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Leeds’ Sable Radio has launched their first mentorship and training programme, ReSound, for young Black people looking to enter the world of broadcasting.

Designed to...

Participants will receive £1,000 for taking part in the initiative

No Signal radio has launched an academy programme.

Black British online radio station No Signal — which attracted 129,000 listeners from across 166 countries during the...

'90s Polish rave scene explored in new short film programme at Southbank Centre

The Rave: Recharge event aims to uncover the links between rave culture and contemporary art in 1990s Poland

London's Southbank Centre is to host a special short film programme and party which will explore the rave scene of '90s Poland. Rave: Recharge, scheduled...

The Safer Streets fund has also been doubled to £45 million, which will be used to provide neighbourhoods with increased and improved street lighting and...

Undercover police may patrol nightclubs and bars in England and Wales as part of new plans set out by the government to identify and prevent...

SoundSystem Futures - Ella Brolly at Kilburn CarniVale 2021 for Lin Kam Art

Founder Linett Kamala hopes to "inspire [young DJs] to continue this incredible cultural legacy of sound system culture we’ve been gifted in the UK by the Windrush Generation"

A new pilot programme wants to help educate and empower young talent to further UK sound system culture in the future. The Lin Kam Art...

The first party has locked Nabihah Iqbal, NAINA and more...

A new London club series, No ID, aims to spotlight South Asian DJs and artists, kicking off with a Wednesday night offering at Rye Wax...

The travelling investment and mentorship program will support grassroots music scenes around the world...

Applications are now open in South Africa for Boiler Room & Ballantine's True Music Fund. The investment and mentorship program, which initially launched for Spanish...

Photo of DESIREE wearing a purple hat and eye-makeup on an emerald background

Soaring ascents, the kind that can take an artist from obscurity to stardom in what seems to be the blink of an eye, don’t occur often, in dance music or elsewhere – those who are lucky enough to have that experience often disappear just as quickly. But there’s little chance of a quick fade for South Africa’s Palesa Desiree Shilabje, the DJ and producer known to the world as DESIREE, who in just a few short years has proved to be one of the international festival circuit’s most exciting new stars. Here, Bruce Tantum hears her story, and about how her evolution through music has been as organic as they come

“I’m finally home.” Those three words are among the first that the South African DJ and producer Palesa Desiree Shilabje utters when DJ Mag catches...

Photo of a black bookshelf filled with books in the new Velocity Press store

The store will feature a curated selection of books and posters, as well as a small gallery

Electronic music book publisher Velocity Press is to open a new flagship bookstore in South London. It will be based at Holdrons Arcade on Rye...

The full programme will run August to October and include mentorships, roundtables and a documentary production

A new South Asian-focused festival, Dialled In, has been announced for London this year, including a 1000-capacity day and night party at Uplands Business Park...

Photo of the Shangri-La area at Glastonbury 2023

The new Arrivals area will be built and presented by an entirely South Asian team

Glastonbury’s Shangri-La has announced its full 2024 line-up, featuring the festival’s first-ever dedicated South Asian space, Arrivals. The new area will be programmed, designed and...

Applications are now open for Boiler Room and Ballantine’s brand new investment and mentorship program to support grassroots music scenes around the world...

This year marks the 17th edition of the Polish festival

Unsound have added more artists and speakers to its 2019 edition.

New additions to the programme include DJ Python, Zamilska, Opla, Scratchclart & Lady Lykezand, and...

The Young Urban Arts Foundation and DJ Mag will be hosting the workshop ahead of the Independent Music Cup this weekend...

BBC Radio 1Xtra’s mighty Jamz Supernova and Kiss radio’s AJ King will be conducting a DJing workshop for 21 young people in DJ Mag’s Work...

For our 2018 Best Of British awards, DJ Mag teamed up with the Young Urban Arts Foundation charity, which aims to make a positive change to the lives of...

“I can’t go to my other studio ’cause I’ll get shanked,” says Mike, who proves to us that he can sing Afro-swing melodies as well as he raps...