Das Festival findet wie gewohnt in Biddinghuizen in den Niederlanden statt und wird mehr als 300 bekannte Künstler wie Coone, Headhunterz, Sub Zero Project und viele mehr auf den zahlreichen bunten Bühnen präsentieren. Ein brandneuer Aspekt des Festivals mit dem Namen "Fresh Fridays" wird neue Talente auf die Bühne bringen und Künstler, die die Fans nicht erwarten würden. Jede Bühne wird einen bestimmten Schwerpunkt haben und Künstler wie Bloodlust und Andy The Core werden vertreten sein. Die Fans können außerdem sicher sein, dass ihre Lieblingskünstler mit weiteren Künstlern wie Radical Redemption und Act of Rage auf dem Festival-Line-Up vertreten sein werden. Außerdem kehren beliebte Segmente des Festivals wie The Gathering am Donnerstag, The Closing Ceremony und Power Hour sowie ein Live-Set von Defqon.1-Legenden zurück. Defqon.1 ist auf dem besten Weg, eines der besten Jahre dieses Sommers zu werden. Die letzten Tickets für das Festival sind über die offizielle Website von Defqon.1 erhältlich, wo man auch das komplette Lineup einsehen kann. Um den Hype und die Vorfreude auf das Defqon.1 zu steigern, hat die Organisation ein 41-minütiges Promo-Video mit Highlights aus den vergangenen Jahren hochgeladen, das Sie sich unten auf YouTube ansehen können.
Defqon.1 Weekend Festival is an annual music festival held in the Netherlands. In the past, it was also held in Chile and Australia. Founded in 2003 by festival organizer Q-dance, the festival plays mostly hardstyle and related genres such as hardcore, early and classic. Defqon.1 Weekend Festival GenreElectronic Dance music, hard dance, hardstyle, hardcore, hard house, Freestyle, hard trance, psychedelic trance, Hardtechno, Speedcore and FrenchcoreDatesNetherlands (since 14 June 2003)Australia (19 September 2009-September 16, 2018) Chile (12 December 2015 & 10 December 2016)Location(s)Netherlands (since 14 June 2003) Australia (19 September 2009- 16 September 2018) Chile (12 December 2015 & 10 December 2016)Years active2003–2019 (Netherlands) 2009–2018 (Australia) 2015–2016 (Chile)Founded byQ-danceCapacity100,000 (Daily)WebsiteDefqon.1 Weekend Festival Defqon.1 Festival Australia Defqon.1 Festival Chile The primary stage at Defqon.1, the RED Stage, is the largest stage. (photo from 2022) The festival was previously held in mid-June on Almeerderstrand in Almere. Since 2011, it is hosted on the event site next to Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen. Since 2009, the event has also been hosted in Sydney in mid-September, at the Sydney International Regatta Centre. Until 2011 (2014 for the Australian edition) the festival ran for 12 hours, from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm, and ended with a firework display. Since 2012, the festival was extended to three days. Since 2015, the Australian edition was extended to two days. Each edition also has an anthem, an official song that is played in conjunction with the festival. The festival is also livestreamed with video from the largest stages and audio for all the other stages through YouTube,[1] and the Q-Dance[2] website for people all around the world to tune into. At the Dutch event the audience has grown to 65,000 visitors per day. In 2013, the Sydney event attracted 18,000 attendees.[3] The same event saw the death of a male, around 20 drug overdoses[3] and more than 80 arrested on drug charges.[4] On 17 September 2018, the New South Wales Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, announced her intention that Defqon.1 would not take place again, due to two deaths that took place at the 2018 festival.[5] At this event seven hundred people sought medical assistance.[6] Shane Rattenbury, the Greens leader in the ACT, has invited Defqon.1 to take place in Canberra where pill testing could be carried out after a successful trial with Groovin the Moo.[7] On 29 May 2019, Q-dance announced on its official Facebook profiles that Defqon.1 Australia, after a decade being held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre (Penrith),[8] would be indefinitely suspended, since they were "unable to secure a suitable replacement venue for the event to take place [...]"[9] 2020 did not see Defqon.1 held after the Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte declared that all events in the Netherlands were cancelled until September 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Defqon.1 was held virtually in 2021, with sets from participating performers streamed from the Defqon.1 website. The festival hopes to be in person in 2022.[10]
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