) 
  • Junction 2 Festival presents J2V, a unique virtual event taking place this Saturday (6 June) featuring Daniel Avery, Richie Hawtin, Maya Jane Coles, ANNA, Octa Octo and more.
ISSUE: 29 May 2020
  • Serbia's Prime Minister Ana Brnabic has urged Exit festival to occur in some capacity this August. (RA) 
  • HARD Summer Music Festival 2020 has been officially postponed until 2021 because of COVID 19. (DA) 
  • Electronic music conference Dancefair has announced an online edition to be held 5-6 September. The offline conference is planned for 31 October in Utrecht in the Netherlands. (RotD)
  • This weekend, Ministry of Sound will present Ministry Weekender, a two-day virtual party streamed live in aid of the WHO Solidarity Fund. (YouTube) Confirmed artists include Diplo, Pete Tong, A-Trak, DJ EZ, MJ Cole, and Paul Woolford. 
ISSUE: 22 May 2020
  • Small music events and concerts will be able to take place in Italy from June. (DJ Mag) 
  • London festival GALA postpones to 2021. (RA) 
  • Defected ends virtual festival series with closing party featuring Carl Cox, Idris Elba, and Boys Noize tonight (Friday 22 May). (RotD)
  • Do LaB announces DGTL Lightning in a Bottle virtual festival for this weekend featuring Kaytranada, The Glitch Mob, Tokimonsta and more. (EDM.com) 
  • Rüfüs du Sol, Bob Moses, and Sofi Tukker will be performing at this Weekends Governer's Ball livestream on Sunday. (Billboard) 
  • Movement Detroit will host a virtual, live-streamed festival this weekend, Movement At Home, featuring Carl Craig, Seth Troxler and Loco Dice. (DJ Mag) 
  • David Guetta is set to play another charity live stream on 30 May in New York to raise funds for COVID-19 relief. (DJ Mag) 
  • Diplo, A-Trak, TOKiMONSTA and more will serve as stage hosts at Electric Blockaloo - an in-game dance music event in Minecraft scheduled for three days in late June. (Rolling Stone) 
ISSUE: 15 May 2020
  • Craig Richards-curated Houghton Festival has been postponed due to coronavirus pandemic. (RA) 
  • Primavera Sound is the latest festival to postpone its 2020 edition in light of the global coronavirus pandemic. (RA) 
  • Barcelona's Sónar Festival and its adjacent event OFFSónar will not be happening this year. (RA) 
  • David Guetta, Nicole Moudaber, Oliver Heldens, TOKiMONSTA and more will play EDC Las Vegas-themed Virtual Rave-A-Thon. (DJ Mag) 
  • Creamfields has been officially postponed to 2021. (EDM.com) 
  • Helsinki's Flow Festival has been postponed to 2021. (RA) 
  • DJs W&W plan 'worlds first' extended-reality (XR) livestream in partnership with Alda, Twitch and Li-Ning. (IQ) 
  • SiriusXM has announced the first-ever Virtual DisDance festival hosted by The Chainsmokers and featuring Deadmau5, Kygo, Afrojack and more. (EDM.com) 
ISSUE: 08 May 2020
  • The Garden Resort in Tisno, Croatia, has announced it is postponing all of the scheduled festivals due to take place in 2020 “due to the impact of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic”. (Mixmag) 
  • Turin's Kappa FuturFestival has been postponed until July 3rd and 4th, 2021. (RA)
  • Brownies & Lemonade are to partner with Porter Robinson for Secret Sky streaming festival this Saturday. (DA) 
  • Spain will start allowing open-air concerts for 800 people in June. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 01 May 2020
  • EDC Las Vegas has announced a virtual festival to take place instead of the event on 15-17 May. (DJ Mag) 
  • Live Nation releases refund plan for canceled and rescheduled events. (DA) 
  • Defected Records' Glitterbox 2.0 Virtual Festival has started today (1 May) and will feature sets from Armand Van Helden, Fat Tony, Roger Sanchez and more. 
  • World On Pause, a 3-day virtual fundraising event is set to take place this weekend from today till Sunday, featuring the likes of Arty, Felix Jaehn, Lost Frequencies, Sofi Tukker and more. (EDMTunes) 
  • Anjunadeep London - Open Air Evolved has been postponed to July 2021. (We Rave You) 
  • Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas is to launch 3-Day livestream this month. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 24 Apr 2020
  • Furious EDM heads vow to ‘Fight’ Ultra Music Festival for dodging refunds despite COVID-19. (DailyBeast) 
  • Lyon festival Nuits Sonores, which was scheduled to take place from July 22nd through 26th, has postponed this year's edition for a second time after France extended its ban on large-scale events until mid-July. (RA) 
  • Shambhala Music Festival 2020 and Electric Forest 2020 have been cancelled due to coronavirus. (Billboard, Billboard)
  • Tom Veldhuis, cofounder of Apenkooi Events, has revealed the company is recouping its $2.3 million investment from insurers after "accidentally" buying pandemic insurance for the DGTL Festival. (NewYork Times) 
  • The Netherlands extends public events ban to 31 August. (RA) 
  • Insomniac to host Middlelands Virtual Rave-A-Thon this weekend. (EDMTunes) 
  • Unsound 2020 to livestream interviews, discussions and presentations under Intermission theme. (RA) 
  • Defqon.1 Primal Energy has been postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. (We Rave You) 
  • Dekmantel has been forced to postpone the 2020 edition of its flagship Amsterdam festival. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 17 Apr 2020
  • FAC51 The Haçienda has announced that an all-day virtual house party will take place on Saturday 9 May. The line-up is yet to be announced. (DJ Mag) 
  • Dirtybird Campout West Coast postpones until 2021 due to Covid-19. (DA) 
  • Mija, Krewella, Whipped Cream, Ducky and more played a female-centric Net.Werk livestream event yesterday (16 Thursday). (Billboard)
  • Burning Man organizers have announced they have cancelled the 2020 event, due to the coronavirus pandemic, but will hold a “Virtual Burning Man" event. (Guardian) 
  • Zeds Dead, Channel Tres, REZZ, and more slated for multi-stage virtual festival Room Service on 24-26 April. (DA) 
  • Live events may not be resuming in either Los Angeles or New York City until 2021, according to the mayors of both cities. (Billboard)
  • According to German newspaper Bild, festivals in the country are expected to be banned until 31 August. (Google)
  • Belgian festival Dour has been postponed from mid-July this year until 2021. (RA) 
  • Tomorrowland 2020 has been officially cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (DJ Mag) 
  • David Guetta has announced that he will live stream a two-hour DJ set this Saturday 18 April (6pm EDT/11pm BST) to raise money for COVID-19 relief charities. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 10 Apr 2020
  • Electric Daisy Carnival is officially rescheduled for October. (Billboard) 
  • EDC Las Vegas has been postponed due to coronavirus. (DJ Mag) 
  • New Orleans' BUKU Music + Arts Project cancels rescheduled 2020 date with efforts to return in 2021. (DA) 
  • DGTL is hosting a virtual festival this weekend. The line-up features the likes of Nicolas Lutz, Adriatique, Jeans, KiNK, JP Enfant, Tom Trago, Julianna and Mary Lake across multiple "stages." (RA) 
  • SoCal festival Splash House cancels June instalment due to coronavirus. (Billboard)
  • Calvin Harris to headline Defected Records Livestream tonight (Friday 10 April) under his Love Regenerator moniker. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 03 Apr 2020
  • Miami's III Points Festival has been postponed due to coronavirus pandemic. (Billboard) 
  • Primavera Sound has been postponed until August. (RA) 
  • Lovebox has been cancelled and will return 11-13 June 2021.
  • All Points East festival has been cancelled and plans to return next year.
  • Floating Points, Ben UFO, and Eclair Fifi are among the acts locked for ION festival 2020. (DJ Mag) 
  • Burning Man has postponed registration for its main ticket sale. (Billboard) 
  • Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas are planning to postpone the festival to 2-4 October 2020, according to sources. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 27 Mar 2020
  • Human Traffic Live has been postponed. (DJ Mag) 
  • Texas' Ubbi Dubbi Dance Festival has been postponed due to coronavirus. (Billboard) 
  • Fatboy Slim will be playing a thank you party at Snowbombing 2021 for everyone who's transferred their tickets from 2020 to next year. (Mixmag) 
  • Burning Man 2020 is to "proceed with caution" in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (DJ Mag) 
  • Originally set to take place 20-22 May in Ibiza, the IMS Ibiza conference has been cancelled. Organisers announced a virtual version of the event will take place instead. (Billboard) 
  • Brandon Block's BELIEVE Tuesdays Mindfulness Festival, originally scheduled for 31 March in London, will go ahead as a free online event, live on Facebook and Instagram. (RotD)
  • Belgian festival Tomorrowland have shared that preparations for the 2020 summer festival are "ongoing". (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 20 Mar 2020
  • Bassnectar’s festival, Deja Voom, has been cancelled. It was set to run from 25-28 March in Cancun. 
  • Anjunabeats Elevations has been cancelled. The French festival was set to run from 28 March to 3 April.
  • Malta's Amp Lost & Found Festival has been postponed until September. 
  • Re-Textured Festival has been postponed until 2021. It was originally set to take place from April 2-5.
  • Bonnaroo shifts to new autumn dates amid coronavirus fallout. (DA) 
  • Scottish techno festival Terminal V | New Horizon has been postponed until 31 October. It was originally set to take place on 11 April. (Edinburgh News)  
  • Electronic, a programmed exhibition at the Design Museum, has been delayed due to the spread of coronavirus. (DJ Mag) 
  • Brighton Music Conference has been postponed until 23-26 September. (BMC)
  • The Glastonbury festival, which was due to celebrate its 50th anniversary year in 2020, has been cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. (Guardian)
  • Movement Detroit festival has been postponed until September. (RA) 
ISSUE: 13 Mar 2020
  • Armenian festival Urvakan adds Nicolas Jaar's Other People, SOPHIE, AYA and more to their line-up. (DJ Mag)  
  • Benny Benassi has cancelled upcoming North American tour as he is stuck in Italy due to nationwide quarantine. (DA) 
  • Peggy Gou, Dixon, DJ Koze and more are set to play Edinburgh Fly Open festival. (Mixmag)  
  • Groove Armada, Fatboy Slim and The Avalanches are among the acts added to the Glastonbury festival lineup. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 06 Mar 2020
  • Josey Rebelle, Eris Drew b2b Octo Octa, Teki Latex and more locked for Field Maneuvers 2020. (DJ Mag) 
  • Marshmello, W&W, and Felix Jaehn have been announced for Germany's Parookaville. (DA) 
  • Andrew Weatherall tribute confirmed for inner city electronic festival. (RA) 
  • Beyond Wonderland announces inaugural line-up at The Gorge in the US: Alesso, Feed Me, JOYRYDE, and more. (DA) 
  • Love International has revealed this year's Barbarella's Discotheque line-ups, featuring a back-to-back-to-back with Antal, Hunee and Palms Trax. (RA) 
  • Hertfordshire's Nozstock festival locks in Andy C, Flava D and Dillinja. (DJ Mag) 
  • Ekali, REZZ, RL Grime, Subtronics, and more have been lined up for this year's Canadian music festival Shambhala. (DA) 
  • Hide&Seek Festival returns to Cheshire this year and has announced its line-up, featuring Jeremy Underground, Sonja Moonear, Raresh and more. (Mixmag) 
  • Dr. Rubinstein, Héctor Oaks and Paula Temple are among those added to the Northern Portugal's Neopop Festival. (RA) 
  • Enrico Sangiuliano, Zozo, Jordan and The xx’s Romy are among the final artists announced for London's Junction 2 Festival. (DJ Mag) 
  • Annie Mac Presents Lost & Found has announced stage splits for the 2020 edition of the festival, as well as some line-up additions. (DJ Mag) 
  • Carl Cox, Orbital and Fatboy Slim are among the artists announced to give talks at Brighton Music Conference 2020. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 28 Feb 2020
  • Madrid festival Paraíso announces second round of names, including Denis Sulta, Kaytranada and DJ Koze. (RA)  
  • Kraftwerk to go on 50th anniversary tour of North America. (RA) 
  • Lee Burridge's travelling party All Day I Dream will hit cities around Asia, Europe and North America this year. (RA) 
  • Defected London FSTVL returns to Central Park, Dagenham on 12 September. (Mixmag) 
  • Nuits Sonores launches new Dance To Act! programme. (RA) 
  • Honey Dijon, Ben UFO, Black Coffee, Hunee and more are among this year's line-up for Morroco festival Oasis. (RA) 
  • Optimo, Redrago, Palms Trax and Motor City Drum Ensemble for Life and Death's fourth annual event at the Vila Habana weekender in Spain this June. (RA) 
  • Pendulum, Carl Cox, Alison Wonderland and more locked for Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas 2020. (DJ Mag) 
  • Jayda G, Actress and object blue have joined the line-up for AVA Festival. (RA) 
  • Groove Cruise Cali returns to the West Coast this fall for its biggest edition in 16 years. (Mixmag) 
  • Kraftwerk have announced a huge 3D tour of North America for their 50th anniversary. (DJ Mag) 
  • Black Coffee with headline The Drumsheds in London on 2 May. (Mixmag) 
  • Four Tet announces American live shows with Squidsoup visuals. (RA) 
  • Do Not Sit has revealed its full Miami Music Week programming, featuring Cassy, Lost Desert, and Felix Da Housecat. (RA) 
  • Midland, Prosumer, Peach and Marcellus Pittman are among the bookings for the first edition of UK festival Kingdom. (DJ Mag) 
  • Semiconductor’s HALO to make UK debut at Brighton Festival 2020. (XLR8R) 
  • Shannen SP, Ossia, Cashmere Radio and chianti confirmed for 53100, a rave at Italian vineyard in Tuscany this summer. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 21 Feb 2020
  • Andy C has announced a three-day drum & bass festival in Ibiza called One7Four. (DJ Mag)
  • Caribou, Theo Parrish and Maayan Nidam will play Japenese festival FFKT this year. (RA) 
  • OFFSónar 2020 reveals Drumcode and Get Lost line-ups. (RA) 
  • Italy's Terraforma festival has announced the first artists playing its 2020 festival. (RA) 
  • Charlotte De Witte, Richie Hawtin, Sven Väth, Amelie Lens and more are booked for Time Warp festival in Mannheim. (Mixmag) 
  • Beatrice Dillon, Deathprod and Midori Takada to perform at Bristol New Music Festival 2020. (Fact) 
  • Omar S, Derrick Carter and Jason Kendig added to Altus Festival. (Mixmag) 
  • Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, and many more, have been lined up for AvB's A State Of Trance event in London this summer. (DJ Mag) 
  • Italian techno festival KappaFutur announces final line-up. (Mixmag) 
  • Toronto's VELD Festival has announced the first phase of the event’s 2020 line-up, including Armin van Buuren, Illenium, and Martin Garrix. (DA) 
  • Deadmau5 and TESTPILOT shows announced for Miami Music Week. (DA) 
  • David Guetta, Martin Garrix, Above & Beyond and Major Lazer have been announced for Ultra Music Festival. (EDM.com)  
ISSUE: 14 Feb 2020
  • Arcadia will debut four new visual pieces at Glastonbury 2020 thanks to a £49,000 funding grant. (DJ Mag) 
  • Ben UFO, Sherelle, Eris Drew, Novelist, Andrew Weatherall and more are confirmed to play a brand new electronic music festival called Waterworks in East London on 22 August. (Mixmag) 
  • Josey Rebelle, Floating Points, Joy Orbison, Kenny Dope and Jayda G will all play We Out Here festival 2020. (DJ Mag)
  • Darude will headline The Ultimate 90s Rave Festival in Scotland. (DJ Mag)
  • Berghain's in-house label, Ostgut Ton, will celebrate its 15th anniversary with a 13-date world tour. (DJ Mag) 
  • Richie Hawtin, Carista, Skatebård and more confirmed for Auckland's Beacon Festival. (RA) 
  • Boomtown Fair announces 2020 line-up with Candi Staton and Moodymann. (RA) 
  • Swiss Alps festival Caprices expands to two weekends in 2020. (RA) 
  • Courtesy, Laurent Garnier, Roza Terenzi and more will perform at Malta's Glitch Festival this August. (RA) 
  • Paul Kalkbrenner, Richie Hawtin, Amelie Lens, Ben Klock, and more are lined up for Decibel Open Air 2020 in Florence. (DJ Mag) 
  • USC Events has cancelled Lucky Festival following embroilment in Insomniac lawsuit. (DA) 
  • Carl Cox, Martin Garrix, Fisher, and Loco Dice top Medusa Festival’s seventh edition line-up. (DA) 
  • Cercle has announced details for its second festival, which will take place at the National Air and Space Museum of France. Artists confirmed to play include Agoria, Black Coffee, Charlotte De Witte, Maceo Plex and Pan-Pot. (EDMTunes) 
  • Printworks has locked Jennifer Cardini, Joseph Capriati, DJ Tennis and more for its Extrema Outdoor festival stage in Belgium. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 07 Feb 2020
  • Berlin's Krake Festival celebrates ten years with parties in UK and Germany. (RA) 
  • Tokyo-based, experimental arts promoter REITIN is launching a new festival in Japan this April at the Ōya History Museum, a 400 year old former stone quarry. (DJ Mag) 
  • Tomorrowland has revealed the stage splits for this year's festival in Belgium. (DJ Mag) 
  • Barcelona's Off Week unveils full line-up for 2020, including Tale Of Us, Ben Klock, and Omar S. (RA) 
  • The 15th anniversary edition of Get Lost Miami will be soundtracked by Visionquest, Diplo, Pete Tong, Hot Since 82, Carl Craig and more. (Mixmag) 
  • London festical GALA completes line-up for 2020 with MCDE, François K and Nightmares On Wax. (RA) 
  • Bristol label Timedance is set to celebrate its fifth birthday with a slew of parties across the UK and Europe. (Mixmag) 
  • Defected has announced the line-up for its brand new four-day festival in Ibiza, featuring Basement Jaxx, Dimitri From Paris, Horse Meat Disco, Purple Disco Machine and more. (DJ Mag) 
  • Monegros Desert Festival adds Solomun and Paula Temple for 2020. (RA) 
  • Palms Trax, James Murphy and Ben UFO to perform at this year's Lente Kabinet in Amsterdam. (Mixmag) 
  • Fatboy Slim, Kaytranada, Sherelle and more are locked in for this year's Lovebox Festival. (DJ Mag) 
  • Honey Dijon, The Black Madonna and Modeselektor have been confirmed for Portugal's Neopop Festival 2020 this August. (RA) 
  • Malmö festival Intonal books Midori Takada, John T. and Gast for 2020. (RA) 
  • Helena Hauff, Or:la, Craig Richards, Young Marco, Artwork, Saoirse, and Nicolas Lutz have been confirmed for Gottwood festival in Wales. (DJ Mag) 
  • DVS1, Underground Resistance (Live) and Batu are among the final acts to be locked for this year's Dimensions festival. (DJ Mag)
  • Houghton Festival has revealed the full line-up for its 2020 edition, which includes Four Tet, Helena Hauff and Powder. (Mixmag) 
  • Glastonbury's 360-degree immersive stage, The Gas Tower, will return in 2020. (DJ Mag) 
  • Wiglex City Festival in Nottingham, UK, has locked drum & bass legend Goldie to spin a rare techno set for its 2020 edition. (DJ Mag) 
  • Amsterdam's Mysteryland has announced the first wave of artists set to perform, including Armin van Buuren, Timmy Trumpet, and DJ Snake. (DA) 
  • We Out Here festival is back for 2020, which includes names like Underground Resistance, DJ Spinn, Josey Rebelle, TSVI as well as his Anunaku alias, Floating Points and DJ Storm. (Mixmag) 
  • Orbital, Sherelle, Or:la, Cromby and more to perform at this year's AVA Festival in Belfast. (RA)
ISSUE: 31 Jan 2020
  • Burning Man has shared the designs for the 2020 festival's Multiverse Man Base. (DJ Mag) 
  • Tomorrowland has revealed the full list of acts performing at this year's 2020 Belgium festival. (DJ Mag) 
  • Nuits Sonores completes daytime curators programme for 2020. (RA) 
  • London festival Naked City returns for 2020 with Moodymann, Jeff Mills and Nubya Garcia. (RA) 
  • Sherelle, India Jordan and Diessa named new residents of Sheffield venue Hope Works and No Bounds Festival. (RA) 
  • Massive Attack are to headline All Points East 2020. (RA) 
  • Underworld, Carl Craig, Avalon Emerson and more have been locked in for the Saturday of Movement Detroit 2020. (DJ Mag) 
    Adam Beyer, Special Request and Ellen Allien are among those playing the festival's second day. (RA) 
  • UK festival Lost Village reveals 2020 line-up, including Four Tet, Honey Dijon, Bradley Zero, and Peach. (RA) 
  • Dirtybird launches two new festivals in Florida and California to celebrate 15 year anniversary. (Billboard) 
  • Canadian's Escapade Music Festival has officially released its 2020 line-up, including Illenium, The Chainsmokers, Martin Garrix, and Kaskade. (EDMTunes)  
  • Diplo, Nicole Moudaber, DJ Holographic and more are locked for the third edition of Vujaday festival, which returns to the Caribbean island of Barbados this spring. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 24 Jan 2020
  • Make It Rain event in LA featuring Nina Las Vegas, What So Not, and PNAU set to raise proceeds for Australian bushfire. (Mixmag) 
  • Four Tet, Jon Hopkins and James Blake confirmed for California's Lightning In A Bottle festival. (RA) 
  • Tale of Us, Floorplan, Josey Rebelle, and more locked for Field Day 2020. (DJ Mag) 
  • FLY Open Air has locked in Peggy Gou, DJ Koze, and Dixon. (Mixmag) 
  • Tomorrowland locks in Carl Cox, Adam Beyer's Drumcode, Claptone's Masquerade and more as stage hosts for 2020. (DJ Mag) 
  • The Hague festival The Crave has revealed its 2020 line-up. (RA) 
  • Avalon Emerson, Kerri Chandler, Dixon, DJ Koze, Marcel Dettmann and DJ Stingray have been announced for Flow Festival. (Mixmag) 
  • Arca, 33EMYBW, SOPHIE and Lee Gamble announced in the second wave of acts for Rewire 2020. (RA)
  • Elements Festival in the US returns for the fourth iteration and announces headliners Diplo, Bonobo, & Four Tet. (DA) 
  • MUTEK's Barcelona festival adds DJ Plead and D. Tiffany for 2020. (RA) 
  • Tale Of Us, Ricardo Villalobos, Amelie Lens and more are booked for Awakenings 20th anniversary. (RA) 
  • Creamfields to host Calvin Harris as headliner for second year in a row. (DA) 
  • Ultra Miami 2020 adds Gryffin, Kygo, DJ Snake b2b Malaa, Gareth Emery and more to the line-up. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 17 Jan 2020
  • CDR is back for 2020 with a series of six events across four London venues this year. (RA) 
  • Burning Man unveils temple, ‘Empyrean,’ for 2020 iteration. (DA) 
  • Dweller returns to celebrate New York City's black electronic artists in February. (Mixmag)  
  • Hungarian beach festival Balaton Sound has revealed the first wave line-up for this year, including Loco Dice, Danny Tenaglia and Ilario Alicante. (Mixmag)  
  • Flume, Bassnectar and Rezz are among the names announced to play this year's Bonnaroo. (DJ Mag) 
  • Dekmantel announces line-up for 2020 festival, featuring Front 242, Theo Parrish, Loraine James and Venetian Snares. (RA) 
  • The phase two line-up for the Caribbean's SXM Festival 2020 has been announced. (Mixmag) 
  • AVA Festival is hosting another free conference at London's Printworks on 13 March. It will feature a series of talks, workshops and networking areas, with guest speakers including Orbital, Andrew Weatherall, Coldcut, and representatives from PRS For Music and SoundCloud. The second edition will also include a club night on 14 March headlined by Orbital, with Ross From Friends, Joy Orbison and Sally C also performing. Tickets are on sale now. (Mixmag) 
  • Robert Hood, Peach and D. Tiffany announced for Junction 2 in London. (Fact) 
  • Austria's Elevate Festival completes 2020 programme (RA) 
  • Objekt, Call Super, CC:Disco and more added to Love International line-up. (DJ Mag)
  • Goldie, Sampa The Great and Mala are playing Beat Horizon. (Mixmag) 
  • Martin Garrix, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike to headline China's inaugural C.E.A. Festival. (Billboard)
  • London's RE-TEXTURED has added Christoph de Babalon and Afrodeutsche for 2020. (RA) 
  • Helena Hauff, Aïsha Devi and Henry Wu set for Terminal 1 in Mumbai. (RA) 
  • Primavera Sound reveals 20th anniversary line-up for 2020, featuring Massive Attack, Amelie Lens, Squarepusher and more this June. (Fact) 
  • Richie Hawtin, Shanti Celeste, Carl Cox, The Chemical Brothers and more are confirmed for Sónar 2020. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 10 Jan 2020
  • Kappa Futur Festival locks in Carl Cox, Diplo, Michael Bibi, and more for 2020. (DJ Mag) 
  • Coachella announces full line-up for 2020, including Peggy Gou, Calvin Harris, Lane 8 and TNGHT. (DJ Mag) 
  • Scotland’s Riverside Festival announces 2020’s phase one line-up, featuring Amelie Lens, Floating Points, Marcel Dettmann, and Squarepusher. (DA) 
  • Platform 18 will return to Glasgow's West Street from July 4-5, 2020 for another one of their lauded street parties with the likes of Richie Hawtin, Floorplan, FJAAK (live) and ANNA. (Mixmag) 
  • Hideout celebrates 10th Croatia edition with Paul Woolford, Nastia and more. (Mixmag) 
  • Theo Parrish, Afrodeutsche, DJ Python, Honey Dijon, Blawan and more are set to play DGTL Amsterdam 2020. (RA) 
  • EXIT Festival have announced the first 20 acts on the line-up for its 20th anniversary celebration, including Fatboy Slim, David Guetta, Boris Brejcha, Meduza, ARTBAT and Zhu. (DJ Mag)  
  • Helena Hauff, Jeff Mills, DJ Harvey, and Honey Dijon will curate the daytime schedule for Nuits Sonores 2020. (XLR8R) 
  • The Australian Rainbow Serpent Festival will now host two events: one in inner Melbourne in January and one back on its original site in rural Victoria in April. (RA) 
ISSUE: 20 Dec 2019
  • Melt Festival unveils new additions to 2020 line-up. (RA) 
  • Berlin's CTM Festival in 2020 is collaborating with Ugandan festival, label and collective Nyege Nyege. (Mixmag) 
  • Peggy Gou, DJ Koze, Special Request and more will play FLY Open Air Festival in Edinburgh next year. (RA) 
  • Zamna Tulum is back for a fourth year this month, with more than 50 names announced so far. (Mixmag) 
  • Madrid's Paraíso Festival announces Dixon and Honey Dijon for 2020. (RA) 
  • Fisher, Rüfüs Du Sol, Bob Moses and more announced for Wynn's Art of the Wild 2020. (Billboard)
  • Seth Troxler, The Black Madonna and DJ Stingray are among the initial acts announced for Movement Detroit. (RA) 
  • Caribou, Bicep, Amelie Lens, Squarepusher and more will head to Lyon in May for the Nuits Sonores festival. (RA) 
  • Adam Beyer, Cirez D, Amelie Lens and The Martinez Brothers are booked to play the RESISTANCE stages at Ultra Music Festival. (RA) 
ISSUE: 13 Dec 2019
  • Zip, Helena Hauff, Josey Rebelle, and DJ Stingray are among the first names to be revealed for next year's Dimensions Festival in Tisno. (Mixmag) 
  • Marseille festival Le Bon Air invites Octo Octa and Floating Points for 2020. (RA) 
  • Circoloco and Amelie Lens' Exhale are among the showcases for OFFSónar in Barcelona next June. (Mixmag)  
  • Mexican festival Carnaval de Bahidorá unveils first names for 2020. (RA) 
  • Leeds' inner city electronic music festival brings Peggy Gou and Orbital in 2020. (RA) 
  • Batu to curate new Welsh festival, En Masse, in 2020. (RA) 
  • Flume, Illenium and Alison Wonderland to headline Buku Music + Art Festival 2020 in New Orleans. (Billboard) 
  • The New South Wales NYE festival Lost Paradise has been called off due to bushfire risks. (RA) 
  • Tomorrowland has revealed the theme for the 2020 edition of the festival as The Reflection of Love. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 06 Dec 2019
  • Optimo, Roman Flügel, Fantastic Twins, and Cinthie confirmed for next year's Monticule Festival. (Mixmag) 
  • Zip, Floating Points, Helena Hauff, Surgeon and more will play Dimensions Festival 2020. (RA) 
  • Snowboxx Festival has confirmed Andy C, Annie Mac and DJ Ez for 2020. (Mixmag) 
  • dBridge, SOPHIE, Shackleton and Helena Hauff are all booked for RE-TEXTURED 2020 in London. (RA) 
  • London festival All Points East adds Kraftwerk and Chromatics for 2020. (RA) 
  • London's LWE is starting a new festival in the Albanian Riviera called ION. (RA) 
  • Gesaffelstein, Rufus du Sol, Chris Lake, Nora En Pure, Patrick Topping, Carl Cox, Charlotte de Witte, Ben Böhmer and many other artists will play San Diego's CRSSD's Spring 2020 event. (Billboard) 
  • Mutek Barcelona announces first names for 2020. (RA) 
  • Wigflex City Festival returns to Nottingham for its second year. (RA) 
  • Monegros Desert Festival in Spain returns in 2020 after a five hiatus with Paul Kalkbrenner, Richie Hawtin and Amelia Lens. (DJ Mag) 
  • Electric Forest in Michigan will celebrate its 10th anniversary with stacked line-up featuring Major Lazer, Flume, Bassnectar, and more. (DA) 
  • Terminal V has locked Charlotte de Witte, Richie Hawtin and Green Velvet for its Easter 2020 event. (DJ Mag) 
  • Subsonic Music Festival has been postponed due to risk of bushfires and will be replaced by Sydney club shows this weekend. (RA) 
  • Insomniac and Alda have announced the launch of a new three-day festival, called Saga, in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. (IQ) 
  • Moogfest 2020 in the US has been cancelled for 'logistical reasons'. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 29 Nov 2019
  • Snowbombing announces Richy Ahmed, Roni Size and Loyle Carner for 2020. (Mixmag) 
  • Ed Banger Records has announced a party that will take place at Electric Brixton in London on the 31 January 2020. (Mixmag) 
  • Dekmantel has shared the line-up for Dekmantel Selectors 2020 which will take place at The Garden Resort in Tisno, Croatia. (DJ Mag) 
  • Junction 2 festival has locked in Maceo Plex, Octo Octa, Joy Orbinson and more. (DJ Mag) 
  • Armin van Buuren, Steve Aoki, Sven Väth and more are locked for World Club Dome Las Vegas, which will be held at the mammoth event's German home of Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt, from 5-7 June 2020. (DJ Mag) 
  • HTRK, Jon Hopkins and The Caretaker & Weirdcore confirmed for Netherland's Rewire Festival in 2020. (RA)
  • Mala and Kode9 booked for Comunité 2020 in Oaxaca, Mexico. (RA) 
  • Diynamic and Ricardo Villalobos locked in for OffWeek in Barcelona. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 22 Nov 2019
  • Denis Sulta, Special Request, Anz, Lone, and Sally C are locked for DJ Mag's Best of British Awards party. (DJ Mag) 
  • Helena Hauff, CC:DISCO!, Jayda G and many more are heading to Malta for Annie Mac's Lost & Found festival in April. (RA) 
  • Renaissance heads to Tulum, Mexico for a party with Roman Flügel, Robag Wruhme, and Charlotte de Witte. (RA) 
  • Ultra Miami 2020 have shared their Phase 1 line-up with Flume, Major Lazer, Zedd, Richie Hawtin, Carl Cox, Amelie Lens and more. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 15 Nov 2019
  • EMC Australia has revealed its full programme for this month. (Mixmag) 
  • Annie Mac confirms AMP Lost & Found 2020. (DT) 
  • Miami's Rakastella returns in 2019 with a stacked line-up, including Dixon, Ben UFO, Marie Davidson and more. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 08 Nov 2019
  • Saint Martin's SXM Festival has locked in Ricardo Villalobos, Cassy, Sonja Moonear, Marco Carola and more. (Mixmag) 
  • Glastonbury’s The Beat Hotel announces the full line-up for Marrakech. (DT) 
  • Carl Cox, Jamie Jones and The Martinez Brothers have been announced among the first names for We Are FSTVL 2020. (Mixmag) 
  • Vietnam's EPIZODE festival finalises 2020 line-up. (RA) 
  • The BPM Festival has finally announced their full line-up and showcases for their 2020 Costa Rica debut. (Mixmag) 
  • Hessle Audio, Four Tet and Amelie Lens have been confirmed for London's Junction 2 festival next year. (RA) 
  • Montreal’s Igloofest announces its official 2020 line-up. (EDMTunes) 
  • Grace Jones will be curating London's Meltdown festival 2020. (RA) 
  • Ableton Loop adds Georgia Anne Muldrow and NYX to 2020 Berlin festival. (RA) 
  • Armin van Buuren's A State Of Trance (ASOT) will return to Ultra next year for 10th anniversary at the Festival. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 01 Nov 2019
  • Love International has locked in Ben UFO, Eris Drew, Midland and more for 2020. (DJ Mag) 
  • Squarepusher, Fabio & Grooverider, Helena Hauff and Venetian Snares have been locked in for UK festival Bangface Weekender next year. (RA) 
  • Ultra South Africa has announced its phase 1 line-up featuring Jamie Jones, Dash Berlin, Black Coffee and more. (DA) 
  • Circloco returns to Thailand with Seth Troxler, Peggy Gou and more for 2020. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 25 Oct 2019
  • Moodymann's Soul Skate party announces 2020 dates, plus London and Berlin editions. (RA) 
  • A State Of Trance (ASOT) has revealed the theme and the first acts slated to perform at ASOT950. (DJ Mag) 
  • Toronto's Solaris Music Festival resurrects for 2019 and announces headliners deadmau5 and Above & Beyond. (DA) 
  • Black Coffee, Ellen Allien, Dubfire and more lead Day Zero Tulum 2020 line-up. (Billboard) 
  • The South London weekender GALA is to expand to two days and feature Gerd Janson, Job Jobse, Jayda G and more next May. (RA)
  • Promoter GoldenVoice has confirmed the full line-ups for its upcoming series of electronic music-focused events in Los Angeles. (DJ Mag) 
  • Croatian festival Love International reveals 40-plus acts for the fifth edition in 2020, including Eris Drew, Octo Octa, and Ben UFO. (RA) 
ISSUE: 18 Oct 2019
  • Marrakech-based festival The Beat Hotel will return to the Fellah Hotel for its second edition next year. (Mixmag) 
  • Justice, Black Coffee, and Idris Elba are to headline All My Friends festival in LA. (Mixmag) 
  • Nina Kraviz, Ben UFO and Hunee will all feature at Sydney's Days Like This Festival. (RA)  
  • Colin Self and Deena Abdelwahed among first names for Ableton Loop 2020. (RA) 
  • Resistance will return to Ultra Music Festival this year at a new stage entitled The Cove. (DJ Mag) 
  • Ultra Music Festival is to expand into Abu Dhabi and return to India in 2020. (Billboard) 
  • India's Magnetic Fields festival has locked Daniel Avery, Violet and Karenn in its second wave of names. (DJ Mag) 
  • Berlin's CTM Festival reveals 2020 line-up with Akua, Giant Swan, and AYA. (RA) 
ISSUE: 11 Oct 2019
  • Houghton Festival is returning next summer on 6-9 August in Norfolk, England. (Mixmag) 
  • Croatian festivals Dimensions and Outlook Origins will move to The Garden Tisno for 2020. (RA) 
  • Aurora Halal, Maceo Plex, Robert Hood and Nina Kraviz to perform at Australia's Pitch Music & Arts Festival. (RA) 
  • DGTL brings Richie Hawtin, Jeff Mills and Bonobo to ADE. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 04 Oct 2019
  • Mall Grab and HAAi will headline Pitchfork Paris afterparties at Trabendo on 1 and 2 November. (Mixmag) 
  • Tomorrowland will continue its 15th anniversary celebrations with a two-day takeover of Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome during Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). (DJ Mag) 
  • The Paradise Music and Arts Festival in the Dominican Republic reveals two-day festival line-up featuring Bad Bunny, Martin Garrix, Madeon, Jamie Jones, and more. (DA) 
  • Grimes, Nina Kraviz and Sophie announce mysterious 'Bio-Haque' event in Miami. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 27 Sep 2019
  • London-based collective Half Baked continue their 10th anniversary celebrations with a two-part event this November and December. (DJ Mag) 
  • Holly Herndon, Tim Hecker, Christian Vogel and more locked for ACCA Digital 2019 in Brighton. (DJ Mag) 
  • EDC Las Vegas has sold out in record time. Tickets went on sale Friday 20 September at midday and had completely sold out by 1pm on Sunday 22 September. (DJ Mag) 
  • Unsound has finalised the line-up for its 2019 edition in Kraków, with Object Blue, TSVI, DJ Plead and more. (DJ Mag) 
  • Melbourne Music Week has locked Miss Kittin, Soichi Terada, Nu Guinea and more for its 2019 events. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 20 Sep 2019
  • Miami’s first Heart Festival to host Sasha & John Digweed, Damian Lazarus, and more during Art Basel 2019. (DA) 
  • Seth Troxler, Omar-S, Honey Dijon, and more have been confirmed for Swiss festival Polaris. (Mixmag) 
  • Tomorrowland has announced Charlotte De Witte, Paul Kalkbrenner and more for its 2020 winter edition. (DJ Mag) 
  • Richie Hawtin is bringing his last CLOSE live show of 2019 to LA on 23 November at the Hollywood Palladium. (Mixmag) 
  • Frankie Fest to launch at ADE 2019 to raise funds for the Frankie Knuckles Foundation. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 13 Sep 2019
  • Toolroom Stateside kicks off North American tour. (NocturnalTimes)
  • Thailand’s Wonderfruit Festival announces Four Tet, Beardyman and more. (DT)
  • Vietnam's Epizode Festival adds 55 acts for 2020. (RA) Ben UFO, Nastia and Sonja Moonear are among the names heading to Phú Quốc island in December and January.
  • Ten of the best festivals from around the world in October. (RA)
  • Avicii tribute concert in Sweden sells out. (DMNW)
  • Electric Zoo: Evolved brought stunning sets from Dog Blood, Eric Prydz, Seven Lions, and a record-breaking attendance for another massive edition. (EDMIdentity)
  • FISHER and Chris Lake have teamed up on a lot of projects in recent years, but few might have expected that a festival would be one of them. Perhaps that's why they insist that Not Another FKN Festival will not be a festival. (EDM)
  • Knife Party to embark on North American Lost Souls tour. (EDM)
ISSUE: 06 Sep 2019
  • Latvian day festival UNDER will celebrate its third edition on 21 September. (Mixmag) 
  • Mr Mitch, Ikonika, Djrum and more announced for next month's Laboratorio de Electrónica Visual (L.E.V.) Matadero festival in Spain. (DJ Mag) 
  • UKG label Kiwi Rekords announces massive UK tour. (DJ Mag)  
  • Three-day Bristol festival Simple Things has announced its extended programme of events, talks, workshops and experiences that will run alongside the festival. (Mixmag) 
  • An Avicii tribute concert is being held in Stockholm, Sweden on 5 December featuring David Guetta, Kygo, Dimitri Vegas and Rita Ora. (Mixmag) 
  • DJ Lag, The Black Madonna, Deena Abdelwahed and HAAi are among the first acts announced for Magnetic Fields festival. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 30 Aug 2019
  • Music festivals in New South Wales, Australia, could see the state government's licensing regulations abandoned after a parliamentary inquiry delivered a report on the subject. (RA) 
  • Boston's Together Festival finalizes 2019 edition with an outdoor party and Rush Hour record fair. (RA) 
  • The Chemical Brothers, Groove Armada, Midland and more are locked in for next month's Stop Brexit Now! soundsystem. (DJ Mag) 
  • Courtesy, Freddy K, Reeko and others have pulled out of Portugal's Festival Forte due to lack of payment. (RA) 
  • Time Warp festival returns to New York with Ricardo Villalobos, Nina Kraviz, Amelie Lens, Peggy Gou and more. (RA) 
  • Groove Cruise Miami announces the first wave of 2020 headliners. (DA) 
  • Holly Herndon, Amnesia Scanner and Lafawndah added to Le Guess Who? 2019. (Fact) 
  • Carl Craig, Nicole Moudaber, and Deep Dish top The BPM Festival: Costa Rica inaugural line-up. (DA) 
ISSUE: 23 Aug 2019
  • Mella Dee is taking his Warehouse Music label on a UK and European tour. (Mixmag) 
  • Claude VonStroke announces fall tour with Dirtybird players. (Billboard) 
  • De School to host 62-hour marathon party during ADE 2019. (RA) 
  • Pan-Pot have been confirmed as the Sunday special guests for this year's edition of Drumcode Festival in Amsterdam. (DJ Mag) 
  • Paris Electronic Week announces key panels and speakers for 2019 edition. (RotD)
  • EDC Orlando has unveiled its 2019 line-up and expands to three days in November this year. (DA) 
  • DGTL festival set to continue expansion, with first Asian edition heading to India in 2020. (DA) 
  • City Hearts returns to Los Angeles with Patrick Topping, J.Phlip and more. (Mixmag) 
  • Eric Prydz has announced a bespoke VOID live show for his show at Creamfields' Steel Yard this Friday 23 August. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 16 Aug 2019
  • MUTEK Montréal 2019 details full program schedule. (RA) 
  • Laurel Halo to curate MODE 2019 festival in London. (RA)
  • DJ Boring has announced a 10-date European live tour. (DJ Mag) 
  • Berlin Atonal finalises 2019 line-up with Mala, Rroxymore, Forest Drive West and more. (DJ Mag) 
  • Tomorrowland Winter will return to the French Alps for next year's edition of the festival. (DJ Mag) 
  • Audio Obscura returns to Amsterdam’s Central Station for an ADE rave. (DA) 
  • ADE locks full live program with Apparat, De Sluwe Vos and more. (DJ Mag)
  • Floorplan, Jayda G, DJ Stingray to play Shelter during ADE. (RA) 
  • DJ Python, Zamilska, Opla, Scratchclart & Lady Lykezand, and 700 Bliss have been added to Unsound festival. (DJ Mag) 
  • Deadmau5, Eric Prydz, RL Grime and more to play Insomniac's Escape: Psycho Circus 2019. (Billboard) 
  • CRSSD Festival adds Anna Lunoe, Kyle Watson and Moon Boots for fall 2019. (Mixmag) 
  • Peggy Gou, Nina Kraviz b2b Helena Hauff, Honey Dijon to play Secret Project 2019. (Fact) 
ISSUE: 09 Aug 2019
  • Avalon Emerson and Holly Herndon head up Bristol's Simple Things festival. (Mixmag)
  • Moroccan festival MOGA has announced its final line-up. (Mixmag) 
  • Brightest Young Things are hosting a spy-theme party at the International Spy Museum in Washington DC. (Mixmag)  
  • Rádio Quântica announces Ano 0 festival, a two-day event that focuses on avant-garde electronic this September. (Mixmag) 
  • Terrence Dixon, Chez Damier and Hashman Deejay are all billed for Red Bull Music Festival in Melbourne in October. (RA) 
  • Ultra Music Festival returning to Australia in 2020. (Billboard) 
  • Dog Blood, Zhu's Blacklizt, Tokimonsta and more lead Hard's Day of the Dead 2019 line-up. (Billboard) 
  • Justice, Black Coffee and Idris Elba headline All My Friends 2019 festival in LA. (Mixmag)

  • Houghton Festival has been cancelled the day before it was due to start due to the forecast of extreme weather. (RA)
ISSUE: 02 Aug 2019
  • Terminal V has locked in Laurent Garnier, Maceo Plex, Ame and more for its full line-up. (DJ Mag) 
  • Boomtown is putting forward a pledge to encourage freedom of expression at the festival as a part of its Respect campaign. (Mixmag) 
  • Erick Morillo, Greg Wilson and Heidi have been announced to play in the full line-up for elrow Town London party. (Mixmag) 
  • Holy Ship has announced its line-up for the first Wrecked edition in January 2020. (Mixmag) 
  • Rezz, Madeon and more to headline Club House Festival 2019 in Maryland. (Billboard) 
  • Avalon Emerson, Jayda G and Kode9 in collaboration with Japanese animator Kōji Morimoto are among the names locked for Simple Things festival 2019. (DJ Mag)
  • Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) has been ranked as the fastest growing festival in the world, according to data collected by Stubhub. (DJ Mag) 
  • Hard Summer have released their daily set times and festival map. (EDM.com) 
  • Marshmello, Tiesto, Alison Wonderland and more top EDC Guangdong 2019 line-up. (Billboard) 
  • Ultra Miami is to extend its sustainability initiative for next year's festival. Dedicated to decreasing the environmental impact of the festival, the ‘Mission: Home’ initiative will include a significant decrease in single-use plastics, an enhanced recycling program and a "leave no trace" policy. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 26 Jul 2019
  • Friendship 2020 have announced line-up with Griz, Bob Moses, Ty Dolla $ign, Troyboi and more. (Billboard) 
  • Hvar, a remote island off the coast of Croatia, will be home to the first ever Laguna Mala - an open air gathering happening on September 13 and 14. (Mixmag) 
  • Tomorrowland has announced Armin van Buuren and 3 Are Legend will both close the festival. (DJ Mag) 
  • Calvin Harris, Armin van Buuren, Lil Pump top inaugural FestivalX line-up in Australia this November. (DA) 
ISSUE: 19 Jul 2019
  • US festival Sustain-Release has added Batu, Cashu, DJ Python, Hiro Kone and more for its sixth edition. (RA) 
  • Solomons’ Yard is back in London with Junior Sanchez and more. (DT) 
  • Bassnectar’s Deja Voom festival is returning to Mexico in 2020. (DA) 
  • Electroland will return to Disneyland Paris for another edition of the festival in 2020. (DJ Mag) 
  • Damian Lazarus is to bring his Get Lost event to New York City for a special two-day event on 11-12 October. (Mixmag) 
  • Marcel Dettman, Nastia, and more have been locked in for Closer's Brave! Factory Festival in the Metrobud factory, Kiev next month, as part of a 30-hour-rave. (DJ Mag) 
  • Objekt to play his first London live show at the Islington Assembly Hall on 12 September. (Mixmag)
  • Berlin-based festival promoter HYTE has invited Adam Beyer to launch a new series of warehouse events. (DT) 
  • Insomniac is to expand into Korea with Escape: Psycho Circus 2019 event. (Billboard) 
  • Art of the Wild is to return to Wynn Nightlife this autumn with heavy-hitting house and techno line-up, featuring Bedouin, Claptone, The Martinez Brothers, Guy Gerber, Hot Since 82, Idris Elba and more. (Billboard) 
  • Hard returns to Red Rock with a Halloween show featuring Gramatik, Kayzo, Tom Morello and more. (Billboard)  
  • Tomorrowland has released set times and new stages for its 2019 edition. (DA) 
ISSUE: 12 Jul 2019
  • Afrodeutsche, DJ Marcelle, Kampire, LSDXOXO, Minimal Violence and Sherelle set for Vancouver's New Forms Festival. (RA) 
  • Nkisi, 33EMYBW and Gooooose feature on Western Sydney's Soft Centre festival. (RA) 
  • French festival Les Plages Electroniques has revealed its final line-up. (Mixmag) 
  • The Black Madonna, Honey Dijon, Róisín Murphy and Midland are all set to perform at Homoelectric Festival. (DJ Mag) 
  • Rebekah, DJ Stingray, Paula Temple and more locked in for Intercell techno parties at ADE 2019. (Mixmag) 
  • The Super Mega Ultra Giant Mad Decent Block Party Festival has been cancelled. (DA) 
  • Berlin techno collective SYNOID will throw a four-day rave next weekend at Griessmuehle. (DJ Mag) 
  • BPM Festival announces inaugural Tel Aviv edition on 30 September. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 05 Jul 2019
  • MUTEK.MX announces the first round of 2019 bookings. (RA)  
  • Beatrice Dillon, Zuli and more to perform at Wysing Polyphonic 2019 in September. (Mixmag) 
  • Shackleton, LOFT, LSDXOXO, Teki Latex and more are coming to Kraków's Unsound festival this October. (RA) 
  • elrow and Absolut have announced the line-up for the Gardenarium festival in Ibiza. (Mixmag) 
  • Sonus festival has dropped the final line-up announcement for its 2019 edition. (Mixmag) 
  • Huerco S., SHYBOI, Amnesia Scanner, Ziúr and more have joined the line-up for Berlin Atonal festival. (RA) 
  • Venice's Home Festival has cancelled several headliners for its upcoming edition, including Aphex Twin and Moodymann. (RA) 
  • Brunch In The Park Madrid details 2019 fall season with Amelie Lens and Lil' Louis. (RA)
  • Insomniac is coming to Colombia with Beyond Wonderland Bogota 2019. (Billboard) 
  • Burning Man festival has agreed to cap their attendance levels over the next 10 years but will fight federally sanctioned screenings for weapons and drugs. (EDMTunes) 
ISSUE: 28 Jun 2019
  • Tomorrowland has revealed the trailer for its 2019 festival, titled The Book of Wisdom. (DJ Mag) 
  • OFFSónar completes 2019 programme with the addition of Luciano and Damian Lazarus. (RA) 
  • Morocco's Oasis Festival completes line-up with Theo Parrish and Moodymann. (RA) 
  • Dekmantel has released the full schedule for its seventh edition which kicks off in just over a month. (DJ Mag) 
  • Amelie Lens, Charlotte de Witte, Helena Hauff and Richie Hawtin are among the first names to be announced for 2019 Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 21 Jun 2019
  • Tokyo's local government have announced plans to provide subsidies and grants to support its nightlife. (Mixmag)  
  • The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has rejected Burning Man festival's request to grow their attendance to 100,000 people. (Mixmag)
  • Nina Kraviz, Rødhåd, Solomun, Maceo Plex and more been added to the Barcelona's Brunch In The Park. (RA) 
  • Aphex Twin will play the final show at this year's Red Bull Music Festival at Printworks. (DJ Mag) 
  • Tomorrowland has dropped the full line-up for its 2019 edition, taking place in Boom, Belgium, next month. (DJ Mag) 
  • Tim Hecker, Juliana Huxtable and Nihiloxica have been announced for Insomnia 2019. (Fact) 
ISSUE: 14 Jun 2019
  • Edinburgh festival FLY Open Air is under threat as the council clamps down on events at Princes Street Gardens. (RA)
  • Peggy Gou is to curate a Krankbrother party in Finsbury Park. (RA)
  • The Zoo Project Ibiza reveals 2019 season programme. (RA)
  • The Hydra unveils August Bank Holiday Weekender at Printworks London. (Mixmag)
  • A new club will open in the former site of Sankeys Ibiza next month. (Mixmag)
  • Junction 2 2019: All the action from FACT’s stage with Ben UFO, Shanti Celeste and more. (Fact)
ISSUE: 07 Jun 2019
  • Primavera Sound is coming to Los Angeles in 2020. (Mixmag) 
  • Your Paradise has announced its return to Fiji with A-Trak, Gorgon City and Mija. (Mixmag) 
  • Freerotation have locked in Ben UFO, Objekt, Aurora Halal, Afrodeutsche and more for their 2019 edition. (DJ Mag) 
  • Boiler Room is to launch a four-day festival in London this October focusing on jazz, rap, bass and club music. (RA) 
  • Dirtybird Campout has announced its line-up for this year's edition. (Mixmag) 
  • Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF) has announced Armin Van Buuren, Tiësto, Alesso and Jonas Blue for its huge indoor rave on 19 October. (DJ Mag) 
  • Mixmag to host Chicago's Mamby On The Beach dance music stage with Justin Martin, DJ Seinfeld and Eli & Fur confirmed to play. (Mixmag) 
  • Roman Flügel, Octo Octa and more are set to perform at the 10th edition of Sunset Sound System's California gathering, Sunset Campout. (Mixmag) 
  • Mint Festival have announced Seth Troxler, Claptone and Defected's Sam Divine amongst the first confirmed DJs for this year's event. (DJ Mag) 
  • Ultra Singapore 2019 is to move indoors due to expected severe weather. (EDM.com) 
  • Gottwood festival has locked in the line-up to celebrate 10 years. Hunee, Sonja Moonear, dBridge, Bradley Zero, Shanti Celeste and DJ Boring are just some of the artists confirmed to play. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 31 May 2019
  • Marcel Dettmann, Nicolas Lutz and a back-to-back set from Molly and Willow are confirmed for Brussels festival Crossroads. (RA) 
  • Nina Kraviz is among the DJs set to play in a marble quarry this summer as part of Nextones festival. (DJ Mag) 
  • Block9 has revealed its biggest-ever line-up for Glastonbury 2019 with Larry Heard, The Black Madonna, HAAi, Tony Humphries and Josh Wink confirmed to play. (Mixmag)  
  • Inner City Electronic 2019 have announced their outdoor city centre festival site and last ever show at Church Leeds for Saturday 1 June. Nina Kraviz will headline the show alongside Octave One, Kelly Lee Owens and DJ Seinfeld. (RotD)
  • Carl Cox b2b Jamie Jones, Charlotte de Witte, The Black Madonna, Bicep, Andy C and more are confirmed for Arcadia's new 50-metre high stage at Glastonbury. (DJ Mag) 
  • Montreal's AIM Festival has announced the line-up for its fifth anniversary celebration. (Mixmag) 
  • Les Dunes Electroniques is back for 2019 with a two-day festival in a breath-taking location best known for its starring role in the Star Wars film franchise. (Mixmag) 
  • Holly Herndon, The Caretaker, Nazira and Objekt are among the headliners for Unsound Festival in Krakow. (RA) 
  • CRSSD drops fall 2019 line-up with Yaeji, Objekt and Kaskade confirmed to play. (Mixmag) 
  • Defqon. 1 Australia has been postponed indefinitely after being unable to secure a venue. (EDMIdentity) 
ISSUE: 24 May 2019
  • Detroit's Where are my Keys? locks in Dâm-Funk, Move D, and Tama Sumo. (Mixmag)  
  • Untold festival confirm Armin Van Buuren, Paul Kalkbrenner, Don Diablo and more. (DJ Mag) 
  • Shackleton, Objekt, Nkisi, Felicia Atkinson and HTRK are among the first names to be revealed for Berlin Atonal. (RA) 
  • Groove Island reveals line-up for its Catalina takeover, featuring Shiba San, Mark Knight and Mikey Lion. (Mixmag) 
  • Don Diablo, Oliver Heldens, Sven Väth, High Contrast Band, Wilkinson and more are set to play in a 100-year-old industrial mine this summer for Beats For Love. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 17 May 2019
  • EDC Las Vegas has announced its live stream schedule, which runs this weekend Friday 17th - Sunday 19th May 2019 from 6.45PM Pacific Time. (DJ Mag) 
  • Ultra Korea announces full line-up and moves to a new venue. (EDM) 
  • The seventh edition of Riverside Festival returns to Scotland on May 25 and 26, bringing together the likes of Bicep, Helena Hauff and Jeff Mills. (Mixmag) 
  • Electric Zoo unveils 2019 line-up by day. (EDM) 
  • Sheffield's No Bounds Festival adds Juan Atkins, The Black Dog, and Solid Blake. (RA) 
ISSUE: 10 May 2019
  • Open letters to the Miami City Commissioners regarding Ultra. (EDMtunes) 
  • German police seek permanent presence at Fusion, 'the largest non-commercial, alternative cultural festival in Europe. (RA) 
  • UK festival The Masked Ball could end after more than a decade due to 'tripled' costs and 'guestlist culture'. (RA) 
  • Carl Cox, Helena Hauff, Peggy Gou and more confirmed to play Malta's Glitch festival. (Mixmag) 
  • SOPHIE announced as a secret guest for Nature Loves Courage festival in Crete. (Fact)
  • Carl Cox, Fatboy Slim, Faithless and more are now locked in for Glastonbury 2019. (DJ Mag) 
  • Martin Garrix, Steve Aoki, Armin van Buuren and more on Freaky Deaky 2019 line-up. (Billboard) 
  • The 2019 edition of British Columbia's Bass Coast Music and Art Festival has revealed its full 2019 music program. (Mixmag) 
  • Glastonbury's Block9 reveals new art and music project, IICON. (Mixmag) 
  • Perel, Planningtorock and Mykki Blanco will play at this year’s Pop-Kultur Festival in Berlin. (Electronic Beats) 
  • Camelphat and Chase & Status to headline Titan Warehouse parties in Cardiff this October. (Mixmag) 
  • Ricardo Villalobos, Derrick May, Sonja Moonear and Young Marco have been billed for Subsonic Music Festival 2019. (RA) 
  • Awakenings and Time Warp announce line-up for Connect 2019, featuring Amelie Lens, Helena Huff and Richie Hawtin. (RA) 
ISSUE: 03 May 2019
  • Solardo, Annie Mac, Sub Focus and more in for MADE Festival 2019. (DT) 
  • Gottwood 2019 adds Aurora Halal, Batu, and Shanti Celeste. (RA) 
  • Hungary's Sziget Festival confirms dance music line-up for 2019. (RA) 
  • German festival Nachtdigital is to come to an end this summer. (DJ Mag) 
  • Boardmasters 2019 has announced a huge DJ line-up featuring Claude Von Stroke, Derrick Carter, and Dennis Ferrer. (DT) 
  • Mark Fell, Courtesy, dBridge and Aurora Halal are among the artists booked for this year's Sheffield festival No Bounds. (RA) 
  • Annie Mac Presents Lost & Found has announced the line-up for its Beach Party in Malta. (Mixmag)
  • Nina Kraviz heads up Framework's Coachella afterparty program. (Mixmag) 
  • Solomun is taking his +1 party to EXIT Festival. (Mixmag) 
  • HAAi and Mala among new names confirmed for We Out Here festival. (Mixmag) 
  • Sónar Reykjavík 2019 cancelled as WOW Air goes bust. (RA) 
  • Ultra Music Festival confirms 2020 Miami event dates. (EDMTunes) 
ISSUE: 03 May 2019
  • AVA Festival, Belfast’s massive dance festival taking place 31 May - 1 June, have announced the first names for its free conference programme. This year's keynotes are from The Black Madonna, Horse Meat Disco, Resident Advisor, Red Bull Music, Help Musicians NI and PRS for Music. (DT) 
  • Lisbon Sound Garden releases full line-up, featuring a four hour b2b from Dixon and Solomun. (Mixmag) 
  • Sonus Festival have confirmed Charlotte de Witte, Richie Hawtin, Amelie Lens, Bicep and more as part of its second wave of act announcements for this year's edition. (DJ Mag) 
  • Holy Ship! introduces its new resort-based party called Wrecked. (Mixmag) 
  • Instytut Festival is a techno event held in a 19th century Polish fortress and is run entirely by women, in conjunction with the 'Techno Is A Lady' project. This summer's Richie Hawtin, Ben Klock, Donato Dozzy and DJ Bone have all been confirmed to play. (DJ Mag) 
  • Movement Detroit has revealed the set times for the festival's 2019 edition - taking place between May 25 - 27 at Hart Plaza. (Mixmag) 
  • Splash House has revealed its line-up for its June 2019 edition with Pete Tong, Armand Van Helden and Justice confirmed to play. (Mixmag) 
  • Hunee, Ezra Collective, and HAAi among the final names announced for Lisbon's Nova Batida festival. (Festicket) 
ISSUE: 26 Apr 2019
  • Defected London FSTVL has announced its full line-up. (Mixmag) 
  • Craig Richards to curate three more parties at Milan's Fondazione Prada. (RA) 
  • Flying Lotus, George Clinton, Zhu and more top Meow Wolf's trippy Taos Vortex Fest 2019. (Billboard) 
  • Bassnectar, Major Lazer, Jauz and Flux Pavilion headline North Coast Festival 2019. (Billboard) 
  • Jamie Jones’ Paradise in the Park in LA unveils line-up with Loco Dice, Lauren Lane, Latmun and more. (DA) 
  • Tomorrowland has added Tiësto, Die Antwoord, Dave Clarke and more in its latest round of line-up additions. (DJ Mag) 
  • DGTL Barcelona has revealed its first names for 2019 festival with Jeff Mills, Nastia, Octo Octa, Mano Le Tough, Ylia and more confirmed to play. (RA) 
  • Illenium, NGHTMRE, Zeds Dead and more will join Excision's Lost Lands Festival for its third year. (EDM) 
  • HARD Summer has dropped its 2019 roster, featuring Alison Wonderland, Tchami, Kid Cudi, RL Grime, and more. (DA) 
  • Eris Drew, Seth Troxler, Sherelle, Monika Kruse, Fabio & Grooverider and more will play at Glastonbury's The Common stage. (RA) 
ISSUE: 19 Apr 2019
  • Barcelona's Brunch In The Park returns for summer with Fatboy Slim and Laurent Garnier. (RA) 
  • The well-loved Japanese festival, Labyrinth, has shared details of its new home after leaving Naeba Greenland, its site since 2009. (RA) 
  • Glastonbury has announced the line-up for Silver Hayes, including Four Tet, Midland, Ben UFO and Jayda G. (Mixmag) 
  • Armand van Helden, Honey Dijon, Masters At Work and Roger Sanchez are among the names locked in for this year's Defected Croatia. (DJ Mag) 
  • Houghton Festival teases 2019 line-up with Hunee, Shanti Celeste, DJ Stingray, Four Tet and Jane Fitz playing. (RA) 
  • Jeff Mills, Laurent Garnier, Nastia and more added to Neopop 2019 line-up. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 12 Apr 2019
  • Pioneer DJ has released a new documentary called Under A Strobe Lit Sky, exploring how music festivals became a global phenomenon. (Mixmag) 
  • Sven Vath has announced the last ever Cocoon in the Park. (DT) 
  • Carl Craig to headline Royal Albert Hall festival. (Mixmag) 
  • Martin Garrix is to play inside glacier this June at Secret Solstice 2019. (EDMTUNES)
  • Claptone has been confirmed for Defected's first London festival. (Mixmag) 
  • Broadwick Live, the founders of the Printworks London are to transform a disused gas works in Enfield into an event space for up to 10,000 people combined with 10 acres of outdoor space for a further 30,000. The Drumsheds is scheduled to launch in June with the 12th edition of Field Day festival. (Guardian)
ISSUE: 29 Mar 2019
  • Romania’s community-driven NEVERSEA festival returns to the shores of Constanta from July 4 to 7, featuring Andy C, Jamie Jones and Livio & Roby. (Mixmag) 
  • MUTEK Montréal expands to six days for 20th anniversary edition. (RA) 
  • Amelie Lens, Sasha and Joris Voorn headline Free Your Mind festival. (Pulse) 
  • The final names have been added to the Kappa FuturFestival line-up, including The Black Madonna, HAAi and Ricardo Villalobos. (Mixmag) 
  • Field Maneuvers has locked Avalon Emerson, Umfang and Elena Colombi for 2019's gathering. (DJ Mag) 
  • Miami Music Week welcomes techno legend Carl Cox playing a night of disco, funk and soul at Basement on Sunday 31 March. (DJ Mag) 
  • Kerri Chandler is to headline this year’s 51st State Festival, which celebrates its 5th birthday at Trent Park, London, on Saturday 3 August. (DJ Mag) 
  • Pete Tong, Justin Jay, Mr. Carmack and more at Do LaB Coachella 2019. (Billboard) 
  • EDC Las Vegas has announced its 2019 line-up with Diplo, Martin Garrix, Alison Wonderland and more confirmed. (Billboard) 
  • Ultra Europe has locked in Carl Cox, Adam Beyer, Armin van Buuren, Richie Hawtin, Maceo Plex and more for this year's edition. (DJ Mag) 
  • Richie Hawtin, Jamie Jones, Rødhåd and Joris Voorn to play Lovefest 2019 in Serbia. (Pulse) 
ISSUE: 22 Mar 2019
  • Diplo's famous Mad Decent Block Party is currently planning on turning the annual travelling event into a massive two-day festival called The Super Mega Ultra Giant Mad Decent Block Party Festival, or "Mad City" for short. (Mixmag) 
  • Torino's Kappa FuturFestival has announced phase three of its 2019 lineup with the likes of Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano and The Black Madonna all newly confirmed. (DJ Mag) 
  • Porter Robinson locks in the full line-up for his own festival, Second Sky, with Madeon, Cashmere Cat, G Jones, and Nina Las Vegas additions. (DJ Mag) 
  • Sónar completes 2019 line-up with Theo Parrish, Lorenzo Senni and Sevdaliza among the final acts to be added. (RA) 
  • Florence's Decibel Open Air has announced the full lineup for its third edition, including Armin van Buuren, Stephan Bodzin, Loco Dice and The Martinez Brothers, amongst many others. (DJ Mag) 
  • The Chainsmokers, Flume, RL Grime, RÜFÜS DU SOL join Lollapalooza’s 2019 roster. (DA) 
  • Pendulum will replace The Prodigy on SW4 line-up with new live show and music. (YourEDM)
  • Lee Burridge's iconic open-air gathering All Day I Dream has announced a massive world tour with over 20 events taking place in six different countries between March and October of 2019. (Mixmag) 
  • The 10th anniversary of No Sugar Added boasts an all-star line-up including Kaskade, Audien, Benny Benassi, Deorra, Kayzo, CID and more! (EDM) 
  • Carl Cox, Jamie Jones, Pete Tong, and David Guetta’s alter ego Jack Back all curating Miami Music Week events at Basement Miami. (DA) 
  • Ultra Miami 2019 Guide: Everything you need to know (Billboard) 
  • Nicky Romero, NGHTMRE, SLANDER and Party Favor's guides to Ultra Music Festival. (Forbes) 
  • Why Gorgon City, Green Velvet, and more believe Miami Music Week is one of the most important dance events of the year. (DA) 
ISSUE: 15 Mar 2019
  • Her Damit founder Melanie Pressler accused of blackmail, 'dangerous' working conditions and nonpayment of staff. (RA) 
  • Italy's Polifonic Festival completes 2019 line-up with the addition of Floating Points, Jeremy Underground, and Young Marco. (RA)
  • DiskoLab have lined up over 30 premium shows for the 2019 edition of Miami Music Week. (Mixmag) 
  • Porter Robinson's Multiverse festival has officially been renamed Second Sky Fest following backlash from a similarly named Oakland festival. (DJ Mag) 
  • Decibel Open Air announces final line-up for 2019. (DT) 
  • Spring Awakening in Chicago is set to host DJ Snake, REZZ, Zedd, Martin Garrix, and more at a new suburban location this June. (DA) 
  • Ultra Miami has unveiled its full line-up. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 08 Mar 2019
  • Groove Island is a new immersive dance music experience debuting this September on Catalina Island, just 22 miles off the coast of Los Angeles. (Mixmag)
  • Sonár lock in Dax J, Honey Dijon, Andy C and more. (DJ Mag) 
  • Tuscany’s Flash Festival has confirmed Dan Shake, Chaos In The CBD, CC:DISCO! and Laurence Guy for its upcoming 2019 edition. (Mixmag) 
  • Defected Records has announced the line-up for its first ever London festival. Honey Dijon, Horse Meat Disco, Dimitri From Paris, Purple Disco Machine, Masters at Work and Todd Terry will be performing at Central Park in east London on 14 September. (Mixmag) 
  • KappaFutur Festival has announced phase two of its line-up for 2019 with Apollonia, Nina Kraviz, Solomun, Derrick May and Seth Troxler set to play. (DJ Mag) 
  • Bass Coast announces first wave of 2019 artists featuring Courtesy, Ryan Elliott, Lone and Claude VonStroke. (RA) 
  • Tomorrowland are taking over Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome for two days this October as part of their 15th anniversary celebrations. (DJ Mag) 
  • Tchami’s label Confession to close Miami Music Week. (EDMTunes)  
  • Skrillex, Tiësto, Tchami, and more confirmed for EDC Japan’s stacked 2019 line-up. (DA) 
  • The Tea Party dance music festival is in doubt over safety concerns after a man was shot at the event two years ago. (BBC) 
  • Mixmag are hosting an arena at Birmingham Pride with Horse Meat Disco, Octo Octa and The Black Madonna set to feature. (Mixmag) 
  • Miami residents file last-ditch lawsuit against city over Ultra Festival deal. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 01 Mar 2019
  • Australia's new laws may make New South Wales a "music festival-free zone". (Mixmag)
  • Mor Elian and Matthew Dear among first names confirmed for Moogfest festival in North Carolina. (Mixmag) 
  • Defected is doing a run of €20 parties in Ibiza to celebrate its 20th birthday. (Mixmag) 
  • Sandbox Festival returns to Egypt with Damian Lazarus and Denis Sulta. (DT) 
  • MUTEK San Francisco has locked in their first wave of artists for this year, including Veronica Vasicka, Amnesia Scanner, GAIKA and a Japanese video game music-inspired set from Kode9. (DJ Mag) 
  • Adam Beyer has finalised the line-up for Drumcode festival with Charlotte de Witte, Amelie Lens and himself added. (DJ Mag) 
  • Melt Festival has finalised its 2019 line-up, with Octo Octa, Honey Dijon, Denis Sulta and more added to the German festival. (DJ Mag) 
  • Rave festival Kallida has announced its 2019 line-up with DEBONAIR, Aba Shanti-I and Joy Orbison set to perform. (Mixmag) 
  • Diplo has been booked to perform at the country music festival Stagecoach. (Mixmag) 
  • Dimensions Festival completes 2019 line-up with DJ Nobu, Sliva Kastel and Craig Richards among the final acts added. (RA) 
  • Arcadia London, which was due to take place on 4-5 May at Queen Elizabeth Park, has been cancelled. (DT) 
  • The Mysteryland 2019 line-up has been unveiled, featuring Martin Garrix, Solardo, Sven Väth and more. (EDM Identity) 
  • DJ Stingray, The Black Madonna and Eris Drew are among the first names confirmed for this year's Field Maneuvers in London. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 22 Feb 2019
  • CRSSD has revealed its After Dark programming with Kollektiv Turmstrasse, Erol Alkan and Eclair Fifi among the names performing. (Mixmag) 
  • Honey Dijon, Midland, Sassy J, Horse Meat Disco and more will perform at London festival GALA this May. (RA) 
  • California festival Lightning in a Bottle has released its line-up featuring Disclosure, Gramatik, Big Gigantic, Santigold, and more. (DA) 
  • Tomorrowland has launched its own radio station, One World Radio. (DJ Mag) 
  • Ultra Miami has shared a video teasing the layout of its new site on Virginia Key. (DJ Mag)
  • Donato Dozzy, K-Hand and Nina Kraviz will play Resident Advisor's stage at the Flow Festival in Helsinki this August. (RA) 
  • Several festivals have been cancelled in Australia after the New South Wales government introduced costly licensing rules for organisers, a move local media is calling a "war on festivals." (RA) 
  • Barcelona series OFFSónar expands 2019 programme. (RA) 
  • Tomorrowland has revealed the full details for next month's Winter event in the French Alps. (DJ Mag) 
  • The closing celebration of the 12th edition of IMS Ibiza and flagship event of IMS Week 2019, the one-day IMS Dalt Vila returns to the historic 2,500 year old former fort on 24 May. (IMS)
ISSUE: 15 Feb 2019
  • Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Jamie Jones and Vitalic Live announced for Kappa FuturFestival 2019. (DT) 
  • Boomtown Fair – Chapter 11 line-up revealed featuring Chase & Status, Carl Cox, Four Tet and Patrick Topping. (DT) 
  • John Talabot, Thundercat and Anja Schneider are confirmed for Sónar Hong Kong. (RA) 
  • Amelie Lens, Jeff Mills, Maceo Plex announced for Exit Dance Arena. (DT)
  • Lovebox festival books Four Tet, Jayda G, and Charlotte de Witte for 2019. (RA) 
  • Forbidden Kingdom brings bass-laden line-up to Florida for inaugural President’s Day weekend instalment with Excision, Zomboy and Adventure Club. (DA) 
  • Swedish House Mafia, Martin Garrix and more headlining Lollapalooza Berlin. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 08 Feb 2019
  • AVA Festival 2019 announces full-up, including Motor City Drum Ensemble, Ben UFO, The Black Madonna, Avalon Emerson, Len Faki, Call Super, Honey Dijon, Blawan and Daniel Avery. (DT) 
  • Get Lost Miami announces line-up for its 14th edition, a 24-hour party in a TBA location. (RA) 
  • NYC-based party organizers Teksupport have announced the phase-one line-up for its inaugural event in nature, Gather Outdoors festival. (Mixmag) 
  • elrow returns to Miami Music Week. (DT) 
  • Four Tet, Loco Dice and more top Oasis festival phase 1 Line-up. (Billboard) 
  • Weather Festival in Paris returns for 2019 with KiNK, Daniel Avery, Antigone, Eris Drew and OKO DJ. (RA) 
  • David August, B.Traits, Classixx will perform at the CRSSD festival in San Diego. (Mixmag)
  • Foreverland adds extra Newcastle date with Disciples. (DT) 
  • Dirtybird BBQ cooks up plans for its 2019 summer tour. (Mixmag) 
  • Barcelona's OFFSónar adds Moodymann, Hunee for 2019. (RA) 
  • The line-up for Gilles Peterson's new festival We Out Here has been announced with DJ's Theo Parrish, Objekt, Call Super and Josey Rebelle confirmed. (Mixmag) 
  • Sónar Reykjavík completes 2019 line-up with DAWN, Gas, GusGus's Biggi Veira. (RA) 
  • Amsterdam's Drumcode Festival reveals first names for 2019, including Charlotte De Witte and Amelie Lens. (RA) 
  • Terminal V Edinburgh has locked in Objekt, Daniel Avery, Mr G, Jennifer Cardini, Tama Sumo, Mall Grab, Horse Meat Disco and more for its upcoming Easter edition. (Mixmag) 
  • Groove Cruise Miami announces dates, plots new destination for 2020 sailing. (DA) 
  • Tomorrowland has finalised their headliners for 2019, locking Amelie Lens, David Guetta, Richie Hawtin and more to join the bill. (DJ Mag) 
  • James Blake, Richie Hawtin and Charlotte Gainsbourg revealed for Nuits Sonores 2019. (Fact) 
  • Carl Cox, Armin van Buuren and Richie Hawtin are among the names locked-in for this year's Winter Music Conference. (DJ Mag)
  • Ultra Miami 2019 adds Dog Blood, Tom Morello, Eric Prydz & more to line-up. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 01 Feb 2019
  • Goldie, Mala and Children of Zeus confirmed for Outlook festival 2019. (Mixmag) 
  • Waking Life adds Four Tet, re:ni, Wata Igarashi for 2019. (RA) 
  • Jamie Jones and Sonny Fodera added to We Are FSTVL. (DT)
  • Carl Cox is locked in for a Space Ibiza party at London's Steelyard this summer. (DJ Mag)
  • Ireland's AVA Festival and Conference is turning five this summer and celebrating in style with a first-rate line-up of local and international talent, including Honey Dijon, Ben UFO, Mall Grab, Avalon Emerson and Blawan. (Mixmag) 
  • Parklife has announced Eric Prydz, Major Lazer, Disclosure, The Streets and Chase & Status among the headliners for this year's Manchester festival. (DJ Mag) 
  • Carl Cox tops Glitch festival's biggest ever line-up with Bicep, Helena Hauff and Paula Temple also performing. (Mixmag) 
  • Kala Festival completes line-up for 2019 with Hunee, Theo Parrish and Fatima & The Eglo Live Band. (RA) 
  • Caprices Festival has finalised its line-up with new additions Dana Ruh and Mathew Jonson. (Mixmag) 
  • Resident Advisor will take over the GAIN stage at this year's DGTL festival with Marcel Dettmann, Moxie, upsammy and Ben Klock confirmed to perform. (RA) 
  • Chemical Brothers, Peggy Gou, Yves Tumor and Jon Hopkins to perform at All Points East festival. (RA) 
  • Diynamic Festival will return to Amsterdam Bros this summer for its seventh edition. (Mixmag) 
  • Carl Cox, Helena Hauff, Infected Mushroom and more tapped for the Tomorrowland's 15th edition. (Mixmag) 
  • Larry Heard, Andrew Weatherall, Nina Kraviz, Helena Hauff and dozens more announced for Dimensions festival. (RA) 
  • Leeds's inner city electronic reveals first acts for 2019, including Nina Kraviz, Motor City Drum Ensemble, DJ Stringray and Shanti Celeste. (RA) 
ISSUE: 25 Jan 2019
  • Gilles Peterson launches new UK festival, We Out Here. The three-day Cambridgeshire event takes its name from a jazz compilation released on Peterson's Brownswood label in 2018. (RA) 
  • Barcelona festival Off Week expands programme for June 2019 edition. (RA)
  • Helena Hauff, Midland, Eris Drew and upsammy are playing The Crave Festival. (RA)
  • Eric Prydz has announced that he will premiere a brand new live show at Tomorrowland 2019, titled EPIC: Holosphere. (DJ Mag) 
  • Nachtdigital reveals first names for 2019 edition. (RA)
  • Rudimental & Friends Pool Party back at Ibiza Rocks Hotel. (Ibiza Spotlight)
  • OFFSónar names first acts for July 2019 series in Barcelona with HAAi, Gerd Janson, John Talabot, Marcel Dettmann and Or:la performing. (RA) 
  • Croatia's Dimensions and Outlook festivals are to leave Fort Punta Christo after 2019. (RA)
  • Lost Village has locked Richie Hawtin, Bicep, Jayda G, Hunee, Courtesy and more for its 2019 edition. (DJ Mag)
  • Arcadia has revealed the full list of acts performing at its bank holiday weekender in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on May 4 and 5. (Mixmag) 
  • Dekmantel responds to criticism for absence of Latin American artists at 2019 festival. (Mixmag)
  • Dekmantel locks in Jeff Mills, Marcel Dettman, Octo Octa and Eris Drew for 2019 festival. (DJ Mag)
  • Sónar festival has revealed more than 40 names for its July programme, including Four Tet, Underworld, Peggy Gou, DJ Koze, Arca and Daniel Avery. (RA)
  • Movement Detroit has finalised the line-up for its 2019 festival. Amelie Lens, Carl Craig, Kenny Larkin, Orbital, Richie Hawtin, ANNA, Kevin Saunderson, DJ Nobu, GRiZ and Audion are among the acts performing at the festival in May. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 18 Jan 2019
  • Music On Festival announces Marco Carola, Jamie Jones, Loco Dice & more. (DT) 
  • Kaskade, Dog Blood and more set for Sunset Music Festival 2019. (Billboard) 
  • We Love Green Festival announces Laurent Garnier, Peggy Gou & Marie Davidson. (DT)
  • Hugo LX and Kuniyuki Takahashi to curate first-ever Japan Connection Festival in Paris. (RA) 
  • Instytut Festival announces first artists for 2019, including Richie Hawtin, Ben Klock and Gunnar Haslam. (DT) 
  • Mall Grab, Todd Terje, Marie Davidson, Leon Vynehall and Black Madonna are among the 35-plus acts revealed for Field Day. (RA) 
  • UNUM Festival is launching in Albania with Joseph Capriati to join headliners Ricardo Villalobos and Luciano. (Mixmag) 
  • W London unveils MOODS 2019 series with Solardo, Mark Knight, Todd Terry and Ilyus & Barrientos. (DT)
  • Carl Cox and Sasha to headline Family Piknik. (Mixmag) 
  • NOS Primavera Sound has locked in Nina Kraviz, Peggy Gou, Helena Hauff and more for its eighth edition. (DJ Mag)
  • Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer, Nina Kraviz & more are lined up for Awakenings Fest 2019. (Billboard) 
  • Saint Martin's SXM Festival adds Ricardo Villalobos, Nicole Moudaber, Blond:ish, Sonja Moonear, Rebolledo and more to line-up. (Mixmag) 
  • Tomorrowland has announced Carl Cox, Charlotte de Witte and Nina Kraviz will be hosting stages at its 2019 edition. (DJ Mag) 
  • Carl Cox, Jamie Jones, Fisher & more are set for Wynn Las Vegas' Art of the Wild 2019. (Billboard) 
  • Amelie Lens, Helena Hauff, Objekt, Midland and Denis Sulta to play Mixmag Live shows across the UK. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra Miami has announced that RESISTANCE, Ultra's underground-focused concept, will now consist of three stages featuring the likes of Carl Cox, deadmau5 as Testpilot and Richie Hawtin. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 21 Dec 2018
  • Boomtown Festival has announced a new techno district for its 2019 edition, featuring Four Tet, Carl Cox and Amelie Lens. (Mixmag)
  • Defected Records has announced Defected London FSTVL for 2019. (Mixmag) 
  • Off Week reveals fabric, Afterlife and Ricardo Villalobos's FRRC as partners for its June edition in Barcelona. (RA) 
  • Sónar Reykjavík adds Orbital and Avalon Emerson to 2019 festival. (RA) 
  • Movement Detroit has revealed the first batch of names for its 2019 festival, including Floorplan, DJ Nobu and Orbital. (RA) 
  • Hotbox announce a brand new indoor-festival LOST! In The Dock. (DT) 
  • Resistance reveals all-new immersive experience for Ultra Music Festival 2019. (DJ Mag)
  • Nina Kraviz, Disclosure, Rusko and Mall Grab in for Dour Festival. (DT) 
  • Insomniac announces EDC Korea 2019. (Billboard)
  • New festival Solstice comes to Finland in June 2019 featuring D. Tiffany, Buttechno and Mama Snake. (RA) 
  • Ultra Music Festival Miami 2019 has announced its phase one line-up with Marshmello, Martin Garrix, Carl Cox, Maceo Plex, Richie Hawtin and more. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 14 Dec 2018
  • SXM Festival has announced its return to the Caribbean in 2019 featuring Marco Carola, Apollonia, Guy Gerber and Axel Boman. (DT) 
  • Rampage returns to Antwerp for 10-year anniversary next year. (DT)
  • Flow reveals first names for 2019 festival, including Modeselektor, Yves Tumor and Amnesia Scanner. (RA) 
  • Arcadia London has announced Jamie Jones and DJ EZ as headliners for its 11th edition, which will take place at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on May 4 and 5. (Mixmag) 
  • Zip, Ricardo Villalobos, Amelie Lens and Sonja Moonear are among the big-hitters playing at Sonus Festival next summer. (RA)
  • A teenager has died and three other people were taken to hospital in a critical condition from suspected drug overdoses at Sydney's Knockout Games of Destiny dance festival. (ABC)
  • Diplo, G-Eazy, Martin Garrix & Machine Gun Kelly to perform at SnowFest 2019 during Sundance Film Festival. (Billboard)
  • Maceo Plex, Lena Willikens, James Blake and Peggy Gou will play Nuits Sonores in Lyon in 2019. (DJ Mag) 
  • Deadmau5 has been confirmed as a headliner for next year's Creamfields. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 07 Dec 2018
  • FestWorld Magazine, billed as the world’s first print magazine devoted exclusively to music festivals and music festival fans, is set to launch on March 9, 2019. The quarterly magazine will travel and food, fashion, art, and music, and will be available at airports and music festivals globally. (Hypebot) 
  • DJ Stingray, Craig Richards and Saoirse are among the names locked for Gottwood 2019. (DJ Mag)
  • The first names have been revealed for Dekmantel Selectors 2019, including Donato Dozzy, Ben UFO and Objekt. (Mixmag) 
  • Tomorrowland has revealed that the theme of next year's festival is "The Book of Wisdom - The Return", a revival of the theme they ran in 2012. (DJ Mag) 
  • Helena Hauff, Modeselektor and Mor Elian are among the acts confirmed for Melt! Festival 2019. (RA) 
  • Armin van Buuren has sold out Wembley in three hours, according to a social media post by the promotions company, Lock & Load Events. (DJ Mag) 
  • Nottingham promoter Wigflex has launched a citywide festival in 2019 with Eris Drew, Call Super and Avalon Emerson all confirmed to play. (RA) 
  • Innervisions, Amelie Lens, Carl Cox and more will take over Poble Espanyol for OFFSónar series in Barcelona next July. (RA) 
  • SuncéBeat Croatia has confirmed it's second phase line-up with the additions of Mr G, The Black Madonna, Gilles Peterson and Mr Scruff. (DT)
  • Glastonbury's designated clubbing hub, Block9, will be "double in size" for next year's festival. (DJ Mag)
  • Parisian label Ed Banger Records has announced its biggest London show in six years. The show will take place at Electric Brixton on 25 January. (Mixmag) 
  • Primavera Sound reveals 2019 line-up, featuring more than 50 percent women. Robyn, Nina Kraviz and SOPHIE are among those booked with Richie Hawtin set to perform CLOSE live at the Barcelona festival. (RA) 
  • Scandinavia Electronic Festival will be setting up shop at Dragon Gate, one of Sweden's most bizarre tourist attractions, between 31 May and 2 June next year. (Mixmag) 
ISSUE: 30 Nov 2018
  • We Are FSTVL have announced Dixon, Solomun, Nina Kraviz & RESISTANCE for their 2019 line-up. (DT)
  • The full line-up for the sixth edition of EDC Mexico has been announced. (DJ Mag) 
  • Junction 2 has just announced further names for their 2019 edition with Craig Richards set to play across both days. (DT) 
  • Ben Klock, Disclosure, Dr. Rubinstein and Larry Heard are confirmed for 2019's DGTL Amsterdam festival in April. (RA) 
  • Electric Jungle Music Festival unveils full line-up for 2018 edition, featuring headliners Skrillex and Martin Garrix. (DA) 
  • Sónar Istanbul returns in 2019 with Bicep, Laurent Garnier, HAAi and DJ Stingray. (RA) 
  • Wonderwood launches for 2019 with Sam Divine, Low Steppa, Mason Collective. (DT)
  • Tomorrowland has locked Paul Kalkbrenner, Charlotte de Witte, Claptone, &Me and more for its inaugural winter edition. (DJ Mag)
  • Ultra Australia has announced it's debut edition line-up, featuring Martin Garrix, The Chainsmokers, and more. (DA) 
  • Music festivals are gaining popularity in Asia. Just not with officials. (NY Times)
ISSUE: 23 Nov 2018
  • New Albanian festival UNUM announces Ricardo Villalobos, Dyed Soundorom, and Sonja Moonear. (DT)
  • New London festival Re-Textured reveals first names for 2019, including Cabaret Voltaire, Batu, Andy Stott and Nina Kraviz. (RA)
  • Groove Cruise has locked Kaskade, Hot Since 82, Lost Frequencies, Aly & Fila, Markus Schulz, MK and Simon Patterson for its 2019 sailing from Miami. (DJ Mag) 
  • Kraftwerk will close Bluedot festival in the UK next year. (DJ Mag) 
  • Simo Cell, Zenker Brothers and Sascha Funke among others revealed for next year's Monticule festival. (Mixmag) 
  • Field Day is upping sticks again next year and relocating to a 10-acre site at a former gas works in Meridian Water, North London. The site contains four warehouse structures, the largest of which holds 7,500 people, and will allow the event to feature the biggest line-up to date. (Mixmag)
  • Skrillex, REZZ, DJ Snake, and more adorn EDC Mexico’s 2019 line-up. (DA) 
  • Ultra Music Festival has secured a new home for 2019 at Miami's Virginia Key. As part of the deal, the festival has agreed to pay the city $2m and to have its licence reviewed after the 2019 edition. (RA) 
  • Las Vegas nightlife industry veterans Ronn Nicolli and Ryan M. Craig have joined the team at Palms Casino Resort, which will see major nightlife and dining openings in 2019 as part of its $690m remodel. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 16 Nov 2018
  • The main stage of EDC Orlando caught fire on Saturday (10 November) night. (DJ Mag) 
  • Epizode³ set in Vietnam’s blissful island of Phu Quoc has completed its huge line-up with Peggy Gou, Steve Lawler, DJ Stingray & more. (DT)
  • A techno rave in Holland's former Ministry of Social Affairs building will happen this New Year's Eve, with legendary club PIP Den Haag behind the event. (DJ Mag) 
  • Hideout festival books Bicep, Mall Grab for 2019 edition. (RA) 
  • Damian Lazarus' Day Zero festival completes line-up with Four Tet, DJ Three and Mayan Warrior. (Mixmag)
  • Bonobo, Peggy Gou, Maceo Plex and Lena Willikens will head up programming across Nuits Sonores festival's three stages. (RA) 
  • Ultra Music Festival has responded to a “false and misleading” video from Virginia Key officials regarding its proposed relocation from Bayfront Park to Virginia Key. (DJ Mag) 
ISSUE: 09 Nov 2018
  • Cream Weekender returns to Butlins Minehead resort this December with Basement Jaxx, Leftfield and Pete Tong. (DT) 
  • Berlin's CTM Festival has revealed the theme and first names for its 20th anniversary edition. (RA) 
  • The Chemical Brothers have been confirmed as the first headliner of next year’s All Points East festival at Victoria Park, London. (DJ Mag)
  • Costa Rica's Envision festival has enlisted Tycho, Bedouin and Lee Burridge for its ninth edition. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 02 Nov 2018
  • A classical reworking of some the biggest Nineties dance tracks will tour the UK next year. The Annual Classical, inspired by Ministry of Sound's The Annual, will see a 50-piece orchestra visit six cities across the UK, playing their own renditions of iconic anthems from the likes of Fatboy Slim, the Chemical Brothers and Dario G. (Standard)
  • Andy C, Black Madonna and Solardo are among the first acts for We Are FSTVL next May. (DT)
  • Jon Hopkins and Alexis Taylor to headline a new show in London this November in aid of charity War Child. (Mixmag) 
  • London to get new 'multi-sensory' festival, Re-Textured, in 2019. (RA) 
  • Richie Hawtin, Shanti Celeste, Bicep, Peach and Adam Beyer are among the acts heading to West London next June for Junction 2 festival. (RA)
  • Crazy P Soundsystem, Danny Howard, Rudimental and Riton headline Snowboxx festival next year. (Pulse)
  • Mall Grab, Moxie and George Fitzgerald added to the Snowbombing line-up. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 26 Oct 2018
  • Adam Beyer, Charlotte De Witte, and more share sets from Awakenings at ADE. [video] (Awakenings) 
  • Flow festival throws together dance music's finest with the best of Finland's own talent. (Mixmag)
  • Croatian festival Love International will return next year with Ben UFO, Shanti Celeste, Andrew Weatherall and Call Super. (RA) 
  • Eric Prydz and Carl Cox confirmed for Steel Yard London 2019. (RA) 
  • Four Tet, Dixon & Âme and DJ Harvey are among the dozens of names announced for Australia's Pitch Music & Arts 2019. (RA) 
  • Spring Break Amsterdam announces Rudimental, Sonny Fodera, and Sam Divine for its 2019 event taking place in April. (DA)
  • We Love Hackney, a group of residents and business owners from the area, have launched a legal challenge against the council to have its controversial licensing policy overturned. (RA)
  • The founders of Camp Bestival have regained control with help from Live Nation and SJM Concerts after it was forced into administration by creditors last month. Creditor Richmond Group bought the festival brand and its assets last week after offering £1.1m. It is understood the stake has since been taken over by Live Nation. (IQ)
ISSUE: 19 Oct 2018
  • Field Day festival pulls out of Brockwell Park for 2019 with organisers not applying to Lambeth Council for a license. (Brixton Buzz) 
  • New Zealand festival Sonorous is back for 2019 and features Victor Ruiz, Eelke Kleijn, and Wankelmut. (DT)
  • Glastonbury’s Beat Hotel will launch a new festival in Marrakech, with dates set for 28 - 31 March 2019 and will feature Hunne, Maribou State, Andrew Weatherall, HAAi and more. (DJ Mag) 
  • Dixon, Amelie Lens, and Adam Beyer to play Junction 2 Festival 2019 launch party. The festival has also announced it will take place over two days next year on 7 and 8 June. (Fact)
  • 3LAU talks about the first music festival powered by blockchain, Our Music Festival. (DA) 
  • Miami council has shot down Ultra music festival's proposed contract extension, which would have permitted five more years of the event taking place at Bayfront Park. (DJ Mag)
  • Odesza have announced inaugural Foreign Family Collective festival Sundara, topped by RÜFÜS DU SOL, RL Grime, and more. (DA)
  • Insomniac announces new video game themed music festival PLAY coming 2019. (Billboard)
  • Martin Garrix, W&W, and more play surprise B2B set at the Protocol Records ADE showcase. (EDM Sauce) 
  • Raves due to be held at the former Bijlmer prison during Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) have been cancelled, due to safety concerns. (DJ Mag)
ISSUE: 12 Oct 2018
  • Body & Soul, Louie Vega and DJ Spen in for Jamaica Frenzy, a House Music fesitval for 2019. (DT)
  • DefQon 1 may relocate to Canberra following this year's deaths at the festival. (DJ Mag) 
  • From Martin Garrix and Zedd to Illenium and Kaskade, Hakkasan is bringing a gang of talent to Las Vegas for Halloween. (DA) 
  • Night Tales is returning to East London this October complete with a weighty winter programme featuring Skream, Luke Solomun, Sonny Fodera, PillowTalk and Trus’Me. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 05 Oct 2018
  • Silk City and Pusha T to kick off Samsung 837 autumn concert series in New York City later this month. (Billboard) 
  • Peggy Gou, DJ Boring and Andras to play Lost Paradise opening party. (Mixmag) 
  • elrow have announced the line-up for the third and final instalment of their 2018 NY residency featuring Steve Lawler B2B Yousef, wAFF B2B De La Swing, Acid Monkeys and Andres Campo. (DT) 
  • Black Coffee, Virgil Abloh, elrow and more have been announced for Wynn Nightlife's new Las Vegas music series. (Mixmag) 
  • The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Cassy, Bicep, Stormzy, Saoirse and many more have been confirmed for Snowbombing's 20th edition in 2019. (RA)  
  • Ultra Music Festival has confirmed that it's flagship Miami event, held each March during Music Week, will go ahead despite losing its usual venue and spiritual home of Bayfront Park. (DJ Mag) 
  • Australia's new Festival X has been cancelled before its planned first edition in November. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 28 Sep 2018
  • Two concertgoers were reportedly injured after ODESZA's finale firework hits crowd at Life Is Beautiful festival. (Billboard)
  • India's Magnetic Fields festival reveals Daphni, DJ EZ, Bicep, and Nabihah Iqbal are among the first names to play at the event this December. (RA) 
  • Polaris Festival reveals Nina Kraviz, Dixon, and Ben Ufo among its performers at the mountaintop festival in Switzerland later this year. (DT) 
  • SnowGlobe Music Festival in California has announced its line-up for this year featuring Above & Beyond, Diplo and Eric Prydz. (DA) 
  • Hard resurrects its Day of the Dead Halloween event after a three-year hiatus with Justice, Cashmere Cat and Shiba San. (Mixmag) 
  • Ultra Music Festival has been forced to move from its downtown Miami location. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 21 Sep 2018
  • Forbidden 42 has announced Andy C, Hannah Wants and Sonny Fodera are to play their two shows this winter. (DT) 
  • Australian festival Pitch Music & Arts has announced Daniel Avery as its first artist for 2019. (Mixmag) 
  • Deadmau5, Amelie Lens, The Black Madonna, Ross From Friends are set to play for Nightvision's Edinburgh Winter Series. (DT) 
  • Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival has unveiled its full line-up featuring Nina Kraviz, Motor City Drum Ensemble and Mount Kimbie. (Mixmag) 
  • Spain's Into The Valley festival has been cancelled due to low ticket sales and is the third festival to be cancelled by Swedish promoters, Music Goes Further, in the last 15 months. (RA) 
  • Seven people have died of suspected overdoses at Vietnam's Trip to the Moon Music festival. (Billboard)
  • Two confirmed dead at Lost Lands Music festival last weekend, causes are still unknown. (Billboard)
  • Australian state authorities have vowed to shut down Sydney's Defqon 1 music festival after two people died from a suspected drugs overdose. (BBC)
ISSUE: 14 Sep 2018
  • Ricardo Villalobos, Rhadoo and Helena Hauff announced as the final performers for Fabric's 19th Birthday event. (Mixmag)
  • Moxie, Nightmares on Wax and Peggy Gou have been announced for Melbourne's New Year's Day festival, Let Them Eat Cake. (Mixmag)
  • Portugal's The BPM festival completes its 2018 line-up with Craig Richards, Joseph Capriati and Magda among the final additions. (RA) 
  • Day Zero has announced its initial line-up for next year's event featuring Black Coffee, Beduoin and Blond:ish. (Mixmag)
  • New York City's Electric Zoo music festival welcomed more than 100,000 attendees and completely sold out two of its three days for its 10th anniversary. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 07 Sep 2018
  • JASSS, Lanark Artefax, and DJ Marfox added to Prague's Lunchmeat festival. (XLR8R) 
  • Nina Kraviz, Honey Dijon and Seth Troxler to play in former prison for Audio Obscura's ADE 2018 parties. (RA)
  • Canada's Contact festival announces it's full line-up featuring headliners Skrillex and The Chainsmokers. (Billboard) 
  • Promoters Insomniac and Ocesa announce date for Mexico's largest dance festival, EDC Mexico. (DJ Mag) 
  • KiNK, Bob Moses, Nastia, Max Cooper, SG Lewis and Bloody Mary to play The First NYD 2019 event in Melbourne. (RA) 
  • Shanti Celeste, DJ Seinfeld, DJ Python and Volvox have pulled out of Meteor Festival in Israel. (DJ Mag)  
  • Armin Van Buuren, Axwell Λ Ingrosso, Steve Angello and many more set for Ultra China Beijing later this month. (DJ Mag) 
  • Ultra Shanghai has been cancelled due to 'circumstances well beyond our control' a week before taking place. (DA) 
ISSUE: 31 Aug 2018
  • Police allowed an illegal forest rave in Thetford (UK) to go on 'cause there was no "disturbance". (Mixmag) 
  • Police struggled to shut down a UK rave at Bervercotes Colliery that lasted for 17 hours. (Mixmag) 
  • The Prodigy announce massive UK and European arena tour in support of the release of their forthcoming album, No Tourists. (DJ Mag) 
  • Strawberry Fields completes its 10th Anniversary line-up with 64 new artists. (Mixmag) 
  • Annie Mac, David Rodigan, Richy Ahmed announced as first acts for Rise Winter festival. (DT) 
  • Diplo to play a back-to-back with Flume at this year's Burning Man festival. (DJ Mag) 
  • Oneohtrix Point Never, Ryan Hemsworth and Sophie to play Red Bull Music Festival Montréal. (Redbull)
  • Nina Kraviz, Breakbot and more headlining Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival this October. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 24 Aug 2018
  • Berlin Atonal 2018: Nine acts you won't want to miss. (Fact) 
  • The best Notting Hill Carnival after parties in London. (Standard)
  • Notting Hill Carnival sound systems map: Where to dance this weekend. (Standard) 
  • Nocturnal Wonderland festival announces stage by stage line-up. (EDM)
  • The craziest things we learned about Airbeat One festival in Germany. (DMNW) 
  • Jamie Jones and Kate Simko bring their new project, OPUS 1, to the Barbican this November. (Mixmag)
  • Diplo, Gucci Mane, Tiësto & more set to perform at Lights All Night festival in Dallas. (DA)
  • Black Coffee and Virgil Abloh are heading to Marrakech's Oasis festival. (Mixmag) 
  • Carl Cox, Peggy Gou, and Dixon B2B Âme are set to play Los Angeles' first Secret Project event in Chinatown this October. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 17 Aug 2018
  • Terminal V Edinburgh complete their Halloween line-up. (Mixmag) 
  • TOKiMONSTA & Strangeloop Studios collaborating on multimedia set for 2018 Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival. (Billboard) 
  • Skream is back with another Open To Close tour in September. (Mixmag) 
  • Super Flu, Patrick Topping and Patrice Bäumel announced for Australian festival Rainbow Serpent. (Mixmag)
  • Japanese festival Labyrinth is keeping its line-up secret this year. (RA)
  • DGTL, the Amsterdam-rooted festival and events organisation is extending its reach into Spain, with the launch of a one-day event in Madrid in December. (RA) 
  • Adam Beyer, Laurel Halo, Joel Mull complete Spain's Into The Valley festival. (Pulse) 
  • Kode9 and Burial mix the final Fabriclive out in September. (RA)
  • Day For Night festival creditors have cut all ties with events founder, Omar Afra, following sexual assault allegations. (RA) 
  • Bondax are taking over East London's The Hangover for a special live event on 5 October. (DT) 
  • Diynamic festival in south London has been refused a licence after complaints from couples that the event would "spoil" their weddings nearby. (Standard)
  • Nina Kraviz headlines Melbourne's Babylon Festival line-up. (Mixmag) 
  • Mixmag and fashion brand Pretty Green to host European debut of Kevin Saunderson's E-Dancer Live Show. Tickets available. (Mixmag)
  • DJ Snake, Alesso, Armin Van Buuren and Major Lazer announced for Bali's Djakarta Warehouse Project festival. (Billboard) 
  • Ultra Mexico 2018 announces Phase 1 line-up with Marshmello, Axwell & Ingrosso, Afrojack and more. (Billboard) 
ISSUE: 10 Aug 2018
  • Together festival in Boston adds The Black Madonna and Honey Dijon to 2018 edition. (RA)
  • Zedd & Big Sean join 3LAU's blockchain-fuelled OUR Music Festival. (Billboard)
  • Costa Rica's Ocaso Festival reveals line-up with Jamie Jones, H.O.S.H and more. (Mixmag)
  • Adam Beyer invites Charlotte De Witte and Alan Fitzpatrick to his Drumcode Halloween rave. (Mixmag)
  • New Melbourne day festival Living Room to launch with Octave One. (Mixmag)
  • Sheffield's No Bounds Festival expands program for 2018. (Fact)
  • Scientist, Juana Molina, Richard Devine added to Ableton Loop 2018 line-up. (Fact)
  • A 19-year-old man was pronounced dead last Sunday after attending HARD Summer Music Festival in California. (Mixmag) Cause of death is yet to be confirmed. 
ISSUE: 03 Aug 2018
  • Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann and more added to EchoWaves festival line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Oasis Festival finalises 2018 programme. (RA)
  • Movement Torino has completed its line-up with the likes of Ellen Allien and live performances from Lone and Waajeed. (Mixmag)
  • Copenhagen festival Lost Lands locks in Roly Porter, LOFT and Kowton. (Mixmag)
  • Jensen Interceptor, Human Movement and Lucy Cliche join Output Festival. (Mixmag)
  • Pax.20, a new event from Paxahau, the producer of Detroit's annual Movement Festival, has announced Richie Hawtin, John Acquaviva and Acid Pimp on the line-up. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 27 Jul 2018
  • Richie Hawtin, Amelie Lens play RA showcase at Sonus Festival 2018. (RA)
  • British music festivals Bestival, RiZE Festival and Leeds will offer emergency contraception services to attendees this year. (YourEDM)
  • The BPM Festival lands at Blue Marlin Ibiza for a special pre-party on the White Isle. (Decoded)
  • Into The Valley line-up grows with Hunee, Larry Heard and Floating Points. (Mixmag)
  • Sophie, Lotic and object blue added to Unsound 2018. (Mixmag)
  • Amelie Lens is the first artist revealed for Babylon Festival 2019. (Mixmag)
  • Nina Kraviz and Ricardo Villalobos among first wave of acts for Vietnam’s Epizode. (Mixmag)
  • Tuckshop Music is celebrating five years of partying later this summer and has announced a huge 18-hour fundraiser in aid of mental health awareness to mark the occasion. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 20 Jul 2018
  • Oneohtrix Point Never, Jlin and Nina Kraviz to play Red Bull Music Festival Berlin. (Fact)
  • Hector and his Vatos Locos crew are returning to Ibiza this season for a string of outdoor dates. (Mixmag)
  • Into The Valley adds Floating Points, Hunee, DJ Seinfeld amongst second 2018 line-up names. (DHA)
  • Grammy award winning producer Sharam reveals 4 Yoshitoshi label showcases in Ibiza. (Decoded)
  • Tomorrowland has revealed its full live stream schedule for weekend one. (DJMag)
  • Eats Everything, Nina Kraviz and Jackmaster head to Tokyo for Ultra Japan. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra Taiwan has announced that it is to become a two-day event, taking place at Taipei Dajia Ultra Park in Taipei, Taiwan on September 8-9. (DA)
  • Dynamic Festival has been announced to take place at London’s Morden Park this September 8. (Pulse)
  • Green Velvet, Latmun & Armand van Helden in for Seismic Dance Event. (DT)
  • Boys Noize, Dixon, Peggy Gou are on board for the FRIENDSHIP festival cruise this December. (Mixmag)
  • Patrick Topping, What So Not, Mija head to Fiji for Your Paradise. (Mixmag)
  • Georgia's mega festival GEM Fest cancelled after backlash from local authorities. (Mixmag)
  • MUTEK Montréal reveals free outdoor program with Dasha Rush, Chloé and more. (Fact)
  • Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall has announced that it will offer a drug testing service. (Mixmag)
  • Birmingham's MADE Festival has announced it will introduce the on-site drug safety testing and counselling service provided by The Loop. (eFestivals)
  • Above & Beyond have announced their upcoming Anjunabeach event in Mexico has been cancelled, as it was proving too expensive for fans. (DJMag)
ISSUE: 13 Jul 2018
  • Outlook Festival announces full line-up. (DT)
  • Peggy Gou, Patrick Topping, Midland and more confirmed for new Edinburgh festival Leith Docks Sound System this August Bank Holiday weekend. (Mixmag)
  • Movement Torino is back once again, and with brand new dates for 2018, 12 & 13 October. (DHA)
  • HYTE is heading back to Amsterdam Dance Event for one night this October. (DHA)
  • FUSE will host a takeover at the Cuttin Headz event at Tobacco Dock in London. (Mixmag)
  • Life and Death and Innervisions unveil initial line-up for Rakastella in Miami. (Mixmag)
  • Fever Ray, Bicep, Bonobo and Bugzy Malone play 'special edition' of The Warehouse Project. (RA)
  • ​Dirtybird Campout reveals line-up with Roman Flügel, Madam X, Chris Lake and more. (Mixmag)
  • Thailand’s legendary Full Moon Party celebrates 30th anniversary in Spain. (Pulse)
  • Houghton Festival completes 2018 line-up with Helena Hauff, Mulatu Astatke, Antal. (RA)
  • Techno rave Her Damit, taking place 50 kilometres north of Berlin this September, has extended its running time to 79 hours. (Mixmag)
  • Creamfields festival has announced plans to remember Avicii with a 40-piece orchestral tribute. (FarOut)
ISSUE: 06 Jul 2018
  • Leith Docks Sound System announce full line-up with Peggy Gou, Midland, Mike Servito, Ejeca, Patrick Topping, Richy Ahmed and more. (Decoded)
  • Bob Moses, Flight Facilities and Helena Hauff in for CRSSD Festival. (DT)
  • Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, Octa Octo to play The Peacock Society Festival in Paris. (Fact)
  • Shoom will celebrate its 30th birthday with a huge rave in Amsterdam. (Mixmag)
  • Severe weather causes Electric Forest shutdown. (DA)
  • Amsterdam Dance Event announces first round of acts for 2018 edition including Jeff Mills, Laurent Garnier and Peggy Gou. (RA)
  • Four people stabbed at Garage Nation music festival in east London. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 29 Jun 2018
  • Black Coffee is to head to Hungary for Balaton Sound next month. (Mixmag)
  • Kappa FuturFestival announces new techno stage. (XLR8R)
  • Edinburgh's FLY Open Air Festival expands to two days with Jackmaster, Hunee, Peggy Gou. (RA)
  • LWE has announced the first of the autumn Tobacco Dock shows, landing on Saturday 6 October with The Martinez Brothers. (DT)
  • Above & Beyond have revealed the full details for their upcoming all-inclusive trance festival: Anjunabeach Riviera Maya next January. (DJMag)
  • Creamfields announces new Electric Oasis area set in the woods. (Mixmag)
  • Martin Garrix, David Guetta, Bonobo and more announced for ADE 2018. (Billboard)
  • The Ark Cruise becomes first cruise festival to accept cryptocurrency. (Vents)
  • The Arc, a new 20,000-square-foot NYC concert hall and recording studio will open early 2019 as a major live and streaming music performance venue. (RotD)
  • Wireless festival is working with Smirnoff's Equalising Music initiative to address its gender balance issue. (RotD)
  • Bestival is among over 100 festivals pledging to diversify their line-ups by 2022. (Mixmag)
  • British man stabbed to death at Hideout Festival in Croatia. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra Worldwide welcomed more than 160,000 fans for 2018 Asian tour. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 22 Jun 2018
  • Goldie, Groove Armada, De La Soul and Cold Cut headline Moovin Festival. (Pulse)
  • Epizode returns to Vietnam next year for the festival's third edition. (Mixmag)
  • Into The Valley is moving to a Roman-era castle in Spain this year. (Mixmag)
  • Carl Craig, Sasha and Jayda G among huge Strawberry Fields Australia line-up announcement. (Mixmag)
  • Sónar broke records again with 126,000 revellers, but moves to July in 2019. (Decoded)
ISSUE: 15 Jun 2018
  • Snowbombing 2019, the festival's 20th anniversary celebration, will take place 8-13 April at its Alpine home of Mayrhofen, Austria. (DHA)
  • Aphex Twin confirmed to headline Bilbao festival BIME Live. (Mixmag)
  • Carl Cox has been announced as the secret headliner at London’s 51st State Festival this August. (Standard)
  • Honey Dijon, Acid Pauli, Kenny Larkin and more added to MUTEK Montreal's line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Pukka Up has outlined the plans for its return to Ibiza. (Mixmag)
  • Nicole Moudaber, Rezz, Claude VonStroke join the crew for Holy Ship! 2019. (Mixmag)
  • Mamby on the Beach announces afterparty program with Dixon, Duke Dumont and more on June 23 -24 in Chicago. (Mixmag)
  • Theo Parrish, Erykah Badu headline Afropunk 2018 in New York. (RA)
ISSUE: 08 Jun 2018
  • Strawberry Fields kicks off 10th anniversary line-up with Honey Dijon. (Mixmag)
  • Henrik Schwarz will join Âme and Dixon at the Royal Albert Hall. (Mixmag)
  • Unsound Kraków reveals first wave of artists. (Mixmag)
  • Fresh off the back of announcing the 360-degree SILO arena, Creamfields has unveiled another structure - Generator. (YourEDM)
  • Edmonton, Canada - the City Council calls for a ban on "raves”. (Mixmag)
  • Freqs Of Nature Festival in Germany will end after seven years. (RA)
  • MADE Festival announces Andy C, Camelphat, High Contrast, Fleur and many more. (DT)
  • Ultra Music Festival Miami is switching to wristband tickets for 2019. (YourEDM)
  • Ultra Musical Festival will need to pay $2m in order to keep its current location at Bayfront Park, Miami in 2020. (DJMag)
  • The boom in the number of small music festivals being run by inexperienced, cost-cutting organisers could be putting festival goers at risk, it has been warned. (Guardian, Times) "Michael Baker, editor of Festival Insights said “greed and poor planning” can be a problem among some of the smaller festivals, which can fail if they “get too big for their boots” by attempting to grow too fast".
ISSUE: 01 Jun 2018
  • The beauty of Moogfest is that it isn't for everyone, and that's okay. (Mixmag)
  • Amid surge of festivals, Movement asserts its role as techno ground zero. (DetroitFreePress)
  • The BPM Festival announce over 60 phase 2 artists + showcases with Richie Hawtin, Peggy Gou, Jamie Jones, Barac, D’Julz, Mr G and more. (Decoded)
  • Tunisia’s Fairground Festival returns to its art and music headquarters, The Eco Village, for the third year this 13 – 14 July. (DHA)
  • German festival HER DAMIT postpones 2018 edition due to high risk of forest fires. (RA)
  • Outlook Festival's 2018 boat party programme is here. (Mixmag)
  • The xx add Peggy Gou, Honey Dijon and more to Night + Day Bilbao line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Marcellus Pittman, O’Flynn, Wayward and more have been confirmed for the Tuckshop Summer Special in Brixton this June. (Mixmag)
  • Amsterdam's new boat venue ​Noorderschip has announced its first line-ups. (Mixmag)
  • Pendulum, Andy C and Noisia are set to headline the 2018 edition of Let It Roll festival, taking place in Czech Republic this August. (DJMag)
  • Mutiny festival in Portsmouth, where two people died after taking ecstasy, has seen a catalogue of drug incidents, sexual assaults and children gaining entry in the past, according to a damning police report. (Times) The second day of the event was cancelled this year.
  • 2018 IMS Dalt Vila showcased various shades of the electronic music soundscape in the most scenic spot in Ibiza. (IbizaSpotlight)
ISSUE: 25 May 2018
  • Sheffield's No Bounds Festival books Paula Temple, Mark Fell for 2018. (RA)
  • Big Burn Istanbul returns for its second year with Seth Troxler, Peggy Gou and more. (RA)
  • Peggy Gou and Ricardo Villalobos are playing ​Off At Fòrum Festival in Barcelona. (Mixmag)
  • ​Neversea Festival, Romania, has locked in Jamie Jones, Nina Kraviz, Âme and more. (Mixmag)
  • Chris Lake, Anna Lunoe and Justin Martin complete AMF Festival line-up set to take place in Downtown LA on August 18-19. (Mixmag)
  • Gallery: 10 years of IMS Dalt Vila. (IbizaSpotlight)
  • Time’s Up on electronic dance music: 2018 EDC Festival opens with most female artists ever. (TheWrap)
  • Inside Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas 2018. (Forbes)
  • EDC Las Vegas fans handle a post-Avicii, post-massacre world. (LATimes)
  • 33 drug-related arrests at day 2 of Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 18 May 2018
  • Both EDC Japan and Creamfields Beijing got hit by severe weather this past weekend. (EDMTunes) Creamfields got shut down while EDC Japan continued through the rain.
  • Adam Beyer, Sonja Moonear and Tale Of Us are playing at Big Burn Istanbul in July. (Mixmag)
  • Hot Chip, Or:La and Call Super tapped for Ortigia Sound System Festival this July 25 - 26. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 11 May 2018
  • ​Seth Troxler and Visionquest cancel their annual Old Miami event in Detroit. (Mixmag)
  • Innervisions is hosting a showcase at London's Royal Albert Hall September 21. (Mixmag)
  • Bass Coast Festival announces 2018 line-up to include Prosumer, Ikonika, Jimmy Edgar, dBridge and more. (RA)
  • Jamie xx and Nina Kraviz confirmed for Poble Espanyol’s OFF Sónar series. (Mixmag)
  • Manchester Pride locks in Pete Tong, Danny Howard and more. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra Singapore announces 2018 line-up feat. DJ Snake, Above & Beyond and more. (Billboard)
  • Goldenvoice, promoters behind Coachella and New York's Panorama Festival, have announced the cancellation of the upcoming FYF Festival in Los Angeles. (Mixmag) Goldenvoice did not provide an official reason for the festival's cancellation, but Billboard reports that low ticket sales are likely the cause.
ISSUE: 04 May 2018
  • Georgian annual electronic music festival 4GB is taking place at a disused satellite station north of Tbilisi across two weekends later this month. (Mixmag)
  • Tiesto, Alesso added to Electric Zoo 2018 line-up. (Billboard)
  • Piknic Électronik's summer season welcomes Bicep, Amelie Lens, Mija and more. (Mixmag)
  • MUTEK Montréal announces first round of names for 2018 festival. (RA)
  • Budweiser and Boiler Room take music sessions to Chile. (Campaign)
  • Time Warp and Awakenings unveil line-up for massive collab festival. (Mixmag)
  • Creamfields unveils new 360 degree arena for 2018 instalment. (DA)
  • Cream Classical has unveiled plans for two events at Liverpool Cathedral. (DJMag)
  • Berlin label and party night Creamcake has announced a new four-part interdisciplinary symposium titled <Interrupted = “Cyfem and Queer">. (Mixmag)
  • 60 UK festivals are to ban the sale of ‘harmful’ plastic glitter at their events. (iNews)
  • Festivalsafe.com, the brainchild of Broadwick Live's Jon Drape, hopes to be a "one-stop shop for how to have the best possible time" at UK festivals. (IQ)
ISSUE: 27 Apr 2018
  • HARD Summer delivers mind-bending 2018 line-up loaded with special back-to-back performances. (DA)
  • Art Department, Lee Burridge, Apollonia, Carl Craig and Nastia announced for BPM Portugal. (Pulse)
ISSUE: 20 Apr 2018
  • The London music festival Field Day looks likely to be finally granted a licence by Lambeth council for its 2018 edition, following a long dispute between local councillors, festival promoters and local residents. (Guardian) The process has laid bare the troubles faced by big festivals in the capital.
  • SolidGrooves announces Sundays at Vista Club, Ibiza. (DT)
  • Kink, Rødhåd and more in for Moondance, Croatia. (DT)
  • Adam Beyer, tiNi, Skream, Disciples all in for Mint Festival, Leeds. (DT)
  • Tale of Us and Sasha set to headline seminal Renaissance label warehouse showcase in Birmingham. (Decoded)
  • Arcadia has revealed details of a brand new, 360 degree, immersive dancefloor experience called The Reactor. (DT)
  • HARD Summer has announced its return to a former venue, The Speedway in Fontana, California. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 13 Apr 2018
  • Defected Croatia’s full 2018 festival programme is here. (Mixmag)
  • Kappa FuturFestival completes line-up with Eric Prydz and Peggy Gou. (Mixmag)
  • HYTE is joining the 2018 MDRNTY Cruise. (Pulse)
  • Hospitality In The Park returns to Finsbury Park on Saturday 22 September for the third year. (DT)
  • Ricardo Villalobos, Jeff Mills, Luke Slater, and Shackleton announced for Goa Club Festival May 3 to 6 in Rome. (XLR8R)
  • Arcadia - renowned for its Glastonbury appearances - will host a music festival at the Olympic Park in London over May Bank Holiday. (Standard)
  • EDC Las Vegas 2018 announces week of parties and line-ups. (Billboard)
  • Framework's Coachella after-party program adds Peggy Gou, Talaboman and more. (Mixmag)
  • Milan’s Terraforma festival locks in Jeff Mills, Powder and Batu. (Mixmag)
  • James Murphy and 2manyDJ’s Despacio party is heading to All Points East this May. (Mixmag)
  • Mancunian nightlife staple Sankeys is set to make a return this summer at  local festival Parklife. (Mixmag)
  • Hedkandi relaunches with all-female residents: Jayli, Lucid Stannard, Siggy Smalls and Storm. (Decoded)
  • Coachella organizers face antitrust lawsuit over limiting 'radius clause’, which bans performers from playing within 1300 miles for 5 months on either side of the festival. (RA)
ISSUE: 06 Apr 2018
  • South West Four (SW4) adds Sub Focus, Booka Shade & Madam X. (DT)
  • EXIT reveals full line-up of the iconic No Sleep Novi Sad stage. (DT)
  • Innervisions to host parties in Marrakesh and Moscow. (RA)
  • Untold Festival completes line-up with Jamie Jones, Seth Troxler and Paul Kalkbrenner. (Mixmag)
  • Moritz Von Oswald, Aux 88 and DIBIA$E complete MUTEK SF line-up. (Mixmag)
  • NYC’s Electric Zoo locks in a stacked line-up for its 10th edition. (Mixmag)
  • Denis Sulta and Green Velvet to curate stages at this year’s Jika Jika! Festival in Derry, Ireland. (Mixmag)
  • Gramatik, REZZ and Claude VonStroke top Shambhala Music Festival's 2018 line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Spain’s Primavera Sound festival has announced acts for its special electronic stages, with Four Tet, Daphni and more confirmed. (NME)
  • Broadcast platform BE-AT.TV will become the official live streaming partner for the global event series Corona Sunsets, an event program run by Anhueser-Busch Inbev around the world. (DHA)
  • For the fifth year in a row, Ultra was the #1 trending topic across social media last weekend, making the most tweeted about electronic music event in history. (OneEDM)
  • 'What we've got is so unique': Arcadia co-founders discuss their first festival. (MusicWeek)
  • Coachella ramps up security in order to prevent a potential mass shooting. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 29 Mar 2018
  • Warriors and Do Not Sleep join forces for OFF Week, Barcelona. (Decoded)
  • Charlotte De Witte, Richie Hawtin with CLOSE live, Âme, Ben UFO and Peggy Gou are amongst those heading to Lowlands Festival. (Mixmag)
  • ​Do LaB announces its Coachella 2018 line-up with EPROM, Moscoman and more. (Mixmag)
  • Lost and Found has announced its boat parties and castle rave featuring the likes of Artwork, Peggy Gou, Patrick Topping and more. (Mixmag)
  • Love International announces line-ups for 20 boat parties. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 23 Mar 2018
  • Solomun is bringing a crew of his Diynamic Music artists to London for a two day festival September 8-9 for the Diynamic Festival London. (Pulse)
  • MDRNTY Cruise announces Archie Hamilton, Lazare Hoche and Dana Ruh. (Mixmag)
  • Cocoon in The Park returns for its 10th anniversary at Temple Newsam. (Mixmag)
  • Time Warp unveils 2018 schedule and brand new vinyl-focused stage. (DA)
  • Egg LDN celebrates 15 years across the May Bank Holiday weekend with Radio Slave, FJAAK, Andres, Tobi Neumann and more. (DT)
  • Arcadia have announced the final additions to the May Day Bank Holiday London Show, featuring artists such as Matador, Max Cooper, Paul Woolford, Digital Mystikz, DJ Vadim and Norman Jay. (DT)
  • Mexico’s RHA Festival locks in Luciano, Charlotte de Witte and Doc Martin. (Mixmag)
  • Honey Dijon and Peggy Gou among names added to Oasis Festival 2018. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 16 Mar 2018
  • Belgian dance music festival brand Tomorrowland has revealed plans for a new event next March at the Alpe d’Huez ski resort in the French Alps. (IQ)
  • Oasis Festival Morocco adds Honey Dijon, Peggy Gou, DJ Koze & Jane Fitz. (DT)
  • Shy FX, Goldie and Nadia Rose join Outlook line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Anjunadeep reveals lineup for debut festival, Open Air: London. (RA)
  • Ostend Beach announces Rødhåd & Green Velvet. (DT)
  • Courtesy, Roman Flügel and Lady Starlight confirmed for Razzmatazz in June. (Mixmag)
  • Bicep, Josey Rebelle and Roman Fluegel are playing Love International’s night parties in Croatia. (Mixmag)
  • RPMM Festival in Porto on July 28 and 29 has added Scottish DJs Jackmaster and Jasper James to the bill. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra Music Festival and Miami PD unveil comprehensive security plan ahead of 20th anniversary. (DA) 
ISSUE: 09 Mar 2018
  • Dimensions Festival completes 2018 line-up with Nils Frahm, Margaret Dygas. (RA)
  • DGTL Barcelona confirms KiNK and Peggy Gou for 2018. (Mixmag)
  • SW4's new additions include Roni Size and Hype & Hazard. (Mixmag)
  • London promoters ABODE will launch their first international festival from 8 - 11 June on Gozo Island, Malta. (DJMag)
  • Commix, Groove Chronicles, Donna Leake in for Meadows In The Mountains Festival. (DT)
  • South London's GALA Festival announces 2018 line-up including Derrick Carter, Honey Dijon and Mafalda. (RA)
  • Nina Kraviz and Marcel Dettmann are playing in a 19th century Polish fortress in Warsaw this June as part of Instytut. (Mixmag)
  • Junction 2's finalised its line-up with Maya Jane Coles, La Fleur and Enrico Sangiuliano. (Mixmag)
  • Defected Croatia unveils phase two lineup. (DA)
  • Eastern Electrics has unveiled the likes of Skream, Jamie Jones, Nastia, Patrick Topping and more for its 2018 event. (Mixmag)
  • Terminal V in Edinburgh locks in Peggy Gou, Mall Grab and Bicep this Easter. (Mixmag)
  • Glitterbox reveals UK and European tour dates. (EntFocus)
  • Larry Heard to play AVA Festival in Belfast. (RA)
  • ​Derrick May, Tim Hecker and Lee Gamble top Mutek SF’s debut line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra releases fourth episode of ’20 Years of Ultra’ documentary series. (DA)
  • On Mystery Land’s line-up of over 300 acts, there are a total of nine non-male names on the bill. (DJMag)
ISSUE: 02 Mar 2018
  • Malta's Glitch Festival books Nina Kraviz, Jeff Mills for 2018. (RA)
  • Holy Ship! returns in 2019 for two back-to-back sailings next January. (Billboard)
  • Adam Beyer's taking a huge Drumcode showcase to Belfast this August Bank Holiday. (Mixmag)
  • Hertfordshire’s Farr Festival is extending to four days for the first time. (Mixmag)
  • Kappa FuturFestival line-up grows with Rødhåd and Amelie Lens. (Mixmag)
  • ​Sónar's 25th anniversary​ locks in DJ Stingray, Yaeji, Objekt. (Mixmag)
  • Portugal's Neopop Festival confirms first names for 2018 including Jeff Mills, Ben Klock, Nastia, Josh Wink, and more. (XLR8R)
  • Camo & Krooked, Metrik, Congo Natty and more head to Hospitality in the Dock. (DT)
  • Arcadia completes London line-up with a whole host of bass, house and techno stars including Matador, Paul Woolford and Digital Mystikz. (Mixmag)
  • Melbourne's Play On is pairing electronic and classical in a car park. (Mixmag)
  • EXIT Festival's line-up just got even bigger with Nina Kraviz, Solomun and Rødhåd. (Mixmag)
  • Creamfields has announces its 2018 line-up with over 300 artists. (Mixmag)
  • AEG and Goldenvoice have bought out FYF Fest founder Sean Carlson's stake in the festival and are planning to continue the event in 2018. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 23 Feb 2018
  • Dekmantel announces line-up for Lente Kabinet 2018 with Motor City Drum Ensemble, Kelela and KOKOKO! among the acts playing. (RA)
  • Basement Jaxx, Eli & Fur, Detlef & Latmun added South West Four. (DT)
  • This year’s Time Warp event will welcome acts like Ben Klock, Apollonia, Chris Liebing, Laurent Garnier and more. (Mixmag)
  • KiNK, DJ Koze and Jayda G to perform at Paradise City Festival. (Mixmag)
  • Afrojack, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, and Robin Schulz are revealed as headliners for the 2018 version of Electroland at Disneyland in Paris. (DA)
  • Call Super and DJ Sports unveiled for Spain’s Uva Festival. (Mixmag)
  • MDRNTY Cruise confirms Ricardo Villalobos and Black Coffee for 2018. (Mixmag)
  • Lisbon Sound Garden locks in Larry Heard, Jayda G and Maceo Plex. (Mixmag)
  • Paul Woolford and George FitzGerald are heading to Hideout 2018. (Mixmag)
  • Miami’s Rapture Festival locks in Luciano, RPR Soundsystem, tINI. (Mixmag)
  • 51st State Festival is turning four with Soul Clap, Masters at Work and more. (Mixmag)
  • EDC Japan announces 2018 line-up including Diplo, Deadmau5 and more. (Billboard)
  • ​Honey Soundsystem and Charlotte De Witte set to debut at EDC Las Vegas 2018. (Mixmag)
  • Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis says “two or three” of the bill-topping acts currently being lined up for 2019 have never played the festival before. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 16 Feb 2018
  • More details have emerged about a cutting-edge new “crystal ball” entertainment venue set for London’s Olympic Park that will “revolutionise” concerts and live events. (Standard, IQ, Billboard, CelebrityAccess) The Madison Square Garden Company are to open the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas this June featuring “game-changing technologies that push the limits of connectivity, acoustics, video and content distribution”. The London venue is still in the early stages of planning, but will be based on the MSG Sphere concept.
  • Pete Tong and the Heritage Orchestra are taking Ibiza classics on a mini tour of the UK. (Mixmag)
  • Mella Dee is heading on an epic All Night Long tour. (Mixmag)
  • Destructo gives first details on his new cruise festival FRIENDSHIP, launching this December. (Mixmag)
  • Nuits Sonores has booked Larry Heard, Peggy Gou and Bicep this May 7 to 13. (Mixmag)
  • Kappa Futur's line-up is a techno lover's dream, featuring Solomun and Adam Beyer. (Mixmag)
  • Squarepusher, Floating Points, Tzusing added to Sónar Hong Kong 2018. (RA)
  • Melt Festival announces Modeselektor B2B Apparat, Nina Kraviz & more. (DT)
  • Dimensions, Croatia, announce Kraftwerk, Helena Hauff, DJ Stingray and more. (DT)
  • Lovebox's line-up features the likes of  Peggy Gou, Jackmaster, Childish Gambino and SZA. (Mixmag)
  • DJ Harvey is playing Artwork's A Lovely London Festival. (Mixmag)
  • Barcelona party Brunch-In The City announces 2018 season with Larry Heard, Steffi. (RA)
  • Love Family Park, Germany, turns 22 with Sven Väth, Nina Kraviz and Richie Hawtin. (Mixmag)
  • Italy's Polifonic festival books John Talabot, Carl Craig for 2018. (RA)
ISSUE: 09 Feb 2018
  • Kraftwerk among acts announced for Dimensions Festival 2018. (RA)
  • Nina Kraviz, Adam Beyer and Honey Dijon are heading to Parklife this June. (Mixmag)
  • Catz 'N Dogz have founded an eco-friendly festival featuring Berghain's residents. (Mixmag)
  • Australia's Pitch completes 2018 line-up with huge round of locals including CC:DISCO!, Otologic, Prequel and more. (Mixmag)
  • Tomorrowland unveils major line-up additions with Underworld, Rødhåd b2b Âme. (Mixmag)
  • Indonesia’s Air Festival moves to Bali with Fred P, Rampa and more. (Mixmag)
  • DGTL São Paulo announces 2018 line-up featuring Ben Klock, Honey Dijon, Daniel Avery and more. (RA)
  • Moodymann, Underground Resistance, Peggy Gou billed for Albania's new Kala festival. (RA)
  • Arcadia's London event will feature Sven Vӓ​th, Eats Everything and a brand new 360° venue. (Mixmag)
  • Calibre, Loyle Carner and Josey Rebelle complete Soundwave 2018 line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Victorious Festival, Portsmouth, has locked in The Prodigy for an exclusive UK festival appearance this summer. (Mixmag)
  • Seth Troxler, Jayda G and Gerd Janson to plays Scotland’s Sulta Selects: FLY Open Air. (Mixmag) 
  • Black Coffee, Hot Since 82 and more are playing at Dutch festival Free Your Mind. (Mixmag)
  • Drumcode's pulled in huge house and techno names for its debut festival. (Mixmag)
  • Kraftwerk are taking a very special 3-D show to Dimensions Festival. (Mixmag)
  • Madrid's Mad Cool Festival announces Richie Hawtin's CLOSE live show and Maya Jane Coles. (Mixmag)
  • Peggy Gou, Sven Väth and Richie Hawtin confirmed for Sonus 2018. (Mixmag)
  • Dirtybird Campout East in St. Cloud, Fla., was shut down for a few hours last week, following noise complaints. (Billboard)
  • Tomorrowland 2018 sells out two weekends of tickets in one hour. (Billboard)
  • Bestival shows up male-dominated festivals with female line-up including electronic DJs such as Amelie Lens, Charlotte de Witte and Nastia. (BBC)
ISSUE: 02 Feb 2018
  • Denis Sulta books Seth Troxler, Jayda G for FLY Open Air Festival in Edinburgh. (RA)
  • Life And Death announces two-day showcase in Barcelona. (RA)
  • Damian Lazarus announces 40-plus-act line-up for 13th annual Get Lost Miami, with legends such as Carl Craig, Black Coffee, Doc Martin, and more. (DA)
  • Carl Cox, Adam Beyer, and Jamie Jones to headline Ultra Resistance. (Mixmag)
  • Seth Troxler, Margaret Dygas and Ben UFO confirmed for Houghton Festival. (Mixmag)
  • Nina Kraviz, Adam Beyer and Honey Dijon are heading to Parklife. (Mixmag)
  • Amsterdam will be the third city in the world to hold elrow Town Festival, coming 8 September 2018. (DHA)
  • B.Traits, Matthias Tanzmann, Emanuel Satie and over 40 more acts announced for Labyrinth Open Croatia. (DT)
  • Croatia's Sonus Festival announces first acts for 2018 including Ricardo Villalobos, Dixon and Charlotte de Witte. (RA)
  • New Leeds event inner city electronic has announced the likes of Floating Points, Avalon Emerson, Midland, Peggy Gou and more for its debut party series. (Mixmag)
  • Bicep, Ben UFO and The Black Madonna are heading to Bristol festival Love Saves The Day this year. (Mixmag)
  • Björk, The Black Madonna and Four Tet announced for Primavera Sound, Barcelona. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 26 Jan 2018
  • Bassnectar seemingly confirmed as the first headliner for Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas 2018. (YourEDM)
  • Alesso, French Montana and more announced for Tomorrowland 2018 phase 1 line-up. (Billboard)
  • Laurent Garnier, Charlotte De Witte and Ben Klock added to Sónar Barcelona. (Mixmag)
  • Movement Detroit announces Nina Kraviz, Claude VonStroke and more. (Mixmag)
  • Oasis Festival is taking Carl Cox and The Black Madonna to Morocco this September 14 to 16. (Mixmag)
  • Helena Hauff, KiNK, Floorplan, Bicep and more are heading to AVA Festival. (Mixmag)
  • Dekmantel reveals Modeselektor, Mariel Ito, Ricardo Villalobos for 2018. (Mixmag)
  • Nova Batida is a brand new festival heading to Lisbon with George FitzGerald, Mount Kimbie, and DJ Marfox already announced. (Mixmag)
  • Dixon, Shanti Celeste and Roman Flügel announced for Farr Festival this July. (Mixmag)
  • Lost Village Festival has announced its initial line-up to include: Four Tet, Peggy Gou, Ben UFO and more. (Mixmag)
  • This May, Berlin's Hyte lands in the UK for the first time with a stage takeover at We Are FSVTL. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 19 Jan 2018
  • Lost In A Moment, the roving party series run by the Innervisions crew, will return in March with a 24-hour event in Israel's Judaean Desert. (RA)
  • The Black Madonna, Keys N Krates and more announced for Sonar Festival Hong Kong 2018. (Billboard)
  • Awakenings Festival has announced the likes of Carl Cox, Adam Beyer, Nina Kraviz, Sven Väth and Richie Hawtin’s CLOSE live show for its 2018 line-up this 30 June – 1 July. (DHA)
  • Music On Festival has announced its new location as the Havenpark Amsterdam, this 5-6 May. (DHA)
  • Motion announces Nina Kraviz, Jackmaster and more for Quarter 1 programme. (Mixmag)
  • The first phase for California boutique festival Lightning in a Bottle has arrived, featuring names like Nicole Moudaber, The Black Madonna, Stimming, MK and Modeselektor. (Mixmag)
  • Tomorrowland has announced its stage hosts to include: Monstercat, Barong Family, STMPD RCRDS, Spinnin’, A State of Trance, HELDEEP, and Pryda. (YourEDM)
  • Printworks London will kick off Issue 003 on March 3, with Kerri Chandler, John Talabot and Job Jobse among the line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Pasquale Rotella, the man behind Insomniac Events, has announced an Asian expansion for EDC and new Vegas stages in 2018 via a Facebook post. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 12 Jan 2018
  • Love International returns to Croatia this year with the likes of Four Tet, Bicep, Midland, Gerd Janson, Young Marco and more. (Pulse)
  • This year’s Coachella line-up includes Jackmaster, The Black Madonna and more. (RA)
  • Output reveals full fifth anniversary line-up with Jamie Jones, Seth Troxler. (Mixmag)
  • Bicep, Ben Klock and Pendulum announced for We Are FSTVL in London this May. (Mixmag)
  • Adam Beyer and Carl Cox are playing back-to-back at Junction 2 this year, taking place June 9 at London’s Boston Manor Park. (Mixmag)
  • Richie Hawtin, Ida Engberg and Ben Klock confirmed for EXIT Festival's Dance Arena this July 12 to 15. (Mixmag)
  • Elrow is heading to Berlin for the first time ever on April 1. (Mixmag)
  • Disclosure, who have held Wild Life festival at Shoreham Airport annually since 2015, have confirmed it will not to run it in 2018 due to a 'heavy recording schedule'. (SpiritFM)
ISSUE: 22 Dec 2017
  • Croatian festival Labyrinth Open 2018 announces Amelie Lens, Hernan Cattaneo, Len Faki, Stephan Bodzin. (DT)
  • Melt! Festival, Germany, adds Fever Ray, Nastia for 2018. (RA)
  • San Diego's bi-annual festival CRSSD drops spring 2018 line-up with Sasha, Cirez D, Nicole Moudaber and more. (Mixmag)
  • Ben Klock, Modeselektor, Solomun and more have been announced for a new event series called Sound Tulum in Mexico. (RA)
  • Innervisions to host three-stage takeover at Barcelona's Poble Espanyol in 2018. (RA)
  • DJ Kaleb Freitas killed and others injured during stage collapse at Brazilian festival. (Mixmag)
  • Miami's City Council may force Ultra Music Festival out from Bayfront Park. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 15 Dec 2017
  • Resident Advisor will host stage at Sónar Reykjavík 2018 featuring the likes of Lena Willikens, Denis Sulta, Cassy and more. (RA)
  • Montreal's Igloofest welcomes Kaytranada, Bonobo, Sasha & John Digweed. (Mixmag)
  • Solomun is headlining the sixth edition of Diynamic Festival in Amsterdam. (Mixmag)
  • Piknic Électronik Melbourne announces summer line-up to include Tiga, DJ Seinfeld and Deetron. (Mixmag)
  • Austria’s Elevate festival returns with Umfang, Ben Frost, Objekt, and more next March. (XLR8R)
  • Gottwood Festival announces first names for 2018 including Ben UFO, Avalon Emerson, Hunee, Margaret Dygas and Nicolas Lutz. (RA)
  • Honey Dijon and Cassy confirmed for Snowbombing 2018. (Mixmag)
  • Denis Sulta is launching his own festival, Sulta Selects: FLY Open Air, at Hopetoun House in Edinburgh on May 19. (Mixmag)
  • Burning Man aims to expand to 100,000 attendees. (Mixmag)
  • Drum 'n' bass event Hospitality is heading to Croatia next year. (Mixmag)
  • A company run by Earthcore's founder is set to be wound up following mass cancellations at this year's string of events in Australia. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 08 Dec 2017
  • London's Junction 2 festival names first acts for 2018 including Adam Beyer, Carl Cox, Nina Kraviz and Tale Of Us. (RA)
  • Snowbombing Canada announces ODESZA, Gorgon City, Justin Martin and more for 2018. (Mixmag)
  • Dekmantel Sectors is returning to Croatia in August 2018 with a line-up including Marcel Dettmann, Objekt and Hunee. (Mixmag)
  • ​Carl Cox is headlining Creamfields in 2018. (Mixmag)
  • Björk will headline We Love Green festival in Paris. (Mixmag)
  • Houghton Festival has announced it will be back in Norfolk next August. (Mixmag)
  • Fatboy Slim and Sampha headline Love Saves The Day 2018. (Mixmag)
  • Walker & Royce, Green Velvet and Seth Troxler added to Dirtybird Campout East. (Mixmag)
  • Eats Everything and Dubfire announced for Hot Since 82’s Labyrinth in London at Tobacco Docks in March next year. (Mixmag)
  • RAM Records and Leftfield have been revealed for Arcadia’s 10th anniversary at London's Queen Elizabeth Park next year. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 01 Dec 2017
  • Berlin's CTM Festival adds Errorsmith, Batu, Klein for 2018. (RA)
  • Australian NYD festival Let Them Eat Cake adds Fantastic Man, Nite Fleit and Love Deluxe. (Mixmag)
  • ​Artwork is launching "A Lovely London Festival" in 2018. (Mixmag)
  • Awakenings has revealed the line-up for a four-day Easter rave in Amsterdam. (Mixmag)
  • Richie Hawtin and Bonobo to play live sets at Sónar's 25th anniversary in Barcelona next June 14-16. (Mixmag)
  • Above & Beyond’s Anjunadeep imprint has announced plans for its first ever festival, which will be held at Three Mills Island in East London on August 12 next year. (Mixmag)
  • South Africa's Into The Castle festival cancelled as parent company 'struggles to survive’. (RA)
  • Earthcore organisers have broken their silence following the weekend's camping festival, and a cancelled Sydney leg, which was hit by mass cancellations and accusations of not paying artists. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 24 Nov 2017
  • DGTL Amsterdam reveals 2018 line-up including Jeff Mills, Honey Dijon and Laurent Garnier. (RA)
  • MUTEK confirms dates for US debut in San Francisco. (Mixmag)
  • Amelie Lens, Enzo Siragusa and Mike Skinner added to We Are FSTVL line-up. (Mixmag)
  • London festival Field Day is moving from Victoria Park to Brockwell Park for its 2018 edition. (NME)
  • Sónar has partnered with METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence) to send electronic music from the likes of Richie Hawtin, Nina Kraviz, Laurent Garnier and more to a planet 12 light years away. (Noisey)
  • Australian festival Earthcore’s headliners accuse promoter of not paying them amid cancellations. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 17 Nov 2017
  • Melt! Festival announces first names for 2018 including The xx, Nina Kraviz and The Black Madonna. (RA)
  • deadmau5, Zedd, Marshmello and more announced for EDC Mexico 2018. (Billboard)
  • Block9 & NYC Downlow's debut London warehouse party sells out instantly. (Mixmag)
  • Cassy and Lena Willikens booked for Sonar Reykjavik 2018. (Mixmag)
  • Printworks London announces first New Year double header with the likes of MK, Noisiaand DJ Zinc. (Mixmag)
  • Call Super, Ricardo Villalobos and more enlisted for Vietnam's Epizode Festival. (Mixmag)
  • A new surrealist underground festival called RPMM is coming to Porto next July. (Pulse)
  • EDC Las Vegas to include camping in 2018. (DA)
ISSUE: 10 Nov 2017
  • Dekmantel São Paulo moves to new venue Playcenter, a former theme park, in 2018. (RA)
  • Arcadia Spectacular – best known for its fire-breathing Spider at Glastonbury – has announced plans for a standalone Arcadia event during Glastonbury’s 2018 fallow year. (IQ)
  • Snowbombing confirms Idris Elba, Barely Legal, Rudimental, Eats Everything and Richy Ahmed for 2018 line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Virgo Festival returns to Great Fulford with Dan Shake and Tristan Da Cunha for the May Bank Holiday. (Mixmag)
  • The first Drumcode Festival is happening in Amsterdam next year. (RA)
  • Blind activist sues Ultra Music Festival for violating Americans with Disabilities Act. (Mixmag)
  • Elrow Town will return to London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park next summer on August 18 with a theme of Brazilian jungle carnival taking over the main stage. (Mixmag)
  • Hideout Festival will be returning to Croatia next June. (Mixmag) The first wave of artists, including Artwork, Peggy Gou, Eats Everything, Nadia Rose, Solardo and Skream have been announced.
ISSUE: 03 Nov 2017
  • Ultra Music Festival teases upcoming 20th anniversary edition with sentimental trailer. (DA)
  • Love International, taking place in The Garden Resort, Tisno, announces 2018 dates of 27 June - 4 July. (DT)
  • Farr Festival confirms Dixon and Moodymann for 2018. (Mixmag)
  • Love International returns to Croatia with Roman Flügel, Jane Fitz, Avalon Emerson next July. (RA)
  • LCD Soundsystem, Björk added to Goldenvoice's All Points East festival in London. (RA)
  • Australian New Year's festival, Beyond The Valley, adds Dena Amy, PNAU and more. (Mixmag)
  • UK festival We Are FSTVL announces Carl Cox and Eric Prydz. (Mixmag)
  • Jamie xx and Jackmaster will play Annie Mac’s Lost & Found festival in Malta next May. (Mixmag)
  • V Festival is to get a new name after Virgin announced it will no longer be sponsoring the event. (IQ, BBC) There are plans to expand the event from two to three days at both the Chelmsford and Staffordshire sites. Separately, Bestival is to be held at Lulworth a month earlier than before, on 2-5 August 2018. (RotD)
  • The team behind Secret Garden Party have announced a new festival to take place in South Africa next year called Bazique. (RA)
ISSUE: 27 Oct 2017
  • HYTE is hosting a stage at Epizode Festival in Vietnam featuring Richie Hawtin, Bambounou, YAYA and more. (Mixmag)
  • 808 Festival in Thailand returns for a fifth year. (DT)
  • London club brand The Hydra has announced its first international event, taking place at the eco-haven Papaya Playa Project, Tulum in Mexico. (Mixmag)
  • We Are FSTVL have unveiled their first phase of headliners and stage hosts for 2018 at the Airfield Of Dreams at Damyn’s Hall, Upminster between 26-28 May 2018. (DT)
  • New event, All Points East, will be a 10 day event in London’s Victoria Park starting 25 May 2018, featuring The xx as a headliner. (Standard, RotD, Guardian) The festival replaces Field Day and Lovebox at that location, discussions suggest they may move to Brockwell Park, south London.
  • BPM Festival will be returning to Portugal in September 2018; however, the festival has no immediate plans to return to Mexico for its seminal January event. (DJMag)
  • Tomorrowland will take place July 20 to 22, and July 27 to 29 in 2018 with the theme of The Story of Planaxis. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 20 Oct 2017
  • Maya Jane Coles headlines San Diego's Groundwater this December 2. (Mixmag)
  • Burning Man has announced its theme for next year's edition: I, Robot. (Mixmag)
  • “Festicruise" The Ark is setting sail once again next summer, this time with a longer stay in Ibiza. (Mixmag)
  • Time Warp and Awakenings have joined forces to create a new techno super-event, Connect to take place October 13. (Mixmag)
  • Environmental officers in Ibiza’s San Antonio are clamping down against businesses where noise levels exceed the legal 65 decibels per day and 55 per night. (Mirror)
  • Ultra Worldwide wraps record year, hosting 1m partygoers across 20 countries. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 13 Oct 2017
  • Australia's Sugar Mountain announces 2018 line-up featuring Shanti Celeste, J Hus, Joey Bada$$ and more. (Mixmag)
  • Maceo Plex and Nastia to play Tobacco Docks NYD party. (Mixmag)
  • ​Sweden’s women only music festival gets the green light for next summer. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 06 Oct 2017
  • Your Paradise Fiji announces phase 2 lineup for the world’s most remote festival. (DA)
  • Music On Amnesia announces closing party with Stacey Pullen, Miss Kittin and more. (Fact)
  • Croatia's Soundwave confirm first acts for last ever festival including Romare, Jordan Rakei, Submotion Orchestra and Horse Meat Disco. (Skiddle)
  • Awakenings announces New Year's celebrations. (DT)
  • Australia's Pitch announces full 2018 line-up including Seth Troxler, Floating Points, Motor City Drum Ensemble and more. (Mixmag)
  • London's Junction 2 festival has announced next year's event will take place on June 9. (Mixmag)
  • Miami police reassess Ultra Music Festival security after Las Vegas shooting. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 29 Sep 2017
  • Contact Winter Music Festival 2017 announces Marshmello, Armin van Buuren, REZZ and more. (Billboard)
  • Minimal Effort adds Claptone, Lee Burridge, Eagles & Butterflies for its LA Halloween edition. (Mixmag)
  • Australia's Babylon Festival announces 2018 line-up including Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier and Robert Hood. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra Music Festival dominated in Asia with more than 400,000 event attendees in 2017. (Billboard)
  • In:Motion has announced the Bristol-based events series' December line-ups including The Chemical Brothers, Erol Alkan, Eats Everything, Ben UFO and many more. (DJMag)
ISSUE: 15 Sep 2017
  • Ultra made its debut in China last weekend - relive all the best moments with sets from Armin van Buuren, Nicky Romero, REZZ, Getter and more. (DJmag)
  • US mega festival Hangout could well be heading to Australia. (InTheMix)
  • EDC Las Vegas has announced a number of major structural and logistic changes set to take effect for the festival’s 2018 instalment. (DancingAstronaut)
ISSUE: 08 Sep 2017
  • Maya Jane Coles and Alan Fitzpatrick added to Drumcode Halloween. (Mixmag)
  • Manchester People First host rave for learning disabled music fans. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra Mexico has added KSHMR, Knife Party, Nicky Romero, Art Department and Matador to its debut festival in Foro Pegaso this October. (DJMag)
  • Australia’s Pitch festival announces Len Faki as its first artist for 2018. (Mixmag)
  • The BPM Festival: Portugal has confirmed its lineup for this year's European debut edition, with over 170 artists confirmed over and more than 20 showcases across four days and nights. (XLR8)
  • Carl Cox and Nicole Moudaber join Vietnam’s Epizode festival line-up. (Mixmag)
  • The next edition of EDC, set for 2019, will now be moved earlier in the year on the weekend of May 18-20. In addition, the festival will also introduce an on-site camping program that will include options for air-conditioned tents, "premier" tents with beds, all-inclusive RVs or the option to bring your own RV to the grounds. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 01 Sep 2017
  • Ultra Worldwide’s Resistance announces fall tour and line-ups. (DJMag)
  • Creamfields has announced that it will be bringing its steel megastructure, The Steel Yard, to Liverpool's docks for two one-off shows this November. (DJMag)
  • Rise Festival in the Alps announces 2017 line-up. (DT)
  • London's Printworks adds The Hydra, Afterlife, Paradise parties for 2017. (RA)
  • RADION Amsterdam locks in DJ Stingray and Objekt for ADE. (Mixmag)
  • The first Electronic Music Awards announce live performances by Moby, Orbital, Autograf and more. (Billboard)
  • The future of Goa’s major EDM festival Sunburn is in jeopardy after one the state's Ministers expressed his dislike for late-night festivals, vowing to close them in the future. (DJMag)
ISSUE: 25 Aug 2017
  • Brazil's Laroc club welcomes Anna, Kölsch, Matador to celebrate two years. (Mixmag)
  • James Holden helps curate Utrecht festival Le Guess Who? in 2017. (RA)
  • The BPM Festival: Portugal announces final names for the inaugural event. (DHA)
  • Creamfields is launching in China this year with events taking place in Hong Kong and Taiwan and another show scheduled for the mainland in 2018. (DT)
  • Innervisions and Life And Death launch new event series Rakastella. (Mixmag)
  • Amsterdam might be introducing strict sound limitations for festivals in the city. (Mixmag)
  • De School throws 62-hour party during ADE 2017. (RA)
  • Amsterdam's Valtifest, run by troubled events firm Meubel Stukken, has been declared bankrupt. (RA)
  • Ostgut Ton to host party at UNESCO World Heritage site in Essen. (RA)
  • Apollonia, Rhadoo, Magda, and more have been confirmed for London’s Unleash over the next few months. (XLR8R)
ISSUE: 18 Aug 2017
  • Helena Hauff, Lory D, Karenn, and more play DVS1's Wall Of Sound at ADE, October 19 at Amsterdam's Warehouse Elementenstraat. (XLR8R)
  • Sheffield’s Hope Works has revealed its programme for September through November featuring the likes of Objekt, Dax J, Shanti Celeste, Cleric and Josey Rebelle. (DT)
  • 2manydjs, Stormzy and Âme announced for Australian New Year's festival Beyond The Valley. (Mixmag)
  • Field Day announces first act on 2018 line-up. (InTheMix)
  • Insomniac releases full line-up for EDC Orlando 2017. (DA)
  • elrow Halloween heads to Scotland for Edinburgh debut. (DT)
  • Zip, Raresh, Sven Väth, Dana Ruh, Ben Klock, and more play Cocoon Ibiza in September. (XLR8R)
  • Bestival expands to Bali with Rudimental, Pendulum, De La Soul and more. (Mixmag)
  • Police directed to target and crack down on rave parties in Goa. (Mixmag)
  • London’s Sunfall Festival under fire for “chaotic” and “dangerous” five-hour queues. (Fact)
ISSUE: 11 Aug 2017
  • 5 Senses Festival brings De La Swing, Einmusik, Mat.Joe and more to Thailand. (Mixmag)
  • MUTEK Mexico announces second wave of acts for 2017. (RA)
  • ULTRA China locks in Carl Cox and Dubfire for inaugural edition. (Mixmag)
  • Maceo Plex and Black Coffee booked for London’s Printworks Issue 002. (Mixmag)
  • Bicep, Ben Klock, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Hauschka, and more play Reworks 2017 this September 13 - 17 in Thessaloniki, Greece. (XLR8R)
  • Todd Terje, Horse Meat Disco booked for London's day-long Percolate party at Roundhouse on Saturday, September 30. (RA)
  • Cancelled festival Into The Factory announces replacement parties in Stockholm. (RA)
  • Outlook & Dimensions announce Knowledge Arena programme, an extensive programme of free-play workstations and interactive workshops using cutting edge music production equipment. (FestivalInsights)
  • Unsound taps Anastasia Kristensen, Lee Gamble and Livity Sound for Krakow 2017. (Mixmag)
  • TomorrowWorld may return in 2018 in the wake of SFX's "rebirth”. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 04 Aug 2017
  • Idjut Boys, José Padilla play Mareh 2018 in Brazil. (RA)
  • Berlin Atonal completes 2017 line-up with Pépé Bradock, Varg, DJ Deep. (RA)
  • Denver to receive a new three-day festival from Bonnaroo promoter. (Mixmag)
  • BPM Portugal unveils second phase line-up, more venues, and showcases. (DA)
  • Pete Tong will perform on August 5 in Ibiza with conductor Jules Buckley and the 65-piece Heritage Orchestra for a live show that reimagines a wealth of dance classics. (Pulse)
  • Dekmantel has announced a South American tour with DJ Bone, Call Super, Shanti Celeste and more coming through Peru, Chile, Colombia and Brazil. (Mixmag)
  • Joey Negro and Shapeshifters confirmed for V Festival's Smirnoff House. (Mixmag)
  • ​Patrick Topping has announced three all-day and night city takeovers in Edinburgh, Dublin and Birmingham. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra Japan adds Underworld, KSHMR, Knife Party and more to its 2017 line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Tomorrowland's sister festival TomorrowWorld could be heading back to the US in 2018. (DJMag)
  • NYC's Panorama Festival forced to cancel sets after stage floor collapsed. (Mixmag)
  • 22,000 people evacuated as fire breaks out at Barcelona's UNITE With Tomorrowland festival. (RA, Mixmag) A statement has now been released. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 28 Jul 2017
  • Hospital Productions announce 20th anniversary show featuring Godflesh, Prurient, Regis. (Fact)
  • Squarepusher joins The Orb and Actress at MUTEK Mexico. (Fact)
  • Crazy P, Roni Size and Gilles Peterson headline Moovin Festival in Stockport. (Pulse)
  • BPM Festival has announced Josh Wink and Cassy among its new names. (Mixmag)
  • Erol Alkan and 2manydjs have been announced for Lost Village Festival. (Mixmag)
  • Carl Cox to Play Sonus Festival in Croatia this August. (XLR8R)
  • Mysteryland confirms Fatman Scoop, Dirtcaps and Coone for exclusive camping stages. (Mixmag)
  • The Black Madonna and Ben UFO locked in for Optimo 20. (Mixmag)
  • Space In The Park will "recreate the different moods" of the iconic venue in Ibiza this August. (Mixmag)
  • ​Adam Beyer and Dense & Pika to play Drumcode Halloween at Tobacco Docks. (Mixmag)
  • ​Sweden’s Into The Factory festival forced to cancel after “battling with the police”. (Mixmag)
  • Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell is working on a new house music-focused project. (Mixmag)
  • Spain's biggest electronic festival Medusa has announced its plans for international expansion and is heading to Puebla, Mexico in March 2018. (DJMag)
  • A petition has been launched to kick Ultra out of Miami. (Mixmag)
  • ​Creamfields Malta partners with BBC Radio 1 and announces line-up for 2017. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 21 Jul 2017
  • Lyon's Nuits Sonores to host Brussels edition in September 2017. (RA)
  • Creamfields comes to Malta with Tinie Tempah, Danny Howard and more this august. (Pulse)
  • Jamie Jones headlines elrow Town London in August. (RA)
  • Lee Gamble joins London Contemporary Orchestra at Printworks on August 18. (RA)
  • Hyte returns to Amsterdam for ADE warehouse parties this 20 – 22 October with the likes of Loco Dice, Ricardo Villalobos and Seth Troxler on the line-up. (DT, Pulse)
  • DJ Koze and Levon Vincent to play outdoor Mosaic party in Ibiza. (Mixmag)
  • Sven Väth, Nastia, Jeff Mills among first wave for Movement Torino in Italy this October. (Mixmag)
  • EDC organisers are said to be considering major changes, including moving the festival's date. (DJMag)
  • Ultra South Africa 2018 will take place on February 9 at Cape Town Stadium and February 10 at Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg. (Pulse)
  • 38 Tomorrowland ticket buyers who were denied entry after a screening process conducted by the Belgian federal police have lodged formal complaints with the Belgian Privacy Commission. (Billboard)
  • Mixmag will host a party in New York with Giorgio Moroder on July 27 to celebrate 40 years of I Feel Love. Enter to win tickets here.
ISSUE: 14 Jul 2017
  • Dirtybird Campout 2017 announces it line-up with Mija, Egyptian Lover, Daddy Kev, araabMUZIK and more. (Billboard)
  • Unsound Festival is turning 15 with Laurel Halo, Mumdance and more. (Mixmag)
  • The line-up for Dirtybird Campout 2017 has been announced. (Mixmag)
  • Radio 1 has announced the likes Eric Prydz, Kölsch, Maya Jane Coles, Black Coffee and more to perform at its Ibiza Weekend this 4-7 August. (DJMag)
  • Game Over?, the brainchild of the respected Carl Cox at Space team, have announced a six-date run of their own at Benimussa Park Ibiza. (DJMag)
  • DGTL Festival announces Tel Aviv edition. (Mixmag)
  • London venue Jazz Café's Night Thing relaunches with Benji B, Gilles Peterson and more this month. (Mixmag)
  • Abode in the Park, to take place this September at Finsbury Park, has announced its stage hosts and first wave of talent. (DT)
  • Sven Väth and Âme to play Dockyard Festival’s ADE edition. (Mixmag)
  • RBMA Weekender announces line-up for Sydney return including the likes of ABRA and Tony Humphries. (Mixmag)
  • Southern California event HARD has announced a venue change from last year’s Fontana’s Auto Club Speedway to Glen Helen Amphitheater & Regional Park. (DA)
ISSUE: 07 Jul 2017
  • Beat-Herder, taking place this July at Ribble Valley, Lancashire, has announced its second wave of artists. (DT)
  • Chase & Status and Andy C to play world exclusive back to back set at Together in Ibiza. (Pulse)
  • Luke Vibert, Ancient Methods, Søs Gunver Ryberg, and more to play Berlin’s Krake Festival. (XLR8R)
  • Houghton Festival completes line-up with Mathew Jonson, Move D, Gideön, more. (DJMag)
  • Amsterdam Dance Event announces first round of acts for this October’s 2017 edition including Jeff Mills, Paula Temple and Jackmaster. (RA)
  • Ben Klock and Nicole Moudaber confirmed for Amsterdam Dance Event. (Mixmag)
  • In:Motion launches 2017 series with The Martinez Brothers. (Mixmag)
  • Non-profit organisation Oceanic Global is directing its focus to Ibiza for an inaugural Oceanic x Ibiza benefit festival on July 20. (Mixmag)
  • Adam Beyer and LWE Present Drumcode Halloween 2017. (DT)
  • Anastasia Kristensen and DJ Stingray join line-up for Berlin's Atonal Festival. (Mixmag)
  • Tel Aviv’s Block Club launches its debut festival with Richie Hawtin, Nastia, Ben Klock and Dixon confirmed for the September event. (Mixmag)
  • Jlin and Machinedrum announced for Ableton's three-day event Loop Summit at Berlin’s Funkhaus in November. (Mixmag)
  • elrow Town London has locked in an additional event to take place this August 20 at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. (Mixmag)
  • Loco Dice and Dixon confirmed for Vietnam’s 11-day event EPIZODE², running from December 31 to January 10. (Mixmag)
  • Secretsundaze has announced an 18-hour birthday party in London on August 26 with the likes of Bradley Zero and Marcellus Pittman. (Mixmag)
  • St. Petersburg’s GAMMA Festival announces first wave of acts. (Mixmag)
  • Police call for increased security at Canada’s Ever After Music Festival to combat drug offences. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 30 Jun 2017
  • Australian festival Strawberry Fields announces 2017 line-up including Peggy Gou, Hunee and Soichi Terada. (Mixmag)
  • Awakenings books Dixon, Sasha & John Digweed for Electric Zoo 2017 in New York. (RA)
  • Regis, Wolf Eyes, Varg join Berlin Atonal 2017 line-up. (RA)
  • Creamcake announces Europool summer program of talks and performances with Mobilegirl, Riccardo Benassi, Ziúr, Steven Warwick and more are signed up. (Mixmag)
  • International Deejay Gigolo Records announces four-day party in Berlin for 20th anniversary. (RA)
  • The xx's Night + Day Festival in Iceland cancelled after venue declared endangered area. (Mixmag)
  • Pasquale Rotella, founder of Electric Daisy Carnival and head honcho of parent company Insomniac events, has said major changes to EDC's Las Vegas edition are set to be announced soon. (DJMag)
  • Konstantin and the Giegling crew have been dropped from the line-up of London festival Sunfall following Konstantin conversely saying that men are better DJs than women. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 23 Jun 2017
  • Barcelona's Brunch In The Park returns with Marco Carola, The Martinez Brothers. (RA)
  • Tomorrowland unveils official trailer for 2017 iteration. (DA)
  • DGTL Barcelona rounds out 2017 lineup with Maceo Plex, Marcel Dettmann. (RA)
  • Green Velvet, What So Not and Duke Dumont to play Listen Out Australia later this year. (Mixmag)
  • EDC Las Vegas 2017 Day 2 Highlights: Above & Beyond, Laidback Luke, Green Velvet & more. (Billboard)
  • Deadmau5 to headline Sensation Australia. (Mixmag)
  • Red Bull Music Academy returns to Berlin for 2018 session. (Fact)
  • Studio 338 and Anomalia host all-day fundraising event for London’s Grenfell Tower victims. (Mixmag)
  • Complaints from EDC Vegas 2017…And Pasquale Rotella’s response. (Billboard, YourEDM)
ISSUE: 16 Jun 2017
  • MUTEK Montreal completes 2017 line-up with Beatrice Dillon, Lotic. (RA)
  • MInt has announced the likes of Ricardo Villalobos, Seth Troxler, Craig Richards, The Martinez Brothers, Raresh and more for its line-up this September in Yorkshire. (Pulse)
  • Flume heads up Les Plages Electroniques in Cannes. (Mixmag)
  • Âme and Recondite to play Solomun’s +Live open-air parties. (Mixmag)
  • This line-up for Sun City Music Festival in El Paso, Texas, features Above & Beyond, Marshmello and more. (Billboard)
  • ​Man arrested at Bonnaroo for “doing God’s work by selling fake drugs”. (Mixmag)
  • Elrow cancels Friends & Family festival in Barcelona due to local council disagreement. (Mixmag)
  • EDC Las Vegas 2017 to live-stream more than 110 performers. (Billboard)
  • ADE 2017 announces two days of live line-ups with Fatima Yamaha, Hercules & Love Affair. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 09 Jun 2017
  • All Day I Dream reveals Summer of Love World Tour dates. (Mixmag)
  • HYTE NYC announces Movement hosted stage for Governors Island event in New York. (Mixmag)
  • Jackmaster, Carl Cox, Cassy play The Social Festival 2017 taking place in Kent County Showgrounds this September. (RA)
  • Carl Cox, Sasha & Digweed, Seth Troxler to play Ultra Japan. (Mixmag)
  • Jamie xx, Palms Trax, Lena Willikens play The Beat Hotel at Glastonbury 2017. (RA)
ISSUE: 02 Jun 2017
  • Kaytranada, Ricardo Villalobos and Bicep announced for Lovebox After Dark. (Fact)
  • Your Paradise in Fiji returns in 2017 with Catz 'n Dogz, Mija, Justin Martin. (Mixmag)
  • Iceland’s Secret Solstice has announces the likes of BAYA, Artwork, Dusky and more to perform this June. (Mixmag)
  • Sonus Festival completes 2017 bill with Âme, Magda, Raresh. (RA)
  • The BPM Festival confirms first acts including Richie Hawtin, Jamie Jones, Heidi and Seth Troxler for its debut Portuguese edition. (RA)
  • Ultra Japan 2017 phase one line-up announced featuring the likes of Alesso, The Chainsmokers, Hardwell, Kygo, Steve Angello and more. (Billboard)
  • Einstürzende Neubauten, Jlin and DJ Sprinkles announced for Unsound Festival. (Fact)
ISSUE: 26 May 2017
  • Ultra Europe announces Carl Cox, Joseph Capriati, Nicole Moudaber and more for its July 14-16 edition in Croatia. (DT)
  • Insomniac and Red Bull have announced that this year they will be collaborating together to stream EDC Las Vegas on Red Bull TV. (MagneticMag)
  • Minimal label Perlon celebrates 20 years with 46-hour party in Berlin this August. (RA)
  • Paris's La Chinerie music festival has been successfully crowdfunded to the tune of €63,447 for first edition. (RA)
  • Jeff Mills added to No Sleep line-up at Exit Festival. (XLR8R)
  • Kraftwerk to perform eight times at Italy's Club To Club Festival in 2017. (RA)
  • Detroit's TV Lounge hosts Movement parties with Josh Wink, Soul Clap, Danny Daze. (Mixmag)
  • Elrow Town London has added another day to its Olympic Park event after tickets sold out in four hours. (Mixmag)
  • Binh, Powder, Joy Orbison play RA stage at Dimensions 2017. (RA)
ISSUE: 19 May 2017
  • Carl Cox has enlisted Pan-Pot, Darren Emerson and Jon Rundell as support for NYC's Governors Island event. (Mixmag)
  • Holy Ship! has announced a back-to-back set of dates in January 2018. (Billboard)
  • Japanese festival Labyrinth has announced that it will be reducing its capacity in 2017 in the pursuit of “a more intimate experience”. (Mixmag)
  • Miami’s III Points announces The XX, Gorillaz, The Black Madonna and more for 2017. (Mixmag)
  • Seattle's Decibel Festival announces plans to launch in Los Angeles. (Pulse)
  • Kiev club Closer starts new festival for 2017, Brave! Factory. (RA)
  • China’s leading EDM festival Storm is expanding to Taiwan and Australia. (Billboard)
  • Ultra Europe, held in Croatia, brings on Carl Cox, Nic Fanciulli b2b Eats Everything, Nicole Moudaber. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra Music Festival has announced its most recent expansion, which sees the party brand heading to Mexico for a two-day party October 6-7. (Mixmag)
  • Detroit techno pioneer "Mad" Mike Banks is linking with industry veteran and nightclub owner Dimitri Hegemann to collaborate on a two-day event focusing on the unique relationship between Detroit and Berlin. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 12 May 2017
  • Björk will play a four-hour DJ set at Sónar. (Mixmag)
  • Glastonbury's Glade area to host Sasha, John Digweed, Goldie and more. (Mixmag)
  • Montreal's Piknic Électronik announces summer line-up with Tiga and The Black Madonna. (Mixmag)
  • A new festival is being planned to take place in abandoned ‘Land van Ooit’ theme park, the Netherlands. (TechnoMoves)
  • Former Barcelona bullring La Plaza de Toros La Monumenta to become the house and techno epicentre during OFF Week. (Pulse)
  • Barcelona’s R33 hosts Skream, Santé, Steve Lawler and more during OFF Week, June 13-18. (Pulse)
  • Cream to celebrate 25th anniversary with Butlins weekender. (Mixmag)
  • London's Eastern Electrics to host 2017 festival at Morden Park. (RA)
  • Hyte NYC announces line-up featuring Richie Hawtin, Matrixxman, Marcel Dettmann, Jackmaster and more. (MagneticMag)
ISSUE: 05 May 2017
  • London festival SW4 add Gorgon City (live), Amine Edge & Dance for Area 10 arena. (DT)
  • Tiesto to play 4th of July on NYC's Governors Island. (Billboard)
  • Solomun to play all night long at London’s Brixton Academy June 10. (Mixmag)
  • UK festival Field Maneuvers adds Soichi Terada, DJ Nature and The Golden Filter. (Mixmag)
  • Croatia's Dimensions Festival rounds out 2017 lineup with Goldie, Willow, Dam Funk. (RA)
  • Defected Croatia completes line-up with Black Motion, Claptone and more. (Mixmag)
  • Electric Zoo adds The Black Madonna, Dixon and more for 2017. (Mixmag)
  • Into The Factory, set to take place in Stora Vika, Sweden, completes its line-up with Nina Kraviz, Âme and Jayda G. (Mixmag)
  • Sven Väth, Hunee, DJ Sprinkles play new Romanian festival, Neversea. (RA)
  • Creamfields will return to BH Mallorca for a one day spectacular July 20 with the likes of Axwell and Ingrosso, Sigma, Tchami and more. (Pulse)
  • Made In America festival 2017 to host The Chainsmokers, Kaskade, Marshmello and more. (DA)
  • EDC Las Vegas announces its 2017 line-up with Alison Wonderland, Nicole Moudaber, Jamie Jones and more. (Mixmag)
  • Haçienda Classical to open Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage. (Mixmag)
  • We Are FSTVL launches the 10,000 Hours Foundation in the UK. (FestivalInsight)
ISSUE: 28 Apr 2017
  • Brunch In The Park returns to Madrid with Jeff Mills, Magda, Avalon Emerson and more. (RA)
  • Nina Kraviz brings immersive Трип party to Iceland for third year. (Mixmag)
  • Dixon, Magda and Jamie Jones added to MDRNTY Cruise line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Ben Klock, Jane Fitz and DJ Koze play at Junction 2 at London’s Boston Manor Park this June. (Mixmag)
  • DJ Spoony has announced a garage classics set with a 40-piece orchestra. (Mixmag)
  • The Gathering, a three-day, 24/7 techno festival, is heading to the Netherlands this summer and expects 100,000 people to attend. (Mixmag)
  • HARD Summer 2017 celebrates 10th anniversary with Justice, DJ Snake and more. (Billboard)
  • Hospitality vs Ram Records announced for this summer’s Secret Garden Party. (DataTransmission)
  • Masters At Work, Derrick Carter, Kablam complete the Sónar line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Richie Hawtin, Jackmaster play elrow's Friends & Family Festival in Spain. (RA)
  • Disney Business Solutions, the events arm of Disneyland Paris, has announced the launch of Electroland, a new one-day electronic dance music festival taking over the theme park on the evening of 8 July. (IQ)
  • Glastonbury has announced its Silver Hayes line-up featuring Peggy Gou, Hessle Audio, Flohio and more. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 21 Apr 2017
  • Legowelt and DJ Harvey to play Hobart City Hall rave as part of Dark Mofo festival this Australian winter. (Mximag)
  • Unsound Krakow has announced that 2017's theme will be Flower Power for its 15th anniversary this October. (Mixmag)
  • The final line-up for M.I.A.’s Meltdown festival has been announced. Among the artists playing at London's South Bank Centre in June are Young Fathers, Soulwax, and a Rinse FM Block Party.
  • The Chainsmokers and Galantis are amongst the artists to play Radio 1’s Big Weekend Hull 2017. (RotD)
  • tINI and Solomun announced for 'world’s longest music festival' GEM Fest. (Mixmag)
  • AJ Tracey and Dimitri From Paris headline Cambridge’s Strawberries & Creem festival. (Mixmag)
  • Marco Carola's party Music On has two London dates penned in this month. (Mixmag)
  • Black Coffee, Charlotte de Witte and Dixon announced for Serbia’s Exit Festival. (Mixmag)
  • Tomorrowland has revealed the likes of Carl Cox, Aly & Fila, Luciano and Joris Voorn for the Daybreak Sessions at the event. (DJMag)
  • Masters At Work and Kevin Saunderson announced for Block9 at Glastonbury. (Mixmag)
  • Tell No Tales will return to Melbourne with Richie Hawtin in June. (Mixmag)
  • Eddie Dean's RPM announces Governors Island venue with Carl Cox and Richie Hawtin. (Mixmag)
  • Mysteryland USA 2017 has been canceled “due to unforeseen circumstances,” organisers have announced. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 14 Apr 2017
  • Police shut down underground rave on London's Bakerloo tube carriage. (Guardian)
  • Deadmau5 to host a mau5trap warehouse takeover at Insomniac's Factory 93 in Los Angeles on April 29. (DA)
  • New event GEM Fest, set to take place July 14 - August 14 on Anaklia beach in Georgia, boasts nine different arenas and more than 3,000 performances. (Pulse)
  • Fatboy Slim and Pendulum headline the 25th Volt Festival, located on the Austrian-Hungarian border this June. (Mixmag)
  • Hors Série in Paris has revealed the line-up for its June 4 instalment, including a host of techno heavyweights. (Mixmag)
  • Roger Sanchez, MK and Honey Dijon confirmed for Defected Croatia this August. (Mixmag)
  • Shy FX, Ghostface Killah, Dizzee Rascal are playing Outlook 2017. (Mixmag)
  • Percolate announces open-air event at Three Mills Island in east London featuring the likes of DJ Koze, Sonja Moonear and Objekt. (RA)
  • Insomniac adds 15 shows with over 30 artists to EDC Week line-up in Las Vegas. (DA)
  • Wandsworth Council in London, which was looking to reduce noise levels, has dropped its legal challenge against South West Four festival. (RA)
  • Barcelona's Primavera Sound doubles down on electronic music acts with a new stage. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra Worldwide announces international expansion into China, Australia, India and Ibiza. (Billboard, Mixmag)
ISSUE: 07 Apr 2017
  • Actress, GAS, and Equinoxx announced for Austria’s donaufestival. (XLR8R)
  • My Nu Leng, Fred V, Grafix and more announced for Hospitality In The Park which takes place in London’s Finsbury Park on September 23. (Mixmag)
  • Eats Everything debuts Edible party in Barcelona with Richy Ahmed and Patrick Topping this June. (Mixmag)
  • Maya Jane Coles, Sasha b2b Hot Since 82 and more head to Palm Springs for Day Club this April. (Mixmag)
  • Mediterranean cruise ship The Ark completes its line-up with Sven Väth and more. (Mixmag)
  • Fred P and Catz ‘n Dogz announced for Australia's Subsonic. (Mixmag)
  • Hot Chip, Call Super and more announced for Lost Village Festival in Lincolnshire, UK, this August. (Mixmag)
  • Paula Temple, Veronica Vasicka, Varg play Spain's Mugako Festival 2017. (RA)
  • Willow, Vladimir Ivkovic, Marie Davidson booked for RA Front Yard at Helsinki's Flow Festival 2017. (RA)
  • Electric Zoo reveals Sasha & Digweed, Danny Tenaglia, Paul Kalkbrenner, Oliver Heldens and more for its September line-up. (DJMag)
  • Elrow launches Friends & Family festival in Salou, Spain this July. (RA)
  • The BPM Festival has revealed that it will make its Portugal debut this September 14-17. (EDMSauce)
ISSUE: 31 Mar 2017
  • Zip, Ben UFO, Objekt play Freerotation in Wales this year. (RA)
  • Paris's Peacock Society has announced the likes of Nina Kraviz, Dixon, Marcel Dettmann, Jackmaster, Peggy Gou and more for its line-up this July. (Mixmag)
  • Horizon Festival 2017 will bring underground dance music to the ski slopes of Andorra. (Independent)
  • Full Coachella 2017 electronic music line-up and stages announced. (DHA)
  • Mysteryland locks in Armin Van Buuren, Carl Cox, Deadmau5, Sven Vath and more for 2017 edition. (DJMag)
  • Croatia's Love International announces boat parties for 2017. (RA)
  • Jackmaster, Eats Everything, Soul Clap and Craig Richards are amongst the names announced for the last ever Secret Garden Party this July. (Mixmag)
  • London-based party brand Avant Garde has announced its spring and summer programme of events featuring the likes of KiNK, Man Power, Marcus Worgull, Daniel Bortz and more. (Mixmag)
  • Justice, The xx, Sasha & John Digweed booked for Glastonbury 2017. (RA)
  • The first ever Safe As Milk Festival, due to be held at Pontins in Wales this April, has been cancelled due to low ticket sales. (Fact) The event had performances booked from artists including Jeff Mills & Tony Allen, Actress, Demdike Stare, Karen Gwyer, Princess Nokia and Dopplereffekt.
  • Ultra Music Festival has announced an Australian expansion. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 24 Mar 2017
  • LA festival FYF has returned for the announce of their 2017 line-up featuring the likes of Flying Lotus, Nicolas Jaar, Mura Masa and more. (Mixmag)
  • Forbidden Fruit Festival is back for a seventh year, taking place at the Irish Museum Of Modern Art at The Royal Hospital Kilmainham on June 3-5. (Mixmag)
  • South West Four has announced its full line-up for Sunday 27 August Main Stage on Clapham Common adding the likes of Bakermat Live, Jauz, Martin Solveig, Tchami, Redlight and more. (DT)
  • The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London has been revealed as the location for elrow's party in the capital on August 19. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 17 Mar 2017
  • Obonjan island is set to a host a 10-week programme of music, comedy, film, talks and wellbeing activities this summer across June 23 to September 3. (Mixmag)
  • On Sunday April 2 German label and collective Giegling are hosting a silent disco at the Barbican Conservatory in London. (Mixmag)
  • Party brand MDRNTY is hosting a cruise trip that sails around the Mediterranean, setting off from Italy’s Genoa, before visiting Mallorca, Ibiza, and Barcelona. (Mixmag)
  • Untold Festival returns to Cluj-Napoca, Romania for a third year from August 3 to 6 featuring Martin Garrix, Axwell and Ingrosso, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and more. (Mixmag)
  • Arizona's April 8-9 Phoenix Lights festival has announced headliners Felix Da Housecat, Justin Martin and Tiga as well as a further line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Lena Willikens and Joe Goddard to play Field Day 2017 Bugged Out stage in association with FACT. (Fact)
  • Paul van Dyk is to headline Insomniac's debut Dreamstate Tour. (Billboard)
  • Ben Klock and Maceo Plex have been announced for the return of Malta’s Glitch Festival. (Mixmag)
  • Masters At Work, The Basement Boys, Dimitri From Paris, Barbara Tucker and Derrick Carter have been announced for 51st State Festival in London August 5. (RA)
  • Floating Points and Hessle Audio complete the line-up for Japan’s Rainbow Disco Club this May. (RA)
  • Vladimir Ivkovic, Ben UFO and Nina are booked for Belgian’s Meakusma Festival this year. (RA)
  • Ultra Singapore and Ultra Korea announce phase one line-ups featuring Tiësto, KSHMR and more. (Billboard)
  • Vivid Sydney has announced its 2017 festival line-up including Richie Hawtin, DJ Harvey and Air. (RA)
ISSUE: 10 Mar 2017
  • Gorillaz are launching their own festival with the inaugural Demon Dayz to take place June 10 at Dreamland amusement park in Margate. (Mixmag)
  • Kolour in the Park’s third edition will take place from March 18-19 at the Thai Wake Park in Pathumthani, with a line-up which includes: Tube & Berger, Wankelmut, Adana Twins, Autograf, Animal Trainer and more. (Pulse)
  • Love International has revealed more names for its festival that takes place in The Garden resort in Tisno, Croatia across June 28 to July 5 including: Man Power, Tristan Da Cuhna, Linkwood, Axel Boman, Kornél Kovács and more. (Mixmag)
  • On Saturday March 24, record label and clubbing brand Soulection is headlining The Roundhouse in Camden, London with its ‘Promise Once More’ show. (Mixmag)
  • The line-up for One Tribe Festival, held at Cholmondeley Castle this August, features the likes Juan Atkins, DJ Bone, Move D, Lone, Psychemagik, Boddika and more. (Crack)
  • Manchester-based events brand and label Project 13 is hosting two shows at Hidden club with extended sets from Ben UFO and Joy Orbison throughout March. (Mixmag)
  • Brunch – In The City will return to Barcelona this year with 30 artists playing across seven dates, including: Maceo Plex, Joy Orbison, Black Coffee, Jennifer Cardini and more. (Mixmag)
  • London's Peckham Rye Music Festival lines up Kode9, DJ Spinn, Cooly G, Scratcha DVA for 2017. (Fact)
  • The eleventh edition of Damian Lazarus’ Get Lost party in Miami will feature the likes of Art Department, Ellen Allien, Skream, Francesca Lombardo, Guy Gerber and more. (Mixmag)
  • Flying Lotus, Derrick May booked for Moogfest 2017 nighttime program. (RA)
  • Elrow has announced its new event Elrow Town London, describing it as a 360-degree experience. (Mixmag)
  • Haçienda Classical will play four new dates for the summer of 2017 across London, Newcastle, Liverpool and Brighton. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 03 Mar 2017
  • Shanti Celeste, Ben UFO and Jackmaster confirmed for Sunfall's night sessions. (Mixmag)
  • No Bounds festival launches in Sheffield with Nina Kraviz, Steve Hauschildt and Mumdance. (Fact)
  • Boston’s Together festival adds Kerri Chandler, Magda and Dâm-Funk. (Fact)
  • London’s SW4 festival adds Solomun, Loco Dice, Joris Voorn & more. (DT)
  • Ben Klock to launch new event series, PHOTON, at London's Printworks. (RA)
  • Wild Life in Brighton finalises line-up with Dizzee Rascal, Stormzy and Armand Van Helden this June 9-10. (Mixmag)
  • Tale Of Us, Abra and Maceo Plex for Distortion Festival, Copenhagen. (Mixmag)
  • Oregon Eclipse unveils 300 artists including Damian Lazarus, Bassnectar, Machinedrum and more. (Mixmag)
  • Tama Sumo, Job Jobse & Jane Fitz head to Virgo Festival in Devon this May. (Mixmag)
  • Sir Spyro, Flava D and Madam X announced for Bristol’s Sequences 2017. (Crack)
  • Dekmantel books Willow, Palms Trax and Objekt for Dutch event Lente Kabinet. (Mixmag)
  • Faithless, Kölsch and The Black Madonna are playing Creamfields this August. (Mixmag)
  • Fabric has revealed its April schedule featuring parties from The Hydra and Hospitality. (Mixmag)
  • Cambridgeshire festival Secret Garden Party has announced that this Summer's edition will be its last. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra Korea is returning to Seoul on June 10-11. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 24 Feb 2017
  • Andhim, Hvob and Marco Resmann to join Lighthouse Festival for South Africa launch. (Pulse)
  • New Miami festival, Rapture, books Carl Craig, Matthew Dear. (RA)
  • Kaytranada and Sampha, plus fabric’s own stage added to Lovebox line-up. (Mixmag)
  • The Black Madonna, Ben UFO, Miss Red & The Bug, Aurora Halal play Optimo 20 festival in Glasgow. (RA)
ISSUE: 17 Feb 2017
  • Bassnectar has plans to launch a new two-day festival in a secret location in Atlantic City, New Jersey from 28-29 April. (Damage)
  • Mysteryland 2017 announces line-up headlined by LCD Soundsystem, Major Lazer, G-Eazy and more. (Billboard)
  • Ultra Miami 2017 adds Chase & Status, Cypress Hill, ZHU, Zedd, and more to phase two line-up. (Billboard)
  • UK party brand Fuse has announced a new series of Saturday daytime events called Infuse that will take place at East London's 93 Feet East. (Mixmag)
  • Japan's Fuji Rock festival announces Aphex Twin, Bjork and Bonobo. (Mixmag)
  • The Hydra will host a Blueprint Records party at fabric on Thursday April 13 with Underground Resistance, James Ruskin and Convextion among the headliners. (RA)
  • Floating Points, Kelela, Ben UFO join The xx at London's Brixton Academy across the band’s seven-date residency in March. (RA)
  • The Chemical Brothers, Helena Hauff join French festival Nuits Sonores 2017 line-up. (RA)
  • Cocoon will host a stage on the five-day MDRNTY Cruise 2017, with Sven Väth, Sonja Moonear, Mathew Jonson and Dana Ruh billed. (RA)
  • Joining headliner Patrick Topping at Electric Brixton in November for Amnesia London will be Catz ‘N Dogz, Hector Couto B2B Mar-T, Edu Imbernon and Clint Lee. (SoundAndNoize)
  • Âme, Butch and Mike Servito announced for Sandbox Festival in Egypt. (Pulse)
  • Dubfire, Nicole Moudaber, Art Department announced for London's SIDEXSIDE at Tobacco Dock April 16. (Pulse)
  • Time Warp Germany has announced its line-up including Nina Kraviz and Carl Cox. (Billboard)
  • The BPM Festival has announced that its Brazil edition will not be going ahead as scheduled. (Pulse)
  • IMS Ibiza will mark its 10th anniversary with a special Dalt Vila line-up on Friday May 26 featuring: Maceo Plex B2B Tale Of Us, Seth Troxler B2B Miss Kitten, Pete Tong B2B Nicole Moudaber, Dixon B2B Kenlou (Masters At Work), The Martinez Brothers, B.Traits B2B Jesse Rose and more. 
ISSUE: 10 Feb 2017
  • Farr Festival has revealed the first batch of names for its return to Hertfordshire’s Bygrave Woods in July including Todd Terje, Helena Hauff and Omar-S. (Mixmag)
  • North Carolina music festival Moogfest has announced one of its key themes for 2017 will focus on Protest. (Mixmag)
  • DGTL has revealed the first names for its Barcelona festival this summer including Solomun, Jeff Mills and Recondite. (Mixmag)
  • Houghton - the new festival from the creators of Gottwood - has revealed the second wave of artists set to play its Norfolk event August 11-13 including Hercules & Love Affair, Cobblestone Jazz, Heartthrob and Radioactive Man. (Mixmag)
  • Sven Väth is returning to Leeds with his festival Cocoon in the Park this July with Adam Beyer, Richy Ahmed, Joseph Capriati, Alex & Digby and more. (Mixmag)
  • DJ Shadow and Nosaj Thing have been announced to perform at the inaugural edition of Sónar Hong Kong alongside the likes of Daito Manabe, Kode9 and Evian Christ. (Crack)
  • Hideout festival in Croatia has added the likes of Patrick Topping, Tiga, Solardo and more to its June 26-30 line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Kraftwerk will headline Portuguese festival Neopop this year. (RA)
  • Detroit's Movement Music Festival, taking place in the center of the city's Hart Plaza May 27-29, has announced testpilot, deadmau5's techno alter-ego, as a headliner, alongside Richie Hawtin and Carl Cox. (Mixmag) Other names include Seth Troxler, Octave One, Adam Beyer, Cajmere, Heidi and more. (RA)
  • Justice, The xx and Pet Shop Boys are amongst the names announced to play this year's Bestival in its new home of Lulworth Estate, Dorset. (BBC)
  • Coachella parent company AEG has teamed up with Superfly - the organising body behind Bonnaroo and Outside Lands - to plan a brand new super festival in Colorado. (DA)
ISSUE: 03 Feb 2017
  • Eats Everything confirmed for ANTS at London's 02 Academy Brixton Easter Thursday. (Decoded)
  • The full line-up for this year’s Gottwood Festival in Wales has been announced and includes the likes of The Black Madonna, Helena Hauff, Jayda G, Erol Alkan back-to-back Leon Vynehall, Matthew Herbert and more. (Mixmag)
  • Outlook Festival in Croatia has revealed the first names for this year’s festival and its 10th anniversary, including the likes of DJ Shadow, Madam X and Princess Nokia. (Mixmag)
  • Croatian festival Sonus's line-up has grown with a batch of additions including Sven Väth, Julia Govor, Solomun, Margaret Dygas, tINI, Matador and Maceo Plex. (Mixmag)
  • Croatia's Hideout Festival has revealed a third round of names for this year's edition, including George FitzGerald, Anja Schneider, and Tiga. (Xlr8r)
  • New three-day techno festival, Safe As Milk, is to host UK debut of Jeff Mills & Tony Allen at Prestatyn Pontins this April. (RA)
  • The AVA (Audio Visual Arts) Festival and Conference returns to Belfast’s Docklands warehouse, T13, this June 2-3 with performances from the likes of Bicep, Marcel Dettmann, Fatima Yamaha, Rebekah, TinFoil, Ben UFO, Midland, Job Jobse and Denis Sulta. (Mixmag)
  • Monki has unveiled the dates of her new UK tour where she will be playing six dates throughout March and April in Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham, Liverpool, Southampton and London. (Mixmag)
  • Defected returns for a six-day festival on the Croatian shores of Tisno from August 10–15 with a line-up including MK, Basement Jaxx, Kenny Dope, Monki and more. (Mixmag)
  • Bristol’s festival Love Saves The Day is back for its sixth year on May 27-28 with the likes of Jamie Jones, Little Dragon, Bicep, Crazy P Soundsystem and more. (Mixmag)
  • Innervisions will host a 10-hour takeover of Barcelona's Plaza Mayor De El Poble Espanyol this June 18 with a line-up which includes Dixon, Âme, Job Jobse and John Talabot. (Pulse)
  • Larry Heard aka Mr Fingers, Floating Points, Ben UFO announced for Sunfall 2017, Brockwell Park London on Saturday 12 August. (DT)
  • Kode9 and Martyn among first names for London’s Peckham Rye Music Festival 2017. (RA)
  • Manchester party brand FAC 51 The Haçienda is taking its new tour to the Albert Hall on March 24 with Kerri Chandler and Derrick Carter on the bill. (Mixmag)
  • Dutch festival DGTL will host an event in São Paulo, Brazil, on May 6. (RA)
  • Nachtdigital celebrates 20 years with parties in Berlin, Hamburg, Amsterdam. (RA)
  • Anjunabeats has announced its North American tour dates slated to jump off in March 2017 with Andrew Bayer and ilan Bluestone. (DJMag)
  • Michael and Emily Eavis have said Glastonbury is likely to return in 2019, following its fallow year, with Variety Bazaar not expected to debut until 2021. (Guardian)
  • Sónar Hong Kong will be held at the Science Park in Pak Shek Kok, featuring five diverse indoor and outdoor stages this April 1. (Pulse)
ISSUE: 27 Jan 2017
  • Parties4Peace, a cultural exchange to protect and honour Patagonia, hits Chile and Peru with Christian Volstad And Pier Bucci. (Mixmag)
  • Kode9, Lone and Academy Award-nominated composer Mica Levi have been added to this year’s line-up for Convergence - a platform for unusual projects, one-off special events and collaborations across London. (Mixmag)
  • Smartbar has announced a new event series titled Daphne: A Women’s Movement In Dance Music which will run at the Chicago nightspot throughout March. (Mixmag)
  • Heidi, Lena Willikens, Beautiful Swimmers and Optimo are among the 40 artists to be announced for Sonár Barcelona. (Mixmag)
  • Your Paradise in Fiji is set to return in 2017. (Mixmag)
  • AVA Festival announces 2017 line-up with Jeff Mills, Ben UFO. (Fact)
  • Sven Väth, Ben Klock, Ricardo Villalobos play Awakenings Festival 2017. (RA)
  • Tomorrowland adds Maceo Plex, Sven Väth, Martin Garrix, and more to line-up. (DA)
  • Dekmantel Festival has dropped its full line-up for this year, adding an extra day to the schedule. (Mixmag)
  • Lightning in a Bottle announces 2017 line-up including Richie Hawtin, Bassnectar, Bonobo, Rüfüs Du Sol and Kaytranada. (Billboard)
  • Ultra Music Festival Brasil, held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, has expanded to three days, taking place 12-14 October 2017. (DJMag)
ISSUE: 20 Jan 2017
  • Pendulum to headline London’s South West Four on August 26 - their first performance in London in over half a decade. (DT)
  • Soundwave Festival in Croatia has added the final names to its bill, including Roni Size and fast-rising Aussie house star, Mall Grab. (DJMag)
  • Critical Music turns 15 at Electric Brixton. (DT)
  • Elrow will host a stage at Tomorrowland this year, running over two consecutive Fridays, 21 and 28 July. (DJMag)
  • Following confusion that Glastonbury festival was moving and changing name, Emily Eavis tweeted "We're still planning an event in the future at a different location - which we are calling Variety Bazaar. But Glastonbury Festival will always be called Glastonbury and will remain at Worthy Farm!”. (Billboard, earlier Guardian story) The Variety Bazaar and is set to take place near the Midlands in 2019.
  • London's Lambeth council and Wandsworth council are at loggerheads over Clapham Common’s South West Four Festival, which locals complain will ruin their bank holiday with three days of “thumping bass music”. (Standard)
  • Electric Daisy Carnival UK 2017 has been cancelled. (Billboard) A statement from Pasquale Rotella, founder of Insomniac Events notes that "plans to grow and improve the festival at Milton Keynes have not developed as I had hoped”.
ISSUE: 13 Jan 2017
  • Dublin's Tivoli Theatre under threat from property developers. (RA)
  • Salford's Islington Mill venue could close due to noise complaint. (RA)
  • The Chainsmokers, Kaskade, Flosstradamus headlining 2017 Shaky Beats Festival in Atlanta. (Billboard)
  • A Canadian-funded mining company has laid claim to 4,000 acres of land at the site of Burning Man in Nevada although no current plans to mine on Black Rock Desert exist. (YourEDM) 
  • Barcelona's BeCool has closed with the Placa de Joan Llongueras venue being replaced with a restaurant. (RA)
  • Croatia's Love International adds Tony Humphries, Heidi, Prosumer to 2017 line-up. (RA)
  • Ibiza's The Zoo Project expands to two days in 2017, running on Tuesdays as well as Saturdays. (RA)
  • Belgium’s Tomorrowland has announced its July 21 - 30 2017 theme as the circus. (YourEDM)
  • New York’s Panorama festival announces its 2017 line-up. (DA)
  • Tale Of Us's Afterlife party will return to Barcelona in June, a year on from its inaugural edition. (RA)
  • The final line-up additions for Snowbombing have been announced with Andy C, Gerd Janson, Axel Boman and more set to hit the Austrian Alps. (Mixmag)
  • Mexico’s BPM festival has announced two expansion events in Brazil and Portugal, coming to swift fruition April 28 through May 1 of 2017, and September of 2017, respectively. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 06 Jan 2017
  • FACT is launching a series of worldwide events at BPM Festival Mexico, Faust in Paris, Pacha in Barcelona and Warung beach club in Brazil. (Mixmag)
  • In 2016, the Fania music label joined forces with the Manana organisation to launch a new music festival celebrating Cuban culture. (Mixmag)
  • Two new Sydney parties by local collectives Motorik and UNDR Ctrl debut this month. (Mixmag)
  • Groove Armada added to ANTS London. (EntFocus)
  • Patrick Topping set to play at Amnesia London. (EntFocus)
  • London's 51st State announces dates for 2017. (RA)
  • Coachella has announced its line-up for 2017 featuring the likes of Dixon, Richie Hawtin, Loco Dice, Sasha and more. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 16 Dec 2016
  • A fundraiser for the Oakland Fire tragedy will be held in Berlin on December 16. (xlr8r)
  • Fabriclive will now only take place on the last Friday of each month. (xlr8r)
  • Boiler Room debuts in Indonesia at Potato Head Bali. (Pulse)
  • An alternative festival experience on board one of the world’s most luxurious cruise liners has been announced for summer 2017. (Pulse)
  • City-wide festival ALTN8 debuts in Hong Kong with 40+ acts. (Pulse)
  • Djakarta Warehouse Project is set to bring its biggest line-up yet, this weekend. (Pulse)
  • The first names have been announced for the 20th year of Melt Festival. (RA)
  • The line-ups for the first parties at new London venue Printworks have been confirmed. (RA)
  • More artists have been announced for Into The Valley 2017 in Estonia, as well as its Swedish offshoot, Into The Factory. (RA)
  • Finland's Flow Festival has announced the first names for its 2017 edition, taking place August 11-13 in Suvilahti, Helsinki. (RA)
  • New Sydney festival Days Like This revealed. (Mixmag)
  • Popular NYC hotspot Elvis Guesthouse is closing at the end of 2016. (Mixmag)
  • Bestival is to stage the four-day festival at the Lulworth Estate, Dorset – the home of sister event Camp Bestival – from 2017. (IWRadio)
ISSUE: 09 Dec 2016
  • Burning Man announces 2017 theme. (Billboard)
  • The first names have been confirmed for Caprices Festival 2017. (RA)
  • Unsound announces dates for 2017 edition in Kraków. (RA)
  • Romanian festival Interval is putting all of its future events on hold after suffering "massive financial losses." (RA)
  • London's Field Day has added more names to the line-up for its 2017 festival. (RA)
  • Craig Richards and Gottwood have joined forces to put on a brand new festival in Norfolk called Houghton. (Mixmag)
  • Elrow announces Amnesia Ibiza residency for 2017. (Billboard)
  • The BPM Festival will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this coming year, with a massive series of artists and special events in commemoration. (Mixmag)
  • Nic Fanciulli discusses expanding The Social Festival to Mexico and Colombia in 2017. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 02 Dec 2016
  • Birmingham’s The Rainbow Venues has launched its New Year’s programme. (Mixmag)
  • Arizona’s biggest dance music festival, Decadence, is returning for its third installment this New Year’s Eve. (Mixmag)
  • Sheffield’s Hope Works announces 2017 winter schedule. (Mixmag)
  • Tropico Festival is at the forefront of Mexico’s youth-led cultural revolution. (Pulse)
  • Junction 2 Festival announce Sonus Festival stage. (DT)
  • Nina Kraviz, Justice and Nicolas Jaar have been revealed as headliners for Sónar next year. (Mixmag)
  • Tomorrowland Brasil cancelled for 2017; TomorrowWorld in question as well. (DA)
  • Hideout Festival announces new names. (XLR8R)
  • Five alternative music festivals that are changing the scene in Southeast Asia. (Pulse)
  • Romania’s largest electronic music festival, Untold Festival, sold 11,000 tickets in 3 minutes. (DA)
  • Nina Kraviz and Seth Troxler confirmed for Printworks London's debut series. (Mixmag)
  • What the top 50 global music festivals reveal about today's live music industry. (Forbes)
  • Aphex Twin has been confirmed as a headliner at London's Field Day - his first billed show in the UK for almost a decade. (Mixmag) He will also play Barcelona’s Primavera Sound in May. (Fact)
ISSUE: 25 Nov 2016
  • Bristol's Just Jack party has announced details of its 11th birthday celebration. (RA)
  • The official Mysteryland after film has arrived with pre-sale tickets for 2017. (Mixmag)
  • Your Paradise in Fiji announces Seth Troxler. (Mixmag)
  • Carl Cox, Seth Troxler and more have been announced for Mexico BPM Festival's YA'AH MUUL parties. (Mixmag)
  • Miami's Life in Color Festival celebrates 10th anniversary next January with Diplo, Carnage, Marshmello and more. (Billboard)
  • Estonian festival Into The Valley has announced The Black Madonna and Marcel Dettmann for 2017. (Mixmag)
  • Bangkok’s 808 Festival has announced that the festival will be moved to Pattaya and unveiled the second phase of its line-up. (Pulse)
  • Ultra Music Festival confirms Tale Of Us and two US debuts. (Mixmag)
  • SXM Festival in the Caribbean reveals phase one line-up with Ricardo Villalobos, Nina Kraviz and Black Coffee. (Mixmag)
  • The Winter Social Festival will return to The Kent County Showground on the weekend of March 11-12, 2017. (RA)
  • The Chainsmokers, Alison Wonderland, Major Lazer and Hardwell are among the names on the line-up for the fourth annual Electric Daisy Carnival Mexico next February. (Billboard)
  • EDC Las Vegas is set to return in 2017. (Mixmag)
  • The first round of names for Croatia's Sonus Festival 2017 include Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin and Sonja Moonear. (RA)
  • Dutch techno festival Awakenings celebrates 20th anniversary with killer five-day line-up. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 18 Nov 2016
  • London gets a taste of Mauritius via electronic music brand Electric Dodo. (Pulse)
  • Indonesia’s Interstellar Systems celebrate one year of cosmic parties. (Pulse)
  • The Peacock Society will host its second winter edition on February 17-18, 2017. (RA)
  • Percolate has announced its end-of-year programme in full, with three events confirmed between London and Manchester. (RA)
  • The first names are in for Bangface Weekender 2017. (RA)
  • Carl Cox and Seth Troxler confirmed for We Are FSTVL. (Mixmag)
  • Skream, Daphni and more come together to Rave For Refugees, a series of club nights at London's Electric Brixton aiming to raise money for refugees. (Mixmag)
  • Porter Robinson and Madeon announce European and Australian tour dates for collaborative Shelter Live. (DA)
  • Nastia, Jackmaster and more head to Bristol for In:Motion on New Year's Day. (Mixmag)
  • Ben Klock and Veronica Vasicka have been announced for Dekmantel São Paulo By Night. (Mixmag)
  • Jamie Jones, Sasha and Basement Jaxx have been added to Electric Gardens in Australia. (Mixmag)
  • Electric Zoo sells out debut China event. (Billboard)
  • Neverland Manila 2016 has been postponed until next year. (Pulse)
  • Giorgio Moroder has joined the bill for the Tokyo Dance Music Event next month. (RA)
  • A Buenos Aires court has approved a previously banned Kraftwerk show. (Mixmag) The initially prohibited performance fell under the category of an electronic music event with its artists using "synthesizers and samplers as primary instruments", which have been restricted in the city after the tragic deaths of six attendees at Time Warp earlier this year.
ISSUE: 11 Nov 2016
  • Insomniac's countdown NYE 2016 announces stacked 40-plus artist line-up. (Billboard)
  • India's Sunburn Festival 2016 announces tenth anniversary line-up. (Billboard)
  • Eric Prydz has been unveiled for Australia's Electric Gardens festival which expands to four cities next year. (Mixmag)
  • Mexico's BPM has kicked off the 2017 festival line-ups by dropping an enormous list of underground names. (Pulse)
  • Day Zero returns to the Mexican jungles in 2017 with a great line-up. (Pulse)
ISSUE: 04 Nov 2016
  • This December, the Numbers label is hosting parties in London, Glasgow, Belfast and Barcelona, in association with Hydra and Southbound. (Mixmag)
  • Clockenflap Festival has finalised its lineup by adding M.I.A, London Grammar and SBTRKT, along with Miami native Danny Daze and legendary rap group The Sugarhill Gang. (Pulse)
  • Equation Festival debuts in Vietnam with a massive 30+ artists on the line-up. (Pulse)
  • Ray-Ban x Boiler Room Weekender 2016 announces full line-up and set times. (Billboard)
  • Groove Cruise Miami 2017 announces phase one artist line-up. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • The first names for the 18th edition of Berlin's CTM Festival have been announced. (RA)
  • Sydney’s getting a free party with all your favourite dance acts. (inthemix)
  • Earthcore’s full 2016 line-up has landed. (inthemix)
  • Babylon Festival reveals the next international on its 2017 line-up. (inthemix)
  • FOMO Festival is launching a series of club shows around Australia. (inthemix)
  • Outlook Festival turns 10 next year, and to celebrate it is hosting a party to pay homage to its original sound system roots by including a 20-piece Outlook orchestra. (Mixmag)
  • At the Festival Congress Awards, hosted by the Association of Independent Festivals, winners included Bluedot (New Festival) and MAST drugs testing piloted at UK festivals (Act of Independence).  (RotD)
ISSUE: 28 Oct 2016
  • Melbourne's Freedom Time returns on New Year's Day with Theo Parrish. (Mixmag)
  • New Australian festival Pitch Music & Arts has announced its inaugural line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Half Baked will hold a seventh birthday event in London on Saturday, November 26. (RA)
  • Spanish event series Elrow will take its wild style to New York City this December at Flash Factory. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 21 Oct 2016
  • Olmeca House Sessions have arrived at the end of their fourth season, bringing some of Cape Town's finest selectors back for one last party on October 22. (Pulse)
  • Chemical Brothers are replacing LCD Soundsystem at Cockenflap in Hong Kong. (Pulse)
  • Baler’s surf shop Charlie Does is holding a mini-festival at the end of October, ahead of their main even in April 2017. (Pulse)
  • The Mad Decent Beach Party planned to take place next February on the Riviera Maya, Mexico, has been cancelled with no further details given. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Mexico's BPM Festival, which takes place next January, has announced showcases from MOOD, RUMORS, Music On. (Mixmag)
  • New south London live music venue Omeara, owned by Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons, opens this week. (Standard)
  • Ultra Music Festival breaks one million attendees across all 2016 events. (Magnetic Mag)
ISSUE: 14 Oct 2016
  • Malasimbo Music & Arts Festival in the Philippines has been announced to take place March 10-12 and has confirmed its first round of artists. (Pulse)
  • London event series Clock Strikes 13 has announced new parties for the month of November. (Mixmag)
  • Nina Las Vegas' NLV Records turns one this week with a free party in Melbourne. (Mixmag)
  • The Mango Club returns for a fourth year in Chester on October 15 at The Live Rooms. (Mixmag)
  • Ministry of Sound has announced an event to take place this November in support of World AIDS Day. (Mixmag)
  • Australia's pioneering solar-powered, zero-waste music and arts festival Off The Grid returns to Melbourne in December with a solid line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Anjunadeep announces 2016 tour line-up: Yotto, Theo Kottis and more. (Billboard)
  • London club Phonox has announced a string of Sunday parties. (Mixmag)
  • London-based events company Electric Minds has announced its final event to take place this December. (xlr8r)
  • Joseph Capriati, Levon Vincent, Jackmaster complete The Hydra's line-ups. (Pulse)
  • Boiler Room and Bridges for Music team up for an exclusive ADE showcase. (Pulse)
  • New York venue Jupiter Hall is to host a weekly series of electronic music nights. (Magnetic Mag)
  • Organisers of Sweden's Into The Valley have revealed plans to launch six new festivals across the world. (RA) Its core festival offering, Into The Valley, is moving from its previous home in Sweden to Estonia.
  • Substantial increases in visa processing fees for international acts will hurt Australia's live music scene, industry body Live Performance Australia claims. (TheMusic)
ISSUE: 07 Oct 2016
  • Australia's Paradise festival has added another round of artists to its 2016 line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Guy Gerber is to play a 7 hour set at London’s Koko this November 19. (Decoded)
  • Elrow’s biggest ever UK party is set to go down at Tobacco Dock in East London on March 11, with Eats Everything as headliner. (Mixmag)
  • Melbourne Music Week has announced its full 2016 program, with plenty of forward thinking electronic events. (Mixmag)
  • Lost Village Festival will be returning to Lincolnshire, UK, for the third year in 2017, taking place from August 24 to 27. (MIxmag)
  • Milton Bradley joins Interstellar for another night at Koh Bali. (Pulse)
  • CLICK and Labyrinth have joined forces to put together a massive triple-header of parties for this year’s ADE. (Pulse)
ISSUE: 30 Sep 2016
  • With the venue closed indefinitely, Fabric will be taking its ‘fabric 90’ launch party to The Steelyard in London on October 22, featuring Scuba, Recondite and Terry Francis. (Mixmag)
  • Brooklyn's Electronic Music Festival announces phase one of the line-up for 2016. (Billboard)
  • All Day I Dream has announced full details of its debut ADE party. (RA)
  • The organisers of Australian festival Maitreya seem to have given up on their quest to hold future events at the planned site of their doomed 10th anniversary earlier this year. (Mixmag)
  • Comunité has announced the first names for its 2017 edition, happening in Tulum, Mexico, on January 6-7. (RA)
  • UK festival Lost Village has announced its third year and moves to August Bank Holiday. (Data Transmission)
  • Dekmantel Festival is heading to Sao Paulo, Brazil next year. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra Music Festival organisers have a “master plan" to expand across the globe. (Thump)
  • Ultra makes history in Asia with over 350,000 participants in eight cities. (Pulse)
ISSUE: 23 Sep 2016
  • UK promoter Trouble Vision has outlined details for six parties across autumn. (RA)
  • The 2016 edition of Neverland Manila will take place December 9-10. (Pulse)
  • Cape Town Electronic Festival announces new February 10-12 dates for 2017. (Pulse)
  • Asian dance music concept The East Collective are to make their debut on the world stage as the official after-party for the Asia-Pacific IMS in Shanghai on September 30. (Pulse)
  • Vietnam’s Quest Festival adds over 40 acts to their line-up. (Pulse)
  • MUTEK Montréal teams with RBMA for Tim Hecker, Clams Casino and more. (Fact)
  • Mexico to introduce new house and techno festival, Ondalinda. (Dancing Astronaut)
ISSUE: 16 Sep 2016
  • Ultra Brasil unveils fill line-up and teams up with MTV. (Mixmag)
  • Australia's Let Them Eat Cake has announced the line-up for its New Year's Day bash. (Mixmag)
  • Regression Sessions has just announced its The Red Light Apocalypse UK tour dates heading to London, Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Sheffield. (Mixmag)
  • CRSSD are putting on a new San Diego festival called Groundwater, taking place on October 29 - 30.  (RA)
  • The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) returns next month and De School is hosting five events for the occasion. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 09 Sep 2016
  • Hard Summer announces its return for 2017 via video. (Magnetic Mag)
  • Ibiza’s Circoloco is coming to America. (Pulse)
  • The likes of Amnesia Scanner, Kiasmos and Kosmodod have been added to Iceland's Airwaves Festival line-up. (MadMimi)
  • Groovefest in the Domincan Republic was canceled last week as the company went into liquidation. (Music Times)
ISSUE: 02 Sep 2016
  • The first edition of Boomtown Winter Gathering will not take place in December, following a car park fire and the death of an 18-year-old woman at Boomtown Fair 2016. (RA)
  • Pittsburgh's VIA Festival will happen October 6th through 9th using the recently opened Ace Hotel Pittsburgh‎ as the main venue. (RA)
  • Michigan based festival Electronic Forest may be expanding to two weekends in 2017. (EDM.com)
  • Deep Medi Musik will celebrate its tenth birthday and 100th release with a party at London's Electric Brixton on Saturday, October 1st. (RA)
ISSUE: 26 Aug 2016
  • Saint Martin festival SXMusic has announced plans for 2017. (Mixmag)
  • Oval Space and The Pickle Factory have announced their line-ups for autumn and winter. (Mixmag)
  • After a nine-week season, Night Tales will host a three-day closing event this weekend in Hackney Wick. (Mixmag)
  • Scottish promoter Nothing More To Say has announced their next five parties, including DJ Sprinkles and Mall Grab. (RA)
  • London party lot Solid.Grooves have extended their Ibiza stay with extra dates throughout September. (Pulse)
  • Movement Torino announces 2016 line-up and schedule. (Pulse)
  • Bassnectar is throwing a 10,000 person rave in Atlanta on September 9 and 10. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Insomniac has announced its next international expansion in India, this coming autumn - EDC will debut in Delhi on November 12 and 13 and will partner with Only Much Louder, a Mumbai-based event promoter for its launch. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra Worldwide has announced its first independent Resistance event, which will debut in Peru this October with Carl Cox and friends. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 19 Aug 2016
  • ZeeZout will host four parties at this year's Amsterdam Dance Event from October 20-23, with Ben UFO, Hunee and Joy Orbison all set to play. (RA)
  • Paris party Concrete will celebrate its fifth anniversary with an extensive European tour, throwing parties in various cities from August through December. (RA)
  • The line-up is complete for Poland's Up To Date Festival with the likes of DJ Earl, DJ Deeon and Luke Vibert announced. (RA)
  • Danny Tenaglia has been added to the line-up for London's South West Four festival afterparty at Electric Brixton on Sunday, August 28. (RA)
  • Mexico City's Mutek.MX has announced a second wave of artist names for their 2016 line-up, including Space Dimension Controller and John Tejada. (RA)
  • Arcadia, the giant scrap metal spider stage, is heading to Australia this year. (Mixmag)
  • Decadence in Arizona has unveiled Deadmau5, Porter Robinson and more for NYE. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Live Nation is to implement TSA pre-check at music events to address security concerns. (Mixmag)
  • The campsite at the UK's Boomtown Fair Festival was evacuated following a fire in which 80 vehicles were destroyed. (NME)
ISSUE: 12 Aug 2016
  • Bristol's IN:Motion announced its line-up for their 10th festival, here are the 10 acts not to miss. (Pulse)
  • Australia's Strawberry Fields announces yet more artists for its 2016 event. (Mixmag)
  • Baltimore-based Moonrise Festival responds to concertgoer accounts of extortion by security. (Billboard)
  • Tomorrowland has broken its social media records with 175m unique views. (Billboard)
  • Ibiza boat parties have been subject to a crackdowns this summer with inspections looking for drugs or other violations of the law. (Pulse)
ISSUE: 05 Aug 2016
  • Resident Advisor run through its Top 10 festivals for September. (RA)
  • Giegling will host back-to-back showcases at German favourite Panorama Bar and Paris’ Concrete over August 19-20. (RA)
  • A new festival, Masãfãt, will bring artists from the UK and the Middle East together for talks and performances in London and Cairo. (RA)
  • Amsterdam's De School has announced the line-ups for its De Zomernacht parties this weekend (August 5-7), featuring Jasper Wolff, Avalon Emerson, Makam, Tasker, Clara3000 and many more. (Mixmag)
  • Croatia's dedicated party island Obonjan was without electricity or running water until August 3, delaying its opening by eight days. (RA)
ISSUE: 29 Jul 2016
  • Ultra Brazil confirms Hardwell, DJ Snake and Hot Since 82 for phase one of its line-up. (Pulse)
  • Ultra Japan has announced its line-up for September 2016. (Resident Advisor)
  • Rudimental, Wolf & Lamb and Matador have been announced for Thailand’s Wonderfruit Festival. (Mixmag)
  • Hardwell, Tinie Tempah and Chase & Status will headline the first Mallorca Creamfields in August. (Mixmag)
  • The six-week music and wellbeing festival on the Croatian island of Obonjan has been postponed on its inaugural day due to a power and water failure. (Guardian)
ISSUE: 22 Jul 2016
  • UK festival Field Maneuvers finalises 2016 line-up with Ben UFO. (RA)
  • Soundcrash announce Machinedrum, Lapalux, Dorian Concept, Throwing Snow and more for their next event at Electric Brixton, Friday September 23. (Data Transmission)
  • Eastern Electrics has announced the final line-up for its after-party at Egg London on August 6, featuring Steve Lawler, PBR Streetgang and more. (Data Transmission)
  • EXIT Festival has unveiled its dates for 2017, taking place in the Novi Sad, northern Serbia, the festival will run 6-9 July. (Data Transmission)
  • LA promoters Minimal Effort are planning a party for Halloween, upgrading their venue and adding more to their line-up including Pete Tong, TEED, Toga, Steve Bug, Kidnap Kid and more. (Deep house Amsterdam)
  • Turin announces its names for Italian festival Club to Club 2016, which also includes Jessie Lanza, Arca, Jesse Kanda and more. (Fact Mag)
  • Diplo announces Mad Decent beach party for 2017 in Mexico. (Your EDM)
  • Ministry Of Sound has cancelled M25 Festival, which was due to take place at London's Trent Country Park on August 7, without explanation. (RA)
  • EDC UK is under fire for alleged 'chaos' after the festival. (Your EDM) 
  • The Goa Tourism department will appeal to a clearance committee to not allow the holding of two electronic dance music festivals, Sunburn and Supersonic, in same district or at a same time. (India Express)
ISSUE: 15 Jul 2016
  • Taking place at Mana in Wynwood, Miami, this October, III Points Festival has announced line-up and release of day passes. (Mixmag)
  • Techno specialists Movement Croatia has announced its partners and a run of boat parties for the summer. (Mixmag)
  • Kappa Future festival was a triumph for minimal sounds. (Pulse Radio)
  • Seattle’s Decibel Festival founder Sean Patrick Horton confirms that his new role at Red Bull as the reason for the Seattle Festival not continuing. (Billboard)
  • Founder of Insomniac Events, Pasquale Rotella, has revealed that he is launching a new festival next year but not given any further details. (YourEDM)
  • Annie Mac has announced a series of mini festivals across the UK throughout the rest of 2016 featuring artists such as Basement Jaxx, Paul Woolford, Eats Everything, Todd Edwards and more. (DataTransmission)
  • Tresor celebrates 25 years by throwing a festival in Berlin with artists such as Robert Hood, Daniel Bell, John Tejada, Moritz von Oswald and Juan Atkins. (DataTransmission)
  • Glastonbury’s own clubbing haven Block9 is set to launch as a separate event in London. (Mixmag)
  • Magda has announced a new event series combining music with other forms of media in Berlin called PERM. (RA) The first edition will take place on August 28.
  • Lee Scratch Perry and Suzanne Ciani have been announced for Ableton’s Loop conference, the software company’s "summit for music makers". (Fact)
  • Bonnaroo suffered its lowest ever ticket sales this year with 45,537 sales, down 46% from the festival’s peak in 2011. (YourEDM)
ISSUE: 08 Jul 2016
  • Red Bull Music Academy has announced UK winners of its Montreal Residency programme for 2016. (Mixmag) Denis Sulta, Hyroglifics, Emma-Jean Thackray and more will take part
  • Eglo Records boss Alexander Nut announces residency at London venue Stour Space. (Mixmag)
  • RÜFÜS, SUUNS, Jessy Lanza, CUT_ and many others will perform at new, two-day showcase festival for electronic live-acts at Melkweg, Paradiso and Sugarfactory for ADE Live. (ADE)
  • A spokesperson for Tomorrowland has denied reports that claimed it was looking into a new edition in Thailand. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 01 Jul 2016
  • Mixmag announce stage splits for new festival Boundary Brighton, featuring headliner Craig David. (Mixmag)
  • Ten Walls has been removed from the Ibiza Circoloco line up after a backlash from fellow DJs. (Pulse Radio) DJs respond. (Mixmag)
  • The Calvi On The Rocks line up for 2016 has been announced, featuring John Talabot, Bicep, D.K. and Virginia amongst many more. (Resident Advisor)
  • Meakusma announces new festival, set to take place from September 23 to 25 across five stages in the Belgian town of Eupen and featuring a line-up of experimental electronics and dance music DJs. (Resident Advisor)
  • Jeff Mills will hold a four-date residency at London's Barbican in June 2017. (Quietus)
  • ADE's latest announcement reveals Adam Beyer, Craig David, Joseph Capriati, Luke Slater, Rodhad, Richie Hawtin, Tiësto and many more as performers. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 24 Jun 2016
  • ONYX is a new weekly techno night at Space Ibiza. Opening night is Monday 27 June.  Champagne, Caviar and Canapés will be served between 8pm - 11pm on the Sunset Terrace. To attend, please RSVP your full name(s) to VIP@onyx-ibiza.com
  • David Lynch is organising a new multi-disciplinary festival, named Festival of Disruption. (DeepHouseAmsterdam)
  • Ibiza’s Government has banned tINI’s beach parties – tINI reacts. (Magnetic Mag)
ISSUE: 17 Jun 2016
  • Mano Le Tough, Heidi, Tiga, Midland, Pender Street Steppers and Ben UFO are among those playing the Glastonbury Beat Hotel. (Mixmag)
  • Full line up announced for Tomorrowland festival, set to take place in Boom, Belgium from July 22-24. Featuring the likes of: Solomun, Maceo Plex, Alesso, GTA, Alison Wonderland and Deadmau5 back-to-back with Eric Prydz. (Mixmag)
  • ABODE has outlined the schedule for its Friday night residency at Sankeys Ibiza this summer that runs from June 24 to September 16, featuring Lauren Lane, Huxley and Oliver Dollar amongst others. (Mixmag)
  • Goa is looking to change the way it hosts major festivals, announcing that there will be no EDM events between December 15 and January 15, due to the high number of tourists at that time. (Billboard)
  • The non-profit company associated with Nevada’s Burning Man will be crossing the Atlantic and touching down in the Netherlands. Burning Man Netherlands has been setup to convey the 10 principles of its American counterpart. (DeepHouseAmsterdam)
  • London's Wireless Festival is to go ahead in Finsbury Park after a legal challenge was dismissed by the High Court. (IQ)
  • The inaugural Mixmag Malta Weekender will take place July 20-24 in Uno. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 03 Jun 2016
  • Music festivals have been placed on “high alert” for potential ISIS suicide attacks this summer. (Sunday Times, Observer)
  • London's Hackney Council calls second consultation on nighttime economy. (RA)
ISSUE: 27 May 2016
  • Cocoon boss Sven Vath has announced a full May - October tour. (MixMag)
ISSUE: 20 May 2016
  • Ill Points, the three-day Miami festival in October have added LCD Soundsystem, Dixon and Floating Points to their line-up, amongst others. (Resident Advisor)
ISSUE: 13 May 2016
  • Hundred Waters' third FORM Festival in the Arizona desert this May 13-15 features the likes of Skrillex, Bonobo and Four Tet. (DancingAstronaut)
  • Crew Love has announced 'The Lovetrain Tour' featuring a pitstop in New York City. The Summer Love Edition is a one-day festival that will bring Dimitri from Paris, Wolf + Lamb, Soul Clap, No Regular Play and more to the stage on July 3. (Mixmag)
  • Glastonbury has unveiled the DJ line-up for Block9, with The Black Madonna,nd_baumecker, Honey Soundsystem, Roger Sanchez,Prosumer, Chez Damier, Tama Sumo & Lakuti, Midlandand Horse Meat Disco will play the main room, while a new second room, The Meat Rack, will host Eats Everything, Fouk, Jo Nathan and more. (Fact)
  • Australian festival Stereosonic founder Richie McNeill has unveiled plans to launch two new festivals. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 06 May 2016
  • XOYO has announced that DJ Harvey will be taking over Saturday nights at the club throughout August. (Mixmag)
  • Bristol’s Simple Things Festival has announced details of its closing concert for 2016, which sees John Carpenter bring his live band to the city’s Colston Hall. (Fact)
  • Croatia’s Dimensions Festival has released more names for 2016 including: Abra, Gilles Peterson, Space Dimension Controller, Gaika and dEbruit. (Fact)
  • IMS has announced the return of its live electronic showcase, Back2Live, taking place at IMS Ibiza this year, featuring: Stimming, Seabed, Szjerdene and UK bands Delamere and Our Future Glory. (IbizaSpotlight)
  • The full line-up for Carl Cox's final Space Ibiza residency has been unveiled, with the party set to features the likes of John Digweed, Danny Tenaglia, Sasha, Nicole Moudaber, Masters at Work, Adam Beyer, Marco Carola and more. (DancingAstronaut)
ISSUE: 29 Apr 2016
  • London party Rinse | Born & Bred Festival  has announced its stage splits for the forthcoming June weekender. Saturday sees Lord of the Mics, Livin’ Proof and London Some’ting take the reins, while Sunday sees Swamp 81, Exit vs Dispatch Records and FWD>> at the helm. (Fact)
  • Earlybird tickets for Croatia’s Defected Festival have officially sold out, with Basement Jaxx (DJ set), Osunlade, Kenny Dope, Julio Bashmore, Guti (live), Noir, and many more all set to play. (IMS)
  • The full list of DJs and dance music artists playing Glastonbury's Silver Hayes has been revealed. Tensnake, Fatima Yamaha, Eats Everything and Leon Vynehall are just some of the house and techno contingent going to Worthy Farm, with a Feel My Bicep showcase also happening. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 22 Apr 2016
  • The third incarnation of Mysteryland sees the New York-based music, culture and arts festival usher in a number big names. Headlining are Skrillex, Odesza and Bassnectar with Claude VonStroke making an appearance as well. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 15 Apr 2016
  • Together Boston's 2016 line-up includes The Black Madonna, Matthew Dear and Floating Points, who will continue his series of live band shows. (Fact)
  • Australia's largest winter festival Splendour in the Grass has announced its 2016 line-up, featuring some big dance music drawcards including The Avalanches, Flume and What So Not. (Mixmag)
  • The Avalanches confirm their first shows since 2011. (Quietus) They will play Field Day on June 12.
  • Chicago's Mamby On The Beach festival has announced its 2016 line-up, featuring the likes of Chet Faker, Chromeo and Ryan Hemsworth. (IMSMixmag)
  • Festival Forte has returned for its third edition, set to take place between August 25- 27 inside the walls of the Portuguese castle Montemor-o-Velho. Ben Klock, RODHAD and Apparat are all set to headline. (XLR8R)
ISSUE: 08 Apr 2016
  • San Francisco’s most popular music festival Outside Lands returns to Golden Gate Park for three days of music, with LCD Soundsytem announced as one of the headliners as well as slots for Major Lazer, Zedd and Big Grams confirmed. (DancingAstronaut)
  • London’s Lovebox Festival has added a second wave of names including: Denzel Curry and Darq E Freaker, Heidi, George FitzGerald, Toddla T and Shy FX. (Fact)
  • Electric Island Festival (EIF) in Guam has revealed its 2016 program, including: Donald Glaude, Dusty Kid, Trent Cantrelle, Silky, Shinichi Osawa, DJ Cookie and many more. (XLR8R)
  • Dubai has announced an all-new techno festival, Slam Fest, set for summer 2017. (Pulse)
  • Imagine Music Festival in Atlanta has announced that it's transitioning into a full-fledge camping festival. (EDM.com)
  • Diynamic Music has announced details of a three-part ten-year anniversary party in Berlin. (RA)
  • Australian festival Stereosonic cancels 2016 edition but says it will return in 2017. (RA)
  • Pasquale Rotella, the founder of Insomniac Events, has announced that Insomniac will be cancelling EDC Puerto Rico and Beyond Wonderland, as well as postponing EDC Japan's originally scheduled July date. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 01 Apr 2016
  • Has TomorrowWorld hinted at a possible return in the climax of their 2015 after-move? (EDM.com)
ISSUE: 24 Mar 2016
  • Ultra Music Festival has announced its 2017 event will be held March 24-26. (YourEDM)
  • Copenhagen’s Distortion Festival has unveiled several new names for its 2016 edition, including MK, Mano Le Tough and My Nu Leng. (DancingAstronaut)
  • Turin-based weekender Kappa FuturFestival has enlisted a raft of new names including Ben Klock, Marco Carola and Raresh. (Fact)
  • Field Manuevers has announced Throwing Shade, Ryan Elliott and The Black Madonna for their 2016 line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is to take on Cream Classic anthems at the city's Anglican Cathedral in unique merging of musical styles. (Mirror)
ISSUE: 18 Mar 2016
  • Vertex, the new camping festival from Electric Forest Organizers Madison House, will invite Odesza, Alabama Shakes, and Trey Anastasio Band as its headliners, with electronic acts such as Classixx, Seven Lions, Duke Dumont, Jai Wolf, and RÜFÜS DU SOL to support. (DancingAstronaut)
  • Spain's Sónar festival has confirmed 38 new names, including Underground Resistance, Mad Professor and Gerd Jansen. (XLR8R)
  • Toronto’s Digital Dreams festival has announced its headliners for 2016 with Axwell /\ Ingrosso, Above & Beyond and Armin Van Buuren taking the top slots. (DancingAstronaut)
  • Iceland's Secret Solstice is taking the festival deep inside the Thrihnukagigur volcano for a one-off performance this year. (Mixmag)
  • North London residents are attempting to shut down this year’s Wireless Festival in London due to safety complaints - primarily with regards to noise and the use and sale of drugs at the venue, Finsbury Park. (Fact)
ISSUE: 11 Mar 2016
  • Massive Attack are to headline Hyde Park in London on 1 July as part of the British Summer Time festival. (Guardian)
  • Desert Hearts has announced the line up for their Spring 2016 festival which includes DJ Harvey, Extrawelt (Live), Butch and more. (Mixmag)
  • Egyptian trance act Aly & Fila claim their gig on Saturday March 5 at Zouk Singapore was their last at the club after they were asked to cut their set short to make way for Norashman Najib, the Prime Minister of Malaysia’s son, to take over the decks. (Pulse) Zouk denies the specifics of the incident.
  • Dekmantel Festival has revealed the full programme of artists appearing at the event’s opening concerts this summer, including Cabaret Voltaire, James Holden and Shackleton. (Fact)
  • The first names for the Slam tent at Scotland's three-day T in the Park festival have been announced, including Ricardo Villalobos, Seth Troxler and Marcel Dettmann. (Pulse)
ISSUE: 04 Mar 2016
  • Defected have revealed the phase one line-up for a landmark festival set to take place in Croatia this August. Basement Jaxx, Julio Bashmore and Osunlade are all confirmed to play, amongst many others. (Defected)
  • DGTL Festival has revealed its full timetable for the fourth edition of the event, taking place at Amsterdam’s NDSM Docklands, on March 25-27, featuring headliners Black Coffee, Maya Jane Coles and Ame. (XLR8R)
  • London’s Citadel Festival has announced its line-up for 2016, which this year sees headline slots from Sigur Rós and Caribou. (Fact)
  • Carl Cox will be heading back to Ultra Music Festival Miami for the Carl Cox & Friends Arena’s only US festival appearance of 2016. (DancingAstronaut)
  • New York City’s Panorama Festival has unveiled its full line-up, with Major Lazer, AlunaGeorge and Kendrick Lamar all set to join early announcee LCD Soundsystem on the bill. (DancingAstronaut)
  • Singapore's longest-running club to export dance music festival ZoukOut to Boracay. (Mashable)
ISSUE: 26 Feb 2016
  • Goldenvoice, the company behind Coachella, are working alongside Indio officials to create an autumnal version of Coachella at its home in California. (Mixmag)
  • The Moogfest Dial-Tones event, offering an exclusive preview of the Moogfest 2016 experience in select cities around the world, is coming to New York City’s Ace Hotel on February 27. (XLR8R)
  • Tomorrowland has begun the process of unveiling its headliners via social media and has kicked off the announcements with a bang. First out of the gate are heavyweights Deadmau5 and Eric Prydz together as a rare mau5trap vs. Pryda b2b performance. (Mixmag)
  • The Osheaga music festival returns to Canada from July 29-31 at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal. Topping the three-day festival’s lineup are Radiohead, Disclosure, M83, and Flume, with supporting performances from several rock, hip-hop, and electronic acts. (DancingAstronaut)
  • Farr Festival 2016 has added John Talabot, Palms Trax and Optimo to its line-up. (Fact)
  • Celebrated San Diego festival CRSSD has recently revealed the details for its after-party programing, guaranteeing that the music and festivities will seamlessly carry on into the night. (XLR8R)
  • 2019 will mark Woodstock's 50th anniversary, and the historic festival brand is looking ahead to begin rolling out plans for a celebration worthy of the half century milestone. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 19 Feb 2016
  • MUTEK Montreal has unveiled its initial 2016 line-up, including Tim Hecker, Powell and Francesco Tristano. (XLR8R)
  • Dour Festival has added 27 acts to the line up for 2016, with Underworld, Pantha du Prince and Etienne de Crécy among the big names. (Fact)
  • London’s Lovebox Festival has revealed its 2016 line-up, with LCD Soundsystem, Jackmaster and Ricardo Villalobos all confirmed. (Thump)
  • Ricardo Villalobos, Jeff Mills and DJ Harvey have all been announced for Dutch festival Dekmantel’s 2016 edition. (XLR8R)
  • Dubfire, Tale Of Us, Nicole Moudaber, B.Traits, Benjamin Damage and Francesca Lombardo announced for IMS Finale Party at Dalt Vila this May. (Mixmag)
  • Electric Forest festival has announced they will be banning fans from bringing outside alcohol into the event in 2016. (EDM.com)
ISSUE: 12 Feb 2016
  • A Game of Thrones themed event, going by the name of Rave of Thrones, will take place in London on Easter Sunday (March 27), DJ Kristiannarn (a.k.a. Hodor) will headline. (Thump)
  • Governor’s Ball has released its 2016 daily line-up, featuring Jamie xx, Bob Moses and Duke Dumont. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Disclosure and Rudimental’s Wildlife Festival has announced its first round of acts, with Annie Mac, Julio Bashmore and Four Tet all set to play the Brighton event June 11 & 12. (Fact)
  • Jamie XX to headline Sunfall Festival 2016 in south London. (Standard)
  • Kappa Futur Festival in Italy has announced Sven Väth, Ricardo Villalobos, Carl Cox, Nina Kraviz, Kerri Chandler, Chris Liebing, Nastia and Danny Tenaglia amongst its line-up. (Pulse)
  • Sankeys Ibiza has announced its Seven Wonders for 2016, curated by David Vincent, who has enrolled eight different promoters for the year. (Pulse)
  • The Chemical Brothers and Major Lazer are set to headline Manchester’s Parklife festival. (Fact)
  • Amsterdam record store Rush Hour will celebrate moving to a new premises with a three-day event in April. Guests will include Mick Wills and Beau Wanzer, amongst others. (Fact)
  • After establishing itself as one of the most celebrated residencies on the island, Defected In The House will not be returning to Ibiza this summer, instead opting to relocate to Croatia for its 2016 edition. (Defected)
  • Bloc Festival has announced it that the 2016 edition of the festival will officially be the last. (ResidentAdvisor)
ISSUE: 05 Feb 2016
  • Heidi, Butch, Miss Kittin and Jhonsson are a few of the latest additions to LWE’s Spring Season. (Mixmag)
  • Bassnectar, Above & Beyond and Eric Prydz are the marquee names on the bill for the Euphoria 2016 line-up. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Ryan Elliott, Jane Fitz and Brackles are among the first announced names for this year’s Field Maneuvers festival. (Fact)
  • Rødhåd, Dixon, DJ Harvey, Moderat and more have been added to the Nuits Sonores line-up, set to take place in Lyon, France, on May 4-8. (XLR8R)
  • Time Warp has just revealed the full lineup for the 2016 German edition, locking in house and techno royalties like Sven Väth, Minus chief Richie Hawtin, French avant-garde veteran Laurent Garnier, techno behemoth Carl Cox and fan favourite Ricardo Villalobos. (Pulse)
  • Electric Forest organisers let fans announce the headliner’s for this year’s festival by sending sealed envelopes with artist names to users of the #EF2016REVEAL subreddit forum. (EDM.com)
ISSUE: 29 Jan 2016
  • Belfast’s AVA festival have officially announced their line-up, featuring sets from the likes of Mano Le Tough, Gerd Janson, Rødhåd, and the UK debut of Bicep's new live show. (Thump)
  • Sónar’s flagship festival in Barcelona has unveiled a fresh batch of names confirmed for the coming edition, including Four Tet, John Talabot and James Blake. (XLR8R)
  • LCD Soundsystem have been announced as one of three acts to headline Primavera Sound in Barcelona. (CoS)
  • LCD Soundsystem and Major Lazer will headline this year's Lovebox Festival in London. (BBC)
  • Radiohead, Jamie Jones, Apollonia, Skream top the bill at Iceland's Secret Solstice. (Pulse)
ISSUE: 22 Jan 2016
  • New Amsterdam club De School has revealed its March line-up, featuring Steffi, Job Jobse and Beatrice Dillon. (Mixmag)
  • Apparitions Festival, a new four-day event taking place in Mexico in early spring, recently announced the second phase of its DJ lineup with the likes of Sebastian Mullaert, Luke Hess and Droog all set to play. (XLR8R)
  • Bonnaroo has unveiled its full 2016 line-up, featuring LCD Soundsystem as one of the headliners. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Love International 2016, which will take place June 29 - July 6 in Tisno, Croatia, has revealed its full line-up, with new additions including Bicep, Eats Everything, Jackmaster, Roman Flügel and Axel Boman. (XLR8R)
  • Caribou has been added to the Further Future line-up, set to take place beyond Las Vegas at the Moapa River Indian Reservation from April 29 - May 1. (XLR8R)
ISSUE: 15 Jan 2016
  • German house DJ/producer Dixon has been announced to headline Sydney’s Return To Rio. (Mixmag)
  • Roman Flugel, Alex Boman and Young Marco have been added to the Love International line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Bassnectar has announced details of his own festival, Bass Center 2016, which will feature the likes of Porter Robinson, Flux Pavilion, Wu Tang Clan and more. (EDM.com)
  • Red Bull Music Academy has announced Montreal as the location for its 2016 event. (Fact)
  • Rumours are circulating that Diplo is looking to bring the Mad Decent Block Party to India. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 08 Jan 2016
  • Richie Hawtin's ENTER. party will not continue at Space Ibiza in 2016. (DJ Mag)
  • Pendulum are set to reunite for Ultra 2016. (EDM.com)
  • KINDISCH has announced a majestic one-night event in Tulum, Mexico on January 10 at Cenote Dos Osos, featuring the likes of Bedouin, YoKoO and Blond:ish. (XLR8R)
  • Coachella has announced Guns N' Roses, LCD Soundsystem and Calvin Harris are to headline the bill. The two-weekend festival is scheduled for April 15-17 and 22-24. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 18 Dec 2015
  • Ultra is preparing to present the North American debut of the “Arcadia Spider,” an expansive 360 degree stage design that resembles its namesake with leg extensions that reach out across the crowd, at Resistance 2016. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • The second edition of the diverse Las Vegas boutique festival Further Future has just announced that this year's festivities will now include an exclusive performance British electronic act Leftfield. (XLR8R)
  • India's Enchanted Valley Carnival is supporting talent at a host of official after parties. (EDM.com)
  • Hunee, Helena Hauff, Motor City Drum Ensemble, and many more have been booked for Dekmantel’s Selectors event in Croatia next year. (XLR8R)
  • More than 50 names have been confirmed for the next Horizon Festival inBulgaria including Nina Kraviz and Levon Vincent. (ResidentAdvisor)
  • Mexico’s BPM Festival has announced the second phase of its line-up. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • London's Soundcrash will launch a new festival in November 2016. (Fact)
  • Londoners heading to next year’s Notting Hill Carnival could be forced to buy a ticket for the first time ever, according to proposals being considered by local residents. (Fact)
ISSUE: 11 Dec 2015
  • Shaky Beats Festival in the US has revealed its debut line-up, featuring the likes of Carnage, Big Gigantic, and more. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Day Zero, the Mexican festival run by Damian Lazarus, has announced the first release of artists to play the 2016 event, which will be held on January 8. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra Worldwide will officially come to Brazil in 2016. (Billboard)
  • This year's sixth edition of Acid Camp Sunday in Los Angeles features Tin Man, Aaron Davis and John Tejada. The event is set to take place in Los Angeles on December 20. (XLR8R)
  • Ninja Tune’s Bonobo has announced Outliers, a genre-spanning international event series launching next March at London’s Tobacco Dock. (Fact)
  • Berghain in Germany has announced the full line-up for this year's Silvester party, kicking off at 1am on Friday, January 1. (ResidentAdvisor)
ISSUE: 04 Dec 2015
  • Tomorrowland has unveiled its full length motion-picture documenting the festival, This Was Tomorrow. (YourEDM)
  • Tale of Us, Mind Against, and Thugfucker are all set to play the Life and Death Showcase at Art Basel, Miami on December 3. (XLR8R)
  • Verboten StageONE will host Black Coffee, Matthew Dear, Art Department and more at Art Basel, Miami on December 5. (XLR8R)
  • UK festival Gottwood has announced the line-up for its 2016 edition, including Ben UFO, Joy Orbison and Nick Hoppner. (Thump)
  • Cream is teaming up with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra for a special show at Liverpool Cathedral on April 16, 2016. (Mixmag)
  • One of Europe’s premiere techno brands, AWAKENINGS, has just revealed the details for its first ever North American stand-alone show set to take place New York on February 14. (XLR8R)
  • Shura and Mura Masa are among the first acts announced for 2016’s Great Escape festival in May. (Fact)
  • The likes of Nina Kraviz, Ben UFO, Jackmaster, Levon Vincent, Boddika and Tessela will no longer appear at Interval Festival after the Club Guesthouse venue in Bucharest was deemed unsafe. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 27 Nov 2015
  • London club Phonox to launch festival. (Mixmag)
  • DGTL Festival in Amsterdam has released the full line up for its 2016 edition, along with ticket sales for the internationally anticipated festival that is bound to take place during Easter Weekend. (XLR8R)
  • Farr Festival has teamed up with some of the UK’s finest clubs and promoters as stage hosts for 2016. (Fact)
  • Ultra South Africa has added Tiesto, Afrojack, Mr. Carmack and more to its line-up. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • The third wave of artists has been announced for Snowbombing 2016. (Mixmag)
  • As part of London club XOYO’s regular three month residency programme, Scuba will be hosting 12 Weeks of Techno, a party curated by him featuring a wealth of the genre’s heavyweights. (XLR8R)
ISSUE: 20 Nov 2015
  • Audiofly’s Flying Circus NYE event in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico has added Carl Craig, M.A.N.D.Y. and Lake People to its line-up. (XLR8R)
  • California's Snowglobe has announced its full artist line-up with Jack Ü, Dillon Francis and Eric Prydz amongst the additions. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • The Winter Social Festival in Maidstone, UK, has just announced another round of additions to its line-up, including Joris Voorn, Yousef and Rob Cockerton. (Thump)
  • Insomniac is set to return in the spring of 2016 with Beyond Wonderland in Southern California. The two-day festival, slated to take place March 18 - 19, will land back at the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Time Warp US has announced a location change following local protests, with the event now taking place at the 39th Street Pier Warehouse in Brooklyn on November 20 - 21. (XLR8R)
ISSUE: 13 Nov 2015
  • Insomniac 2015 has revealed its 2015 New Year’s Eve lineup, including Kaskade and DJ Snake. (Billboard)
  • Bucharest festival Interval has completed its line-up with the additions of Nina Kraviz, Marcel Dettmann and Raresh. (Resident Advisor)
  • Bloc 2016 has announced the first wave of confirmed acts, including Ben Klock, Four Tet and Jeff Mills. (Thump)
  • The inaugural SXMusic Festival, located on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin next March, has announced its first wave of artists including with Jamie Jones, Blond:Ish and Lombardo. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 06 Nov 2015
  • The Bugged Out Weekender has added Kurupt FM and Armand Van Helden to its line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Croatian festival Love International has announced its first names for 2016 with Ben UFO, Joy Orbison and Gerd Janson all confirmed to play. (Fact)
  • The Cityfox Experience’s Halloween event was cancelled last weekend after a day of inspection by New York’s Fire Department. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Sydney's floating pontoon party The Island Live returns this weekend, with Brisbane producer Young Franco announced as the most recent addition to the line-up. (Mixmag)
  • Detroit techno pioneers Jeff Mills and Derrick May have announced a special one-off concert with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on 30 January. (Fact)
  • The first batch of artists for Hideout 2016 have been announced, including Jamie xx, Joy Orbison and Julio Bashmore. (Thump)
  • The line-up has been announced for the premier edition of XLR8R Festival 2016, set to take place at Mexico’s Mayan ruins in Tulum on January 6. (XLR8R)
  • California's HARD Day of the Dead​ and Escape: Psycho Circus were home to heightened security measures this Halloween, with nearly 500 partygoers arrested over the weekend. (Thump) 
  • New York City locals are seeking to cancel the second annual Time Warp USA, citing “quality of life issues” such as parking and the influx of intoxicated people as major concerns. (Dancing Astronaut)
ISSUE: 30 Oct 2015
  • New San Francisco venue the Midway will host a Halloween party this Saturday featuring Seth Troxler and Groove Armada. (Resident Advisor)
  • London’s Boiler Room has started teasing details of its upcoming 5th Birthday Party event. (Thump)
  • Krankbrother, B. Traits and Ivan Smagghe are all set play a 12-hour party at London’s Oval Space in support of charity group Arts Emergency. (Mixmag)
  • With only a few days left before the festivities kick off, the fifth edition of MIRA Barcelona has just released their final video teaser titled “Them.” (XLR8R)
  • Carl Cox is set to launch Pure Festival in Sydney and Melbourne next April. (Resident Advisor, Mixmag)
ISSUE: 23 Oct 2015
  • London event organisers The Hydra have unveiled line-ups for their final season program, including Dekmantel, Numbers and Ostgut Ton Zhen. (XLR8R)
  • Life In Colour has announced its 2016 line-up, including Jack U, Big Sean and Ruby Rose. (Billboard)
  • Sydney label Future Classic will return with their summer series rooftop parties starting this November, with Kenton Slash Demon and Harvey Sutherland set to play the launch at the city’s Museum of Contemporary Art on November 15. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 16 Oct 2015
  • Australia’s annual Andromeda festival has announced its full lineup, with Fred P, DJ Deep and Tuff Sherm all set to play. (Fact)
  • The Hydra has announced the second round of parties to cap off its season at London’s Studio Spaces. (Fact)
  • Lights All Night has announced its full 2015 line-up, featuring Kaskade, Hardwell and Porter Robinson. (Billboard)
  • In celebration of its numerous accomplishments over the last twenty-five years, Ninja Tune will be hosting a worldwide concert series that will hit London, Amsterdam, and Los Angeles between October 15 and December 12. (XLR8R)
  • Unsound has been forced to cancel a concert at St. Catherine’s Church, Krakow, Poland, that was set to feature Current 93 due to charges that the industrial act (and in turn, the festival) promotes and propagates Satanism. (Fact)
  • Mysteryland US will return in 2016 at a different location and on a different weekend following noise complaints at this year’s edition. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • TomorrowWorld has announced it will return next year, but Chattahoochee Hills Mayor Tom Reed plans to implement new initiatives to avoid a repeat of this year’s deplorable end. (Billboard)
ISSUE: 09 Oct 2015
  • Southern Calilfornia’s Desert Hearts has announced the line-up for its 3-year anniversary festival, featuring the likes of Sabo, Claude VonStroke and Gold Clap. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Tommorowland has announced it will release a full-length documentary of the 2015 edition of the festival, with a world premiere scheduled for November 26 in Antwerp. (Your EDM)
  • Lollapalooza is pulling out all the stops for its 2016 South American line-ups. (Your EDM)
  • The Prodigy, Andy C and Groove Armada are all confirmed to play the 2016 edition of Snowbombing in the first wave of announcements. (Mixmag)
  • Valhalla Festival has announced its full 2015 line-up. (Deep House Amsterdam)
  • The disused basement of an old Melbourne hospital will be the site of a series of parties next month. (Mixmag)
  • Cuba is set to launch its own electronic music festival called Manana, starting next year. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Mixmag, Juicebox and Who's In Town with Hot Since 82 will all be throwing ADE parties at newly opened hotel W Amsterdam in the city centre. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 02 Oct 2015
  • Ben Klock has announced a 3-date US tour with stops in New York, Chicago and San Diego starting on October 9. (XLR8R)
  • Dance trio Above & Beyond have announced an acoustic tour for 2016. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • After three days of grey skies and near-continuous rainfall, the promoters behind TomorrowWorld’s third year at Chattahoochee Hills have been forced to shut down the event. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Diplo has revealed plans for a tour of India in 2016. (Your EDM)
  • W Hotels have unveiled their much-anticipated Amsterdam location and full live schedule ahead of ADE. (Deep House Amsterdam)
ISSUE: 25 Sep 2015
  • Returning to the US for the second year in a row on November 20 and 21, Time Warp US has announced its 2015 lineup. (XLR8R)
  • Bristol’s In:Motion parties have added Pearson Sound, Jackmaster and more to their 2015 season. (Fact)
  • Milan has a new club called Wall Milano, which officially opened on September 19. Names already lined up to play include Redshape, Jackmaster and Kerri Chandler. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 18 Sep 2015
  • The official Tomorrowland 2015 after-movie has been unveiled as punters ready themselves for its US counterpart, TomorrowWorld. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Modular Pursuits and Floorplan have been added to New York’s StageONE Festival line-up. (Resident Advisor)
  • The Moon Harbour label will celebrate its 15-year anniversary with a worldwide tour. (Deep House Amsterdam)
ISSUE: 11 Sep 2015
  • Barcelona’s MIRA Festival has announced its musical and visual lineup for 2015. (XLR8R)
  • Electric Daisy Carnival has officially unveiled dates for 2016. (Dancing Astronaut) 
  • Bloc confirmed dates for its 2016 incarnation at Butlins, Minehead, UK in March. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 04 Sep 2015
  • Paris will open new club Virgo at the foot of the city’s Montparnasse Tower later this month, with performances from Kyle Hall and Lucy set to take place. (Fact)
  • HARD has announced they will be cancelling their upcoming HARD Presents…A Night At Fairplex event in Pomona, California, due to recent concerns over deaths at dance events in the area. (Billboard)
  • SFX has announced that its new California-based One Tribe Festival has been cancelled indefinitely. (XLR8R)  
ISSUE: 28 Aug 2015
  • Bassnectar, Eric Prydz & Kaskade are among the headliners on EDC Orlando's 2015 lineup. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Manchester's The Warehouse Project has added a further four dates to its 2015 schedule, featuring the likes of Jamie Jones, Seth Troxler and Kerri Chandler. (Thump)
  • The world's first ever "blood rave" is set to be held in Amsterdam this coming Halloween. (Your EDM)
  • Amsterdam Dance Event has just added an additional 20 acts to its line-up this year. (XLR8R)
ISSUE: 21 Aug 2015
  • Disclosure have been announced as one of the acts to take part in the revamped iTunes Festival, now Apple Music Festival, at the Roundhouse in Camden, London, over ten days at the end of September. (RotD) 
  • Polish festival Unsound 2015 has revealed its first batch of acts, including Andy Stott, Surgeon and Levon Vincent, following a highly secretive campaign up until now. (XLR8R)
  • Chicago dance institution Smart Bar is set to host the likes of Derrick Carter, Michael Serafini and Garrett David at their pan sexual party Queen! on Sunday nights. (XLR8R)
  • A new batch of artists has been announced for Mutex.MK 2015, set to take place in Mexico City, with Koreless & Emmanuel Biard and Valentin Stip among the latest additions. (XLR8R)
  • The creative team behind Europe's biggest snow and music festival Snowbombing has announced the launch of a new 'sister' festival: Transition. (MusicNews)
ISSUE: 14 Aug 2015
  • Insomniac has announced a star-studded lineup for its Escape festival on Halloween weekend. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Australian festival Lost Paradise has announced the additions of Four Tet, Jamie xx and Ame to the lineup. (Mixmag)
  • Further acts have been announced for the Rinse Birthday Weekender at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival. (Thump)
  • Austrian festival Elevate has confirmed further acts including Demdike Stare, Helm and RP Boo. (Fact)
ISSUE: 07 Aug 2015
  • Corona Sunsets Festival returns to Ibiza Thursday August 13. (Ibiza Spotlight)
  • Italy’s famous Cocorico club has announced it will close for four months following an ecstasy related death. (Mixmag)
  • Lollapalooza was forced to end early due to severe weather warnings in Chicago. (Mixmag)
  • New London club Phonox has just announced Jasper James as their resident DJ. (Thump)
ISSUE: 31 Jul 2015
  • Richie Hawtin delivered a masterclass in live performance during a recent talk to students of Point Blank Music School at UCLA. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • 5 up-and-coming acts you may want to check out at this year’s Lollapalooza. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Jack U are set to make their Ibiza debut at Together’s 5th birthday party at Amnesia next month. (Mixmag)
  • Matias Aguayo will play late-night party Resolute in New York after his appearance at PS1 next month. (Resident Advisor)
  • It’s The Ship Festival has announced its complete 2015 lineup. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • John Beltran will headline this weekend’s Speakerbox Astronauts party in Detroit. (Resident Advisor)
  • A rundown of the top 10 most Shazamed tracks at Tomorrowland. (Your EDM)
  • Couldn’t make it to this year’s Tomorrowland? Transport yourself there with these recorded sets from the weekend. (Dancing Astronaut)
ISSUE: 24 Jul 2015
  • The Warehouse Project has just announced its full 2015 lineup, with appearances from Jamie xx, Hudson Mohwake, Four Tet and Manchester legends New Order confirmed. (Thump)
  • James Murphy and 2ManyDJs’ soundsystem is coming to London’s Roundhouse this September. (Fact)
  • Diplo has been announced as the opening act for Madonna’s Rebel Heart World Tour. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Transylvania’s Untold Festival has launched its Pay-with-Blood campaign; offering free tickets in exchange for blood donations. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • The Great American Techno Festival has revealed the complete lineup for its final edition. (Resident Advisor)
  • Ultra Festival has revealed the line-up for its Singapore event. (Mixmag)
  • Last weekend, London’s Lovebox festival showcased the current stronghold of dance music over the UK mainstream. (Thump)
ISSUE: 16 Jul 2015
  • CalvinHarris, Disclosure, Rudimental, DukeDumont, Faithless and Kolsch join the line-up for Radio 1's 20th anniversary in Ibiza over the 31 July-2 August weekend. (RotD)
  • Jamie xx, Todd Terje and Ben Klock have been announced as headliners at this year’s CRSSD Festival. (XLR8R)
  • Insomniac’s new Dreamstate event has begun its own 10-day announcement ahead of tickets going on sale on July 22, with Aly & Fila and John O’Callaghan revealed as its first headliners. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Dillon Francis and Madeon will be joining Zedd on his upcoming True Colors tour. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Diplo, Armin Van Buuren and Axwell V Ingrosso are just a few of the acts unveiled for this year’s Stereosonic festival in Australia. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Belgium’s I Love Techno festival is set to relocate to France. (Mixmag)
ISSUE: 10 Jul 2015
  • Watch: Pulse's 7 best live techno sets of 2015 so far. (Pulse)
  • Aussie DJ and Triple J radio tastemaker Nina Las Vegas has curated the next installment of her NLV Presents series. (Mixmag)
  • Hundreds of people managed to break through the gates at this year’s Wireless Festival. (Your EDM)
  • TomorrowWorld is giving up-and-coming DJs the opportunity of a lifetime with a competition to DJ at this year’s festival. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Verboten will launch their StageONE Festival this Friday in New York, with the line-up including the likes of Sasha, Scuba, Gui and Joris Voorn. (XLR8R)
  • Dixon joined Solomun +1 at Pacha in Ibiza for a night of melodic German house. (Pulse)
ISSUE: 03 Jul 2015
  • Cosmic Bridge label boss Om Unit has announced details of a tour in the US & Canada. (XLR8R)
  • A day-by-day review of Glastonbury 2015. (Mixmag)
  • Swedish deep house riser Jonas Rathsman has announced details of a US summer tour. (Mixmag)
  • Drumcode, Carl Cox & Friends, Joris Voorn and Electric Deluxe part of Awakenings at ADE lineup. (Pulse Radio)
  • The Tomorrowland Phase II headliners have officially been revealed, including Porter Robinson, Bassnectar and Rudimental. (Your EDM)
  • Glastonbury performances from Todd Terje, Jon Hopkins and Caribou. (Resident Advisor)
  • Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas reviewed by Andrew Spada. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Following the successful release of debut album Sacred Ground, Howling have announced a tour through Europe and the US. (XLR8R)
  • Croatia’s Hideout Festival will be streamed live in full this year via Thump. (Fact)
  • Ultra Europe has unveiled its full lineup for this year’s iteration of the festival. (Dancing Astronaut)
ISSUE: 26 Jun 2015
  • Creamfields has announced a one-day festival in Ibiza that will feature Annie Mac, The Prodigy and Deetron. (Mixmag)
  • The first names have been announced for Bugged Out Weekender 2016. (Mixmag) DJ EZ, The Black Madonna, Paranoid London (Live), Bicep, Erol Alkan, Eats Everything, Skream, Jackmaster, Heidi.
  • Amsterdam Music Festival is to expand to a two day event featuring Armin Van Buuren, David Guetta, Hardwell, Tiësto and more. (IndustryInsider)
  • Insomniac Events announced Electric Daisy Carnival's expansion to Brazil through a partnership with South American entertainment company Time For Fun. (Billboard)
  • Miami’s III Points Festival has announced its first round of acts, including the likes of Ghostface Killah + MF DOOM, Panda Bear and Nicolas Jaar. (XLR8R)
  • All the inside info you need on 2016’s Bugged Out Weekender. (Thump)
  • This year’s Parklife Festival in Manchester was a resounding success, unmarred by the violence and tragedy of last year. (DJ Mag)
ISSUE: 19 Jun 2015
  • We Love Sankeys’ opening lineup will include performances from The 2 Bears, T. Williams and Kidnap Kid. (DJ Mag)
  • Bologna’s roBOt Festival has added 10 new acts to the lineup, including Holly Herndon, Tiga and Lee Gamble. (XLR8R)
  • The Great Wall of China is set to host the epic YinYang festival from June 20-22. (Mixmag)
  • Ultra Music Festival expands its reign to the island of Bali. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Soundcrash is hosting a huge show at London’s Oval Space featuring Clark, Luke Abbott and Randomer. (FACT)
ISSUE: 12 Jun 2015
  • Hungary’s Sziget festival has announced its latest round of acts, including Major Lazer, Infected Mushroom and High Contrast. (DJ Mag)
  • Major Lazer revealed details of a four-date UK tour in October. (Mixmag)
  • Tiesto, Martin Garrix and Oliver Heldens are among the latest acts to be added to 2015’s Summer Splash Las Vegas. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Some top tips on Europe’s finest summer festivals. (Billboard)
  • The New York edition of Awakenings festival will feature the likes of Adam Beyer, Henrik Schwartz and The Martinez Brothers on their Electric Zoo stage. (Resident Advisor)
  • Jamie xx celebrated the launch of new album In Colour with a show at an east London church last weekend. (Thump)
  • Deadmau5 unveiled a new Thunderdome-inspired mousetrap stage setup at New York’s Governors Ball. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Soul Clap’s Eli Goldstein opened his intimate Black Flamingo club in New York over the weekend with a Razor-N-Tape takeover that featured POOLS alongside residents Jkriv and Aaron Dae. (Resident Advisor)
  • A breakdown of Field Day’s finest electronic acts this year. (Thump)
ISSUE: 05 Jun 2015
  • Primavera rewards those who stay out until dawn – and offered thrills from Patti Smith performing Horses in full to Caribou’s loved-up electronica. (Guardian - Tim Jonze)
  • London’s Field Day has released its stage times and clashfinder. (FACT)
  • EXIT Festival has announced its final lineup, with acts including Martin Garrix, Hardwell andOctave One. (DJMag)
  • Mysteryland USA has found its calling as a festival catering to those favouring a decidedly underground vibe. (Dancing Astronaut)
ISSUE: 28 May 2015
  • Tiga is taking a new live show on the road in 2015, with stops at Berlin Festival, Parklife and Sonar included. (ResidentAdvisor)
  • The Prodigy have announced a new set of live dates for the UK and Ireland this Winter, with support coming from Public Enemy. (Mixmag)
  • George Fitzgerald, Skepta, Jess Glynne and JESuS have all been announced as part of Glastonbury’s frankly massive Dance Village lineup. (Thump)
  • The 15th edition of Turin’s Club to Club will play host to the likes Nico Jaar, Jamie xx and Novelist in November. (xlr8r)
  • Goldie, Toddla T and Zed Bias are among those taking part in Outlook Festival’s lineup of boat parties for 2015. (xlr8r)
ISSUE: 22 May 2015
  • Kraftwerk have added a German leg to their 3D concert tour to go along with the rest of their European and US dates. (Fact)
  • Outbreak Festival, due to be held at Donington Park in the UK this weekend, has been postponed "amid rumours that there could be reprisals following a stabbing in Coventry last year." Sven Vath, EZ, Gorgon City, Amine Edge & Dance, Katy B were among the performers. (Coventry Telegraph, eFestivals)
  • Live Nation and Festival Republic have announced details of a new urban festival,Community, to take place at various unusual venues around the Shoreditch area of London later this year. (RotD, NME)
  • Defected has graduated to a summer-long residency at Amnesia Terrace at Ibiza this year. (DancingAstronaut)
  • Electric Zoo keeps adding to its already impressive lineup. (DancingAstronaut)
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