Amsterdam Dance Event Announces First Lineup Artists For 2025

Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) has announced its first wave of artists for 2025.

Electronic music’s foremost industry conference is back in the Dutch capital for its historic 30th edition this October 22-26, taking place across 200 city-wide venues and featuring another five-day festival program, with performances from over 2,900 artists at more than 1,000 individual events.

Comprising only around 10% of the full program, ADE’s first batch of 2025 artists, announced today, is packed with top names from across the techno genre, including 999999999, Argy, Bad Boombox, Clara Cuvé, DVS1, FJAAK, HAAi, Helena Hauff, Job Jobse, Marcel Dettman, Patrick Mason, Shanti Celeste, X CLUB., ØTTA, and many more.

Revered house selectors like Carl Craig, DJ Tennis, DJ Minx, East End Dubs, James Hype, and Moodymann will also play at ADE 2025, along with an appearance from famed British MC Skepta under his Más Tiempo house project. 

Other highlights include melodic heavyweight Ben Böhmer, drum & bass sensation Culture Shock, and genre-melding LA producer TOKiMONSTA, plus leading hard house and trance torchbearers KETTAMA, Ben Hemsley, Hannah Laing, and Paul Van Dyk, and UK garage favorites Flava D, Mella Dee, and bullet tooth. Check out more names in the post below and find the full festival program here.

ADE’s 30th anniversary edition will also coincide with the final week of Amsterdam 750, a year-long celebration of the city’s 750-year anniversary, building up to Amsterdam’s actual birthday on October 27. Several special Amsterdam 750 events are planned throughout the conference.

For more information or to purchase passes to ADE 2025, visit amsterdam-dance-event.nl.

Featured image courtesy: Amsterdam Dance Event.