The Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival (BEMF) returns March 28, 2026, at 314 Scholes for its 18th edition, marking the event’s first appearance in seven years.
It began on Brooklyn dancefloors—sweaty, close-quarters sets where the room dictated the pace. From there it moved into nights that chained venues along North 6th in Williamsburg, then cabs racing to catch closing moments worth replaying in conversations long after. That same unpolished drive shaped BEMF: an independently run festival rooted in the borough’s electronic scene, built around movement, calculated risks, new discoveries, and direct artist-to-crowd contact that turns a floor into the only place that matters.
Started as a stage for local talent in 2008 by Jen Lyon (MeanRed Productions), Katie Longmyer, and Sam Black, BEMF grew into a model other cities referenced. Through shifts in Brooklyn nightlife—closures, reopenings, changing crowds—it stayed consistent: local curators building lineups from the ground level, not top-down corporate playbooks.
This return lands at a point when much of dance music has consolidated into large-scale operations and predictable bookings. BEMF counters that with seven separate curatorial visions under one roof, one ticket. The event runs from 1 p.m. into dawn across five spaces at the 314 Scholes complex, mixing live performances, panel discussions, and local food vendors. All festival info can be found here.
In the Warehouse (10 p.m.–4 a.m.), Support Women DJs takes over with an all-femme techno focus:
Hiroko Yamamura
Crossbow
S7IK
Angie Rey
Skatepark [10pm-4am]
Body Bag
Nurse
KING
Mi Mi
DJ Kellen
Wandering Barman – Night [10pm-4am]
Heads Know
DJ Thadz
DJ Manny
AG
LeCamille
Rooftop [10pm-8am]
Hot Honey Sundays
Deo’Jorge + Anna Collecta
Ultra Violet
Omer Mil
Atilla Ural
Warehouse – Late [4am-12pm]
Vigilante x Benny Soto
Shvili
Gui Machado
Jeremy Giros
Benny Soto