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Malta’s Sunny Side Festival Reveals Full Line Up for 2025

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A unique Mediterranean escape Sunny Side Festival 2025 is fast approaching and today completes its Stages and Boat Parties with a cultured line up and many cutting-edge talents from across the house and techno spectrum. This intimate and cultured blend of electronic music unfolds on the beautiful island of Malta from 16-18th May 2025 with already announced names including Sweely, CARISTA, Dungeon Meat, Christian AB, Hamish & Toby, Ryan Elliot, Magda, Margaret Dygas, BASHKKA, Mathew Jonson, Sonja Moonear and many more. 

Weekend block tickets start at just €135 and tier 1 Boat Party tickets are out now at €25 but will sell out fast, so get yours now from https://bit.ly/Ssfpr

Sunny Side is hosted at the iconic Uno Malta which has two rooms equipped with state-of-the-art sound systems and spectacular production. Electronic music fans from all over Europe gather for their fix of avant-garde sounds and heady atmospheres across a range of bespoke and unforgettable locations. 

Things kick off on Friday with stage hosts Half Baked and Det Gode Selskab with guests like Luca Cordina, Mari.te, Mike Shannon Live, Sam Bangura b2b Harry McCanna, Sonja Moonear, and Tod Louie b2b Thomas Refvik. Meanwhile, Sunny Side presents a second stage with Bae2Bae, BASHKKA, Carlos Valdes, Human Safari and Ryan Elliott. 

On Saturday, YOYAKU will host 2 rooms with Ben & Macelli, Felipe Valenzuela (Live), Hostom (Varhart) (Live), Jonny Rock b2b Magda, Lamache b2b Bruno Schmidt, Margaret Dygas, MATO, Monile b2b Desirée Falessi, Sweely and Yamour, and there is also a special Sunset Seaside Party with JNJS, Mathew Jonson (Live), Owen Jay, PARAMIDA b2b Enrica Falqui. 

Sunday kicks off with the iconic back to back boat parties that set sail around the Maltese islands with Trommel hosting Hamish & Toby and Nesta at midday, and Rhythm Point welcoming Doudou MD and Hugo Martinez at 15:30 the same day. 

Later during the day at UNO Malta, Dungeon Meet and Sunny Side Up will be hosting CARISTA, Dungeon Meat, Georgia, Puis and UJ/DV, whilst AirFunk and Outcast (Torino) will host Aline Umber b2b Maxime dB, Alexia Glensy b2b Alex Dima, Christian AB and Louie G. 

Malta becomes an adult wonderland for just 1500 lucky people during the Sunny Side Festival. It is a close-knit, community minded gathering in the heart of the Mediterranean between Sicily and the North African coast and offers endless chances to explore the local area, relax, get the adrenaline pumping and soak up the vibes in stunning locations. 

From pristine beaches and shimmering seas, to incredible local gastronomy, historical adventures exploring ancient temples, or indulging in feasts and fireworks, swimming and water sports and so much more, there is no experience as full and rewarding as this.  

Sunny Side Festival 2025 is one of the jewels in the European festival calendar and 2025’s edition is going to be the best yet. Secure your place under the sun by getting your ticket now. 

FINAL LINE UP 

Alex Dima, Alexia Glensy, Aline Umber, Bae2Bae, BASHKKA, Ben & Macelli, Bruno Schmidt, Carlos Valdes, CARISTA, Christian AB, Desirée Falessi, Dungeon Meat, Dou Dou MD, Enrica Falqui, Felipe Valenzuela (Live), Georgia, Hamish & Toby, Harry Mccanna, Hostom (Varhat) (Live), Hugo Martinez, Human Safari, JNJS, Jonny Rock, Lamache, Louie G, Luca Cordina, Magda, Margaret Dygas, Mari.te, Mathew Jonson (Live), MATO, Maxime DB, Mike Shannon (Live), Monile, Nesta, Owen Jay, PARAMIDA, Puis, Ryan Elliott, Sam Bangura, Sonja Moonear, Sweely, Thomas Refvik, Tod Louie, UJ/DV, Yamour.

Sunny Side Festival Unveils Phase One For Return to Maltese Paradise

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tINI b2b Anthea Sunny Side Festival 2024

‍Sunny Side Festival 2025 is bringing world class house and techno talents to the gorgeous island of Malta from 16-18th May 2025. Taking place in the beautiful heart of the Mediterranean, this community minded gathering is a perfect blend of music, culture, and travel to paradise with phase one headliners including Ryan Elliott, Mathew Jonson (live), Sweely (live), Christian AB, PARAMIDA, BASHKKA, Aline Umber, Bruno Schmidt, Jonny Rock, Hostom (Varhat) (live), Mike Shannon (live), Lamache and many more. Tickets are available now from https://bit.ly/Ssfpr

Malta is an island that has it all – a stunning place with clear blue skies, perfect beaches, and glistening seas. It has a wealth of local food, architecture, and culture to explore and plenty of accommodation options, all with year-round sunshine. It truly captivates all the senses with one-of-a-kind event locations where the beauty of nature harmonises seamlessly with an unforgettable party atmosphere.

The superb host venues include the world-renowned Uno Malta, which has two rooms and boasts a high-spec sound system and epic production. There will also be day parties by the sea where people can swim and enjoy a nice day under the sun, while a range of boat parties offer raving at sea.

Sonja Moonear Sunny Side Festival 2024

Sunny Side Festival focuses on diversity, with a line-up that aims to represent people of all races, genres, and sexualities. It has also partnered with some of the finest crews from across Europe to serve up a scintillating mix of stages hosted by the likes of Air Funk (France), Det Gode Selskab (Norway), Dungeon Meat and Half Baked (UK), Outcast (IT), Rhythm Point (Ibiza), plus Trommel, Why Not? (Zanzibar), Yoyaku (France), Love on the Rocks of PARAMIDA and Sunny Side Up (Malta).

As well as the music, the whole island is ripe for adventure and exploring from swimming and water sports to diving trips, prehistoric temples, feasts, fireworks, and outstanding gastronomy all ready to make this an unforgettable experience.

Raresh b2b Edward Sunny Side 2024

Says the team behind the event, “We aim to create a safe space for underground music aficionados together with all the key players from all around Europe, on the beautiful Island of Malta. Our vision is to educate younger generations to keep Underground Dance Music thriving by creating an inspiring and beautiful environment, where great memories are made, to the tune of avant-garde music. Together with our partners, we are committed to building up this festival into an enduring, sustainable, and prominent European institution for many years to come.”

The countdown is now on to this most cultured underground festival in a perfect party paradise, so get your early bird tickets now.

Sunny Side Festival 2025 Phase One Line-up

More added to this years Gottwood Festival lineup

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Gottwood are proud to announce a new set of artists who will join the likes of Mr. G, Joy Orbison, Move D, DJ Deep, Craig Richards, Ben UFO, Roman Flügel, Sonja Moonear, Andrew Weatherall, Zip and many more in their magical Welsh forest this June.
 
Joining the Gottwood Family will be the Barcelona based Hivern Discs Label owner John Talabot,known for his slow moving and ebullient house. Alongside John Talabot, Gottwood welcomes the return of Rush Hour records Hunee, a Gottwood favourite following an epic set in the Gottwood Forest during the 2015 event.  
 
Gottwood are also excited to announce rising star John Dimas, who will bring his stripped back avante-garde house and techno sound to a Gottwood stage, whilst hotly tipped Manchester grime collective LEVELZ take over an intimate corner of the welsh woodland. 
 
Ensuring all musical bases are covered jazz, funk and fusion band The Expansions, who are best known as Andrew Ashongs session band, will play Live on the Lawn Stage as will the enthused raw groove, funk and hip-hop sounds of The Max Graef Band and the afro edit sounds of Sheffield's Al Zander aka Lodger. 
 
Futureboogie's Maxxi Soundsystem, twin duo The Menendez Brothers and One Records head honcho Subb-An will be bringing more up front party attitude to the forest, along with the well respected Leicester based club night and label collective City Fly. Manchester based crowd-loving crate-digger Neil Diablo will also be onboard, playing solo and also alongside Crazy P original member Jim Baron as their Ron & Neil collaboration. 

 

Alongside new media partners,  Stamp The Wax, and friends of the festival Ruf Dug, Gottwood are set to create a new space at the festival aptly named Ruffys Lab. Artistically curated by Ruf Dug himself, expect daytime interviews, product showcases, 80's video games and evening house parties with take overs from Ruf Kutz, Stamp The Wax and Dream Catalogue.