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Dundee Dance Event: Venues, DJs and timings as festival returns for 2025

The largest multi-venue dance event in the country is back for its 27th year.

Dundee Dance Event is back this weekend. Image: Mhairi Edwards/DC Thomson
Dundee Dance Event is back this weekend. Image: Mhairi Edwards/DC Thomson

Dancefloors across Dundee will be packed in May as Dundee Dance Event (DDE) returns for its 27th year.

About 200 DJs will perform at 30 of the city’s bars and nightclubs this Sunday (May 4) into the early hours of Monday.

The event launched in 1998 to showcase acts who were not getting the chance to perform in local clubs.

It is the largest gathering of its kind in Scotland.

This year, the closing party will be held at the city centre’s new venue, LiveHouse.

Dundee Dance Event takes place this weekend
The 26th Dundee Dance Event takes place on Sunday. Image: Dundee Dance Event
Large crowds are expected. Image: Mhairi Edwards/DCThomson

Organiser Mike McDonald said: “DDE seems to have cemented its place in the diaries of local party-goers and is an annual pilgrimage now.

“I can’t believe an event I organised for me and a few DJ pals has turned into such a big day out for dance music lovers, and there are so many people coming from outside the city for it as well, which is brilliant.

“As well as the £1.5 million boost to the local economy and the thousands of pounds the event raises for charity every year, it’s the ultimate Sunday sesh with the emphasis on just having a great day out.

“That, for me, is what it’s all about.”

Which venues are hosting Dundee Dance Event in 2025?

The bars and clubs taking part this year are:

    • Abandon Ship
    • Afrobeats
    • Bird & Bear
    • Black Mamba
    • Braes
    • Braes Basement
    • Bush Bar
    • Captain’s Cabin
    • DDE Car Park
    • Dubliner
    • Firewater
    • Gallery 48
    • Giddy Goose
    • Giddy Goose Basement
    • Groucho’s
LiveHouse will host this year’s closing party. Image: Angus Robb/22A Events
    • Hidden
    • LiveHouse
    • Market
    • Medina
    • Nether Inn
    • Nola
    • O’Marley’s
    • Rewind
    • Salty Dog
    • St Andrews Brewing Co.
    • Temple Lane
    • Tinsmith
    • Top Dog
    • Vocation Open Air
    • West House

Every bar is free to get into from 2.30pm until midnight, with the closing party an all-ticket affair.

General admission tickets cost £18 plus booking fee, with student tickets priced at £15.

Who is performing at Dundee Dance Event 2025?

A total of 200 acts will perform across the city on Sunday.

The closing party is set to be headlined by Billy Morris, who has been DJing across Dundee since 1996.

Joining Billy at LiveHouse will be Chico, Jack Low and Kintra.

Arbroath DJ Jordan Wyness, AKA Van Damn, will appear at the festival. Image: Rave Aberdeen

DDE organiser Mike and Van Damn, who is also set to appear on the main stage at doof in the Park, will perform at the closing event.

An app has been released for revellers to find out who is performing, where they will play and what time they are on stage.

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