Events

Montreal’s renowned Piknic Électronik is back in full force this summer at park Jean-Drapeau’s Plaine des jeux, for its 16th season. Every Sunday, from May 20th to September 30th, fans of electronic music will have to lace up their sneakers and sandals extra tight for their favourite festive get together, as Piknic welcomes them with... Read more »

The 5th and 6th of May will see London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park transformed into something quite special, as the renowned Arcadia spider descends for it’s tenth anniversary celebrations. The renowned arachnid stage is only part of the story, as the festival site includes an immersive indoor arena aptly titled ‘The Reactor’, and a smaller... Read more »

This coming Saturday, Abandoned__ will present Montreal with the first fryhide showcase to take place since it’s inception over a year ago. Fryhide founder, HOSH, will play alongside one of Montreal’s finest exports, Tone Depth, and one of Montreal’s most exciting live acts, Groj, for a true exhibition of top class electronic music. They have partnered... Read more »

This past Friday, fryhide‘s Tim Engelhardt wowed the eager Montreal crowd at Newspeak with a power house performance of his live set.  After strong support from locals Jimmy Be and Dexter Crowe, the stage was set for him to show Montreal what he can do and he certainly did not disappoint. The set featured live... Read more »

Montreal’s Newspeak welcomes a highly anticipated combo this Saturday as highly-rated Armenian producer/dj Armen Miran (Sol Selectas) makes his debut in Montreal alongside Kindisch and Anjunadeep rising talent Kora. It follows a previous collaboration between the two on the Miran-curated Buddha Bar compilation last December, which featured Kora’s emotive cut ‘Le Temple de Renca’. Most... Read more »

Town (noun) – A built up area with a name, defined boundaries, and local government. Applying this concept to a festival is ambitious, daring almost, but for nine years now the immersive world of Boomtown has been forged on the innocent land of the South Downs National Park. A carnival; a circus; an elaborately themed foray,... Read more »

From hosting the first New Years Day event at Tobacco Dock in 2014, to opening Printworks in February last year, it’s safe to say LWE are no strangers to the capital. First an ex Tobacco factory, then a former printing press. And now, the London party starters have announced their next venture: Old Fountain Studios.... Read more »

Teksupport announces that the unparalleled Carl Cox will be heading their Day Into Night open-air event on June 16th. Carl will undoubtedly bring the support of many to the event, as his relationship with the dance floor has revolutionized through the last 30 years of his career. From the beginning with Acid House and Electro... Read more »

Crosstown Rebels and Last Night On Earth artist John Monkman joins revered west coast party throwers Do Lab for weekend two of Coachella this Saturday. The London-based producer is set to debut his brand new live show at the iconic festival. With a new remix on Noir’s NM2 also climbing the charts, we caught up with... Read more »

This coming Friday, Husa Sounds and Frontrite will present Montreal with a producer who released his first record in 2011 when he was just 14.  He has since released a staggering amount of top notch tracks on labels including Innervisions, Dynamic, fryhide, Cityfox, Poker Flat Recordings and Einmusika. Tim Engelhardt is leading the charge of... Read more »