Dialled In festival announces first wave of acts for second edition

Dialled In, a South Asian-focused electronic music festival, has unveiled the first artists slated to perform at its upcoming event, which will take place on April 9 at Hackney venue EartH.

Read this next: How daytime raves introduced clubbing to a generation of British South Asians

The event will hold a complete venue takeover at EartH between 12:PM and 10:PM, with an afterparty at Village Underground from 10:PM onwards, following a successful maiden edition in September last year.

This is the first time EartH Hackney is seeing a full venue takeover.

Read this next: Exploring identity: What does it mean to be South Asian in the UK in 2021?

DJs confirmed to play the festival so far include Yung Singh, Mixtress, DJ Priya, Gracie T, anu, former Swing Ting DJ Samrai, QTIPOC club crew PXSSY PALACE and Manara.

Read this next: "I'm my best self when DJing": DJ Priya plays like her life depends on it

Works Of Intent, SUCHI b2b D-Lish and Rohan Rakhit are also set to play.

There will also be live acts from Anoushka Shankar, Paul Institute affiliate HIRA, Jitwam, Shivum Sharma, Nabihah Iqbal, Raheel Khan and Paul Purga.

Dialled In is a collaborative project between Daytimers, No ID, and Chalo. This year the festival has started a new series of four casual presentations called Dialled In: Conversations at RichMix in Shoreditch.

Read this next: How classic cars and soundsystems connect Southall residents to their Indian roots

Tickets for these can be purchased here on a pay-what-you-can model - all proceeds to to charity Afghanaid.

The festival has also promised food from the South Asian region, including fully vegan options available.

Read this next: How Asian Dub Foundation's stand against racism connected generations of British Asians

Tickets are now on sale here.

Aneesa Ahmed is Mixmag's Digital Intern, follow her on Twitter