As one of the Middle East’s finest purveyors of house, Audio Tonic launches into 2013 with a bill of local talent, with JC, Vas Floyd, Raxon and Mr Mr all spinning above, and Tristan Bain and Helen S below

This award-winning club at Raffles Dubai is one of the hottest destinations in town

Described by the promoters as ‘mysterious’, Claptone have only released tunes on Germany’s influential Exploited label

Blue Marlin close the season with Spanish decksmith Hector Courto

For its last outdoor party of the year Bliss hosts a 12-hour marathon

Deep and surreal psytrance from Greek decksmith Archaic, who also goes under the monikers Avaris and DJ Lory

XL launch a new indoor tent for summer with the noughties DJ duo behind ‘Let the Sun Shine’ behind the decks

A stellar bill of DJs including special guests Jay Shepheard and Michael James, at Nasimi’s penultimate outdoor party before summer

Expect soulful house grooves and some unexpected excursions from German decksmith Jey

The recent winner of Time Out’s Best Urban Night award, hosted at a beach club, is a guaranteed good night out

Acoustic sets from six UAE acts, including Sam+Kurt and Red House

The UK house duo (hopefully) make their UAE debut after a January set was cancelled due to the weather

This weekly night specialises in the South African deep house scene

Four of the city’s best decksmiths, who hail from diverse musical backgrounds, converge for this charity boat party to raise money for underprivileged kids

Rising London duo Dusky guest for house purveyors Audio Tonic, with residents Julian Jinx, Rod Lee and Tristain Bain keeping things ticking over

Notable Chicago house talent DJ Sneak, who emerged in the mid-’90s among the second wave of top producers to come from the birthplace of house, is a more-than-welcome guest at Blue Marlin

Hot Belgium DJ Kolombo is one of the most exciting names of Audio Tonic’s season so far

With his boss in town to play My Music X, Akon’s official tour DJ Demus headlines a night of his own at the recent winner of Time Out’s Best Urban Night award

A regular house night at this swanky club

Croatian DJ/producer Solomun, based in Hamburg, is one of the founders of Dynamic Music, and is known for his inventive remix style

Expect melodic grooves, jazzy chords and bumping basslines from this Amsterdam duo, known for productions including ‘Saints & Sonnets’ and ‘Dirt Crew’

The DJ, model and host of a weekly show on RFX Radio Beirut guests tonight

Billed as ‘Turkey’s number one DJ’, DJ Tarkan was actually born in Germany

Also going under the monikers Danny Berman and Hot Coins, UK-based Red Rack’em is a favourite of Gilles Peterson, thanks to his memorable disco and house sets

Ibiza veteran Mills, who’s recently scored some production hits, hosts this beach party