Hitty | Mash-Up Fridays At The Penthouse

Mash-Up Fridays at The Penthouse is a Friday-night club event on a Dubai rooftop, and this edition puts Hitty behind the decks. He is a London-based house DJ and producer, and he is known internationally as the DJ who wears "The Gloves". The format is a DJ set on the dancefloor rather than a seated show.

Hitty has built a following around a recognisable sound: Hip Hop and Dancehall samples reworked over high-energy house beats. The set is meant to move smoothly between genres and keep people dancing from the first track to the last, so expect a night that stays on the dancefloor rather than winding down early. The event is listed under underground and house music.

The Penthouse is the rooftop venue at FIVE Palm Jumeirah, a hotel on the Palm Jumeirah, the man-made island that curves out into the Gulf. The area is one of Dubai's best-known resort and nightlife districts, with beach clubs, hotel restaurants and lounges along the crescent. From the rooftop you look across the Marina skyline, which gives the night an open-air city backdrop that few indoor clubs can offer.

The night suits anyone who likes house music with a hip hop edge and prefers a high floor with a view to a windowless club. A rooftop party like this is typically standing and social, with the music and the skyline as the main draw. Because it is a recurring Friday series, it fits neatly into a weekend plan in Dubai, whether you start the evening elsewhere on the Palm or head straight to the hotel.

Hitty's reputation rests on that blend of London house energy and crossover sampling, which is why his "Gloves" persona is so closely tied to his name. For Dubai clubgoers it is a chance to hear that sound in one of the city's most recognisable rooftop settings.