Mayday (music festival)

Mayday
GenreElectronic music
DatesApril and December
Location(s)Germany, Poland, Hungary, Russia
Years active1991–2008
FoundersFabian Lenz
Websitewww.mayday.de

Mayday was an electronic music festival in Germany, where it debuted in 1991, and in Katowice, Poland where it debuted in 2000. Despite the name, Mayday festivals date oscillates between April and December (these being called Winter Mayday). Currently, the festival takes place only in around 30 April in Dortmund and 10 November in Katowice.

Each Mayday has a theme. Until 2013 it was composed by Members of Mayday, DJs WestBam and Klaus Jankuhn.[1]

Since 1998 Mayday (Germany) is supported by eve&rave Münster e.V. with drug-information-desks.

Although it played techno music in its early days, in recent years Mayday has opened up to new sounds, from hardstyle to house, trance and EDM.

List of Mayday events

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Attendance figures are estimated.

Event name Date Location Attendance Acts
Best of House and Techno '91 1991-12-14 Berlin, Halle Weissensee 5000 18
  • DJs: Frank de Wulf, WestBam, Sven Väth, Dick, Rok, Tanith, Dave Angel, Moneypenny, Sascha, Marusha, Mate Galic, Neutron 9000, Pure Energy
  • Live Acts: Ravesignal, Speedy J, Mental Overdrive, The Hypnotist
A New Chapter of House and Techno 1992-04-30 Cologne, Eis- und Schwimmstadion 12000
Forward Ever, Backward Never 1992-12-12 Berlin, Halle Weissensee 7000 21
The Judgement Day 1993-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 16000 29
The Religion 1993-12-11 Berlin, Halle Weissensee 6000 21
Rave Olympia 1994-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 24000 33
The Raving Society (We Are Different) 1994-11-25
1994-11-26 		Berlin, Deutschlandhalle 32000 22
Reformation 1995-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 22000 34
The Great Coalition 1995-12-16 Frankfurt, Festhalle 18000 40
The Day X 1996-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 20000 47
Life on Mars 1996-12-14 Berlin 8000 26
Sonic Empire 1997-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 18000 42
Save the Robots 1998-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 20000 35
Soundtropolis 1999-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 20000 37
Datapop 2000-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 20000 37
Mayday Polska 2000-11-10 Katowice 9000 19
10 in 01 2001-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 20000 38
Culture Flash 2002-04- Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 20000 37
Mayday comes to Budapest 2002 Budapest
Password Europe 2003-03-29 Budapest, Hungexpo 9000 50
Troopa of Tomorrow 2003-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 17000 42
Future Downloaded 2004-04-03 Budapest 10000 70
Team X-Treme 2004-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 20000 38
U Make The Rules, We Make The Noise 2005-03-26 Budapest, Hungexpo F-F2 11000
Prototypes 2005-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 20000 40
Power Recycling 2006-03-18 Budapest
Worldclub 2006-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 20000 35
New Euphoria 2007-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 20000 70
Reflect Yourself 2008-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 25000 50
Massive Moments 2009-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 25000
Massive Moments 2009-06-13 Budapest, Óbuda Island 80
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  • Mayday 2009
    Mayday 2009
  • Tom Novy at Mayday 2009
    Tom Novy at Mayday 2009
  • Sven Väth at Mayday 2009
    Sven Väth at Mayday 2009

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Westbam steigt bei der Mayday in Dortmund aus, derwesten.de, retrieved 5 February 2014
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