Live Studio
Prepare your mix for broadcast and add your voice. Present your show live if you’d like.
Pre-registration is now closed
The Female Takeover
Following last year’s debut, we’re back this October to celebrate the best female talent on Electric. We’re reviewing registrations and will contact selected DJs with their next steps.
Pre-registration closed on 30th September 2026.
14th–18th October 2026
The Female Takeover / 2025
Celebrating the women
shaping electronic music.
Last October, our first Female Takeover brought emerging DJs and established names to Electric, each bringing their own sound and story.
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20+female DJs on Electric
for the first takeover.
for the first takeover.
A place for discovery.
From house and techno to trance, drum & bass and experimental sets, listeners discovered new names and heard what made each DJ’s music her own.
At the heart of the week was a community supporting women in electronic music, wherever they were in their DJ journey. That’s what we’re bringing back in 2026.
Read the 2025 storyIncluded with your place
Your takeover toolkit.
Prepare, present and promote your show with Live Studio and Social Manager.
Social Manager
Connect Instagram and publish custom takeover artwork directly to your account.
The Female Takeover / 2025
Meet some of last year’s DJs.
How it works
Four steps to the takeover.
Pre-registration
Pre-registration is now closed. Thank you to everyone who put themselves forward.
Invite
After registration closes, selected DJs receive an email invite with their slot and takeover details.
Application
Follow your invite to complete your application. You can make an optional contribution at this stage.
Setup
Once your application is processed, we’ll guide you through uploading your mix and preparing your show and promotion.
Community support
Made possible by our community.
The Female Takeover creates space for more women in electronic music, championing grassroots talent and improving diversity and representation.
There’s no fee to take part because we don’t want financial circumstances to be a barrier to more women being heard. However, if you’re able to contribute £5, £10 or £15 when you apply, we’d really appreciate your support in helping us continue creating these opportunities.
Contributing won’t affect selection. Everyone gets the same tools and promotion.
Music licensing
Over80%
of Electric’s costs go towards PRS and PPL music licences.
Your contribution helps cover these licences, supporting royalty payments to the artists, songwriters and rightsholders behind the tracks featured in your takeover mix.
The Female Takeover / 2026
Pre-registration
is closed.
Thank you to everyone who registered for this year’s line-up.
- Selected DJs will receive an email invite
Registration closed23:59 UK time on 30th September 2026
Questions? Contact the team.
partnerships@electricradio.co.uk
What happens next?
We’re reviewing registrations and will contact selected DJs with their next steps.
