Two international female house DJs are behind the decks in the main room, plus Soulninja in the lounge spinning lounge and pop

French DJ Soundorom’s warm, commercial sound has been heard on dancefloors from London’s Farbic to Womb in Tokyo, and Berlin’s Panoramabar to Ibiza’s beaches

One half of Soul Central (and also known as The Wikkaman and Movementz), house talent Vegas flies in to spin

Anglo-Turkish DJ AFTC – Aydin The Funki Chile – plays progressive house at Embassy’s club as part of the ‘Summer of Music’ series

Get slammin' with this house heavyweight

Local talents Mark Pickup and Ejaz spin for this top weekly house night

The Lebanese house tag team – known for their radio show Beirut in the Mix – make a welcome return to Dubai, following two hit Sandance sets

No, not the ’80s videogame character – the UK-based trance and techno DJ, who likes posing for pictures with fish, as well as spinning some choice cuts of techno and more

Dubai’s freshest bass night, AudiOasis, goes head to head with old hand GlobalFunk. Expect drum’n’bass and dubstep from local stalwarts Mach4, Mr Gremlin, Somalle, MC Ollywood and MC Prit

The former LMFAO and Will.I.Am collaborator plays a snappy club set at Movida

Chi’s once-notorious ladies night rebrands itself (again), this time taking the acronym for ‘pretty hot and tempting’, apparently

Drake’s official tour DJ spins for the season closing party at Boudoir’s Wednesday ladies’ night

London-based Kinky Malinki resident Grant Richards brings the established UK house brand to Dubai, with support from resident Greg Stainer

Fresh from dancefloors in Milan and Bangkok, fashionable night Glitz launches in Dubai, with electro house tunes from DJ Tobias Sabido and a continental vibe

Resident DJs Manoj and Shadow play desi and Bollywood with a mix of house and R&B

One last chance to dance to The IV’s weekly house band before the Holy Month

Pioneering Detroit techno godfather Craig launches a new season at Trilogy, with warm-up from Ejaz and Karl Abi-Lamaa in the studio

The first of a three-week series of winter-themed all-day pool parties – complete with falling snowflakes – while the beach area at Nasimi undergoes a facelift

Greg Stainer and Andy Swift spin. Ladies get free bubbly before 1am

Deep, tech and progressive house. at this consistent Burj-based night

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

German house talent Novy is best known for a 17-year residency at Ibiza’s legendary Space

A purist’s night of tech-house and minimal techno

The party on The World islands kicks off again with DJs Da Sendri, Johnny Thornhill and Safet spinning deep house on Lebanon island – but now it ends at an early 6pm

Known for warming up for Tiësto, Weermets spins here at trendy restaurant/bar Okku