Amsterdam Dance Event 2026
21 October 2026
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25 October 2026
The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), an initiative of Buma, is the world’s largest club-based festival and conference for electronic music. The event continues to grow and develop each year, with last year’s edition featuring over 2,500 artists and 550 speakers in a record-breaking 160 venues. The event attracted visitors from over 90 countries over five days featuring every conceivable aspect of electronic music culture.
The ADE Festival features 300 events and 2,000 DJ's over five days in 80 clubs and venues, which together combine to make Amsterdam one of the busiest and most inspiring clubbing cities in the world. The program features the biggest artists on the planet alongside fresh, upcoming talent and everything in between.
There are mixing seminars, sound labs where brands present their newest DJ-ing gears and visitors can try them out. To fully enjoy your visit to ADE you might want to get this book*.
The Program for 2023:
Wednesday October 18:
- Filth on Acid Demo Drop with Reinier Zonneveld at ADE Lab
- Awakenings: 9x9 invites ADE
Thursday October 19:
- Audio Obscura x Cuttin’Headz w/ The Martinez Brothers & more
- Audio Obscura ADE w/ Chris Stussy, Benny Rodrigues, BELLA, Matisa
- Awakenings: Adam Beyer presents drumcode
- OGUZ b2b Farrago @Verknipt ADE
Friday October 20:
- Audio Obscura x 10Y R LABEL GROUP w/ Kobosil
- Audio Obscura ADE w/ Mathame, Cassian, Øostil at RAWFACTORY
- Awakenings: Adriatique presents x ADE
Saturday October 21:
- OGUZ @ Intercell x SNTS Invites ADE
- TARAKA and Mysteryland present GORDO at The Loft Amsterdam
- Joris Voorn presents Spectrum by day Awakenings
- Audio Obscura x Outlier ADE w/ Bonobo
- Audio Obscura x Maceo Plex [open to close]
- Awakenings: Solomun by day
- Awakenings: ADE Saturday by night
Sunday October 22
- Mochakk 8h Set @Mediahaven
- OGUZ @ Verknipt ADE - The Big Closing
- Awakenings: Reinier Zonneveld Live - ADE b2b special
- Awakenings: ADE Sunday by day
- Awakenings: Exhale by Amelie Lens by night
Amsterdam Dance Event
ADE Playground can be found anywhere and everywhere in the city centre during the ADE. It is a unique, dance-related lifestyle program offering five days of film screenings, music hardware presentations, art shows and exhibitions, exclusive fashion offers, interactive talk shows, promotional activities and pop-up musical performances at 25 creative hotspots around the city, including roof-top terraces, clothing shops, and art galleries, as well as outdoor exhibitions and cinemas.
Learn more about the Amsterdam Dance Event
Here are the steps to plan your trip
1. Go to the official website and double check the event dates, prices and regulations.
2. Book hotel rooms in Amsterdam available during the event. ⤵︎
This event runs from 21/10/2026 to 25/10/2026. The hotel search below shows a sample 3-night stay at the start — change the dates on the map for your own trip.
2.1. Pick a hotel room by location and by price.
2.2. The search is done for 1 guest and the entire duration of the event. Click on the 'Filter', 'Guests', and 'Dates' buttons to adjust the search.
🏨 In the 'Filters' section, you can tell if you are looking for hotels or vacation homes. Here, you can filter the results by stars, review ratings, and budget.
👨👩👧👦 In this section, you can specify the number of guests (adults and children) and the number of rooms you want to book.
📆 Finally, you can change the date of your stay.
2.3. Save more money! Some hotel rooms are provided by multiple hotel booking websites. You will see them on the top of the hotel room details when you hover the mouse over the room. Be it Booking.com, Expedia, Trivago, Opodo, or other providers, select the best price provider for the room during the chosen period.
2.4. If hotel rooms are not available around the event location, you can zoom out or search by a nearby city/town name. If you have a specific hotel in mind, you can even search the particular hotel name.
2.5. Bonus tip: Switch to Experiences search. Perhaps you will find great tours and activities!
2.6. Pro tip: The map of the experiences may help you find the most vibrant areas in the city and the best locations where you can look for accommodations for your stay.
3. If everything is fine you can buy all the tickets
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