DMC WORLD | NOVEMBER 2026
DMC41 This Weekend: The World DJ Championships Return to London
The biggest weekend in competitive DJing is here. The 2026 DMC World DJ Championships, DMC41, land in London this Friday and Saturday.
After last year’s 40th edition in Tokyo, DMC returns to the city where it all began in 1985. 55 DJs from around the world are competing across four competitions: Classic, Open, Scratch and Supremacy.
Australia’s champions, Patty B and DJ Jonnie S, are in the mix.
Meet our 2026 Australian DMC Champions →
Day One: Friday 13 November, World Eliminations
THEATA, Victoria Embankment, 3pm to 11pm. The field gets cut down to Saturday’s finalists across Classic, Open and Scratch.
Live sets from three-time DMC World Champion Craze and Japan’s DJ KOCO.
Day Two: Saturday 14 November, World Finals
KOKO, Camden, 1pm to 9pm. The 2026 World Champions are crowned in Classic, Open, Scratch and Supremacy.
On the bill:
- A-Trak
- Craze
- Skratch Bastid
- JFB
- The Golden Era Allstars featuring Cutmaster Swift, DJ Pogo and Prime Cuts
- Monie Love and the B-Boy Champs Allstars, live on stage
Hosted by Craze, DJ Babu, Sarah Love and MysDiggi.
Hall of Fame
Two big inductions this year: DJ Noize, 30 years after winning the 1996 World title, and the Scratch Perverts, one of the most important crews in UK DJ history.
Saturday Night: Afterparty
Dingwalls, Camden Lock, 9pm to 3am. A-Trak, Craze, Skratch Bastid, Prime Cuts and Mr Thing of the Scratch Perverts, DJ Noize, Cutmaster Swift and DJ Pogo. Hosted by Killa Kela.
Sydney Times (AEDT)
- Eliminations: 2am to 10am AEDT, Saturday 14 November
- World Finals: Sat midnight to Sun 8am AEDT, Sunday 15 November
- Live stream: 12:45am to 7:30am AEDT, Sunday 15 November
- Afterparty: 8am to 2pm AEDT, Sunday 15 November
Results land Sunday morning our time.
Watch Live
Can’t make it to London? Saturday’s World Finals stream live from KOKO on Playhuman.
- Sydney time: 12:45am to 7:30am AEDT, Sunday 15 November
- Full-day pass: about AU$34 (£17.99, charged in British pounds)
- Saturday’s finals only. Friday’s eliminations aren’t streamed.
Good luck Patty B and Jonnie S. Australia’s right behind you.
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