Amsterdam Dance Event

The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is the gateway to the international electronic music scene. As the world’s biggest club festival and Europe’s leading electronic music conference, it’s a true dance lovers’ Mecca. ADE returns to Amsterdam every October, hosting more than 400 events throughout the city.

ADE in Amsterdam

The Amsterdam Dance Event never fails to bring in the crowds with world-famous established names on the line-up alongside an enormous list of rising stars. The playlist is always suitably diverse, featuring electro, acid, techno, trance, house, hip-hop, drum ‘n’ bass and other beat-filled sounds to make you move. With a huge number of events and parties taking place, this annual festival sees more than 2,000 artists descend on 80 locations across the city to provide 5 days of guaranteed partying for in the region of 200,000 clubbers.

Big acts, big stages

Every year the biggest names in dance music headline the Amsterdam Dance Event and 2018 will be no different. While the line up has not been confirmed, by the time it gets to mid-October, every space in the city is banging with music talents, from the AFAS Live, Paradiso and the Melkweg, to the clubs on the Rembrandtplein and all the smaller venues in between.