About this Event

Skream is back with his back-to-basics ‘Open to Close’ tour after last year’s hugely successful, fully sold-out run. Once again, the clubbing stalwart brings his years of experience behind the decks as an innovative trailblazer to the best venues up and down the country.

This year has been a formidable and eventful year for the London-based producer, hosting his Skreamizm show at Eastern Electrics’ Bigger Top stage alongside Dennis Ferrer, Butch, Solardo and Jon Jose & Celino to a crowd of 4,000-strong, even managing to hold his own closing the day with a tent at full capacity while DJ supremo and techno wizard Carl Cox played the Main Stage. To top it all off, Skream has enjoyed an incredible Ibiza season with 12 shows under his belt.

As before, Open to Close will be a deliberately stripped-back affair, prioritising seriously good music and seriously good vibes over amped-up production and next-level pyrotechnics, all the better to focus on Skream’s unmistakable DJing prowess. “The music policy can be anything from funk, to disco, to house or techno,” he says. “Generally starting at about 100bpm and ending around 130bpm, but allowing the vibe inside the club and on the dancefloor to take me wherever it desires.”

In short, this year’s tour is sure to be an exciting continuation of Skream’s mission statement: to curate eclectic, no-holds-barred club nights true to his idiosyncratic vision, executed with careful precision and style.

In his own words, Skream says: Last year’s ‘Open To Close’ tour was definitely my highlight of last year! Actually, one of the highlights of my career. Every show sold out and honestly some of the best shows I’ve ever played. I’ve been super excited to announce that we’re doing it again. There’s so much music I buy as a listener that I play on the OTC tour that I just can’t play during summer festival sets that are 90-120 minutes long, so I am literally collecting music all year round to play on the tour.

Straf_werk High calibre house music from the deeper end of the spectrum, brought to you by some of The Netherlands’ top promoters. Northern England house royalty Richy Ahmed and Patrick Topping head up a bill packed with the best in the game. Both have well-earned reputations at the forefront of British house in their own right but their b2b sets have become the stuff of legend, defined by a telepathic understanding shared behind the booth. Backed up by an all-night takeover with man like Skream in room two, there’s plenty of UK clout to make this one stand up.

There's plenty of talent from further afield as well. KiNK has made his name as one of the best-loved live performers around, tailoring his vast web of material to match the vibe of a party. The sets are often a hybrid of live stems and other records, using house, techno, acid and broken beat and melding them into weapons-grade blend to destroy any dancefloor.

Heidi, the mastermind behind the Jackathon, is equally renowned for her attention to detail in making a party as fun as it always should be. Behind the decks she might as well be another raver, enthusiastically throwing shapes to her favoured corner of house and techno.

The house pedigree doesn’t let up either with Kompakt’s Blond:ish and Bristol’s Waifs & Strays holding court over in room three. With backing in both rooms from Dutch heads ANOTR, Luk van Dijk and Wouter S, Straf_werk have put together a collection of slick, stylish selectors and a party of the highest order.

Line Up Richy Ahmed b2b Patrick Topping



Skream [Open to Close]



KiNK [Live]



Heidi



Blond:ish



Waifs & Strays



ANOTR



Luk van Dijk



Wouter S



Em Williams