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Events and festivals in Europe: Electronic dance music (EDM) and rave culture

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Nibirii

Nibirii is an annual electronic music festival at the Dürener Badesee lake in Düren, Germany, held since 2019, focused on psytrance, techno, and drum & bass.

Niversea Festival

Neversea Festival, or NEVERSEA, is a large electronic dance music festival held on the beach at Constanța, Romania, first staged in 2017 by the creators of UNTOLD.

Noisily Festival 2025

Noisily Festival 2025 was the planned twelfth edition of the independent electronic and psytrance festival, set for July 2025 at Barkestone Wood, Leicestershire, before its cancellation.

OFF Festival 2026

OFF Festival 2026 is the 19th edition of the alternative music festival founded by Artur Rojek in 2006, held 7–9 August 2026 at Dolina Trzech Stawów in Katowice, Poland.

Outlook Festival

Outlook Festival is a Croatian music festival devoted to sound-system culture and bass music, founded in 2008 near Zadar and held from 2010 at Fort Punta Christo near Pula.

Ozora Festival

Ozora Festival, also known as O.Z.O.R.A., is a psychedelic trance festival held each summer at Dádpuszta near Ozora, Hungary, drawing around 30,000 people since 2004.

Palmesus 2026

Palmesus 2026 was the 2026 edition of Palmesus, a beach music festival on Bystranda in Kristiansand, Norway, with about 35 artists including headliners Alesso, Macklemore, and Broiler.

Qlimax

Qlimax was an annual single-night indoor hardstyle event organized by the Dutch company Q-dance, first held in 2000 and mostly staged at the GelreDome in Arnhem.

Red Bull Music Academy 2017

Red Bull Music Academy 2017 was the gap year between academy terms, when RBMA partnered with Berlin's CTM Festival on lectures and club nights in February 2017.

Reverze "Interconnected"

Reverze "Interconnected" was the twelfth edition of Reverze, the annual indoor hardstyle event by Belgian promoter Bass Events, held at the 20,000-capacity Sportpaleis in Antwerp on 11 March 2017.

Reverze Essence of Eternity

Reverze Essence of Eternity was the 13th edition of Reverze, an annual indoor hard dance event at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium, held on 24 February 2018 and drawing 20,000 visitors.

Ruisrock 2026

Ruisrock 2026 was the 55th edition of Finland's oldest rock festival, held 3–5 July 2026 on the island of Ruissalo in Turku, drawing 85,000 festivalgoers.

Sea You Festival

Sea You is a three-day electronic music festival held every July at the Tunisee lake near Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. It began in 2014 as successor to the Sea of Love festival.

Sensation

Sensation, also known as Sensation White, is a Dutch arena dance event created by ID&T, first held in 2000 and defined by its all-white dress code.

Snowbombing

Snowbombing is a six-day music and ski festival held each April in Mayrhofen, a resort in the Zillertal Alps of Austria, drawing about 7,000 people to the season's end.

Soenda Festival

Soenda Festival is an annual one-day techno and house music festival in Utrecht, the Netherlands, first held in 2009 and organized by Elevation Events, drawing about 20,000 visitors each spring.

Solidays

Solidays is an annual charity music festival held at the Hippodrome de Longchamp in Paris since 1999, raising funds for the fight against AIDS and drawing over 250,000 festival-goers.

Sonar (festival)

Sónar, also known as Sónar Barcelona, is an annual electronic music and new media art festival held each June in Barcelona, Spain, since 1994, pairing a daytime program of digital experimentation with a night-time club-music program.

Sonar 2016

Sónar 2016 was the 23rd edition of Barcelona's electronic music and new media art festival, held 16–18 June 2016 and headlined by New Order, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Fatboy Slim.

Sonar Istanbul 2017

Sónar Istanbul 2017 was the first Turkish edition of Sónar, the Barcelona-based electronic music and technology festival, held on 24–25 March 2017 at Istanbul's Zorlu Performing Arts Center.

Sónar Lisboa

Sónar Lisboa, also known as Sonar Lisbon, is an annual electronic music festival in Lisbon, Portugal, held since 2022 as a Lisbon edition of Barcelona's Sónar festival.

Sonus

Sonus Festival is an annual five-day house and techno festival held since 2013 at Zrće Beach near Novalja on Pag island, Croatia, organized by Cosmopop.

Suncébeat

Suncébeat is a soulful house, disco, soul, and funk festival founded in 2010 at The Garden Petrcane on Croatia's coast, relocated to Costa da Caparica, Portugal, in 2024.

SunIce Festival

SunIce Festival is a winter electronic dance music and techno festival held above St. Moritz, Switzerland, first held in 2022 and combining skiing with DJ line-ups.

SW4

SW4, also known as South West Four, is an inner-city electronic music festival held on Clapham Common in London. It was last held in 2019 and is currently taking a break.

The Flying Dutch

The Flying Dutch is a one-day electronic dance music festival in the Netherlands, created by John Ewbank, whose DJs flew by helicopter between three cities.

The Warehouse Project

The Warehouse Project is a seasonal electronic music event series in Manchester, England, founded in 2006, which runs from September to New Year's Day at the 10,000-capacity Depot Mayfield.

Thunderdome '25 Years of Hardcore'

Thunderdome '25 Years of Hardcore' was the 25th-anniversary edition of the Thunderdome hardcore and gabber event, held on 28 October 2017 at the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, the Netherlands, reviving the brand after a five-year hiatus.

Ultra Europe

Ultra Europe is an annual three-day electronic dance music festival held each July at Park Mladeži in Split, Croatia, since 2013, drawing over 100,000 attendees.

Ultra Europe 2016

Ultra Europe 2016 was the fourth edition of the Ultra electronic dance music festival, held at Poljud Stadium in Split, Croatia, from 15 to 17 July 2016.