Amsterdam Dance Event looks back on record breaking edition and announces dates for 30 year anniversary in 2026
The dates are set: October 21 – 25, 2026
This year’s program highlighted a rich spectrum of electronic music subgenres, live performances, and cultural crossovers across the Festival and Arts & Culture programs, emphasising an offering that becomes more diverse and inclusive each year. Standout events included a wide variety of ADE Opening Specials throughout the city, the “black queer church” dubbed PRAISE by Honey Dijon x Audio Obscura at Nieuwe Kerk, large-scale experiences like Klangkuenstler at Ziggo Dome and Awakenings at their new SugarFactory base, all the way to the opposite end of the spectrum with events at SkateCafe, Garage Noord, RAUM, Klaproos, Tilla Tec, Studio Wieman, Lofi, De Bajes, and much more.
Photography by Linde Dorenbos
Photography by Enrique Meesters
Photography by Enrique Meesters
The 2025 edition of ADE has come to an end, hosting nearly 3,500 artists at over 1,200 events and initiatives taking place in over 300 locations across the city. The organization welcomed a record number of 600,000 visitors, drawing audiences from Amsterdam and the wider Netherlands, alongside visitors from around the world.
New upgrades throughout ADE’s conference, with the added Pro venue Rosewood and the move of ADE Lab to Westergas, were hugely successful with new networking opportunities and programming at Pro, and an entirely new immersive experience for the next generation at Lab. The conference showcased high profile artists, founders, and business representatives – including Skepta, KI/KI, Eris Drew, Chris Stussy, TxC, ANNA, Chris Liebing, alongside Google DeepMind, Epic Games, SoundCloud, Spotify, COLORSxSTUDIOS, Helix Records, Sony Music, Tomorrowland Brasil and many more.
1996 – 2026: 30 Years of Driving Electronic Music Forward
Over the past three decades, ADE has grown to become the most influential breeding ground for electronic music; building the framework that helped a new genre to be recognised worldwide as an art form and a thriving business, into what is now an immense global industry. For its 30 Year anniversary, the organization will unveil various specials, initiatives and events in connection to the celebrations throughout the coming months.
Revisit ADE 2025 here.
