Popular indie night Loaded celebrates a belated first birthday with a decades-themed night

A one-off reggae and dub fest from the Deep Crates Cartel

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 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

An ‘Old Skool Session’ of early jungle, UK garage and dubstep from Rude Larry, Woodle and JAB

Hot on the heels of Peter Hook’s Haçienda party in Dubai – and The Stone Roses’s huge reunion shows in Manchester – Loaded ride the Mancunian wave with this themed closing party

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

Urban, dancehall, reggae and R&B at the city’s newest groove night, plus free drinks for ladies before midnight

DJ Conan Liquid guests at this indie night

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

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

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

The Loaded team have revived their electro brand, We Are Your Friends, with a guest slot from Parisian DJ Jackal

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

A crew of local DJs and musicologists open up their record collections, giving short talks on the tunes they’ve chosen and why

This event is a tribute to the legendary ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan, from Pakistan

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

DJs Louise, ME and Rude Larry spin indie bangers

Unleash your inner diva in exchange for free short drinks

Hear works by Schubert, Schumann and modern British composer Martin Butler from this acclaimed chamber group

Dubai DJs, record collectors and music fans open up their record collections and talk about the music they love at this ‘listening party’, part of ‘The Market of Everything’

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Expect dubstep and drum’n’bass, with free short drinks and a bottle for the best-dressed freak (despite the fact Halloween is more than a week away)