Welcome to No Skips. Move D steps in for a rare all nighter at Palais on Friday, Seth Troxler and Magda B2B Mari.te headline fabric's Saturday session, and FJAAK bring their driving German techno to FOLD the same night. Here's a glimpse of what's on this week and what's ahead.
THIS WEEK
Palais: Move D (All Night Long)
📅 FRIDAY | 📍Palais
🎫 Tickets Here
Move D steps in for a full all night long run. Decades of deep musical knowledge distilled into house, oddball gems and low slung rollers, played without ever rushing. Watch him play here.
FJAAK - FOLD
📅 SATURDAY | 📍FOLD
🎫 Tickets Here
The German duo bring their driving, warehouse ready techno to FOLD's system for a full night. Power house energy with flashes of UK garage and breakbeat woven through. Watch a live set here.
fabric: Seth Troxler, Magda B2B Mari.te, Matias Aguayo (Live), RSquared, Joëlla Jackson
📅 SATURDAY | 📍fabric
🎫 Tickets Here
Seth Troxler headlines fabric's Room One alongside a Magda B2B Mari.te set and a rare Matias Aguayo live show. A proper cross section of house and techno talent under one roof.
Plans After Fest: Euro Summer
📅 SATURDAY | 📍The Cause
🎫 Tickets Here
Five stages across The Cause from 6pm to 4am, headlined by Flava D. Built for the crowd who want a full day into night without leaving the site.
CAYA by fabric: OOZ - Mr Cenz, AndreeA, Miles Atmospheric
📅 SUNDAY | 📍fabric
🎫 Tickets Here
fabric's Sunday session goes forward thinking house and techno with Mr Cenz leading the bill. A proper way to close out the weekend without rushing home.
INSIDER PICK
Palais x Livity Sound: Hodge, Joe Milli, Laurel Halo, NIKS & Peverelist
📅 SATURDAY | 📍Palais
🎫 Tickets Here
Livity Sound mark 15 years with a full spectrum showcase led by label founder Peverelist and Hodge. Laurel Halo and Joe Milli round out a bill built on bass weight and forward motion, for the crowd chasing something sharper than the mainstream Saturday options. Watch Peverelist play here.
WHAT'S ON: TERMINAL V
Terminal V
📅 Fri, 23 Oct | 📍Drumsheds
🎫 Tickets Here
Scottish techno powerhouse Terminal V return for a second Drumsheds edition across all three rooms. Holy Priest leads the bill, with Cara Elizabeth B2B DJ Cringey, Onlynumbers and Nikolina B2B KLOUD filling out a lineup built on rising names rather than one big draw. A heavier, harder night for the crowd who want Halloween season to start early.
A State of Trance: Armin van Buuren
📅 Sat, 14 Nov | 📍Drumsheds
🎫 Tickets Here
The first ever indoor ASOT festival in the UK, marking 25 years of the brand. Armin van Buuren headlines a festival scale production inside one of London's biggest rooms. Early booking territory.
THE BOOTH
Nia Archives, Jorja Smith — "Get Me Down"
(HIJINXX/Island, out 10 July)
Nia Archives' first ever featured collaboration lands days before her album Emotional Junglist. Jorja Smith stacks lush harmonies over breakbeats that never let up, built for a jungle set that still wants a hook.
🎧 Listen Here
EDITORIAL
Charli XCX predicts the rise of anti marketing
Charli XCX said this week she believes anti marketing, something more intimate and one on one than a mass campaign, is about to become a thing. The take split fans online, but it lines up with how dance music culture already works: word of mouth, exclusivity and rooms you have to already know about.
👉 Read more here 👈
West End owners warn licensing squeeze deepens
Soho club owners say restrictive licensing is pushing venues to their financial limits, even as Sadiq Khan's new powers to overrule council decisions start to take effect. Industry figures welcome the autumn reforms but doubt they will be enough on their own.
👉 Read more here 👈
Closures put London's club culture pipeline at risk
More than a third of UK nightclubs have shut since 2020, with projections putting London's own losses as high as 57 percent by 2030. Creatives and promoters warn that losing those rooms cuts off the pipeline that has shaped London fashion and music for decades.
👉 Read more here 👈
