BUGGED OUT WEEKENDER 2026 LINEUP

We are thrilled to welcome back 2manydjs to the Bugged Out weekender.

The Dewaele's have played for us many times - warehouse parties, in the Austrian mountains, on a New Years Day, as secret guests 'The Speculoos Dance Squad' (named after the Belgian biscuit) and also at the first Bognor regis weekender in 2012.

With a new Soulwax album coming out and their arsenal of Soulwax remixes we can't wait to hear what they have to offer in March.  

It feels like there couldn’t be a Bugged Out Weekender without Artwork a welcome staple of the event from 2013-2016. He’s had more eras than Bugged Out making techno as Grain (the first ever Fat Cat release), dubstep as Magnetic Man and now an absolute master of disco and house

Please welcome our Saturday headliner! We first heard Marea at our 2016 Butlin’s weekender on the closing night, playing Chicago house and techno and the odd curveball or two (‘Under Pressure’ out of ‘The Pressure’?). We are so pleased she will return to place her unique stamp on our revived 2026 edition.

A highlight of our 30th birthday show at Drumsheds Alan Braxe and DJ Falcon (who appeared at our first weekender in 2000) show just how many big French tunes they have mastered - Intro, Together - among them.

Still known as Stopmakingme when he first played the Weekender in 2013 Daniel Avery has since become an artist of stature in UK techno with his fourth solo artist album due this summer. He also found time to compile a book with the misnomer title Techno is Boring. 

Bugged Out and Paulette were both partying and playing in Manchester back when we started in the mid 90s. She’s become an even bigger presence at festivals and club nights in recent times joining us at both of our huge Drumsheds events. 

Drawing on acid house, dirty disco and techno the four-piece with one of 2024’s best albums under their belts comprise Quinn from Paranoid London, Lias from Fat White Family and Trashmouth founders Liam and Luke. 

Few enjoy such a cherished, credible and powerfully engaging position as DEBONAIR. The DJ and radio host is regarded as one of the hardest digging selectors in the underground with a formidable knowledge of post punk, new wave, body music, proto techno, the avant-garde and off-kilter house and she delivers these exquisitely during her incendiary DJ sets.

Dan Beaumont, Ben Pistor and Damon Martin ran Disco Bloodbath from 2007-2013 generating a new love of disco music from their base in Dalston which became so nationally regonised they were soon doing the likes of Bestival, Glastonbury and selling out huge venues in London. The trio re-formed last year to mark their 15th anniversary and played for our club partner The Causes last year. 

Dresden is a party from long time Bugged Outer Smagghe and surname dodging Manfredas. They both share a love of psychedelic techno. 

Emerald’s star keeps ascending with her own Radio 1 residency starting in 2024 and recently launching her own Precious Stones label. 

It wouldn’t be Bugged Out without Erol Alkan. 25 years out of our 30 have seen Erol play for us over 800 times. You know the drill! 

Machine melodies are order of the day from Bugged Out resident and Fallin’ Trax head honcho. Check out his latest track HERE.

Formed 15 years ago by Gabriel Gurnsey Factory Floor made a welcome turn last year to Phantasy records with the track ‘Between You’ and Nik Colk Void on vocals.

The Gun - our favourite London pub sadly closed this year - but they live on in spirit with Casper Clark and publican Nick Stephens Family Silver who will be helming the Puppet Castle!

Fuzz is a monthly Hackney mutant techno club helmed by FC Kahuna and Jamie Reynolds (of Klaxons band).

Bugged Out has been in the game for 30 years and Greg Wilson has this year clocked up his 50th! One of the first wave of Hacienda residents and the first person to show how a pair of Technics worked on British telly (in 1983), Greg has been a fixture of festivals and club shows with his unique selections, re-edits and use of reel-to-reel. 

Snap Crackle & Pop head honchos decend unto Bognor

Heidi has been a mainstay of the Bugged Out Weekender since we started it (again) in 2012. Known for her Jackathon parties and encyclopaedic knowledge of house and techno - deepened by her time at Phonica records - Heidi always brings the energy and the party to our events. 

Hamburg’s finest with several releases on Tresor under her leather belt. Expect 130bpm plus paced acid techno. 

The O.B (Original Bugger), Holroyd was our first resident, he so wowed the guests in the mid 90s that they’d either let him eat into their own sets (Carl Cox) so they could keep listening or they enlisted him as their tour DJ (The Chemical Brothers). Holroyd also records blissful tracks as ‘Begin’.

Parisian and now Berlin resident, Cardini has long championed proper tilted techno and warped house. 

Another Phantasy artist joins the ranks, Josh released one of our favourite albums of 2023 the deep sexy house of Poppa Zesque named after his hedonistic alter ego.

To stay at the cutting edge as a DJ, music producer, broadcaster, visual artist, & author requires an unshakeable passion and a restless urge to keep evolving. Justin Robertson has occupied that edge in one form or another for 35 years, remaining rapier sharp across all these diverse fields.

The Bulgarian techno producer is in a field of his own, his live shows are visceral as he shares his machines up close with the crowd (sometimes involving them), his energy as infectious as the music. 

A dj of repute since the Betty Ford Clinic in the 90s Fisher is now at the helm of London’s best unkept secret - Try Outs For The Human Race - the mad monthly house parties in Kings Cross (and weekender of his own in Bucharest each May).

What’s this? Luke Una back on a Bugged Out bill after many years, Luke and his partner Justin were regulars back in the day as the Una Bombers. With his E Soul Cultura events he’s ploughed a very singular path over the last few years and is now at the top of his game. Vee vee right. 

Label owner of Clouded Vision Recordings and Bugged Out mainstay joins us on the south coast.

Alice Moxie is a dance music powerhouse who broadcasts as one of London’s most in-demand selectors and radio hosts for NTS, continuing to be a constant fixture of clubs  - with her own On The Loop events - and festivals globally.

Now in their 28th year Twitch and Wilkes’ genre bouncing ex-Sunday party has become a festival mainstay. Expect the unexpected (and then some).

London-based DJ and radio host Rosie Ama operates on the outer fringes of dance music. Rosie has turned her focus to her solo project and the trippy sonics that first ignited her passion for DJing, and continue to guide the output of her record label, Human Endeavour.

Born of the Basement Jaxx club night Rooty, Frank Tope and Tayo were the warmups and have carried the torch and sound ever since. If you like your house with a big bottom end and a side order of Boompty boomp, Tayo & Tope are your guys. 

Do!! You!! radio host known for her fine selections of rare house, chubby groovers, acid and beyond. As her name suggests Sarahtonin is here to make you feel good!

Sean and Andrew Weatherall started A Love From Outer Space to be An oasis of slowness in a world of increasing velocity as they pitch their tunes down to 122bpm or below. 

Known for her love of gnarly analogue sounds and the off-kilter Tia is playing for all our like minded friends in London as well as joining our recent Bugged Out parties.

Chilean DJ, electronic music producer, singer, record label owner, event promoter, radio host and illustrator, Celeste still found time to release her second album ‘Romance’ with its roots in classic US house and her Latin American roots.