Amsterdam Dance Event News
Drove Talk Everything ADE, Set Preparations, Launching Their Project & More!
Amidst Amsterdam Dance Event, we had the pleasure of sitting down with the dynamic duo, Drove, comprised of Teun Wouters and Eli Salomons. After meeting while attending nearby high schools in their native Den Helder, the Dutch duo initially bonded over a shared love of music. During the pandemic, the duo got serious about making music, developing their sound in the studio during lockdowns. They made their debut in 2021 and have not looked back since, unveiling EP after EP.
Thanks for taking the time to speak with us! How does it feel to be back at ADE?
Teun: It’s really good actually. It’s great to be back because we’ve missed a lot of friends, so it’s just kind of a reunion. You see all the people that you met at last year’s ADE, and throughout the year, you meet many people online and finally, when it comes to ADE, it’s the time you meet up. I think that’s really nice about ADE.
Eli: I fully agree. This is the year where ADE really seems to be back to full effect like it was before the pandemic. So it’s just a lot of fun. A lot of parties and some fun meetings.
For those people who have not attended ADE before, can you describe it?
Teun: I think it’s so many things at once. It’s good if you want to improve your network or meet new people, and if you just want to party of course.
Eli: I think if you love electronic music in general, you should go to ADE at least once in your life because literally everybody’s here. It doesn’t matter what type of electronic music you enjoy, if it’s house, techno, everyone who is in the electronic music space is here.
Besides ADE, what’s your favorite thing to do in Amsterdam?
Teun & Eli: Go to a good restaurant. Have some good food.
You played at the Dillon Francis x Bootshaus show in Club Prime this week, did you prepare differently for this show compared to your usual shows?
Eli: A little bit, but I feel like it’s more so because it’s Dillon Francis’ night, and it’s ADE, so we have to turn it up a notch which we also enjoy a lot. Sometimes depending on where we are, and the vibe of the rest of the show, we switch up our sets. Our music is a bit more indie electronic, but we make club records as well. So playing at this event was the perfect chance to really showcase that side of us and just go a little bit harder than then the usual Drove set.
Teun: And as you just said, we do kind of take a different approach. A slightly different approach is important for us as artists to be open to trying new things, switching it up just a little bit, but staying true to your sound.
The Drove project was launched in 2021. Did you feel any pressure or stress while launching it?
Teun: No, it actually all happened so naturally. It was during a the pandemic, we got frustrated and wanted to make some new stuff because we weren’t allowed to do anything else, like go into clubs or anything. So we got together, said forget about everything else and just make music we love. Once we started doing that one thing led to another and then we basically had a first track in the first week. The second week, we had almost all the tracks that eventually made it to the first EP and there was no pressure because we were just making the things we love to make without anyone else telling us what we should do. Then the first EP got picked up by STMPD RCRDS which was incredible, them saying, you know, “we love this guys, we wanna release it” and from there it all happened quite naturally actually.
How much did the belief from record labels help you in the growth of this project?
Eli: A lot. The help and belief from the labels give you some reassurance which gives a lot of confidence while working on the music.
Teun: I think for us, they are also really helping to shape the project with us. Right now, we want to take it from being a DJ project and move it more towards live music. Now we have a great partnership with Palm Tree Records, where they almost have a bit of the blueprint ready for us to reference. They said, “what can we do to make this project grow for you guys?” They’re really trusting in our vision as well. So yeah, it’s really reassuring when the labels are excited as well.
You’ve also been super consistent with your releases, how hard do you find it to keep releasing music?
Teun: I think it depends on the period. Of course in the studio, sometimes we have weeks where not much is happening, and then we start to worry but somehow at some point, it all just clicks and everything happens so quickly again.
Eli: I do think taking enough breaks sometimes is healthy, especially with us because we’re always trying to tell a story. Sometimes we get too much tunnel vision and you see all the different paths you can take. So we always ask ourselves “what’s the story we want to tell now?” and then after we just try matchmaking the ideas to that story.
Do you have any plans or goals for the future?
Teun: We’ve done a lot of singles and EPs in which we try to tell smaller stories but the big thing we still want to do is making our debut album in which we are able to tell a story with every song, but also tell a bigger story with the full album from beginning to end. I think that’s high on the wish list to really make that happen.
Eli: I think that’s both something exciting and challenging that we really wanna do.
Thanks for taking the time to speak with us, is there anything you’d like to announce to the readers?
If you haven’t already, check out the our new EP “Take Me Somewhere” with accompanying live performance video that we recorded on Montjuic in Barcelona, which is out on our YouTube @thisisdrove.
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ADE Reveals 250+ Artists For 30th Anniversary Edition With David Guetta, Skepta, Armin van Buuren And More
Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the world’s largest festival and business gathering for electronic music, has revealed the first wave of artists confirmed for its 30 YEARS ADE anniversary edition. Taking place from October 21 to 25, 2026, ADE 2026 has announced more than 250 artists in its first lineup release, including Avalon Emerson, DJ Nobu, Eris Drew, Folamour, Jyoty, Octo Octa, Scooter, Skepta, Skin On Skin, and more. Recent highlights include Skepta returning in 2026 with an even larger Más Tiempo show at Warehouse Elementenstraat, David Guetta bringing his Monolith show to AMF, and Gashouder finally back at ADE in its pre opening season as part of a broader new chapter for the venue. The first announcement also includes major program updates from MOJO, Melkweg, Paradiso, Intercell, DGTL, and Into the Woods, with the full ADE program set to grow to more than 3,000 artists across 200+ venues in Amsterdam.
ADE 2026 First Lineup Includes David Guetta, Skepta, Gashouder Return And More
Recent highlights from the first ADE 2026 announcement include Skepta returning in 2026 with an even larger Más Tiempo show at Warehouse Elementenstraat, while David Guetta will bring his Monolith show to AMF. Another major update is the return of Gashouder, which is finally back at ADE in its pre opening season as part of a broader new chapter for the venue. Eight shows have already been confirmed at Gashouder, including Armin van Buuren and Benwal, I Hate Models and Nico Moreno, Job Jobse, Mochakk, Franky Rizardo, Sammy Virji, and Josh Baker.
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The first announcement also shows how widely the 30 YEARS ADE program is already spreading across Amsterdam. MOJO branches out in 2026 with two KI/KI 5 Hours shows and OUTWORLD: Klangkuenstler All Night Long at Ziggo Dome, alongside Jean Michel Jarre as the 30 YEARS ADE guest of honour, 10 Years of STMPD RCRDS, and Unreal Germany at AFAS Live. Melkweg has confirmed the ADE Opening Concert: Kybba & Metropole Orkest, plus FACE 2 FACE, San Holo & Droeloe, Nimino, Starjunk 95, and Dave Clarke Presents: 30 Years of ADE, among others. Paradiso has also revealed the first part of its program, including Malugi, State OFFF, Lawrence Hart, Speedy J presents STOOR Live, and more.
Intercell, DGTL And Into the Woods Expand ADE 2026
The first ADE 2026 announcement also includes major promoter updates, with Intercell, DGTL, and Into the Woods adding a large part of the early event calendar across Amsterdam. Intercell has revealed more than 65 artists across 13 events, bringing in names such as Lola Edo, Ines Isla, MCR-T, Cleopard2000, Olive Anguz, GiGi FM, I-RO, Philippa Pacho, SPFDJ, 999999999, Blanka, Freddy K, Phil Berg, and Yanamaste. The announcement also adds to the already confirmed large scale shows, venue returns, and anniversary specials across the first ADE 2026 release.
DGTL continues with more than 45 artists across seven events, including Joris Voorn, Kevin de Vries, Miss Monique, NTO live, Ashibah, EMILIJA, Faster Horses, Novah, Øtta, STAFFY, JAMIIE, Meera, Philou Louzolo, Tinlicker, Benwal, DJ EZ, Lammer, MPH, and Olive Anguz among its first names. The promoter updates continue with Into the Woods, which has revealed more than 25 artists including ANNĒ, Boss Priester, Clara Cuvé, Davyboi, Deer Jade, DJ BORING, ELIF, Essi, Freddi, future.666, Gaskin, KELLAR, Kyle Starkey, Lamsi, Marsolo, newtone, Obskür, ØTTA, Sam Alfred, and Young Marco, adding another major set of names to the first ADE 2026 announcement.
ADE 2026 Tickets, Pro Pass And 30th Anniversary Details
The first announcement represents the opening 8% of artists and DJs confirmed for ADE 2026, with the complete ADE program set to be announced in the coming months. Individual tickets are now available through ADE’s program, while the ADE Pro Pass is also available for those attending the conference and wider industry events.
The 2026 edition marks 30 years since Amsterdam Dance Event began in 1996. Over the past three decades, ADE has grown into one of electronic music’s most important global gatherings, bringing artists, labels, promoters, venues, and industry professionals together across Amsterdam each October. More specials, initiatives, and events celebrating 30 YEARS ADE will be revealed throughout the coming months.
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DGTL Announces ADE 2026 Lineup in Amsterdam, with eight shows across NDSM Warehouse and Kromhouthal
From Thursday, October 22 to Sunday, October 25, DGTL returns to Amsterdam Dance Event with a program spanning eight shows across two locations: the NDSM Warehouse and the Kromhouthal. For ADE 2026, DGTL brings a wider Amsterdam edition that stretches from daytime showcases to late night events, with the full Generator stage appearing in the daytime schedule for the first time and Frequency taking over the night shows. The lineup brings together Tinlicker, Joris Voorn, Kevin de Vries, Miss Monique, Nicky Elisabeth, Shimza, Lane 8, Yotto, Sultan + Shepard, Novah, and Folamour, with each day moving between live electronic music, melodic house, progressive house, Afro house, techno, disco, garage, and bass. Alongside the main NDSM Warehouse events, Kromhouthal adds two daytime shows to the week, including Lane 8 presents This Never Happened on Saturday and Folamour All Day Long on Sunday. With eight shows planned across four days, DGTL ADE 2026 gives Amsterdam Dance Event a broad electronic music schedule that connects bigger live shows, curated all day events, and late night warehouse sets across Amsterdam Nort.
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DGTL Expands Its ADE 2026 Run Across Two Amsterdam Venues
The addition of Kromhouthal gives DGTL a second Amsterdam North location for ADE 2026, with two daytime events running away from the main NDSM Warehouse schedule. On Saturday, Lane 8 brings This Never Happened to the former industrial hall on the IJ, joined by Yotto, Mees Salomé, Sultan + Shepard, Kasbo, and Ashibah for a daytime show centered on melodic house and progressive influences. The concept has long been tied to its no phone policy, which gives the Kromhouthal date a different feel from the warehouse shows happening elsewhere in the week. On Sunday, Folamour closes the Kromhouthal run with an exclusive All Day Long show, moving through disco, house, funk, and soul across an extended daytime set.
At NDSM Warehouse, DGTL keeps the four day schedule closer to its main ADE identity, starting with DGTL Opening Day on Thursday before Tinlicker bring their live show on Friday evening. Later that night, the venue turns toward progressive house and melodic techno with Joris Voorn, Kevin de Vries, Miss Monique, Nicky Elisabeth, and NTO live, while Saturday gives Shimza his first full DGTL curation with Âme DJ, Desiree, Bedouin, Arodes, and Stoffela. The late Saturday show then shifts into Novah & Friends, with Ciara Cuvé, Ueberrest, EMILIJA, Faster Horses, Øtta, and more placed around hard techno, trance, bounce, and rave influences. The split between NDSM Warehouse and Kromhouthal gives DGTL ADE 2026 a clearer four day arc, with live shows, curated artist events, no phone daytime concepts, and late night warehouse dates running across the same Amsterdam Dance Event week.
DGTL Brings Its Festival Stage Setup Into ADE 2026
Since its first edition in early 2013, DGTL has grown around a festival format where music sits alongside art, sustainability, social safety, and circular event production. Those parts of the brand are relevant here because Generator is coming into Amsterdam Dance Event from the wider DGTL Festival world, where stages are part of the event’s own structure instead of being used as simple room labels. For ADE 2026, Generator brings that festival connection into the daytime schedule, while Frequency keeps the later shows tied to a separate part of DGTL’s stage setup. It adds a stronger event identity to the week without needing to go back through the artist list or the venue split again.
The background also connects to Monumental, the event company behind Awakenings, which has been running events for over 29 years and welcomes around 300,000 visitors annually through the Awakenings brand. With DGTL now part of that wider portfolio, the press release places the festival alongside a larger push toward sustainable event production, lower ecological impact, and a broader electronic music range across house, techno, disco, and related sounds. That makes Generator and Frequency useful details for this section because they show how DGTL ADE 2026 is carrying the brand’s festival framework into Amsterdam Dance Event, while the earlier sections have already covered the dates, venues, artists, and show split
Tickets for DGTL ADE 2026 are available now through dgtl.nl, with presale starting on Wednesday, June 24 at 16:00 CEST and the regular sale opening on Thursday, June 25 at 16:00 CEST. Attendees can check the full timetable, compare the different show times, and choose which part of the week fits their Amsterdam Dance Event plans before tickets move into general sale. With press images and accreditation already shared alongside the announcement, DGTL’s latest ADE update also gives media and attendees a clear place to start planning for October. Visit DGTL’s official website for tickets, event details, and the complete ADE 2026 schedule
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David Guetta AMF 2026 confirmed for Johan Cruijff Arena on Saturday, October 24, 2026
AMF returns to the Johan Cruijff Arena during Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), announcing global icon David Guetta as the first headliner for its 2026 edition, returning after six years. The French superstar and number 1 DJ in the world brings his Monolith Show to Amsterdam on Saturday, October 24, 2026, marking a major moment for both the festival and the artist. Pre-registration is now open, with tickets going on sale Wednesday, March 25. Pre-sale tickets will be available from 12:00 CET, followed by the general sale at 15:00 CET via amf-festival.com.
David Guetta Returns to AMF After Six Years
David Guetta’s return to AMF places him back at the centre of one of ADE’s most visible stages, with the event continuing to close out the week inside the Johan Cruijff Arena. His previous appearances at AMF go back to the period when the show consistently filled the arena with crowds of around 40,000, with lineups that included Armin van Buuren, Martin Garrix, Hardwell, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, and Tiësto across different editions. David Guetta appeared on lineups such as AMF 2019, before returning again in 2020, which is the last time he performed at the event.
That six-year gap is what gives this booking more weight. AMF has remained a fixed point in Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), but the names leading each edition have shifted across recent years. Bringing David Guetta back into that closing slot for 2026, which also aligns with ADE’s 30th anniversary, places him again within the group of artists historically tied to the final night of the week. While ADE unfolds across clubs and venues such as Paradiso, Melkweg, and Shelter, AMF stands apart as a single-night stadium show, which is where this return carries significance.
What the Monolith Show Actually Is
For AMF 2026, David Guetta is set to present his Monolith Show, a production format introduced across his recent large-scale performances. According to the official Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) announcement, the show is centred around a vertical LED monolith structure, supported by 3D mapping and a detailed lighting system designed for stadium environments. This gives a clearer picture of what is being brought to Amsterdam, especially within a venue the size of the Johan Cruijff Arena.
The same concept has been tied to upcoming stadium shows, including dates at Stade de France, where the production is described around the same monolith-based structure. That continuity suggests that the version presented at AMF 2026 will follow the same format, adjusted to the scale of the arena. In practical terms, this points to a set where visual production plays a central role alongside the music, consistent with how David Guetta has been presenting his recent headline performances.
AMF 2026 Ticket Sales and Pre-Registration Details
With David Guetta confirmed for AMF 2026, pre-registration is now open ahead of the first ticket release. This phase has been used consistently by AMF to manage early demand, particularly once the first headline name is announced and interest begins to concentrate around initial ticket phases.
Pre-sale begins on Wednesday, March 25 at 12:00 CET, followed by the general sale at 15:00 CET via the official AMF platform. In previous editions, the main floor inside the Johan Cruijff Arena has typically been the first to sell out, alongside premium and VIP options that offer designated viewing areas within the venue. With the first announcement now confirmed, further lineup additions are expected in the lead-up to Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) as the full AMF 2026 lineup is revealed.
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