Amsterdam Dance Event has revealed the second wave of its 2026 lineup, pushing the total past 1,500 confirmed artists as the festival gears up for its 30th anniversary edition. Running October 21–25, ADE remains the largest club-based festival and conference for electronic music anywhere in the world, and this year’s milestone lineup reflects three decades of building that reputation from the ground up.
The latest names added to the bill include Âme, Ben Klock, Eric Prydz, Maceo Plex, Paul Kalkbrenner, Todd Terry, HAAi, Hunee, Miss Monique, Kittin & The Hacker, Colin Benders and Scooter, among many others. It’s a lineup that spans techno’s more clinical corners alongside legacy acts and crossover names, which has always been part of ADE’s appeal — it’s less a single festival than an entire city given over to electronic music for a week.
With the program now near the halfway mark, ADE continues to lean into its identity as a meeting point between club culture and fine art. Boris Acket is presenting his large-scale installation EINDER, while Het Nationale Ballet and ISH open the festival with Swan Lake Remixed for ADE. Dome Concerts returns to the ARTIS Planetarium and expands to Fabrique des Lumières with shows from Max Cooper and Colin Benders, and the newly added ARTIS Aquarium joins the program with an immersive 4DSOUND experience.
On the club side, the Gashouder — one of Amsterdam’s most recognizable dance music venues — hosts sets from Eric Prydz, Armin van Buuren b2b Benwal, Job Jobse, and MOCHAKK CALLING. Paul Kalkbrenner brings his live show to Theater Amsterdam as part of Loveland, while Scooter takes over the Ziggo Dome for SCOOTER CRUSHES ADE, a rare arena-scale outing for the German rave veterans in an ADE context.
ADE Pro Adds Major Conference Names
The ADE Pro conference side of the event has also filled out considerably. Jean-Michel Jarre is joined by Lady Starlight for a session called Music & Machines, while Marcel Dettmann and Luciano will discuss three-plus decades shaping electronic music together on stage. Other confirmed speakers include Tinie Tempah, Nastia, Thys of Noisia, Kikelomo, and Sofia Kourtesis.
A dedicated 30 Years of ADE panel will bring together key figures from the festival’s history — Anna Knaup, Maria Jimenez, Richard Zijlma, Jan-Willem van de Ven, Gary Smith, and Mariana Sanchotene — moderated by Dave Clarke. Elsewhere on the Pro schedule, an Artists on AI roundtable features Boys Noize, BT, Dave Clarke, Mathame, and Portrait XO, while SoundCloud, Google DeepMind, Believe, Warner Music, and manager Troy Carter are all set to speak on topics ranging from independent talent development to the future of publishing in the AI era. ADE Startups also returns, with eight companies — nowon, Smash, Sonura, AIDAR, Groovian, Exibeat, EventSynth, and zig~zag — selected for the Chorus founder program.
Promoters have layered in their own lineup drops on top of the main bill. Awakenings has confirmed its full program across eight shows at SugarFactory, with Adam Beyer, Ben Klock, Jeff Mills, and Philippa Pacho among the names. SPIELRAUM 55HRS at Club RAUM has added BASHKKA, DVS1, Octo Octa, and Kittin & The Hacker, while Audio Obscura has revealed more than 40 artists across its events, including Amelie Lens and WhoMadeWho.
ADE says the full program will eventually stretch to more than 3,300 artists across 200-plus venues in Amsterdam, with additional names to be announced in the coming months. Individual tickets and the ADE Pro Pass are both available through the festival’s official channels.
