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More than a year after dancing stopped in Ibiza, the middle of 2021 sees a glimmer of hope. DJ Mag’s man on the White Isle...

For over 30 years, Ibiza has been at the forefront of dance music tourism, but when Covid-19 entered our lives, life on the White Isle...

The guide explores the role of a night mayor and what can be done to manage a city at night

The Global Nighttime Recovery Plan has unveiled a guide for cities on how to set up systems of nighttime governance.

Drawing on expertise, perspectives and case...

Throughout the pandemic, grassroots activists and nightlife representatives have worked tirelessly to create a more sustainable, accessible and protected environment for dance music. DJ Mag...

Bristol has had an advisory night-time panel since 2018, where nightclubs meet with people from licensing, planning and musician’s unions. It’s one thing to have...

How is the cost-of-living crisis hitting UK nightlife?

Post-pandemic, as UK clubs have attempted to regroup, they’ve been impacted by soaring energy bills, rising costs and hesitant ticket buyers. Jack Ramage talks to club owners and promoters about how they’re weathering the storm, and asks what can be done to ameliorate the situation?

“It’s terrifying... I wake up every day and hope that we find a way to keep going,” Kate Hodgkinson, co-founder of Cobalt Studios, an independent...

As dance music’s top-heavy, tour-focused infrastructure crumbles, people across the industry are wondering how new revenue streams can emerge to support artists during and after...

It’s been four months since COVID-19 sent dancers into deep freeze. With no sign of a vaccine, the suspicion is that clubs will stay closed...

The organisation has warned of a £2.5 billion rent crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic

The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has warned that 75% of the UK's nightlife businesses are facing a bankruptcy 'cliff edge' without rent support from...

Helen Whately made the comments in an appearence on Sky News this morning (28th)

Supporting the nightlife industry “doesn’t make sense”, the UK Health and Care Minister has said.

In an appearance on Sky News this morning (28th), the...

The NTIA has said that vaccine passports will create "more barriers to businesses, and potential conflict between staff and customers"

The Nighttime Industries Association (NTIA) has said that vaccine passports for UK clubs is an “unworkable” option, in a new statement from CEO Michael Kill.

After...

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Co-founder Sunil Sharpe hopes the discussion event series Where Is The Night? will reignite momentum in the stalled changes to Ireland's licensing and alcohol sale laws

Irish nightlife advocates Give Us The Night, co-founded by DJ Sunil Sharpe, are holding public talks across Ireland over the next month. The discussions, taking...

The warning comes ahead of the expected announcement of a delay to the end of lockdown

With the UK government today (June 14th) expected to announce a delay by four weeks of the relaxation of social distancing measures, the Night Time...

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Check out the first track from Pat Thomas, 'Gye Wani' 

A new Ghanaian music compilation, ‘Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In The Diaspora, 1980-93’, is coming to Soundway Records. Out on 10th May, the 18-track...

A pilot event will also take place in the city this month

Berlin Club Commission has unveiled a six-point plan to reopen the city’s venues.

Following the announcement from the Berlin Club Commission that nightlife in the city...

Celebrating and safeguarding British club culture across 6 cities...

With the UK's nightlife under-threat from all angles, NTIA (Night Time Industries Association) is launching a series of events that celebrate the diversity and economic...

40 of London’s most iconic nightclubs and venues have been photographed during lockdown

A London club photography project titled Let Us Dance has been launched to raise awareness of the impact COVID-19 has had on the nightlife industry, and...

London venue shuts due to excessive licensing restrictions

It opened on East London's iconic Brick Lane twenty years ago, but now London's Vibe Bar has closed its doors for the final time last...