This panel conversation explores what it really means to curate a vibe—from reading a room and building a set, to navigating gigs, partnerships, and sustainable careers in DJing and event curation. Panelists will share real-world insights on their creative process, professional journeys, and the entrepreneurial skills needed to thrive in today’s music landscape.
Whether you’re an aspiring DJ, an artist interested in live performance culture, or someone curious about how sound shapes community, this session offers practical knowledge, honest conversation, and space to learn.
What to Expect
Panel discussion with working DJs and event curators
Insight into DJ culture, vibe curation, and creative entrepreneurship
Networking with peers and industry professionals
Pizza lunch provided
Who Should Attend
Aspiring and emerging DJs
Music artists and creatives
Students interested in music, events, and creative entrepreneurship
This event is free with registration for high school students
Meet our Panelists:
SIBBY LIV
SIBBY LIV is a genre-blending DJ, music producer, and creative director shaping global dance floors through sound, movement, and culture. Born in the Bronx, raised in Philadelphia, and rooted in Jamaican heritage, Sibby Liv creates a world-fusion sound that blends Dancehall, Soca, Afrobeats, Amapiano, Jersey Club, Baile Funk, House, R&B, and Hip-Hop.
Known for her high-energy sets and intentional curation, Sibby Liv approaches DJing as an immersive experience—pairing global rhythms with visual storytelling, style, and crowd-reading that turns dance floors into shared moments of release and connection. Her work centers individuality, empowerment, and mental stimulation, using music as both celebration and communication.
She is the founder of All Spice World Dance, a platform that brings communities together through sound, movement, and color, and Lemonade & Company, a creative production agency supporting artists and brands in transforming bold ideas into impactful experiences. More than a DJ, Sibby Liv is a vibe curator—crafting spaces where culture moves, bodies listen, and energy speaks.
DJ Haram
DJ Haram is an electronic music producer, multidisciplinary propagandist, and self-described anti-format DJ, originally from New Jersey and currently based in Brooklyn, NY. Stylistically versatile, Haram is known for her eclectic production and DJing—experimental bass and club music; analogue synths and percussion; abrasive, noise-adjacent rap collaborations; and weaving in Middle Eastern instrumentation and samples. She also makes up half of 700 Bliss, a hip-hop/noise project with Moor Mother; the two released the critically acclaimed Nothing to Declare in 2022.
DJ Haram currently runs Monday Night Raw monthly at Brooklyn staple The Lot Radio, curating open-format DJ b2bs and live rap and experimental performances. She previously held a five-year residence at Rinse FM London with Rage Radio. She’s also released a number of collaborations and remixes, notably with Billy Woods, Armand Hammer ft. Pink Siifu, Ghias Guevara, Debby Friday, and Fever Ray.
Haram started using her voice on her Nothing to Declare productions, but her most recent EP, Handplay, finds her in a new intimate form, sharing herself as a “lover, daughter, and comrade.” Her forthcoming album Beside Myself is due on Hyperdub in July 2025. On it, her voice sits at the center of the album while she collaborates with friends—rappers, co-producers, solo instrumentalists—putting into word and sound what she calls “survival of the spirit.”
Internationally, she has played on noteworthy stages like Dekmantel, Unsound, Roskilde, Le Guess Who?, Pitchfork Festival, Tashweesh, and Bonnaroo, and has toured from Tokyo to Istanbul. Additionally, DJ Haram has released four solo EPs, including Grace (Hyperdub, 2019), the self-released Mixed Berries (2019), and Era (2021).
Val Fleury
Sanni Youboty, aka Val Fleury, is a Liberian-born DJ/Producer, Designer, and Creative connoisseur. She has earned kudos from AfroPunk to Beatport for her energetic performances and globally resonant Afrowarehouse sound that blends House and Techno with her West African roots. Her work has earned kudos from AfroPunk to Beatport, and her musical catalog has surpassed 700,000 streams on Spotify.
Val has performed across 10 countries and 7 continents, captivating audiences everywhere from Berlin raves to Shanghai fashion events, New Delhi radio shows, Antarctica boat parties and pop-ups in Mexico City. Her festival appearances include Coachella, Miami Music Week, Roots Picnic, and SXSW. She has played on lineups with the likes of Honey Dijon, Diplo, DJ Tennis, Mo Black, Francis Mercier and more.
Beyond music, Val is a longtime advocate for womxn and BIPOC talent in Tech. She brings over a decade of experience on digital and design teams at companies that include Capitol Records MIDEM and SoundCloud. She currently works as a Product Designer at NBCUniversal on an Emmy-winning team.