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The year in numbers

Australia: 2025 in harder styles

Festivals 2025 · 2025 around the world · 2024 · 2026

The year in lines

Events
87
Cities
10
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane
Festivals
5
Artists
416
booked at least once
Busiest month
February
23 events
Busiest weekend
24–26 January
7 events

Most booked artists

  1. 01Colin Hennerz15 events
  2. 02D14 events
  3. 03Steve Hill13 events
  4. 04Suae11 events
  5. 05Animosity10 events
  6. 06Tim Dawes10 events
  7. 07Adrian Daynes9 events
  8. 08MC Pez9 events
  9. 09DNA8 events
  10. 10Firelite8 events

From the line-ups on the map: an artist counts once per event.

Biggest festivals

Ranked by the number of artists on their line-up.

Events by month

  1. Jan13
  2. Feb23
  3. Mar11
  4. Apr16
  5. May15
  6. Jun6
  7. Jul0
  8. Aug1
  9. Sep0
  10. Oct1
  11. Nov1
  12. Dec0

Styles split

  • Hardstyle 74 events · 85 %
  • Hardcore 56 events · 64 %
  • Uptempo 15 events · 17 %
  • Frenchcore 10 events · 11 %

An event with several styles counts for each of them.

By city

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Questions and answers

How many harder styles events were there in Australia in 2025?
87 events on HarderstyleMap, including 5 festivals.
Which artists played the most in 2025?
Colin Hennerz (15 events), D (14 events), Steve Hill (13 events), Suae (11 events), Animosity (10 events).
What were the biggest festivals of 2025?
Ultra Australia (35 artists), Asteria Outdoors (33 artists), Project Hardstyle Open Air (11 artists), Meltdown Festival (9 artists), Trancition Festival: Worlds Collide (9 artists).
What was the busiest month of 2025?
February, with 23 events. The busiest weekend was 24–26 January, with 7 events.