2025
ARE YOU AN UP & COMING DJ LOCAL TO THE DORSET AREA?
Saturday 10th May 2025
Dorchester Borough Gardens
14:00 – 19:30
Street in the Park is a free, outdoor event, aimed at everyone interested in music and the performing arts.
Want to get involved? If you are an up & coming DJ local to the area and interested in competing for a chance to win:
£100 Cash prizes
DJ sets at live local events
Live Radio DJ set
Plus exciting opportunities with We Out Here Festival
ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN
(this competition is for up & coming DJs, not DJs who have been paid to DJ in the past.)
Contact
To enter record a 15-20 minute DJ set, upload it to Mixcloud, Soundcloud or similar and include the link in the entry form.
Apply before midday April 22nd to be in with a chance of performing in the final at Street in the Park. Applicants will receive an email within a week of the closing date with more information.
Any other enquiries, contact Michaela Shaw, Producer for Activate Performing Arts
Tel: 01305 260954
Street in the Park is a family event so please ensure you use “CLEAN” radio edits, Explicit lyrics WILL result in disqualification.
ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN!
DEADLINE 22nd APRIL MIDDAY
Meet the judges!
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Street in the Park 2024
Previous Winners
2024 winner - TAIKO
Winner of the £100 cash prize
Winner - Up & Coming DJ Competition Winner 2024, DJ Taiko wins £100 cash prize. Well done Taiko - he entered last year and didn't win anything so he came back harder, faster, stronger this year and completely smashed it
2024 winner - Lola
Joint winner of We Out Here gig & Air107.2 radio set
Winner - 12 year old joint winner of a set at We Out Here festival 2024 and guest mix on Air 107.2 FM. Playing a well-chosen selection of pumping, house anthems which caught the eye of the judges, Lola went on to be crowned outright winner of the Up & Coming DJ Competition at We Out Here festival 2024.
2024 winner - Champz
Joint winner of We Out Here gig & Air107.2 radio set
Winner - Joint winner of a set at We Out Here festival 2024 and also a guest mix on Air 107.2 FM. Champz played 4x4 & progressive house which the crowd and judges enjoyed at both Street in the Park and We Out Here festival.
2024 winner - Leon
Winner of paid Anonymous gig
Winner - Here's DJ Leon performing a UK garage set, which worked perfectly with the sun at Street in the Park and really started the party. He won a paid gig at Anonymous festival later this year, courtesy of Emma Scott - nice!
2024 winner - DJ Bean
Winner of We Out Here gig
Winner - a super-slick, tech house set catapulted this young DJ into the grand final at We Out Here festival later in the summer.
2023 winner - Max
Joint winner of the £100 cash prize
Winner - here's Max with his share of the £100 first-place prize money after his incredible set. He took the atmosphere at the event to the next level with his cheeky remixes and banging bassline tracks. Well done Max, a well-deserved winner!!
2023 winners -Hxrlxy & A1
Joint winners of the £100 cash prize
Winners - here's Hxrlxy & A1 with Andy Cleeton (former Resident DJ at the Hacienda, Manchester), after receiving their prize of a live set on Air 107.2fm. The lads won the crowd (and Andy Cleeton) over with a party set of bassline bangers!
2023 winner - Salad DnB
Won the DJ gig at the Nothe Fort this summer
Winner - Here's DJ Salad DnB with local legend Isaiah Dreads, after winning his prize of a DJ set at the Nothe Fort and £100!! Isaiah was blown away by Salad DnB's clever set and he had no hesitation in handing him the gig because "he will smash it"! We agree!!
2023 winner - DJ Zoid
Won a visit to Global Academy
Winner - here's DJ Zoid's girlfriend (Zoidette?) collecting his prize of a day at Global Academy, where he will get a little insight into carving out a career in radio, TV, digital, advertising, and the social media industries. He certainly made an impressive start at our competition, wowing the judges with a slamming DnB set and confidently grabbing the mic to interact with the audience. Well done Zoid!! (Shame he had to rush back to work and missed the winners being announced)!!
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2023 winner - Autumn
Won £50 and a set at Anonymous Festival this summer
Winner - Here's 15 year old DJ Autumn being presented with her prize of £50 and a DJ set at Anonymous Festival from Emma Scott. On the day Autumn played a brilliant eclectic set using vinyl on the Technics 1210s. It would be good to get more playing records next year! Well done Autumn!!
DJ Cal and Inigo
Winners of the £100 Cash Prize 2022
DJ OL Lee and Javi
Winners selected to perform with Isaiah Dreads 2022
Javi
Winner of £75 cash prize 2022
DJ Ben L
Winner of a one hour set on Air 107.2FM 2022
