SOUNDWAVE: Yacht Week Launches Global Hunt For The Next DJ Superstar

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Prizes include performances at Yacht Week 2025, with live finals being held in Los Angeles, London and Amsterdam. Submissions 5-minute mix via Instagram and TikTok

Yacht Week is the world’s leading floating festival and a unique blend of world class music, seafaring adventure and global travel to stunning destinations in the Mediterranean and Caribbean. It is the ultimate stage for aspiring DJs to showcase their talent alongside legends of the scene and now the next generation gets their chance to shine with the launch of Yacht Week’s Annual DJ Competition.

This year’s competition seeks emerging talent from across the globe to feature in Yacht Week 2025 and perform at the world-famous floating festival. DJs will play to diverse audiences across iconic venues such as secluded beach bars, energetic club nights and Yacht Week’s legendary Circle Raft parties across destinations from the exotics to Croatia, Greece and Sicily. 

For ambitious DJs, Yacht Week offers more than just a set, it’s a career-defining opportunity to play to a global audience of adventurers, partygoers and music lovers. This isn’t just a gig – it’s a chance to cement a reputation alongside some of the industry’s biggest names. Past performers include Adam Beyer, Dom Dolla and Juliet Fox while previous emerging talents have gone from their Yacht Week performances to international acclaim, playing at top festivals like Tomorrowland, Coachella and Creamfields.

Now the festival is searching for talent with an emphasis on house and EDM to play on Yacht Week’s ‘Original’ weeks across Croatia, Greece, Sicily and the BVIs. Three winners will have the opportunity to play over two Yacht Weeks in an eclectic set of venues, from sunset parties at unforgettable beach bars and world-famous clubs to a floating booth in the centre of Yacht Week’s iconic Circle Raft parties.

Yacht Week is pulling out all the stops to give every entrant a global stage throughout the competition process which means shortlisted talent will feature on Yacht Week’s social feeds and Spotify playlists, semi-finalists will be featured on Instagram, regional finals broadcast Live and prominent DJs and past winners will promote the competition and mentor participants, with a public vote to pick the finalists.

The live finals will feature headliners from Yacht Week’s community past and present, with a fast and furious back-to-back mini-mix competition where a winner will be picked from each region.

The competition begins on the 10th December, with submissions open until 28th January so do not miss this epic opportunity and get recording your best set right away.