Amsterdam Dance Event 2026 brings 150+ hours of electronic music to Europe's dance capital.

The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is the world's largest conference and festival for electronic music professionals, running across Amsterdam's clubs, cultural venues and warehouses for five days. The 2026 edition, from 21 to 25 October, marks ADE's 30th anniversary, thirty years after the conference began in Amsterdam in 1996. The programme combines a professional side—conferences, masterclasses, industry networking—with public club nights and concerts, so it draws both music-business insiders and fans.

ADE's scale has grown steadily since 1996, and the 2026 edition is expected to be its biggest yet, with thousands of artists performing across venues throughout the city, from techno and house to more experimental electronic styles. Its October timing lands during Amsterdam's autumn, with the festival's public and professional strands running in parallel across the same five days.