Fortlom at The Music Room, featuring Three Kings, Jibberish, Omar Offendum, The Narcicyst and more

A second third birthday party for AKS, this time in a rather less glamorous location. Indeep Bakshi performs once more

The Dubai-based metallers – last spotted supporting Megadeth at Gulf Bike Week – play a one-off show

Dubai-based progressive rock band Absolace will play their last gig before the summer, supported by Anuryzm, the heavy-hitting group that gained much attention when they opened for Avenged Sevenfold in Abu Dhabi

To mark the anniversary of Bob Marley’s death tomorrow, there’s a live musical tribute to the reggae legend tonight

It might be barely three months since we last welcomed him to The Music Room, thanks to GlobalFunk, but drum’n’bass godfather Andy C is back with hyped-up MC Lowqui in tow once more

A huge name in drum’n’bass, Ram Records founder Andy C makes a welcome guest at Globalfunk

This playfully named tribute act have been playing all the Arctic’s hits and misses to audiences of up to 50,000 across Europe since 2006

Jamaican dancehall diva Cecile makes a one-off live appearance

10 of Dubai's best live bands competing for one night only

Music fans in the region are in for a treat this season as one of the best live acts in the world, The Black Lips out of Atlanta, USA and one of the Middle East’s best live acts Lazzy Lung from Beirut, Lebanon, join forces for a tour of the region

Drum’n’bass giants Black Sun Empire, who recently topped the cross-genre beatport charts with fifth album From the Shadows, go head to head with dubstep talent Thelem for four hours of international bass madness

‘Indian’s first live hip-hop band’ make their UAE debut

Vegas Club brings to you the exclusive CCL3 After Party with Bollywood's top celebrities under 1 roof

Having clocked up more than 10,000 listens within just days of releasing their second album Sun & Satellites online

TV hardman Dyer, who’s found a late-career niche presenting ‘hard-hitting’ documentaries about football hooliganism on obscure UK TV channels, has also launched a DJ career

Up to 20 comedians fight it out on stage, with the audience able to vote them off if they’re annoying, rude, or simply not funny by beating the gong. Whoever stays on stage the longest is declared the winner

Velvet Underground residents DJs Manoj and Shadow play desi hits and more

Velvet Underground residents DJs Manoj and Shadow play desi hits and more

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

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

Rock and pop

A bill of seven promising local bands have been lined up for this night of all things dark and gritty

Tunes from house band Shine, free presents for everyone, and a 40 per cent discount all night for teachers, hoteliers and musos