Although Atlanta could also be referred to as the South’s hip-hop capital, for 2 days every December, the ATL is all about D&B.
Jungle Bells, one of many area’s most celebrated unbiased festivals devoted to the high-speed style, is again in Atlanta on December 12-13, this time increasing its annual assemblage of probably the most influential DJs in drum & bass and jungle with a four-stage, full-venue takeover of Masquerade.
Since its first version as a themed throwdown within the vacation season of 1998, by the hands of co-founders MJ Lee and Brandon Couturier, Jungle Bells has grown from a renegade rave to a celebrated custom for D&B heads throughout the nation, pulled by lineups that deliver collectively the style’s foremost pioneers and next-gen stars.
Carrying that legacy ahead as D&B continues to surge stateside, Jungle Bells’ 2025 version will fittingly characteristic headline units from chart-topping stay outfit Rudimental, hovering jump-up star Bou, and legendary style collective King’s of the Rollers, that includes Serum, Voltage, Bladerunner, and MC INJA.
Elsewhere on the lineup, followers will discover extra heavyweights throughout a number of generations of bass, starting from abilities of right this moment like ÆON:MODE, Andromedik, Mandidextrous, Basstripper, and Mozey to foundational figures and scene heroes like Dillinja, Danny Byrd, Fred V, and famed Bristol sound system crew Born On Street. Try the total roster beneath.
This yr, performances will probably be unfold throughout 4 distinct levels at Masquerade, which has been with Lee and Couturier because the starting. Now residing in downtown Atlanta, the venue’s former location at DuPre Mill shared a property line with the warehouse they managed within the late Nineties.
For extra data or to buy tickets to Jungle Bells 2025, go to junglebells.org or @junglebellsofficial on Instagram.
Featured picture courtesy: Jungle Bells.