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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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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.