Riordan brings a Coachella-tested house set to a 105-person room in Vail

The English house and UK garage producer plays The Rabbit Hole at Chasing Rabbits on Saturday, Jan. 16, with a 10 p.m. start.

In 2026, Riordan's calendar included Coachella, a Splash House set and a night at Club Space in Miami. In January, it includes a room in Vail that holds 105 people. That's the hook of this one: a producer who has been playing to festival fields, booked into a space where everyone in the crowd can see the decks.

The details: Riordan plays The Rabbit Hole at Chasing Rabbits in Vail on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2027, with a 10 p.m. start. The date was announced Oct. 27. Tickets are through AXS, and the room's capacity is 105, so this is a short line of tickets for a mid-January Saturday in a ski town.

Who he is: Riordan is a DJ and producer from England's South Coast whose sound pulls from house, tech house, UK garage and breakbeat, according to his Framework artist page. The track that changed things was "Needle on the Record," a garage-tinged tech house cut released on Gorgon City's Realm label that became his first Beatport No. 1, as Beatportal reported. The sample at its heart came from a Criminal Element Orchestra record, and it was his father who suggested it. He has described Gorgon City as his biggest supporters and mentors early in his career.

Since then the bookings have kept climbing. Beyond Coachella, listings show him at Club Space in Miami on Oct. 24, sharing the bill with Luuk van Dijk, Julian Fijma and James Poole, per Miami & Beaches, and a summer date in Mallorca. On the release side, he made his debut on Chris Lake's Black Book Records with "Bring Me Down," a collaboration with Stanton Warriors covered by Beatportal and EDM Maniac.

A producer who has been playing to festival fields, booked into a room where everyone can see the decks.

What makes the Vail date interesting is scale. A garage-leaning house set is built for bodies close together, not for the back of a festival crowd. At 105 capacity, The Rabbit Hole is about as close to that ideal as a touring DJ gets, and a 10 p.m. start means the night runs well after the lifts have closed and dinner is done.

If you're planning around it, think about timing. Mid-January is the heart of ski season, and a Saturday in Vail fills up on every front: lodging, dinner reservations, rides home. With a room this small, the ticket is the easiest part to lose. Buy it first through AXS and work backward, and keep an eye on the JamBase listing for updates.

For the mountain crowd that spends winter weekends chasing good snow, this is a chance to catch an artist on the way up in a room this size. Ski hard, rest up, then go dance.

Sources: Riordan – Framework (thisisframework.com); Riordan Scores a Beatport #1 with "Needle On The Record" – Beatportal (beatportal.com); Riordan Debuts on Black Book Records with "Bring Me Down" – Beatportal (beatportal.com); Riordan & Stanton Warriors – Bring Me Down – EDM Maniac (edmmaniac.com); Riordan, Luuk Van Dijk, Julian Fijma & James Poole – Miami & Beaches (miamiandbeaches.com); Riordan – Mallorca.com (mallorca.com); Riordan tickets – AXS (axs.com); Riordan at The Rabbit Hole at Chasing Rabbits – JamBase (jambase.com)