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Crowd shot from Standon Calling festival at night with lights beaming from the stage

“Without intervention, it’s expected that the UK could see over 100 festivals disappear in 2024"

21 UK festivals have now cancelled, postponed or permanently dissolved ahead of 2024's season. The research, published by the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) also...

New Amsterdam club, Tilla Tec, to open in former De School building next month

"We want to provide space for minorities — especially the queer community and people of color, because the team itself is also part of that", the new venue team said ahead of next month's opening

The site of the recently-closed Amsterdam club De School will soon reopen as a new venue. The 900-capacity Tilla Tec will open at the Jan...

Charisse Beaumont Black Lives in Music

The organisation wants mandatory annual pay gap reporting to be published alongside commitments to address disparities

The founders of Black Lives in Music (BLiM) have called on UK politicians to intervene and level out gender and ethnicity pay gaps within the...

Selections: SPFDJ

In this series, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, SPFDJ spotlights hard, fast and hallucinatory techno

SPFDJ’S ascent in the years prior to the Covid pandemic was as hard and fast as the music she plays. From becoming a Herrensauna resident...

Irish electronic artists to speak on importance of club culture at Berlin embassy

Sunil Sharpe, Cormac and ELLLL will all take part in the panel

Berlin's Embassy of Ireland will host a special panel event focused on the importance of club culture this week. The event will take place on...

Northern Ireland's Free The Night campaign launches nightlife survey

It's hoped that the not-for-profit organisation's survey will help advocate for more progressive licensing policies

Northern Ireland-based nightlife advocacy organisation Free The Night has launched a new nationwide survey on the nightlife industry. It's hoped that information shared via the...

Amsterdam club De School to reopen for 16 months

The Dutch club, under new management, will open its doors again for the first time since March 2020 until its temporary lease is up in January 2024

Amsterdam venue De School is reopening for the first time in more than two years this September for a 16-month run. After closing in March...

Matter of Fact

Matter of Fact employs carbon-neutral shipping and FSC-certified sleeves

A new vinyl pressing plant aimed at grassroots music and indie labels has opened in northeast Germany. The founders of Matter of Fact, which has...

Brand Focus: DONOTSUBVERGE

This month, DJ Mag speaks with London-based brand DONOTSUBVERGE about creating a community, working towards sustainability, and fashion that's reflective of society

The brainchild of three London school friends, clothing brand DONOTSUBVERGE was born from a desire to, in their own words, “create a fashion brand that...

New Year's Eve cancelled in major blow to the sector's recovery

Clubs in France will shut for at least four weeks in a bid to curb rising Covid-19 infections and slow the spread of the new...

DJ Mag catches up with Egyptian artist Xander Ghost about A Better Feeling, his London-based label creating futuristic eyewear that’s designed with musicians in mind

IN 2018, DJ, producer and creative Xander Ghost wanted to throw four annual parties across the globe, all in unique locations, and each emblazoned with...

Fred P

A decade and a half into a career making emotionally involved house music, Fred P’s sense of purpose is stronger than it’s ever been. The New York–born, Berlin-based artist fills us in on where he’s been, where he’s at and where he’s heading

Along with most of the world’s population, Fred Peterkin, the DJ and producer best known as Fred P, was having a tough time during the...

Several Belgian politicians are reportedly working on solutions to overturn the decision

Update 18/06/2021: Tomorrowland have shared a statement with DJ Mag clarifying the circumstances surrounding the local government's decision to not allow the festival to go...

Marco Faraone

Ahead of his appearance at DJ Mag’s Miami pool party, we chatted with the Italian DJ and producer about his journey in dance music and his approach to DJing

It is a relaxed, happy and enthused Marco Faraone who chats to DJ Mag via Zoom from a sunny terrace at his parents' house in...

Fort Romeau press shot

For his first album in nearly seven years, Fort Romeau drew inspiration from past eras, and places that have lingered in his imagination. But, he says, he never lets nostalgia be a stylistic trap

It’s easy talking to Michael Greene. The English beat maker, best known as Fort Romeau, speaks in calm tones — warm, inviting and thoughtful, like...