In Europe, even the music festival take a break. Sort of … there are big festivals in August including Mysterland, but now they’re over and it’s time to move on to the second half of the 2025 season.
BEONIX Festival
19 thru 21 September, EKTO venue, Limassol, Republic of Cyprus
This festival way down in Cyprus sold out last year, and we see why. Acts this year include Armin van Buuren, Boris Brejcha, and Adriatique. Three major Names.
Joining them across four stages are acts that include Anfisa Letyago, Avision, Carlo Lio, David Moreno, Dubfire, James Zabiela, Kevin Saunderson, LNTX, Roger Sanchez, Saraga, Spartaque, Tania Vulcano, Xavi Emparan, and Yulia Niko as well as new acts.
Passes start at 170 euros and you can get yours here.
Blacklist
11 October, Oberhausen, Germany
This is a big one for all you bass fans … and remember, it’s all about the bass. Blacklist will have more than 50 heavy dubstep, EDM, trap and drum & bass stars from across the globe for 12 hours of music across four stages for 7,000 ravers.
Global names in the bass world including Black Tiger Sex Machine (their only EU date so far), DJ Snake presents: The Outlaw (an alias showcasing his darker sounds), Sullivan King, Virtual Riot, Modestep (classics set), Reaper, Habstrakt and more.
Tickets range from 45 euros to 85 euros and are available here.
Check out the afterparty vid above, which is actually pretty good as these things go.
Time Warp (multiple festivals)
With its synthesis of Techno, House and lights, the Time Warp brand has expanded to multiple festivals across the globe including:
• Time Warp Spain, 10 & 11 October in Madrid. Acts include Charlotte DeWitte, 999999999, Blondish and Richie Hawtin. Tickets start at 67 euros and you can get yours here.
• Time Warp Autumn, 7 & 8 November. This is in the original Time Warp city of Mannheim in southern Germany. Acts include 999999999, Âme live b2b Jimi Jules, Sven Vath, I Hate Models and Nina Kraviz.Tickets start at 75 euros and you can get yours here.
• Time Warp US 25, 21 & 22 November in New York City. The lineup includes the Blessed Madonna and Ben Sterling. Tickets start at $109 and you can get yours here.
Amsterdam Dance Event
22 thru 26 October in Amsterdam
This annual October event is, well, huge, taking place at multiple clubs across this Dutch capital, celebrated for its sybaritic scene. This is way more than just performances. ADE includes multiple conferences, workshops, tech, industry talks and programs covering every aspect of the trillion-dollar electronic music business. You can see all the conferences here.
Along with the biz, there are dozens of artists, established acts and newbies, too numerous to mention. Okay, we’ll mention a few: Black Coffee at the Ziggo Dome, Adam Beyer, Adrianna and all the people you expect to see at these things as well as dozens of people we never heard of. But that’s half the fun.
This huge event is all over the place, as are ticket prices, ranging from a few euros to hundreds for the industry events and the Pro Pass. Might start your research now.
Club schedules for 2025
This year, we’re adding a section for clubs because the biggest such Pacha Ibiza and Amnesia announce their summer lineups well in advance.
Amnesia Ibiza
More than 50 additional artists join previously announced Season Residents Adam Beyer and ARTBAT for RESISTANCE Ibiza’s nine-week club residency from now till 17 September. Miami-based RESISTANCE does programming for clubs and venues across the globe.
Pacha Ibiza will serve up one epic final weekend after a record breaking 2025 season when Rüfüs Du Sol plays an exclusive DJ set on 11 October and Roger Sanchez headlines on 12 October 2025.
The season includes 14 Ibiza exclusive back-to-back performances including Adam Beyer b3b ARTBAT b3b Vintage Culture, Artbat b2b Hardwell (Special Set), Adam Beyer b2b Mau P, HI-LO b2b Nicole Moduaber, and more.
RESISTANCE Ibiza will feature a special set from Hardwell as his only performance on the island in 2025.
BCM Planet Dance, Mallorca
BCM Planet Dance is up and rolling with its biggest-ever season following a refurbishment, making it the perfect excuse to head out to the magical party island of Mallorca. Attracting tourists from the UK and all over the world, the super club has drafted some of the largest artists in the world from house, techno, EDM, dance, and plenty in between.
Chase & Status, Dimitri Vegas, Roger Sanchez, Timmy Trumpet, Danny Howard, Gorgon City, Camelphat, Steve Aoki and others are booked.
Get your tickets now at BCM Mallorca.
Brixton Storeys, London
Brixton Storeys is an all new, indoor-outdoor, multi-room event space offering new levels of late night audio-visual immersion. The venue on the site of the former Prince of Wales is the first in the area to have a 24-hour music and alcohol license and it launches on 18 April 2025. The venue promises to bring a new narrative to South London nightlife and kicks off with ‘A Tribute To Alfredo Balearic Beat’ roof party.
Bohemia Beach Club, Five Palm, Dubai
Bohemia Beach Club has some global heavyweights and rising stars all playing between now and the end of May.
Bohemia Presents welcomes back house specialists Defected, which held its 25th anniversary at the iconic beach club earlier this year. Returning with a year-long residency, the UK label and events series has already hosted the likes of HoneyLuv and Hot Since 82, with more genre trailblazers to come, including Mele, Sam Divine, and more.
You can see the full schedule here.
Gallery, London
The new Gallery club in West London, with a capacity of 400, has unveiled its Season Two line-up. This autumn’s names include: Reznik (Keinemusik), Krystal Klear, Jeremy Underground, Dennis Ferrer, Damian Lazarus, Toman, Beltran, Abel and many more special guests. Since opening in spring, Gallery has cemented itself as a vital new addition to the London scene, giving the capital’s thriving cultural underground a venue to call its own.
La Paloma, Barcelona
The oldest club in Europe has just announced its summer lineup.
Highlights include iconic artists such as Gilles Peterson, Kenny Dope, A Guy Called Gerald, John Morales, Ron Trent, and Sadar Bahar. All pivotal figures in the history of dance music, whose global careers have helped shape electronic music. The summer schedule also features top talent like Studio Barnhus co-founder Axel Boman, a leading figure in the European house scene, and Natasha Diggs, a staple of the Ibiza circuit.
Opened as a Dance Hall in 1903, La Paloma celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2023 and is the oldest club in continuous use in Europe.
Pacha Ibiza
Pacha has revealed its weekly residencies:
• Mau P’s Baddest Behaviour is set to become one of the hottest new nights on the island this summer. Running every Wednesday from 6 August to 8 October 2025, it will feature a unique mix of pioneering legends and new school innovators from across the house spectrum. Dutch DJ and producer Mau P is one of the hottest names in house right now. He is best known for his breakout 2022 single “Drugs from Amsterdam” and has dominated the scene ever since. His always sold out shows have taken him to some of the biggest clubs and festivals stages on the planet, always with a raw energy and direct connection with his dancers.
• Solomun+1 is back at Pacha Ibiza every Sunday from 8 June to 5 October 2025. Now, the full list of artists who’ll be joining him has been unveiled. They include ÂME (DJ Set), Anyma, Caribou (DJ Set), Carlita, Chloé Caillet, Denis Sulta, DJ Gigola, Four Tet, Jamie xx, Job Jobse, Marco Carola, Peggy Gou, Steve Angello.
• Starting off the week, Sonny Fodera serve plays every Monday from 16 June to 6 October 2025 and Grammy-nominated UK duo CamelPhat bring their eclectic house sounds every Tuesday from 20 May to 7 October.
• Canadian star Blond:ish line-ups every Wednesday 21 May to 30 July with Abracadabra, the first female-led headline residency in Pacha Ibiza’s history. After that – and all new for 2025 – is Dutch house game changer Mau P who presents Baddest Behaviour from 6 August to 8 October 2025.
• Defected returns to Pacha Ibiza this year each Thursday from 8 May to October 2025.
• On Fridays, Marco Carola’s Music On runs 16 May to 9 and 10 October 2025.
• On Fridays, Marco Carola’s Music On runs 16 May to 9 and 10 October 2025 and offers up the freshest house and techno in the Balearics,
• Several Saturdays see the return of Pure Pacha from 10 May to 27 October 2025 with main headliner Robin Schulz playing 17, 24 and 31 May then 6, 13, 20 and 27 September. Also on Saturday, Flower Power is featured from 7 June to 30 August and on 4 October 2025 with resident Bora Uzer and standout house headliners including Masters At Work, Roger Sanchez, Boy George, Purple Disco Machine, and more.
Coming up in 2026
• Africa Rising Music Conference announces its return to Constitution Hill, Johannesburg on 22–23 May 2026. With artist and speaker applications now open, and tickets officially on sale, ARMC is once again championing underrepresented voices and innovation in the global music ecosystem.
Apply by 15 October 2025
