Wed 7 Oct · Amnesia
The longest-running award in dance music.
Founded by José Pascual and Lenny Krarup in 1998, the DJ Awards has stood as the world's longest-running independent dance music awards. From 19 years at Pacha and a year at Hï, through a pandemic pause, the brand rebooted at Chinois in 2024, reset at ROTO in 2025, and relaunches for its landmark 25th edition at Amnesia in 2026.
In 2024 the DJ Awards was acquired by Scottish tech entrepreneur Andy Grant, CEO of TechAdVenture — a London-based tech investment firm with an engineering team in Berlin and an investor base in New York that builds technology for music, events and healthcare. Andy saw the massive potential to internationalise the brand and add unique experiences for fans, while giving something back to a scene that has given him so many happy memories.
Our winners are honoured in person — global icons including Solomun, Fisher, Peggy Gou, David Guetta, Black Coffee, Carl Cox, Avicii, Armin van Buuren and Tiësto have all collected their award on the night.
Read Our History on Wikipedia →2026 marks the relaunch of the DJ Awards. As we build the foundations for the next twenty-five years, we’re marking the moment the best way Ibiza knows how — with the most epic party ever.
For one night we take over the legendary Amnesia Terrace — as the club itself turns fifty — and transform it into a gala hall: fifty-three tables of ten, white linen, full silver service, and a Golden Globes-style awards show at its heart. A four-course gourmet dinner, an open bar all night, and Amnesia experienced like never before.
It begins on the red carpet: a Met Gala-style arrival with paparazzi and photo calls, flowing into a champagne reception where the jet-set mix with the DJ inner circle, club owners, promoters, label executives, investors, sponsors and VIPs.
As dinner is served, the history of dance music unfolds across three acts of immersive theatre and cinematic production, building to the awards ceremony itself — broadcast live to millions on YouTube.
Then, at midnight, the doors open. The tables are cleared, three thousand clubbers pour in, and the Terrace comes alive for one of the biggest nights of the season — DJs from across genres and generations going back-to-back until sunrise.
Register to vote and join the list to be first to know when tables and general-admission tickets go on sale.
Register to Vote →Wed 7 Oct 2026
★ The Grand Prize — Wi-Ki-Woo Hotel Ibiza
The DJ Awards invites you on an unforgettable VIP Ibiza adventure. We have 10 VIP holidays to give away — party with the jet-set and meet your favourite DJs in person.
Your two-night extravaganza begins with flights from any European city to Ibiza, where your private chauffeur collects you and your guest and whisks you off to Wi-Ki-Woo — a four-star hotel perched on Ibiza’s iconic Sunset West Coast, every room bursting with quirky details and art-deco flair.
Check in, get changed, and you’re driven to Amnesia to arrive in Met Gala red-carpet style — joining the nominees, VIPs, press, club owners, promoters, label execs, famous faces and sponsors for a champagne reception. Take your seat at the winners’ table for a four-course gourmet dinner and open bar, then enjoy the best seats in the house for the ceremony. Afterwards, retire to your private VIP suite on the balcony — panoramic views over the terrace, premium bottle service at your table until dawn.
Your chauffeur takes you home just in time to savour a breakfast fit for royalty on the seafront terrace — with a little more champagne — before you crash and burn. Then relax poolside beneath the playful pink palms, soak up the sun, and let impeccable service carry the day, until your chauffeur returns to take you home on the 9th.
wikiwoohotelibiza.com →Every International DJ of the Year, from 1998 to today.
The Grand Jury is an invite-only elite group of professionals at the top of their game — drawn from across the world and from every industry and sector that interacts with and supports the music scene.
Each year the Jury is chaired by a previous DJ Awards winner. The role runs for a single season, and at our annual Grand Jury AGM — held during International Music Summit (IMS) in Ibiza, where the season kicks off and the date of that year's Ibiza event is revealed — the outgoing Chair hands over to the next. The inaugural Chairman of the Grand Jury will be announced when voting opens.
The Jury meets virtually to agree the categories, so they reflect the evolving landscape of the scene, then puts forward the names announced as nominees for the public vote.
Register to Vote →The Chairman — a previous winner presides over the Jury for one season, announced annually at IMS Ibiza each April.
Categories & Nominees — categories are agreed at IMS; nominees and categories are announced in the last week of July.
Public Vote — the global public vote runs for one month.
Industry Awards — announced the first weekend of September.
Reserve Your Table
Experience Amnesia like never before. For the first time ever, you dine inside one of the most famous nightclubs in the world — your own private table of ten, right at the centre of the 25th Anniversary.
One table, ten guests, an open bar all night and the best seats in the house for the show. Everything below is included for all ten of you.
One private table, ten guests — with an open bar throughout the service. Everything below is included for all ten guests, all night.
Arrive in style down the press-lined red carpet.
Mingle with the nominees and the Ibiza jet-set.
A gourmet sit-down dinner, white linen and silver service.
An immersive production telling the history of dance music, served across the night.
The best view in the house for the 25th Anniversary DJ Awards.
A private balcony table with premium bottle service through to 6 AM.
Public sale opens 28 July — just 30 tables, released to our list first. Join the waitlist to be first in line.
The Chairman's Table offers everything in our standard gala package, elevated to the highest possible tier. Positioned at the absolute best seat in the house, you and your guests sit at the epicentre of the 25th Anniversary ceremony. As the crowning highlight of the evening, you'll be invited onto the legendary Amnesia stage to personally present the award for International DJ of the Year — the highest honour of the night — plus dance in the DJ box with a guest during the after-party. This is the pinnacle of prestige: transitioning from a guest of honour to a central part of dance music history.
6th–9th October · Nobu Ibiza Bay
The definitive "Access as an Asset" residency, curated for an elite circle. Frictionless, wallet-free luxury powered by wearable tech and dedicated private chauffeurs. Land in Ibiza, turn your phone to Do Not Disturb, and join the legends.
Register to vote and win a VIP holiday to attend the DJ Awards — a trip for two to Ibiza with Wi-Ki-Woo. Tell us what else you’d like to hear about; we’ll only send what you ask for.
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