Scene reports - Page 7

City Splash is bringing a carnival atmosphere to London's day festival scene

The festival is a welcome addition to the mainstream London all-dayer scene, which is currently obsessed with neoliberal rave and Salomoncore

Elevated experience: Horst delivers a vision of festival Utopia

By expertly balancing a cutting-edge line-up, otherworldly art and good old fashioned fun, Brussels’ Horst Festival stands in contrast to an increasingly vibe-absent festival circuit

Dance freely: Newcastle's Bend&Shake is creating a safer place to party for people who need it

The multi-genre, global majority-led queer party is curating amazing and necessary clubbing experiences for people who are intersectionally marginalised

Movement Festival is a celebration of techno's past, present and future

Held in Detroit, the birthplace of techno, the three-day festival should be on every clubber’s bucket list

UK Tek 2023 showed why free party culture will never die

The 3,000 people strong Teknival rave showed that free parties are still a powerful, attractive and valuable social phenomena. Rave documentarian Matthew "mattko" Smith explains why

What is Coachella?

Now the dust has settled... David McGraw reflects on weekend 1 of Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2023: a commercial colossus that's become a pre-eminent institution of the music industry

Subverting expectations: Club Night Club is flying the flag for New York's warehouse party revival

We chat with Club Night Club founders Roddy and Blake about pushing sonic boundaries, warehouse parties, and bringing something different to New York City’s dynamic club scene

Perfectly mixed: Snug encapsulates the extravagance and debauchery of Hanoi's queer clubbing community

Founded on a belief that Hanoi's LGBTQIA+ clubbing scene is up there with the world's best, Snug's combination of local talent and international favourites has made it a shining star of Vietnam's underground dance scene

"The ends rule": Perifa No Toque is a baile funk haven for people on the fringe of São Paulo

Mixmag caught up with two of the key members of the party for people on the city’s peripheries, to chat about its rise from a tongue-in-cheek barbecue fundraiser to one of its most important proponents of an often demonised genre and culture

"It's a family affair": South Asian clubbers share what the dancefloor means to them

Vee Pandey asks the attendees of Daytimers' Phonox takeover about the significance of club culture to London's South Asian diaspora

Wild Wild West: After the pandemic, LA's rave underground bounces back stronger than ever

A new era of the rave underground - led by femme and queer POC DJs and collectives – is popping off in Los Angeles. Star Eyes and Bianca Oblivion of the Warp Mode crew clue us in

“DJs are surprised when they visit”: Why Newcastle’s DIY clubbing scene is thriving

In the post-industrial North East, grassroots collectives such as STEREO 45, Ghetec and Chain Reaction are building a booming dance music scene. Jack Ramage reports

Harder, better, faster, stronger: Has dance music got harder and faster?

Why does it seem like dance music has got so hard and fast recently? Isaac Muk investigates, exploring the impact of a new generation of "play harder" clubbers and artists, social media and economic turmoil

Crossover and collectivity: Why London's house underground is evolving

There are a number of parallel Afro house scenes developing within London’s underground, as a variety of influences propel the movement in new directions. NKC reports

Tulum's party scene is characterised by waste and disrespect. Can Day Zero change that?

The bygone Mayan stronghold of Tulum has become overrun with party tourists, with consequences for the local ecology and indigenous population. Day Zero founder Damian Lazarus wants to fuse ancient traditions and future ideas to set a positive example. Tracy Kawalik travels to the Riviera Maya to investigate

For the music: Picnic Stuff has been inspiring Sydney's dancefloors for 15 years

From experiences with Moodymann to Andrew Weatherall, Carly Roberts talks us through her time in dance music and role of bringing the world's finest DJs to Australia

How The Cost Of Living Crisis Is Impacting Nightclubs And Promoters

Kicking off our Cost of Living series, Megan Townsend looks at the catastrophic knock-on effect that higher energy prices are having on nightlife spaces and promoters in the UK

Use your head: KOP is uniting Johannesburg's creative youth

We step inside KOP, the Joburg party and creative collective with a youth-focused ethos aiming to redefine the city’s creative landscape

Extra! Extra!: Fiasco! is the queer party sensation inviting London's clubbers to get scandalous

We've got the inside scoop on Fiasco!, the effervescent LGBTQIA+ party showcasing the fun and flawlessness of Black talent

“People were curious”: Underground Kampala is creating a techno culture in Uganda

Aneesa Ahmed speaks to Underground Kampala founder Richard O’doi about inclusive partying, run-ins with police and taking international DJs on safari

What's the party providing a safer space for London's *FLINTA community? Technomate

TM8 has rapidly grown to be a pillar for education and queer representation in London's techno scene