Emirati hip-hop artist Sain kicks off a six-week series of gigs to launch The Fridge’s new home. Expect to hear singles ‘Who’s Sain’ and ‘1990’

Catwalk goes all bling with this new urban night from the Hot2Def team, with R&B and hip-hop tunes from DJs Junior J and Lil Crow

The musical mastermind behind A Tribe Called Quest’s revolutionary approach to hip-hop makes his Dubai debut

The Bassworx team relaunches for the new season with a special guest from New York

Expect to hear old-school hip-hop, Brit beat, breaks, electro and more from Sister Rock, DJ East and Desert Collective at this fresh and gritty bass night

Dubai’s most reliable regular arty event

Andy Smith is best known for supplying beats and glitches to Portishead’s seminal Dummy and Portishead albums

This award-winning, well-attended indie night welcomes veteran UK DJ and Trilogy resident Conan Manchester into the fold, promising an eclectic set veering from ’70s rock to ’90s hip-hop, plus a stint behind the decks from founder Andy Buchan

DJs Andy Buchan and Just Lance will be working through the decades an hour at a time

Expect all manner of Latino-tinged grooves – from hip-hop to house and tango to techno – at this top alternative night

Minimal bass music from the AudiOasis team

Boat party regulars Sunstroke come back to shore at a new home in Club Silk, with Paz and Martin Hibbits behind the decks

The vinyl collectors and turntable specialists who make up The Deep Crates Cartel celebrate two years in Casa Latina with free drinks, T-shirts and CDs for clubbers

Kenyan rapper DNA (which stands for ‘Dreams ’n’ Ambitions’, apparently) is best known for 2006 hit ‘Banjuka’

UK-based DJ Cosmic joins the Dust team for a night of nu-disco grooves

Jordan’s DJ Sotusura returns to Dubai, a year after playing Dust’s launch party at Trilogy

Expect hip-hop, boogie, nu-disco and fresh funk from the DUST team

Fresh from bringing out Andy C, GlobalFunk produces another mainstay of the UK’s bass scene, DJ Hype, a genuine pioneer of drum’n’bass

DJ Turner plays a mix of soul, R&B, house and pop

This new urban night launches with local names Rone Jaxx, Mister Outlaw and Mr Shef Codes spinning ’90s R&B, old-school hip-hop, dancehall and more

Commercial urban tunes from Mass Ramli, Darko De Jan and Patrick Carrera

Clubbers are asked to wear black for a special one-off edition of Armani’s weekly urban night, with commercial R&B from Darko De Jan, Roberto Mermand, Mass Ramli and Brooklyn

Hear live music or comedy upstairs, while DJ Shef Codes and DC spin down below

Armani’s urban night features R&B and urban mash-ups from Brooklyn, Mass Ramli and more

Hip-hop stalwart DJ Dummy – J Cole’s official tour DJ, and a former collaborator with Kanye West, De La Soul and Mos Def – guests at this top urban club night