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FOMO Baku, Baku City Circuit and iTicket unite for three official Azerbaijan Grand Prix nights in a spectacular 2,500-capacity open-air waterfront setting overlooking the Caspian Sea
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FOMO Baku will take its Formula 1 weekend celebrations outdoors for the first time this September, with ANOTR, Jamie Jones and Mahmut Orhan headlining three major open-air events from 24th–26th September during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend.
For this special Grand Prix weekend, a 2,500-capacity open-air venue directly on Baku Boulevard and overlooking the Caspian Sea has been confirmed for APEX AFTER DARK OPEN AIR. The waterfront location will provide a spectacular backdrop for three nights of electronic music in the heart of Baku.
The purpose-built setting will combine FOMO’s high-impact production with stunning open-air views across the Caspian Sea, bringing a new dimension to the experience during one of the biggest weekends on the city’s calendar.
Running across practice, qualifying and race day, APEX will bring three major names in electronic music to the city for three very different nights, creating a new destination for the thousands of international visitors descending on Baku for Formula 1 weekend.
Kicking things off on Thursday 24th September, ANOTR will take control of the waterfront with a sunset session showcasing the full spectrum of their sound. The Amsterdam duo will move effortlessly between rolling house, disco, funk, soul and deeper late-night cuts as daylight disappears over the Caspian.
On Friday 25th September, Jamie Jones steps up ahead of race day. The founder of Hot Creations, member of Hot Natured and DJ who helped shape Circoloco at DC-10 over the past two decades, Jones arrives in Baku mid-season from Ibiza. He will bring the unmistakable energy of his Paradise parties to FOMO’s outdoor setting. With thousands gathered along Baku Boulevard and anticipation building across the city, expect rolling grooves, deep house and peak-time records built for a packed open-air dancefloor.
The weekend reaches its grand finale on Saturday 26th September, race day itself, as Mahmut Orhan closes the series just hours after the chequered flag. Following his headline performance on the final night of FOMO’s 2025 Grand Prix weekend, Orhan returns to Baku for an even bigger open-air show, bringing his signature fusion of electronic music, melodic house and globally influenced sounds.
Anastasia Hajiyeva, Co-founder of FOMO Baku, says:
“We didn’t want to just throw a party for Grand Prix weekend, we wanted to give Baku something it’s never seen. APEX AFTER DARK takes everything FOMO has built inside the club and moves it out onto Baku Boulevard, right on the water’s edge, with ANOTR, Jamie Jones and Mahmut Orhan headlining three nights that’ll define the weekend. This is Baku stepping onto the map.”
APEX represents the next step for FOMO, taking the experience beyond the walls of the club for the first time and placing it against the backdrop of Baku Boulevard, with three nights built around the energy and spectacle of Formula 1 weekend.
Tickets are available via iTicket. Events are 18+ and will go ahead in all weather. More information and tickets here: https://fomo-last-version-iythirgs.on-forge.com/apex
DATES
Thursday 24th September
ANOTR
Friday 25th September
Jamie Jones
Saturday 26th September
Mahmut Orhan
ABOUT FOMO BAKU
Since opening in late 2023, FOMO has quickly established itself as one of the region’s leading destinations for electronic music. From Adriatique, CamelPhat and Dixon to Âme, Pete Tong, Dubfire, Joseph Capriati, Gerd Janson and Adana Twins, the club has steadily found its way onto the touring schedules of some of the world’s most respected electronic artists.
In a short space of time, FOMO has gone from an ambitious new club in the heart of Baku to a venue with genuine international relevance, increasingly appearing across global electronic music channels, artist tour calendars and the timelines of clubbers far beyond Azerbaijan.
But FOMO is about much more than the names behind the decks. The venue itself is a major part of its identity, combining a d&b audiotechnik sound system and large-format LED production with a striking interior and one of the most distinctive installations of any club in the region. It is a space designed to feel as ambitious visually as it does musically.
That rise is even more significant given that Azerbaijan does not yet have the same established electronic music culture as many of Europe’s traditional clubbing capitals. FOMO is helping to build that culture from the ground up, introducing international artists and world-class club experiences to a growing local audience while giving global artists and industry figures a new reason to look towards Baku.
