One of the country’s longest-running independent music festivals is back in a big way with Lights All Night (LAN) unveiling…
Big news today coming from one of the longest-running end-of-the-year events across the country with Lights All Night revealing the…
Now the all the Halloweekend is out of the way, it’s officially time to start playing New Year’s Eve Weekend…
As a number of lineups for New Year’s Eve weekend events begin to be revealed across the globe one of…
The time has come, Texas’ longest running end of year party, Light All Night, has finally revealed its complete lineup…
There hasn’t been a lot of good news to come out of Texas recently due to the devastating effects of…
Dallas, TX will once again be illuminated this New Year’s Eve, as Lights All Night will return for a two-night…
ARC Festival 2021 brought things home to the roots of house music, aka Chicago, showcasing pioneers that truly represent the…
Still buzzing off his recent four-set show at The Las Vegas Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium with the first three sets being…
As if there was no escaping Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” with it dominating the airwaves in addition to it becoming…
OK, wedding jocks… looking to see how to DJ a wedding that your guests won’t forget? It’s all in the…
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Held this past Oct. 16-20, the 24th edition of Amsterdam Dance Event delivered plenty of daily…
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – This past Oct. 16-20, the 24th edition of Amsterdam Dance Event again became the gathering point…
Photos by Rukes.com Chandler, Ariz. – This past April 5-6 weekend, more than 18,000 EDM fans filled The Park at…
Atlantic City, N.J. – DJ Expo is set for Aug. 13-16 at Harrah’s Atlantic City. The show will offer the…
Chandler, Ariz. – This past weekend, the 2018 spring-music merry-go-round kicked off in a big way with the 4th annual…
Photos by Tony Cottrell Chandler, Ariz. – Nearly 20,000 EDM fans flooded into the Rawhide Event Center this past April…
10 Years Diynamic touched down for the final leg of the North American tour this past Saturday, December 10 with…
Since its debut in spring 2015, San Diego’s CRSSD Festival has become a semi-annual fixture on the SoCal electronic scene.…
Brooklyn went global this past weekend for the third US edition of revered techno fest brand HYTE, bringing revelers two…
Set for Aug. 16 at Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J., this special session will present one of pop-music’s…
Dutch DJ/producer Bakermat is gearing up for a massive spring with the release of his new Ballade EP and the…
Alexxus: Mike Lenstra ditched the full-time job in ’08. Dubuque, Iowa—In 1992, Mike Lenstra and his wife were expecting their…
It was a blustery autumn weekend in New York, but there was no shortage of fiery techno being served up…
As declared in the cult classic film Rocky Horror Picture Show, “Let’s do the Time Warp again!” The long-running German…
Brooklyn-based party collective BangOn! is ready to bring the spooks and beats to a secret East Williamsburg warehouse this Saturday…
With its premiere edition having taken San Diego by storm earlier this spring, the biannual CRSSD Festival returned to Waterfront…
Las Vegas – Exhibits at Lighting Dimensions International, America’s top entertainment-lighting trade show, will run today through Sunday (Oct. 23-25)…
Pretty Lights has revealed plans for two special outdoor shows in Telluride, CO later this year. The two-night stand will…
Earlier this year, Pretty Lights released the limited edition The Hidden Shades as a double 10” vinyl set for Record…
Derek Vincent Smith has a knack for seizing opportunities. Rather than spurn P2P, he (alongside Girl Talk) pioneered a free…
DJs & Big Beats Rang in ’17 at Festivals & Clubs Nationwide
With DJ Times as its media sponsor, the Nukleus Festival is set to run January 20-24, 2022, at the Live…
After an eventful day of walking the show floor, checking out demo rooms and sitting in on a full schedule…
Welcome to the July 2021 edition of “Behind the Wedding Music,” a resource to help build wedding playlists for DJs.…
Back in 2016, when Zeds Dead began its own Deadbeats label, the bass-music blogosphere was buzzing aplenty. Now, five years…
Here’s the May 2021 edition of “Behind the Wedding Music,” a resource to help build wedding playlists for DJs. Each…
With the release of the Pioneer DJ DJM-S11, the DJ community was given a great hybrid unit that sits between…
Welcome to the March 2021 edition of “Behind the Wedding Music,” a resource to help build wedding playlists for DJs.…
No matter the circumstances, Uroš Umek is not a man who ever fully slows down. It’s true that the COVID…
Over the quarter-century that he’s been making music as an artist and curating it as a label owner, Germany’s Steve…
After receiving over 50 million global views and raising over $1.5 million for charities with his previous “United At Home”…
In 2020, Damian Lazarus, the DJ/producer/label owner with the excellent name – it sounds completely made-up, but isn’t – was…
Here’s part 2 of my article on customizing a van for DJ needs. Check the first post here. You can…
Like most mobile DJs, I started out as a hobbyist playing music for fun on the weekends. Even back in…
After rumors began to swirl surrounding the iconic group, Pendulum, releasing new music after playing out unreleased productions during their…
While Labor Day weekend wasn’t quite the same this year without festivals taking place across the country, there were plenty…
We asked DJs who are performing at events in 2020 — is the money the same as pre-pandemic? If less,…
Still shut out from groovy gatherings and the genuine human connections they can afford? Seeking some primo lockdown music to…
Welcome to the July edition of “Behind the Wedding Music,” a resource to help build your wedding playlists — designed…
Ever since the Coronavirus quarantine began this past March, we’ve been introduced to a new, cloistered reality. Accordingly, platforms like…
Seattle, Wash. — Alan Chitlik’s first job was as a newspaper reporter. One day he’d be covering a business acquisition,…
When the Coronavirus shut us down, clubs and festivals ceased, and everyone was essentially forced inside with no definitive end…
Since we’ve dived a little bit into the topic of DJ riders and unreasonable requests and demands, here’s another topic:…
If you’ve been on social media at all over the past month, you’ve certainly seen a plethora of DJs performing…
When the Coronavirus shut us down, clubs and festivals ceased, and everyone was essentially forced inside with no definitive end…
Wedding toasts need not be a crapshoot. The tipsy Maid of Honor who drops the F-bomb; the Best Man who…
By David Dallas Bryant I wish that in my younger days I was mature enough to know when DJ burnout…
On the eve of what can easily be considered the biggest day of his young career with this release of…
Tucson, Ariz. – With its eclectic mix of electronic-music DJs, jam bands, dancers/visual performers and fine art, the Gem &…
Here’s some Valentine’s day music to play at your events. Courtesy of the mixologists at Ambient DJ Service in East…
“What Would You Do” is written by Jam on Sound Productions’ Mike Kindlick, where each month he explores various situations,…
Tucson, Ariz. – Presenting a unique mixture of electronic-music DJs, jam bands, dancers/visual performers and fine art, Gem & Jam…
Looking for a little something to put a pep in your step to start the week? Well, it’s safe to…
In “How to Start a DJ Business,” a regularly occurring column, DJs talk about problems they encounter as they start…
In a time where many believe the electronic dance music festival circuit has become a bit saturated, Time Warp has…
Mark Knight: Knight Life By Keeping It All in the Family, DJ/Producer Mark Knight Has Raised Toolroom Records to the…
Tucson, Ariz. – Held this past November 9-10 at Tucson’s Armory Park, the 4th annual DUSK Music Festival didn’t disappoint.…
This weekend the EDC Orlando will be invading Tinker Field for three full days for the very first time bringing…
Chandler, Ariz. – Held this past weekend (Sept. 27-28) at the Rawhide Western Town & Event Center, the 3rd annual…
Atlanta – The 6th annual Imagine Music Festival took over the Atlanta Motor Speedway this past Sept. 19-22. The independent…
While most people prepared to enjoy a sun-soaked Labor Day weekend with traditional activities such as backyard BBQs, taking a…
The 2019 edition of Dimensions Festival, taking place this August 28 to September 1, marks the event saying goodbye to…
Rothbury, Mich. – The always-whimsical Electric Forest lit up the backwoods of Michigan’s Double J Ranch this past June 27…
OK, DJs — admit it: You’ve definitely wondered what it was like to spin in a gentlemen’s club. But, once…
By Brittney Knight Atlanta, GA — Another year goes by, and another amazing Shaky Beats festival goes down in Atlanta’s…
By Arielle Feinstein After months of anticipation leading into another magical weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, EDC Las Vegas…
As we all know, longevity in anything is never a given. But in the often-fickle world of electronic-dance music, where…
Photo Credit: @prolophoto Brooklyn, N.Y. – After months of frothing anticipation and absurd hype, the Aphex Twin show finally landed…
The marathon that is Miami Music Weeks has once again come and gone in what was another dynamic array of…
By Jaime Sloane San Diego – While the rain was a near-constant force at CRSSD Festival this past weekend (March…
Listen and Download MP3s: (ALL TRACK LINKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME) Listen Now Download MP3 Track /…
Photo Credit: Chia Minaya New York City – On an evening when news broke of another setback for Gotham clubland,…
Chandler, Ariz. – This past Nov. 17, the Origins Music Fest became the latest DJ-driven, electronic-music bacchanalia to light up…
After providing one of the highlights of EDC Orlando with the debut of their new collaboration, Dillon Francis and Alison…
Tucson, Ariz. – This past Nov. 10-11, the 3rd Annual DUSK Music Festival descended on downtown Tucson’s Armory Park, bringing…
This weekend the eighth annual EDC Orlando will be invading Tinker Field bringing only the latest and greatest from the…
Red Bull Music Academy Festival is touching down in Berlin for more than a month of programming this September, and…
Long before I became introduced to online DJ courses, my original interest in DJing began nearly two decades ago during…
After years of dominating New York’s underground clubland, nightlife maven Ladyfag celebrated Pride 2018 this past Friday with her first…
New York City – Just as we officially lose the spring season, quite appropriately, the America’s Best DJ Summer Tour…
This weekend the electronic dance music community will be making their way to Las Vegas for one of the biggest…
After being hired to work a wedding reception for one of his wife’s co-workers, Indiana mobile jock Chad Hough was…
He’s already been designated one of SoundCloud’s 2018 Artists to Watch and he’s receiving major support from Canadian bass duo…
If you’ve caught the attention of legendary DJ/producer Eric Prydz, your name has also sent some extra ripples throughout the…
Detroit – It’s a chilly Saturday night at The TV Lounge, one of the Motor City’s grittiest havens for hometown…
Miami Beach, Fla. – Now that the madness is over… a moment of relatively sober reflection: As usual, Miami Music…
Wherever Nicole Moudaber is, she changes the atmosphere, quite literally overtaking the mood. So, it is apt that “mood” is…
New York City – In the current landscape of electronic music, many believe that, when it comes to creating new…
Chandler, Ariz. – This past week’s New Year’s festivities rewarded dancing desert dwellers with the 4th annual Decadence Arizona electronic…