BBC Logo
BBC Radio 1 Logo
This content isn't available in your region.
Beta
This is a new experience. Help us make it better and shape the future of sound with your feedback
A cutout collage of the artist "Big Virtual Weekend" with Radio 1 presenter Jack Saunders, in front a colourful and abstract graphical background

RADIO 1 DANCE PRESENTSBig Virtual Weekend

This event has finished
We'd love to hear how you think we can make it better for next time.
Discord Logo

Share the experience. Join the live chat, group up and party together in our official Discord.

Be a part of the crowd

Watch performances from the Radio 1 Dance stage in realtime, captured with the latest 3D imaging technology.

Watch, explore and dance in a virtual festival with up to 60 fans in every room, and join the chat on Discord.

Two people posing in a virtual photobooth
An example of a customised player avatar wearing a yellow puffer jacket, plain black shirt and cream joggers with the biohazard symbol in various places on them.

Choose your festival look

Fit in to stand out. Choose your avatar, dance and interact in realtime with other virtual festival-goers.

How to take part

  1. All you need is your phone or computer. Join the festival when the gates open.
  2. Join the conversation, and message the performers on the official Discord channel
  3. Once you're in, get used to moving around and get your favourite dance moves ready.
Want to keep that festival feeling all weekend? Big Virtual Weekend is your exclusive way to join the Dance stage - catch the rest of Radio 1's Big Weekend on iPlayer LogoiPlayer and Sounds LogoSounds.