Mayday (music festival)

Updated on Dec 14, 2023

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Genre Electronic music Location Spodek, Katowice, Poland Founded by Fabian Lenz		Years active 1991-present Dates 10 Nov 2016

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Mayday, like the former Love Parade, is one of the oldest and most reputed electronic music festivals in Germany, having its debut on 1991 and Katowice, Poland, having its debut on 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.

Mayday reflects and determines actual trends in techno music within present year.

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

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

List of Mayday events

Attendance figures are estimated.

Best Of House And Techno `91

Anthem: No Anthem, Only Radio-Jingle by Marusha

Berlin, Halle Weissensee

14 December 1991

Attendance: 5000

Live Acts and DJs: 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 '92

Anthem: The Mayday Anthem, by WestBam, featuring Marusha

Köln, Eis- und Schwimmstadion

30.04.1992

Attendance: 12000

Forward Ever, Backward Never

Berlin, Halle Weissensee

12 December 1992

Attendance: 7000

Live Acts and DJs: 21

The Judgement Day

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 1993

Attendance: 16000

Live Acts and DJs: 29

The Religion

Berlin, Halle Weissensee

11 December 1993

Attendance: 6000

Live Acts and DJs: 21

Rave Olympia

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 1994

Attendance: 24000

Live Acts and DJs: 33

The Raving Society (We Are Different)

only "Twin-Mayday" ever

Berlin, Deutschlandhalle

25. & 26. November 1994

Attendance: 32000 (figures indicate the sum of both days)

Live Acts and DJs: 22

Reformation

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 1995

Attendance: 22000

Live Acts and DJs: 34

The Great Coalition

Frankfurt, Festhalle

16 December 1995

Attendance: 18000

Live Acts and DJs: 40

The Day X

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 1996

Attendance: 20000

Live Acts and DJs: 47

Life On Mars

Berlin, Arena

14 December 1996

Attendance: 8000

Live Acts and DJs: 26

Sonic Empire

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 1997

Attendance: 18000

Live Acts and DJs: 42

Save The Robots

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 1998

Attendance: 20000

Live Acts and DJs: 35

Soundtropolis

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 1999

Attendance: 20000

Live Acts and DJs: 37

Datapop

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 2000

Attendance: 22000

Live Acts and DJs: 37

Mayday Polska

Katowice

10 November 2000

Attendance: 9000

Live Acts and DJs: 19

10 in 01

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 2001

Attendance: 20000

Live Acts and DJs: 38

Culture Flash

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 2002

Attendance: 20000

Live Acts and DJs: 37

Troopa Of Tomorrow

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 2003

Attendance: 17000

Live Acts and DJs: 42

Team X-Treme

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 2004

Attendance: 20000

Live Acts and DJs: 38

Prototypes

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 2005

Attendance: 20000

Live Acts and DJs: 40

Mayday comes to Budapest

Budapest

2002

Password Europe

Budapest, Hungexpo

29 March 2003

Attendance: near 9000

Live Acts and DJs: 50

Future Downloaded

Budapest

3 April 2004

Attendance: more than 10000

Live Acts and DJs: 70

U Make The Rules, We Make The Noise

(Anthem by Collins & Behnam)

Budapest, Hungexpo F-F2

26.03.2005

Attendance: more than 11000

Live Acts and DJs: ?

Worldclub

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 2006

Attendance: 20000

Live Acts and DJs: 35

Power Recycling

(Anthem by Collins & Behnam)

Budapest

18.03.2006

Attendance: ?

Live Acts and DJs: ?

New Euphoria

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 2007

Attendance: 20000

Live Acts and DJs: 70

Reflect Yourself

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30 April 2008

Attendance: 25000

Live Acts and DJs: 50

Massive Moments

Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

30. April 2009

Attendance: 25000

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Massive Moments

Budapest, Óbuda Island

13 June 2009

Attendance: ?

Live Acts and DJs: 80

References

Mayday (music festival) Wikipedia

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