ADE completes its 30th edition programme: more than 3,600 artists across 300+ Amsterdam venues
Amsterdam Dance Event has completed the programme for its 30th edition, running from 21 to 25 October 2026. The final announcement brings the total to more than 3,600 artists across the Festival, ADE Pro conference and Arts and Culture programme, spread over more than 300 venues in Amsterdam, with Jean-Michel Jarre as Guest of Honour.
Amsterdam Dance Event has announced that the programme for its 30th edition is complete. The final wave, published on 6 October, takes 30 YEARS ADE past 3,600 artists across the Festival, the ADE Pro conference and the Arts and Culture programme, with events in more than 300 venues around Amsterdam from 21 to 25 October.
The last additions lean on big names across house and techno. Martin Garrix, Armand Van Helden, Pete Tong, Jamie Jones, Boys Noize, Amelie Lens, Len Faki, Mau P, Charlotte Adigéry and KI/KI are among the artists confirmed in the closing announcement, alongside the more than 1,500 already named in the second wave.
The anniversary is built around what ADE calls its Icon Series. Jean-Michel Jarre is this year's Guest of Honour, marking 50 years of his album Oxygène with an opening concert at AFAS Live on 21 October and a keynote interview at ADE Pro. Other cultural highlights include Boris Acket's EINDER with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Swan Lake Remixed for ADE with the Dutch National Ballet and ISH at the Gashouder.
The scale is the story. ADE has grown from a small industry meeting into a city-wide week that fills clubs, concert halls, museums and hotel lobbies at the same time. A complete programme this size means more choice for visitors, and more competition for attention for everyone playing, speaking or hosting a showcase.
It also shows how far the event now reaches beyond the club. Orchestras, ballet companies, planetarium dome concerts and installation art sit in the same programme as warehouse raves and label showcases, which gives electronic artists with a concept more ways into the week than a late-night DJ slot.
For artists and managers, the next two weeks are about making ADE count rather than just being in it. Bookers, agents and label teams plan their week from the full timetable, so a set time on its own is not enough. Send your schedule to the people you want in the room now, line up meetings around your slot rather than against it, and book the ADE Pro sessions that match where your act is heading. With this many events running at once, being easy to find is half the work.