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DJ Risque is a genre-fluid DJ known for weaving sleazy house, high energy disco, global grooves, and bold, unexpected selections into sets that are as inclusive as they are electrifying. Since her Beat- Herder debut in 2023, she's brought her high-energy blend to stages across the site The Fortress, Perfumed Gardens, Bubba Gumma, Toil Trees, and now The Ring. Her rising reputation has taken her beyond the Beat-Herder fields, with standout appearances at Glastonbury and Darwen Live, where she's continued to showcase her fearless, genre-blending sound to diverse and ever-growing crowds. A proud northern DJ with deep roots in the queer underground, Risque draws inspiration from the boundary-pushing spirit of Manchester nights like Homoelectric and Bollox. She channels that same energy into Soiree, her own grassroots club night championing queer, non-binary and eccentric communities in small-town spaces. Also a resident at Darwen's Sunbird Records, she brings crate-digging curiosity and an open-hearted, no-rules approach to every set. From disco to Detroit, Afro rhythms to acid house, DJ Risque invites dancers into a soundscape that's joyful, subversive and always full of surprises.
