Here are the winners of Burn Energy and Mixmag’s DJ Open Contest 2026

Following the successful launch of the Burn Energy DJ Open last year, Mixmag and Burn Energy have once again joined forces to select the best emerging artists to join us on this year’s tour across Europe and North Africa from June to December.

After receiving hundreds of entries, we cherry-picked the finest selectors and technical wizards to perform alongside previously announced headliners Shanti Celeste, Dr Banana, Mozey, MCR-T, TSHA and Nico Moreno on the Burn Energy Tour 2026, the third annual international party series bringing incendiary line-ups around the world.

This year, we’re heading to seven cities and visiting some of the world's hottest underground music scenes while putting a focus on the collectives who make those scenes tick, including ECHO7000 (Marrakech, Morocco), Šaknys (Vilnius, Lithuania), Det Gode Selskab (Oslo, Norway), Antídoto (Madrid, Spain), CRIME (Budapest, Hungary), SAFE&SOUND (Bucharest, Romania) and EXIST (Warsaw, Poland). 

With the return of the Burn Energy DJ Open, we’re giving seven budding DJs the opportunity to step onto the main stage at their nearest tour stop, with each winner given a fee, travel, accommodation, a career workshop with Mixmag, and more to support the next steps in their careers. Check out the winners who’ll be joining us on this year’s Burn Energy Tour below.

JAK is a self-proclaimed dance music enthusiast hailing from Morocco who traverses a wide sonic territory, supporting our headline act Shanti Celeste in Marrakech on June 27. Grab your tickets here (international) and here (local).

After moving between Berlin and London, Emma Magdalena formed a distinct love for clubbing and more experimental styles of dance music. She’ll join Dr Banana in Oslo on August 8. Grab your tickets here.

Romanian drum ‘n’ bass DJ and rising star Sub:liminal will join us in Bucharest on August 22, where he’ll be on warm-up duties for none other than Mozey.

Heading to the Spanish capital, Valencia’s Ari will step up to open for our Madrid headliner – still yet to be revealed – with a selection of Latin bass, guaracha, and breaks.

We’re welcoming Budapest-based collective Dead End resident THIRD 2HIFT to warm things up for headliner MCR-T on October 17 in the Hungarian capital.

Influenced by legendary Eastern European clubs like Bassiani and Khidi, Sournois will bring her blend of old skool trance and techno to Warsaw on December 4, opening up for Nico Moreno.

Finally, on the last leg of the Burn Energy Tour 2026, house music enthusiast Auremas will get the party started in Vilnius on December 18 ahead of TSHA.

For more information on the Burn Energy Tour and Burn Energy’s mission to ignite the underground, head to Burn Energy's Instagram.