SYNERGY Events presents
DJ Contest
Close the night
Saturday 28 November 2026 · Alte Kaserne, Zurich
Submission deadline: Sunday 25 October 2026, midnight (Swiss time)
Send your mixShow us what you can do behind the decks. The winner of the SYNERGY DJ Contest plays the closing set on Saturday 28 November 2026 at Alte Kaserne, Zurich, on a night headlined by John Askew.
What we expect this year
In past editions we were looking for an opening set: slow build, room to breathe, but not this time!
You are closing the night. John Askew and the rest of the line-up will have played before you, the floor will already be at full throttle, and your job is to keep it there until the lights come on.
Send us the set you would play at 04:00, not the one you would play at 21:00.
What you win
- The closing set at Alte Kaserne, our home in the heart of Zurich
- Your name on the flyer, next to John Askew and the support acts
- Audio Recording of your set, with crowd reaction
- Pictures during your set, shot by our photographer
- Promotion across the SYNERGY channels, before and after the event
- Guestlist invite two of your friends to the event, with backstage access
CONTEST RULES
📅 SUBMISSION DEADLINE
→ Sunday 25 October 2026 at midnight (Swiss time)
🎵 MUSIC STYLE
→ This time you are closing the night, not opening it. Uplifting, tech or hard trance, 138 and above.
→ The floor will already be at full throttle when you go on. Send us the set that keeps it there.
→ No warm-up sets, no slow builds, just show us your peak!
⏳ MIX LENGTH
→ Minimum 30 minutes / Maximum 60 minutes
🎚 SET TYPE
→ Live recording on a standard club setup (DJM mixer + Pioneer CDJs)
→ No pre-mixed or edited sets!
🔊 AUDIO FORMAT
→ MP3 (320k) or WAV (clean sound/no saturation, consistent volume)
📩 MIX SUBMISSION
→ Send by email to contest@synergy-events.ch via a download link (wetransfer.com)
→ Or through an online audio sharing platform (soundcloud.com)
🏆 WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT
→ Early November 2026
Good luck! 🎛
Send your mix
ABOUT THE EVENT
SA. 28.11.2026 - SYNERGY pres. JOHN ASKEW @ ALTE KASERNE, ZURICH
On Saturday 28 November 2026, SYNERGY Events is back at the Alte Kaserne with a name that, in more than thirty years behind the decks, has never played in Switzerland: John Askew.
The Briton is one of the defining figures of tech-trance, and he takes over the main room for a three-hour extended set. The line-up is complete, and one slot is still open: the one you are reading about.
LINE-UP
▶︎ JOHN ASKEW 🇬🇧
★ First time in Switzerland
★ 3-hour extended set
→ VII, Armada Music, Subculture
▶︎ MADWAVE 🇨🇭
→ Armada Music, Black Hole Recordings
▶︎ WENYX 🇨🇭🇨🇿
→ S2 Records, Sirup Music
▶︎ DJ T.H. 🇩🇪
→ Coldharbour, A State Of Trance
▶︎ CYRE 🇩🇪
→ Black Hole Recordings, Future Sound Of Egypt
▶︎ CONTEST WINNER
→ Closing set. It could be you!
