Bijou comes home to Phoenix for a Thanksgiving Eve set at Roosevelt

The Tempe-raised G-house DJ plays Roosevelt on Wednesday, Nov. 25, his first Phoenix date since March 2024, and tickets are $15.

The night before Thanksgiving is one of the biggest going-out nights of the year, the night when everybody who moved away is back in town and looking for somewhere to run into old friends. This year in Phoenix, one of those people coming home is behind the decks. Bijou plays Roosevelt on Wednesday, November 25, at 9 p.m., and tickets are $15 through Tixr. The show was announced October 30.

It's his first Phoenix date since March 1, 2024, when he played Warehouse215. For a DJ with Valley roots, two and a half years is a long time away.

Bijou is the stage name of Benjamin Dorman, an American DJ and producer known for G-house, and Wikipedia) lists Tempe as his hometown, with other sources describing him as Phoenix-based. Either way, this is a local guy playing to a hometown crowd, and those nights tend to have a different feel than a tour stop. Expect people in the room who knew him before the festival bookings.

He also runs his own label, Do Not Duplicate Recordings, and that's where his biggest recent moment came from. In May, EDM.com reported on a track out through the label that got a major boost when Australian house star FISHER heard it and immediately started playing it in his sets, including his headline performance at Tomorrowland 2025. That kind of co-sign is how a club track goes from a DJ's USB stick to the whole circuit.

What makes the Roosevelt booking interesting is the scale. Bijou has been playing big stages and festival weeks, and a $15 Wednesday-night show is about as close and as cheap as it gets to see him do what he does. G-house is built for exactly this kind of room: bass-heavy, a little cheeky, and better when the crowd is close enough to the booth to feel the drops.

The 9 p.m. start gives you plenty of time to get through the travel chaos and Thanksgiving prep. Just remember that Thursday is a family day, and the people who host the turkey generally appreciate it if you show up rested. Generally.

A $15 Wednesday, a hometown DJ, and the biggest going-out night of the year.

There's a reason Thanksgiving Eve shows sell out: everyone is in town at once, nobody has work the next day, and the stakes for a good night are high. A hometown DJ at a $15 price is about the best bet in town. Grab tickets early, text the friends who are flying in, and make a plan to meet up at Roosevelt.

Sources: Bijou (DJ) — Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); EDM.com report on Bijou's Do Not Duplicate release and FISHER support (edm.com); Bijou at Roosevelt — Tixr (tixr.com); Bijou at Roosevelt — JamBase (jambase.com)