Standing firmly at the front of the music and digital arts space in Belfast for half a decade, today AVA Festival and Conference announces yet another progressive line up to take note of with Motor City Drum Ensemble, Ben UFO, The Black Madonna, Avalon Emerson, Len Faki, Call Super and Daniel Avery and all heading to Belfast. Continue reading AVA FEST 2019. Festival and Conference reveals All Star line-up in celebration of five years.

If you are into house and techno there are few opportunities you simply can’t miss and the annual Loveland Festival is high up on that list. A spot-on line-up of every flourishing act, combined with probably the most beautiful festival site in Amsterdam. The site boasts an intimate setting with several areas that offer more than just music. Get excited to connect with tens of thousands of like-minded revelers. Continue reading LOVELAND 2019. Festival reveals Carl Cox and Solomun as their first headliners.

Aphex Twin, the artist synonymous with experimental dance music, is set to play his first show in New York in decades at Brooklyn’s Avant Gardner . Continue reading APHEX TWIN. Artist to play first New York Show in decades at Avant Gardner.

Whether it’s discovering new underground acts or indulging a travel buzz, music fans demand an extraordinary experience from festivals these days. A festival no longer means piling into a field for a weekend and accepting the meagre facilities on offer. More often it’s a wallet-friendly trip to a different European country, to combine music with local culture, nightlife, sightseeing and gastronomic delights. From partying in a 17th century Balkan fortress or an Icelandic glacier, to pool parties, beach raves or lakeside gigs, there’s something here for everyone. Make a music festival your holiday of a lifetime in 2019. Continue reading FEST GUIDE 2019. The most perfect festivals experiences in Europe.

First acts confirmed for this year’s edition is the artist who wrote some of the golden pages of music history and one of techno’s “founding fathers” Sven Väth, along with the absolute leader of today’s electronic music, the charismatic and unique Nina Kraviz! Continue reading SEA STAR 2019. Festival announce Sven Väth and more names.

One of the highlights of Sónar 2019 will be the return of Arca, one of the festival’s favourite artists. The relentlessly inventive musician and performer will reign again over Sónar by Day with a new show comprising previously unreleased material. Early reports suggest this to be exhilarating, overwhelming and extreme, adjectives that perfectly define everything he does. Continue reading SÓNAR 2019. Festival presents new shows.

UNUM Festival today announces a second wave of artists who will be lining up on the perfect coastline resort of Rana e Hedhun, in the town of Shengjin, Albania from May 31st to June 2nd 2019. World class names like Craig Richards, Leon, Adriatique, Raresh, tINI, Zip, Vera, Ferro and many more will be joining already announced headliners including  Luciano, Ricardo Villalobos, Butch, Petre Inspirescu, Praslea, Sonja Moonear, DeWalta, Dyed Soundorom. Continue reading UNUM 2019. Brand new Albanian festival adds first names.

The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the world’s leading event for electronic music, will take place the 16th to 20th October, 2019. The organisers are expecting around 400,000 national and international visitors for the 24th edition. Continue reading ADE 2019. Festival announce dates for Amsterdam.

On Saturday 27th July, in celebration of it’s 23rd year, one of Germany’s oldest open air festivals Love Family Park returns to it’s brand new home of Mainvorland, a field surrounded by trees and spanning acres of green land located on the banks of the river Main. Continue reading LOVE FAMILY PARK 2019. L.F.P. returns home to Rüsselsheim for an epic 23rd edition.

For four days next week, the small Dutch city of Groningen becomes the centre of the European music scene with Eurosonic the festival that has its 33rd edition in 2019. Continue reading ESNS 2019. One week to Eurosonic the key exchange for new music.

Belgium’s definitive techno talent Charlotte de Witte is taking her essential showcase concept on the road in 2019. KNTXT will make its international debut at fabric in London on March 16th, before stopping off at T7 in Paris on March 23rd.  Continue reading CHARLOTTE DE WITTE. DJ takes KNTXT on tour.

Mixcloud, the audio streaming platform that’s fostering a global community for audio culture, has launched Mixcloud Select, a pioneering fan-to-creator subscription service that brings listeners closer to the creators they love. Listeners can subscribe to a Select creator’s channel to directly support them, and the music played in the shows they upload. Once subscribed, they can enjoy an enhanced listening experience that includes downloading shows to listen offline and viewing upfront tracklists. Continue reading MIXCLOUD. Platform launches Select-A pioneering fan-to-creator audio subscription service.