Modern Funktion Marks Five Years at NX Newcastle

Modern Funktion Newcastle takes over NX on Friday 16 October 2026 for a seven-hour celebration marking five years of the underground house imprint. The event runs from 9pm until 4am and brings together Saoirse, Jamback, Job de Jong, Boss Priester, Phill De Janeiro, Benji King, Mya and Izzy.

The anniversary angle gives the night more purpose than a standard label showcase. Modern Funktion has spent five years building around underground house, rising DJs and a strong Newcastle audience, and this NX date is being presented as the imprint’s biggest local statement yet.

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The lineup is structured around several back-to-back pairings rather than a simple run of solo sets. Boss Priester joins Phill De Janeiro and Benji King, while Jamback goes back-to-back with Job de Jong and Mya pairs with Izzy. Saoirse rounds out the bill with a solo appearance, giving the night several different combinations within the same house-focused framework.

That matters because an anniversary event should show how a scene has developed, not just put the brand name above a familiar club lineup. Modern Funktion’s own event page describes the night as a celebration of five years of the imprint, with artists who reflect both established and newer parts of its sound.

NX is also a significant step up in scale for the project. The Westgate Road venue gives Modern Funktion a much larger room than a small underground club while still keeping the event focused on one dancefloor and one musical identity. For a Newcastle-based house brand, that makes the booking a useful marker of how far the series has grown.

The seven-hour running time should allow the lineup to develop properly too. Rather than squeezing short sets into a compressed timetable, the event has room for longer transitions and back-to-back combinations to move through deeper grooves before the later peak-time stretch.

Modern Funktion takes over NX Newcastle on Friday 16 October 2026 from 9pm until 4am. Check the promoter and NX channels before travelling in case set times or entry details change.