Milly on Air is a UK-based club DJ, podcast host and music industry coach. A Rinse FM resident and founder of FLINTA-forward party series Embody, Milly performs internationally and has played Glastonbury, Love International and ADE.

Ten years sober, as a coach she works with people in the music industry to help them take control of their relationship with substances and build fulfilling, sustainable careers.

She is the host of Back 2 Life, a podcast exploring addiction, mental health and healing within electronic music, featuring guests including Eris Drew, Logic1000 and Princess Superstar, and covered by Mixmag and DJ Mag.

The music and nightlife industry has long had a complex relationship with alcohol and substances, but something is shifting. A growing number of artists and people participating in nightlife are choosing sobriety, challenging the assumption that you need to be intoxicated to belong in spaces built around altered states.

This candid panel brings together voices who have navigated the very real tensions of working in an industry where drink and drug culture are baked into the social fabric -from backstage riders to after-parties, from networking at the bar to the unspoken pressure to participate.

We’ll explore the shifting attitudes taking root across the industry, the practical tools that have helped our panellists protect their sobriety without sacrificing their careers, and the unexpected gifts that clarity brings to creativity and relationships -alongside the challenges that don’t simply disappear when you put down the drink.

An honest, open conversation for anyone who is sober curious, newly sober, long-term sober, or simply trying to understand what it means to thrive in nightlife on your own terms.