LIQUICITY DJ CONTEST

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

Hundreds of you submitted your amazing mixes for the Liquicity Festival DJ Contest. This year, we received more entries than ever before! During the last two weeks, our panel of judges listened to every single mix. A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to enter, your passion and creativity blew us away.

And an extra special thank you to CaitC, Creek, Fade Black, Low:r, Maduk, METHOD, NCT, Sektor & Subsequent, and Telomic for spending countless hours reviewing the entries and selecting the finalists.

Drumroll, please! Moving on to the final are:

CROSV – ENTROPHIX – KIETSUNE – NEXT HORIZON – ORA – PAYA – PHARIAH – ROULEUR – SKARGE – SYNCHRONIC

These finalists will move on to the final vote where the community will pick 2 winners! Voting takes place exclusively in the Liquicity Discord until June 4th. We wish all the finalists the best of luck, may the best DJs win!

Listen to the finalist mixes
Vote for your favourite mix

What is the Liquicity DJ Contest?

Back by popular demand, the infamous Liquicity Festival DJ Contest! Through this contest, new talent will be given a chance to perform at Liquicity Festival. With hundreds of entries this annual contest has become a milestone event for many aspiring DJ’s. Previous contestants are still often performing at Liquicity and many other events. This year, there are three judging rounds.

Round 1: A selection is made from all entries by a jury consisting of Liquicity artists.

Round 2: The Liquicity community will ultimately decide which 2 contestants will win by voting for their favourites inside the Liquicity Discord.

Round 3: The jury will pick a third wild card winner.

Timeline

ROUND 1 May 8th – May 22nd

A jury consisting of Liquicity artists will listen to all mixes and pick 10 of their favourite entries. The selected mixes will be announced on May 23rd. From here the selected mixes will move on to round 2.

ROUND 2 May 23rd – June 4th

The Liquicity community will ultimately decide which 2 entries win the contest. All 10 selected entries from round one will be listed as a poll inside the Liquicity Discord.

All Liquicity Discord members get one vote. The two entries with the most votes accumulated by June 4th 12:00 CEST will be crowned as 1st & 2nd place winners.

ROUND 3 June 4th – June 6th

The Jury will pick one wildcard entry out of all entries. This person will receive the 3rd price. 

What can I win?

This year the prize packages are something special. Not only will the winners get the chance to perform at the Liquicity Festival Nebula stage. They will also receive:

1st prize
  • Your own custom Sennheiser headphones!
  • Weekend ticket to the festival
  • Your own hospitality rider
  • Liquicity playlist curator for one month
  • Access to exclusive Liquicity music for the year
  • Have your mix uploaded to the Liquicity Events YouTube & Soundcloud channel
2nd prize
  • Liquicity Jacket
  • Weekend ticket to the festival
  • Your own hospitality rider
  • Access to exclusive Liquicity music for the year
  • Have your mix uploaded to the Liquicity Events YouTube & Soundcloud channel
3rd prize (wildcard)
  • Access to exclusive Liquicity music for the year
  • Have your mix uploaded to the Liquicity Events YouTube & Soundcloud channel

Rules

  • The deadline for all entries is May 8th, 2025 – 12:00 CEST.
  • Contestants have to be at least 18 years old
  • Contestants have to be possession of a valid ticket for the festival. Your order confirmation number has to be entered into the submission form. Winners will get their tickets reimbursed.
  • Every contestant is free to use the music that represents them as an artist. There are no limitations on genre or sub-genres. However, mixes will be judged based on how well they would fit at Liquicity Festival
  • Track lists in the description of your mix are mandatory
  • Studio/Ableton Mixes are not allowed
  • Only one submission per person
  • It is only possible to vote for the winner of the contest if you are a member of the Liquicity Discord before May 22nd 2025
  • Entries have to be approximately 30-45 minutes, studio/Ableton Mixes are not allowed.

Queries?

Please submit any questions regarding the contest here:

How do I enter?

Thank you to everyone has entered the 2025 DJ contest! The entry period for contestants to join the 2025 competition is now officially closed. Stay tuned for updates and best of luck to all participants!

  1. Record a DJ mix of approximately 30-40 minutes (Studio/Ableton Mixes are not allowed).
  2. Upload the mix to your SoundCloud, Mixcloud or YouTube page (Name: [artist name] – Liquicity Festival 2025 – DJ Contest). Make sure the mix is public, includes a tracklist and remains online during the contest.
  3. Submit the entry in the form at the bottom of this page
  4. Share a post on Instagram, Facebook or TikTok announcing that you’re entering the Liquicity Festival 2025 contest, and tag @liquicity_events (for TikTok use @liquicity) & #liquicityfestival

The deadline for all entries is May 8th, 2025 – 12:00 CEST. Every contestant is free to use the music that represents them as an artist. There are no limitations on genre or sub-genres. However, mixes will be judged based on how well they would fit at Liquicity Festival.

Contestants have to be possession of a valid ticket for the festival. Winners will get their tickets reimbursed.