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2021 Festival Guide Europe

Cancelled or Not? Your 2021 Festival Guide for Europe

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With the recent news that the European Union will likely welcome vaccinated Americans and allow citizens of EU member states to travel between their borders this summer, dance music fans are setting their sights on festivals in Europe. The status of festivals within Europe is a mixed bag. England just announced lockdown restrictions will be delayed by four weeks. However, several festival organizers in certain countries such as The Netherlands are deciding to move forward hosting their events this year either during their normal dates or with re-scheduled dates, while organizers in other countries made the call to postpone their festivities until 2022. Read below for your 2021 festival guide for Europe. Given how dynamic and unpredictable the situation is for festivals returning this year, this guide will be updated regularly as festival organizers update fans on their status. So, bookmark this page and check back often.

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10 Festivals Not To Miss In 2019

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The days are getting longer and the nights are getting warmer. Summer is almost here, and festival season will soon be in full swing.

For music aficionados like ourselves, it’s the best time of the year. Lineups filled with compelling collections of artists are dropping at an increasing rate as we commence our travel planning for the weeks ahead. It’s going to be difficult to plan with all the amazing choices happening all over the world, but we’ve managed to select a few that offer something truly unique.

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Top 13 European Techno Festivals

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2017 promises to be a great year for techno music with a lot of techno music festivals to watch out for. More so in Europe, where techno music is pretty much a way of life among many people there. Today, we have compiled a list of the 13 techno festivals you should check out this year if ever you plan visiting the continent. For clarification, this list takes into account one-location multi-stage festivals rather than multi-club or venue festivals.

Check out the artists, dates, and venues each techno festival has to offer, listed in alphabetical order:

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Dekmantel Festival Has Released 2016 Lineup

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Dekmantel – the Dutch festival is back in 2016 for its fourth yearly installment, set to take place at the Amsterdamse Bos from August 4th through 7th. The lineup has now been released through a video that announces the 150 or so acts that will be playing this year. This comes following Dekmantel’s earlier announcement of a Winter/Spring 27-date World Tour that includes 5 US stops.

On the live front, it will be up to Tony Allen‘s band James Holden and Camilo Tirado, iconic dub performers Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and Adrian Sherwood, and New York City’s post-punk group ESG to bring a different dimension to the DJ-heavy festival.

As expected, Dekmantel‘s DJ roster is packed, with the likes of Dixon, Ricardo Villalobos, Jeff Mills, Tale of Us, Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann, DJ Koze, DJ Harvey, Ben UFO b2b Joy Orbison, Robert Hood, Surgeon, Mike Parker, Special Request, and plenty, plenty more. There will be smaller labels showcases too, with Rush Hour Music, Sex Tags Mania, and Viewlexx all represented.

The full 2016 Dekmantel festival line-up is available on Resident Advisor.

Ticket and more information can be found on Dekmantel’s website.

Watch the announcement video on Dekmantel’s Facebook.

Dekmantel To Host Winter/Spring 2016 Tour Across Five Continents

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Screen Shot 2016-01-28 at 9.22.05 AMThe Amsterdam-based music company Dekmantel will embark on a winter and spring 2016 tour across five continents with 27 show dates. Dekmantel is a cutting-edge electronic music company known for being a well-established record label, promoting its festival brand that includes Dekmantel Festival (August 4 to 7) and the new Dekmantel Selectors in Croatia (September 1 to 5), and functioning as the select destination for underground music showcases. Read more

Listen to 6 Hours of Fort Romeau on the Dekmantel Podcast

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It’s generally accepted that an extended set is one of the only ways to truly experience a DJ in his or her element. It’s safe to say that Fort Romeau is in his element on this 6 hour journey through the Dekmantel Podcast.

Recorded at Corsica in London, the mix encompasses everything blissful about his sound. Striking an uncanny balance between house, techno, electronica, and ambient, Fort Romeau’s Dekmantel mix covers the spectrum. The talented DJ/producer has released on a variety of labels such as Spectral Sound and Live at Robert Johnson, and has a strong understanding of music that hits beyond the dance floor.

“I really like playing in this way. There’s so much freedom to shape the entire musical language of the evening and to make connections between disparate music that you just can’t really do in two or three hours at peak time. Corsica is one of London’s best spaces in my opinion, the DJ booth is rock solid with none of the typical problems of playing vinyl that plague clubs these days, the sound system is good and the crowd has always been great in my experience, so i was pleased to be able to take over the programming for the night.” – Fort Romeau