At Winter Music Conference 2026, it wasn’t just the DJs turning heads at the Beatport Live pool parties on the Kimpton EPIC Hotel rooftop – L-Acoustics DJ’s immersive spatial audio system had crowds stopping in their tracks. For 40 years, the global disc jockey and electronic dance music community has flocked to southern Florida [...]
Ahead of its opening in June, Pacha New York – the newly rebranded Williamsburg venue formerly known as Brooklyn Mirage – has unveiled a “comprehensive” safety plan. It follows several safety-related road bumps hit by Brooklyn Mirage during its short tenure. In 2023, two people were found dead and another was allegedly kidnapped after leaving the venue, leading [...]
Motherhood massively impacts the careers of women across the working world, and in the predominantly freelance landscape of DJing, it can be particularly challenging. As conversations on the subject become more widespread, and the push for change gains momentum, Becca Inglis explores the myriad issues faced by DJs, and meets the women creating and discovering [...]
Artists and venues describe a pattern of cancelled nights, unpaid costs and vanished listings linked to Kieran Wells. Dozens of young DJs across Scotland say they've been booked for events that never happen by a man operating under shifting aliases, according to a new report from the Glasgow Bell. Multiple accounts describe a [...]
Those surveyed said nights out give a release from the pressures of daily life and are an outlet for self-expression Women between the ages of 40 and 65 benefit mentally from clubbing, according to a resurfaced study from the University of Leeds. The study, published in April 2025 by the journal Psychology of Music, looked at “older [...]
It's Wednesday morning,. It's Miami Music Week. I'm at 11th Street Diner and I'm surrounded by house music excellence. How lucky am I? VERY!! 11th St Diner transformed from a casual breakfast spot into a productive salon for the future of house music with a brunch hosted by industry legends Barbara Tucker and [...]
Nuits Montréal builds off previous pilot projects to establish a formal framework for venue certification. The city of Montréal has announced its new Nuits Montréal ("Montréal Nights") framework along with a list of establishments approved for extended opening hours. Nuits Montréal solidifies a series of pilot projects launched in 2024 in conjunction with [...]
Brooklyn club Paragon will host the free event on April 11th. A new nightlife conference, Beyond the Dancefloor, is coming to New York City. Taking over Brooklyn club Paragon on Saturday, April 11th, it consists of three panel discussions. The free event is described as a "public convening on sustainability, power and accountability" [...]
UK Music's Ammo Talwar has praised the “phenomenal cultural force” of Black music, which equates to a huge £24.5 billion in revenue *This story was amended on 26/03 to highlight that music genres of Black origin make up the 80% figure included in this report. Music genres of Black origin contributed 80% to the [...]
In the '80s and '90s, these spaces birthed dance icons, genres and subcultures. Why do so few remain? madison moore charts their decline and lifelong impact. In the scholar E. Patrick Johnson's 2021 essay Remember the Time: Black Queer Nightlife in the South, he recalled the fading age in question with fairy-tale enchantment: "Once upon [...]