The DJ Awards
Partner with us · 25th Anniversary

Get in the room for the 25th.

Wednesday 7 October 2026 · Amnesia Ibiza. Fifty-three tables, a four-course gala dinner on the Terrace, a Golden Globes-style ceremony broadcast live, and three thousand clubbers through the doors at midnight. Three ways to be part of it — and every one of them puts your name on a category or your people at a table.

01 — The offer

Three ways in. All of them end in Ibiza.

One price list, one currency, no genre premium. International DJ of the Year costs the same as Balearic — so choose the category that fits the audience, not the budget.

Option one

Category Sponsorship

£10,000

Season-long · no in-person attendance

  • Your name on a category from voting launch to the winner's announcement
  • Dedicated announcement across every DJ Awards platform
  • A full one-week brand spotlight post-awards
  • Branded winner film for your own channels
  • Available on any category, including the flagship awards
Option two · recommended

Category Partnership

£15,000

Everything above, plus you are there

  • Present on stage — hand over your category's award live at Amnesia
  • Dinner for four at your category's table, four-course gala on the Terrace
  • Two nights' B&B at the official host hotel
  • Private airport transfers, both ways
  • Private Amnesia transfers on the night
  • Sponsors' VIP lounge and the Cocktail Reception with the finalists
  • After-party VIP suite with bottle service through to close
  • Full content library — branded and raw video and stills
  • First refusal for 2027 — the category stays yours
Option three

A Table at the Gala

£15,000

A table of ten on the Amnesia Terrace

  • Ten places at the four-course gala dinner
  • Red-carpet arrival and champagne reception
  • Open bar through the night
  • The full show, the ceremony, and the after-party until 6am
  • Bring clients, reward a team, or host your artists
02 — The night

A night like Ibiza has never seen.

For one night we take over the legendary Amnesia Terrace — as the club itself turns fifty — and turn it into a gala hall. White linen, silver service, and a Golden Globes-style awards show at its heart. Then at midnight the tables clear and the Terrace becomes the biggest party of the season.

Red carpet arrival

21.00 · Red carpet

A Met Gala-style arrival with paparazzi and photo calls, flowing into a champagne reception.

Winners on stage

23.30 · The awards

Three acts of immersive theatre, then the ceremony — broadcast live to millions on YouTube.

The DJ Awards ceremony

01.00 · Doors open

Three thousand clubbers pour in and the Terrace runs back-to-back until sunrise.

53Tables on the Terrace
3,000Clubbers after midnight
90Countries carry the broadcast
90%Nominee attendance
03 — The categories

Available categories.

Public-vote awards are decided by a global vote — 250,000 cast in 2025, up from 21,000 the year before. Industry awards are decided by the Grand Jury, more than fifty global leaders with published conflict-of-interest declarations.

Public vote

Public vote
House
Public vote
Techno
Public vote
Trance
Public vote
Progressive House
Public vote
Tech House
Public vote
Afro
Public vote
Organic House
Public vote
Drum & Bass
New for 2026
Balearic
Public vote
Emerging Artist
Sold
Public vote
Breakthrough Artist
Public vote
Live Act

Industry vote · the Grand Jury

The flagship
International DJ of the Year
Sold
Grand Jury
Eye On Award
Grand Jury
Play It Back · Social Impact
Grand Jury
Track of the Summer
Grand Jury
Ibiza Party of the Summer
Grand Jury
Best Stream

Icon awards

Icon award
Lifetime Achievement
Sold
Icon award
Hall of Fame
Icon award
Ibiza Icon
Icon award
Best Club Moment

25th anniversary · this year only

Given once, ever
The DJ's DJ
Given once, ever
No.1 Track of the Last 25 Years

The anniversary awards exist for one edition and will never be given again. Category names are agreed by the Grand Jury and can change — check the current locked list before confirming anything.

04 — Year-round

Ten more ways to own the year.

The awards are one night. These are the campaigns, the platforms and the events that run all year — each one available to a single partner, and each one a separate conversation to the category.

Elevate the Mix

The twelve-month campaign for gender parity behind the decks — masterclasses and mentoring across Europe, ending with the first female Chair of the Grand Jury.

Democratise the Dancefloor

Dismantling VIP culture. A takeover of the Wi-Ki-Woo hotel and €200 holidays to Ibiza — the mass-participation prize that drives voter registration.

Dancefloor Memory

Share your dancefloor memory on social. Thirty seconds to camera, tagged; the best of them is flown out to present an award on stage.

The Emerging Artist App

The streaming app built around the nominees — a one-hour mixtape from every one of them, a navigation wheel to glide between sets, and voting inside the app.

The Legends Podcast

Every International DJ winner of the last twenty-five years, interviewed. Long-form plus Shorts, Reels and TikTok, on Spotify and Apple, online permanently.

DJ Awards TV

The YouTube channel: the Grand Jury interview series, artist films, green-room winner interviews and the live ceremony broadcast.

The Voting Launch Yacht Party

Ibiza, July. A 270ft Lürssen moored in front of Pacha with Dalt Vila behind it, 250 guests, and the Grand Jury Chairman playing sunset to ten.

The Chairman's Handover Party

Rome, February. The Orient Express first-class lounge at the Grand Terminal: one Chairman hands to the next, both playing back to back, then 31 VIPs board for Venice.

The Legends Tour

The Orient Express, Rome to Istanbul. Sets on board and parties off it, headlined by the icons of the DJ Awards Hall of Fame.

The London Closing Party

The Balearic Brunch on the ME London Radio Rooftop — UK press and tastemakers, a Chairman's Balearic set, one week before voting closes.

Properties are priced on scope, not from a rate card. Talk to the partnerships team before quoting anything.

05 — The road ahead

2026 partners hold first refusal on everything next.

We have a three-year residency at Amnesia through 2028. In 2027 the awards and gala dinner stay on the Terrace and the after-party moves into the Main Room, doubling capacity and turning the night into a full public festival — with a run of events through the year in the build-up. Partners who come in for the 25th get the first look at all of it, and at the global rollout beyond.

2027DJ Awards USAArt Basel · Miami
2028DJ Awards South AmericaCarnival · São Paulo
2029DJ Awards Middle EastRiyadh · Saudi Arabia
2030DJ Awards ChinaHong Kong
Amnesia Ibiza · 7 October 2026

Secure your category.

A limited number of categories are available for the 25th Anniversary, and tables go the same way. Tell us who you are and what fits, and the partnerships team will come back to you.

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