2026 Beats & Bikinis DJ Battle & Official Pre-Party
Beats & Bikinis DJ Battle & Official Pre-Party
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Your shot at the main stage starts right here.
The Road to the 13th Annual Neon Paint Party kicks off with Beats & Bikinis, El Paso's most electric DJ battle and the official pre-party of the desert Southwest's biggest wave pool festival. Before the paint flies and the bass drops at Wet'N'Wild Waterworld, five local DJs will go head-to-head for the ultimate prize: the opening set of the Neon Paint Party itself.
This year's battle goes down on Wednesday, June 24th, 2026 at RAD Retrocade West (4025 N Mesa St, El Paso, TX), starting at 7:00 PM. Hosted by Johnny Kage, with Mix 92.7 broadcasting live and giving away a pair of festival tickets every half hour from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, the night is loaded with live music, giveaways, and the kind of energy that only comes when everything is on the line.
HOW THE COMPETITION WORKS:
Step 1: Enter or Get Nominated Think you have what it takes — or know someone who does? When the poll opens, Once the competition is live on facebook submit your name or nominate a local DJ to throw their hat in the ring.
Step 2: Vote for Your Favorites - The community decides who makes the cut. Cast your votes for your favorite local DJ and help push them into the top five. The five candidates with the most votes advance to the live competition.
Step 3: BEATS & BIKINIS 🪩Battle It Out Live On the night of the event, all five finalists take the stage and get 20 minutes each to prove they belong. One crowd. One panel of judges. No second chances.
Step 4: Win the Opening Set One DJ walks away with one the most coveted slot in El Paso's summer festival calendar — the opening set of the 13th Annual Neon Paint Party, Saturday, June 27th, 2026 at Wet'N'Wild Waterworld.
HOW TO ENTER / VOTE
A facebook poll will open on Monday (6/8) at 12PM To enter, you must add your name to the list and share the link with your network. Polls will be open for two weeks and close at noon on 6/22.
*New rule for 2026: Qualified contestants must follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok.
The top 5 finalists, determined by total number of votes, will advance to the Beats & Bikinis DJ Battle and Official Pre-Party on Wednesday, June 24th at RAD Retrocade West (4025 N Mesa St, El Paso, TX 79902) from 7p-10p. Each of the 5 finalists will have 20 min to win over the crowd and impress the judges; the winner is awarded the opening set for the 13th annual Neon Paint Party on Saturday, June 27th at Wet 'N' Wild Waterworld featuring KREWELLA with Special Guest OOKAY!
TOP 5 FINALISTS ARE IN:
LEGIT ALPHA
IVN TRVZ
PHAT TONY
PALOMINO
ANGEL VALENTIN
Beats & Bikinis Specials Include:
$ 3 WHITE CLAWS $ 4 PALETAS
$ .89 CENT WINGS
Notes:
Johnny Kage & 92.7 The Mix will be giving away a pair of tickets every half hour from (5PM-7PM) and the Neon Paint Party Staff will be on-site selling tickets for only $60 (flat - no additional taxes or fees - these are limited and once they sell out - they’re gone!
Past Headliners: Jauz, Le Twins, Bingo Players, Henry Fong, Sickick, Borgeous, Deorro, Mako, Mitis, RiotTen, Kill the Noise, Cash Cash, 3lau, Audien, Hook’N’Sling
Krewella
Krewella - the genre-bending EDM duo of sisters Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf - bring their platinum-certified anthems and explosive live energy to the Neon Paint Party. From Coachella and Tomorrowland to their own headlining tours, expect heavy drops, soaring vocals, and a crowd that never stops moving.
Krewella is the boundless electronic duo of sisters Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf, a pair who have spent more than a decade detonating dancefloors with a sound that refuses to sit still. Born in Houston to a Pakistani father and a German-Lithuanian-American mother, their multicultural background runs through everything they make. Always experimental, they've carved out a niche entirely their own in EDM.
They've been at it since 2007, when they started as high schoolers, and broke through in 2012 with their chart-topping self-released debut EP Play Hard.
The momentum exploded in 2013 with their debut album Get Wet and the platinum-selling anthem "Alive." A year after landing on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list, they chose full independence in 2017, launching their own Mixed Kids Records, the home for everything that's followed, from the New World Pt. 1 EP to their boundary-pushing albums zer0 (2020) and The Body Never Lies (2022). After a brief step back, they returned in 2025 with "Crying On The Dancefloor" and a fresh run of singles that prove their drops still land as hard as ever.
But Krewella has always been a live force first. Their energy and creativity power their DJ sets and full performances alike, built on two sisters trading vocals over walls of bass while a crowd screams every word back. They've brought it to Coachella, Lollapalooza, EDC, Ultra, iHeartRadio Music Festival, and Tomorrowland, plus global stages from Storm in China to Sunburn in India and Coke Studio in Pakistan — alongside their own headlining tours and Las Vegas residencies. It's loud, it's emotional, and it's built for exactly the kind of room a Neon Paint Party creates: colors flying, lights pulsing, and a duo that knows how to send the energy through the roof.
Top Tracks
Ranked by current Spotify streams. Click any title to listen. 1. Alive — Platinum signature — ~116M streams 2. Live for the Night — ~52M streams 3. New World — ~48M streams 4. Enjoy the Ride — ~41M streams 5. Team — ~36M streams 6. Killin’ It — ~34M streams 7. Come & Get It — ~32M streams 8. Be There — ~24M streams 9. Beggars — ~23M streams 10. Greenlights — ~23M streams
Recent Releases
• Crying On The Dancefloor — 2025 comeback single • Eternal — 2025 • Without You — 2026
Special Guest:
Ookay, the Los Angeles-based visionary and producer responsible for the massive festival anthem "Thief" and the platinum-certified "Chasing Colors," delivers a seamless fusion of trap energy and melodic bass to the Neon Paint Party stage. Known for his signature horns and heavy-hitting drops, he ensures every soul in the arena is fully primed for the night ahead.
Ookay, born Abraham Laguna, is the Los Angeles–based producer and DJ who turned a vocal-driven trap anthem into one of dance music’s most recognizable hooks. A Chula Vista, California native with music in his blood (his father is a bassist who once joined him onstage for a solo at EDC), he came up through the SoundCloud era trading remixes and original beats, building a reputation for a sound that hits hard but never takes itself too seriously.
He first turned heads with a string of remixes - including Steve Aoki, Chris Lake & Tujamo’s “Boneless” and a team-up with Diplo to rework Avicii’s “You Make Me” - before releasing his debut EP Ghost on Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Records in 2014. Then came the moment that changed everything: 2016’s “Thief,” a horn-blasting, sing-along smash that became a festival staple and remains his signature record. He followed it by joining Marshmello and Noah Cyrus on the platinum-certified “Chasing Colors,” expanding his reach far beyond the trap world.
Restless by nature, Ookay refuses to be a one-trick act. His debut album Wow! Cool Album! (2018) and his genre-hopping second LP VERY SPECIAL! (2022) moves fluidly between trap, future bass, electropop, and house — the last of which he’s explored under side projects and a love of classic dance grooves. On any given night his sets swing from grimy bass to feel-good melody and back, which makes him a natural fit for a high-color, high-energy room. Having shared stages and festival bills with the likes of Coachella, EDC, Electric Zoo, and Tomorrowland, Ookay brings exactly the kind of charisma and crowd-control that turns an opening set into the first peak of the night, perfect to prime the canvas before the headline act at the Neon Paint Party.
Top Tracks
Ranked by current Spotify streams. Click any title to listen. 1. Thief — Breakout signature single — ~108M streams 2. Thief (Flux Pavilion Remix) — ~35M streams 3. Lighthouse — ~11M streams 4. Back Again — ~7.8M streams 5. Cool — ~5.9M streams 6. Bring It Back — ~2.4M streams 7. Be Ok — ~2.2M streams 8. Loved or Lost — ~2.0M streams Notable collaborations & remixes • Chasing Colors — with Marshmello, feat. Noah Cyrus — ~77M streams • Bouncer — with Showtek — ~13M streams • Kanye (Ookay Remix) — The Chainsmokers remix — ~6.9M streams
