SANKEYS TO OPEN NEW CLUB IN WALES

One of the world's most recognisable club brands Sankeys is to open a brand new space in the heart of beautiful Wales in Swansea. It kicks off in true Sankeys fashion with a huge all day rave on May 14th featuring Richy Ahmed, wAFF, Max Chapman, Amine Edge & DANCE, Miguel Campbell, Clive Henry, Ellie Cocks, Andrew Kay and Hypoxia.

Sankeys is no stranger to huge news. What started in a Manchester warehouse in 1994 has since turned into a global club brand with venues around the world, a famously naughty party in Ibiza and road-block events at London's Studio 338. Most recently, the team has announced a first ever, hugely anticipated festival at Colesdale Farm on July 2nd 2022.

But first it is heading to Wales for a very special series of just nine carefully programmed and highly anticipated events, each with a strictly limited capacity. For each one, Sankeys will bring its many years of know-how and cutting edge underground sounds to a fantastic new venue powered by Warehouse Gym. Situated on a large industrial estate and as part of the incredible gym complex, this summer Sankeys will bring the biggest artists, brands and parties to Wales on a regular basis.

Consisting of several huge spaces including The Arena - a huge, imposing warehouse room - and more intimate space The Lab, the new club will feature world class sound and light as well as lots of other hidden spaces to explore deep into the night.

First up is a forward thinking mix of house and tech artists from the vanguard, including Cocoon regular and rolling minimal master wAFF who never fails to cook up a storm, plus the influential long time Ibiza favourite and Four Thirty Two label boss Richy Ahmed. There will be edgy and characterful grooves from French pair Amine Edge and DANCE, plus plenty more UK favourites and Sankeys regulars such as the on point Max Chapman, longtime underground mainstays Clive Henry and Miguel Campbell, plus more from new school titans Ellie Cox, Andrew Kay and Hypoxia.

This will be a new chapter not only in Welsh dance music history, but in the history of the UK's dance music scene as a whole.

THE GARDENS OF BABYLON WILL HOST THEIR DEBUT AMSTERDAM MUSIC FESTIVAL

On May 14th, The Gardens of Babylon will host its first Amsterdam music festival at Noorderlicht and NDSM in Noord with the likes of Matthias Meyer, Yulia Niko, Robag Wruhme, Blond:ish, Stavroz [band], Kevin Valentine (live), Nasiri (live) and soundofoz amongst tens more.

After a long winter whirlwind of restrictions and lockdowns, and thus inevitable letdowns and setbacks, you may have found yourself in a deliberate state of hibernation. It's time to awaken from the slumber, after a period of transformation and change. Spring is here, summoning us to break free from our cocoons, emerging as colourful butterflies.

Transforming the NDSM wharf into a garden of vivid hues and inspiration, we invite you to wear your most colourful outfit to spread your wings and flutter freely.

Divided over three stages, you will find DJs, live bands, acts, immersive performances, speakers, spiritual activities, and much more.The first stage offers 12 hours of music from the likes of Kompakt associate Blond:ish, a full band show from Stavroz who are known for injecting an overall ethnic, acoustic and organic vibe to electronic music, and electric back to back between Madmotormiquel and Sarah Wild. Also playing are Arabella Memdouh, Arabella Memdouh, Niv Ast [live] and the Kalaha Moon band.

Area 2 welcomes innovative talents from the worlds of house and techno including long time Watergate resident Matthias Meyer, the leftfield studio wizard and genre bending DJ Robag Wruhme and Berlin based Yulia Niko who releases on Damien Lazarus' Rebellion imprint as well as a hybrid show from Garden City Movement and a set from Sinai.

Area 3 is Levantine House and welcomes soundofoz, live shows from Nasiri, Kevin Valentine and Nawras Altaky as well as more from Breath & Energy, Salmaan and Hamada’s Dabkeh.

VERVE ANNOUNCES FINAL LINEUP AND PRE-PARTIES

The much-anticipated first edition of Verve Festival is to host two special pre-events on Friday May 20th at ROK Club and SUDPOL CLUB in Luzern. The main festival runs 21st - 22nd May, 2022 at Lucerne's Allmend/Messe 1 arena and the final line up features the likes of Dubfire, Fatima Hajji, Ae:ther, Ben Klock, Innellea, Lilly Palmer, Oliver Huntemann, Joris Voorn, Animal Trainer, Denis Horvat, Konstantin Sibold, Miss Monique, Øostil, Pig&Dan, SHDW & Obscure Shape and plenty of others.

The party starts early on Friday at ROK Club in Luzern with Citizen Main, Kuriosikum, Patrischa and Yannick Muller all bringing the grooves, while at SUDPOL CLUB in Luzern, Boho plays back to back with Milla Lou, Deniz Bul, Flo Le Fortis, K.Zimir, Kantarik, Kollektiv Luether, Paradoks and Tibasko.

After that the party moves to the innovative indoor space Lucerne's Allmend/Messe 1 arena, a state of the art venue with high end technology, and punchy sound system and futuristic vibe. In all, over 30 DJs will provide more than 24 hours of music across two special stages with 10,000 people in attendance. Next to the world class music, you can look forward to a culinary world tour that will take you through the best tastes on the planet, and when you need to relax and chill with a cocktail, there is a stylish outdoor area.

The line-up is packed with world-class talent from across the techno spectrum. On Saturday, the likes of Joris Voorn, Innellea, Ae:ther, Doma, Fatima Hajji, Øostil, SHDW & Obscure Shape, Konstantin Sibold, Marco Capone, Gaen, Juliet Fox and more all line up. On Sunday, it is Animal Trainer, Ben Klock, Dubfire, Cattaree, Denis Horvat, Lilly Palmer, Oliver Huntemann, Pig&Dan, Miss Monique, Vanita and more who bring the irresistible sounds.

There are just a few weeks left until this game-changing and sure to be historic Verve debut. Tickets are selling fast so make sure you get yours now from verve-festival.ch.