By sound · 7 picks · Wed to Sat
Afro house, amapiano, baile funk and club sounds from everywhere.
By Songpot · from the ADE programme, our venue guide and artist notes
Black Coffee, three hours, in the Ziggo Dome.
Black Coffee plays a three-hour set at the Ziggo Dome to open the week: soulful South African house on a big scale. It's early, starting at 6pm, with trains and the metro at Bijlmer ArenA.
For fans of Keinemusik, Osunlade
South African Afro tech and amapiano, from the source.
South African house veteran Oskido, Bun Xapa's Afro tech and SAFFOU's Zenzele crew in a central club. Go on the opening Wednesday if you want the real lineage behind the Afro house wave.
For fans of Black Coffee, Kabza De Small
Eastern Margins' club music from the edges, live.
Eastern Margins, a platform for alternative Asian club culture, at Parallel in Noord: Mechatok, the Tokyo trance collective Minna-no-Kimochi, and Effie's hyperpop. It's the most unexpected room of the week.
For fans of Bladee, Vegyn
Damian Lazarus and MoBlack, in a monumental riverside hall.
MoBlack's Afro house label and La Nouba run eight hours at Panama, with Damian Lazarus and Tripolism. It's a long Thursday from 11pm to 7am.
For fans of Black Coffee
A baile funk special, Brazil to Curaçao to Amsterdam.
Sissi's becomes the city's baile funk room for a night: Bronka from Montes Claros with Kurashi Soundsystem's Curaçao-Amsterdam jungle and garage. It's fast and bouncy; take a taxi home.
For fans of Mochakk
Patta's yearly ADE get-together.
Patta's annual ADE get-together at Skatecafe, with Keep Hush and Sankofa Archives: Amsterdam's grime, UKG, jungle and soul selectors on home turf. It's the local scene, not the tourist one.
For fans of Kaytranada, Ben UFO
Blendsworld's Afro house, sold out last year.
An African electronic night in Melkweg's MAX that sold out last year: Dlala Thukzin's afrotech and gqom, Danni Gato and Henry X. It's central, late and peak-time.
For fans of Black Coffee, Major League DJz
Times, lineups and tickets are on each event's ADE programme page. Songpot is independent of the festival.