Moments · 8 picks · Wed to Sun
An evening mixer, then a night that starts early enough.
For Pro pass holders with early starts. One mixer a day after the sessions, and one night that begins before 10pm, so you can make it and still be up for the morning.
By Songpot desk · from the ADE programme, our venue guide and artist notes
Afro and tribal house with business cards.
VOYA's afternoon networking event: DELO's polyrhythmic tribal house, J Maia's Ibiza Afro house and Josh Charm's soulful, melodic records in the background.
For fans of Black Coffee, Hunee
Big-room techno to open the week.
Alan Fitzpatrick's kick-first techno, Joyhauser's riffs and melodic lift and T78's fast, hard drive, in a music complex of studios and stages. Starts early enough to make after the conference.
For fans of Adam Beyer, Charlotte de Witte
Drinks with label people, in a 17th-century house.
HMWL and Indie Music Rights invite their label artists and partners to the cocktail bar of the Kimpton De Witt: HAUMS' melodic, organic house and Alex Twin's Afro-leaning grooves in the background, conversations in the foreground.
For fans of Hernan Cattaneo, Nora En Pure
Seth Troxler's party, with the Montreal and Amsterdam crowd.
Troxler swings loose between Chicago house, minimal and left turns; Tiga, whose Turbo label launched Chromeo and Gesaffelstein, brings rubbery electro and tense house; Tom Trago's disco bass keeps it human. Starts early, at a red-cube bar with a rooftop by Sloterdijk.
For fans of The Martinez Brothers, Soulwax
Cocktails with the collecting society.
BumaStemra's evening drinks with DJ Sophie Ruijgrok and the Fabulous Shaker Boys behind the bar. Relaxed networking after the sessions.
With Sophie Ruijgrok
The Dutch and Belgian hip-hop business, open for questions.
Bookers, label people and producers including Live Nation Belgium's Arno de Waard and SOUNDPLUG's Ephra. For rappers and producers who want to meet the people who book and sign.
With Amier Kalaeli, Arno de Waard, DJ Chuckie, Ephra, Gillian Landbrug, Hanneke de Jonge
The stadium show: AMF fills the ArenA.
David Guetta's big-room hooks, Armin van Buuren's long trance builds, Marlon Hoffstadt's fast, whistle-hooked hard house, plus Afrojack, Amelie Lens and ARTBAT. The week's biggest room, by a long way.
For fans of Martin Garrix, Tiësto
Bedouin at the top of a harbour crane.
Bedouin's long-form house built on percussion, oud-like melodies and wide pads, with Birds of Mind's warm organic house and Rockin Moroccin's tribal disco gloss, in a converted crane above the IJ. A small, special room.
For fans of Black Coffee, Dixon, Tale Of Us
Times, lineups and tickets are on each event's ADE programme page. Songpot is independent of the festival.