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Amsterdam Dance Event operates at a scale that can be difficult to process until the completed program appears in one place. For its 30th anniversary, ADE has now confirmed over 3,600 artists, 1,300 events and 300 venues across Amsterdam from October 21 to 25, 2026.
At this point, no one should expect to see it all.
The final announcement is best read as an overview of how the week divides across its club program, ADE Pro Conference and Arts & Culture events.
The complete ADE program can be found at amsterdam-dance-event.nl. The ADE Pro Pass provides access to the full conference program, networking events, Business Hubs, Festival and Arts & Culture program. Individual tickets are available through ADE’s program, and the ADE Pro Pass is available here.
ADE 2026 Artist Lineup Reaches 3,600 Names
The latest additions include Armand Van Helden, Boys Noize, DJ Tennis, Gerd Janson, Jamie Jones, Len Faki, Mama Snake, Martin Garrix, Mau P, Marlon Hoffstadt, Pete Tong, SHERELLE and Speedy J. Chris Stassy will also play back-to-back with Job Jobse, while Alex Kassian, Dax J, Djrum, Hannah Laing, Prozak, Saoirse and Surusinghe appear across the completed schedule.
They join a program covering house, techno, trance, garage and several related club styles. The scale remains the headline, although ADE’s venue count is equally relevant because the event extends from major concert spaces into independent clubs, record stores, museums and cultural institutions.
Specific parties are still worth considering on their own terms. The Disco Express Club Train, for example, will carry 400 guests from Amsterdam Centraal for a four-hour event using eight train carriages.
ADE Pro Completes Its Conference Program
Armin van Buuren joins Jean-Michel Jarre, Lady Starlight and JakoJako for “Music & Machines,” a discussion connecting artists from different generations. Afrojack, Mau P, Max Cooper, HoneyLuv, Sofiya Nzau, Joseph Capriati and Reinier Zonneveld are among the other artists added to the conference.
Spotify, SoundCloud and YouTube Music will lead platform-focused presentations, while NVIDIA, Helix Records, Believe, Warner Music, Sony Music, Universal and Armada are represented elsewhere in the program. Eris Drew, Alice O’Grady and Club RAUM’s Sven Bijma will also discuss why people continue to need physical dancefloors.
I covered ADE Pro’s earlier 2026 conference expansion when Mochakk, SPFDJ, Josh Baker and Paul Hartnoll of Orbital joined the program. The completed schedule now gives artists, label teams, promoters and other industry professionals a better idea of where their time can be spent during the day.
The Anniversary Extends Beyond The Clubs
The 30 YEARS ADE Icon Series selects 30 events that connect ADE’s history with its current programming. Jean-Michel Jarre appears as Guest of Honour while marking the 50th anniversary of Oxygene with a performance at AFAS Live and a keynote interview at ADE Pro.
Other anniversary events include Boris Acket’s EINDER installation, performances by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Elias Mazian, and “Swan Lake Remixed for ADE” at the Gashouder. ADE Arts & Culture also places electronic music inside museums, churches and additional cultural spaces across Amsterdam.
The full schedule and individual event tickets are available from the official ADE website. ADE Pro Passes cover the conference program, networking events, Business Hubs and eligible festival programming.
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
