Falseface. Courtesy Zero Gravity
Falseface. Courtesy Zero Gravity

DXBeach Festival to return; new Zero Gravity season and venue extension unveiled



Diaries out party people – the next DXBeach festival dates have been confirmed.

The inaugural beach bash saw 5,000 people descend on Zero Gravity to hear sets from Mark Ronson and Jess Glynne, in April, at the biggest outdoor dance event so far of 2015.

Now organisers will hoping to top that with two new dates announced – October 23 and November 30.

The news comes with the first new season gig announcements from the SkyDive Dubai nightspot.

Zero Gravity will be moving it’s trademark Friday night Aurora indoors until the end of September – and offering free entry throughout the same period.

Check the guest names confirmed to spin below.

The late Onshore Social brunch package is also back in business from July 24, as well as a new Thursday night House Party drinks package on Thursday evenings.

The club is also unveiling a major new expansion, including 2,000sqm of extra space, new bars, DJ booths and a 39-metre glass-fronted infinity pool.

Aurora DJ bookings:

July 24: Allister Whitehead

July 31: Falseface

August 7: Marko Liv

August 14: K Klass

August 21: Steve Boyd

August 28: Lady Lea

September 4: Jay C

September 11: Bombossa Brothers

September 18: Jon Pleased Wimmin

September 25: Modaa

For more information call 04 399 0009 or see 0-gravity.ae.

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Funding: $10 million

Investors: Raed Ventures, Shorooq Partners, VentureSouq, Sukna Ventures and others

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Initial investment: undisclosed
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Investment stage: series B in the second half of 2023
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Year of inception: 2015
Founders: Soham Chokshi, Dhruv Agrawal, Harsh Kumar and Himanshu Gupta
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Funding received so far: $31 million in series A and B rounds
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