Here are the Hype Awards 2016 winners – the best of the best of UAE nightlife. Consider this your definitive list on where to go and who to see.

Our sister mag Hype lives, breathes, sleeps (and repeats) all things nightlife in the emirates.

If there’s a new bar you need to check out, they’re all over it. An-undiscovered-yet-totally-worth-seeing DJ visiting? They know all about them before anyone else does.

And so this list of winners, hand picked by the Hype team as the best of UAE nightlife should be your definitive guide to where to go on what night for the rest of the year…

THE HYPE AWARDS 2016 WINNERS

BEST LADIES’ NIGHT

She’s With Us at Tribeca

BEST LIVE VENUE

The Music Room at The Majestic Hotel

BEST FESTIVAL

Groove On The Grass at Emirates Golf Club

BEST CONCERT/SHOW

Florence & The Machine at du Arena

BEST NEW BAR

The Pub Inside Stereo Arcade at Double Tree by Hilton

BEST BAR

McGettigan’s at Bonnington Hotel (JLT)

*READ THE FULL LIST OF 2016 NOMINEES HERE*

BEST BEACH VENUE

Blue Marlin at Ghantoot Al Jazira Island Hotel

BEST CLUB

Cirque Le Soir at The Fairmont Hotel

BEST URBAN NIGHT

Hip Hop Chic Mondays at Cirque Le Soir

BEST BASS NIGHT

Karak Beats at Velocity, JW Marriott Marquis Hotel

BEST HOUSE/TECHNO NIGHT

Plus Minus at Level 41, Media One Hotel

BEST OF THE REST

Deep Crates Cartel at various venues

BEST INTERNATIONAL SET

Octave One at Analog Room’s Finest Friday

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION

Charl Chaka (House of Afrika/Infusion)

BEST LOCAL RECORD LABEL

Bootleg Social

BEST LOCAL BAND/ACT

Carl & The Reda Mafia

BEST PRODUCER

Moe Turk

BEST BREAKTHROUGH DJ

Bachir Salloum

BEST DJ

Frederick Stone