The London Museum is searching for DJs to soundtrack new late-night event series

The London Museum is searching for up-and-coming DJs to soundtrack its new late-night event series.

The Sound of London collective will bring together 12 burgeoning selectors from across different boroughs in London to soundtrack the museum's day-to-night transformation at its new site in Smithfield, Farringdon, from November 28.

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Applications for the Sound of London Collective will be open until August 14. Successful applicants will be offered a year-long contract, running from November 2026 to the following November, and will be paid a fee of £250 per set, of which they can be expected to play "roughly one set per month".

Each of the 12 DJs will also be offered professional headshots, three professional development sessions, and "artist sessions" in which they will be given "space, time and budget" to socialise with their fellow collective members.

The museum will also host a welcome workshop for successful applicants, offering the opportunity to learn about soundsystem culture with legendary London-based reggae DJ, MC and club promoter Don “Papa Face” Facey.

According to a description on the museum's website, the competition is open to DJs "who play across any and all music styles," with applicants expected to come from one of London's 33 boroughs, be over 18, have the right to work in the UK, and have experience of DJing live across a range of "contexts and audiences". 

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The London Museum has teamed up with creative studio Hive Curates and chicken shop chain Morley's to produce its new late-night programming, which will takeover Our Time — a social space within the museum located on the trading floor of the historic Victorian General Market. 

"The Sound of London DJ Collective celebrates the people, neighbourhoods, local spaces and moments that bring this city to life," says the London Museum's Head of Creative Programmes Dhikshana Turakhia Pering. "We’re looking for DJs with a unique voice and a connection to London’s sounds and stories, to help create great times for everyone."

For more details on how to enter the London Museum's Sound of London Collective search, click here.

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