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The year in numbers

France: 2025 in harder styles

Festivals 2025 · 2025 around the world · 2024 · 2026

The year in lines

Events
167
Cities
10
Paris, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Pantin
Festivals
25
Artists
1026
booked at least once
Busiest month
February
47 events
Busiest weekend
31 January – 2 February
14 events

Most booked artists

  1. 01Hysta12 events
  2. 02Mad Dog12 events
  3. 03R3TRIX11 events
  4. 04D-frek10 events
  5. 05El Desperado10 events
  6. 06Neko10 events
  7. 07Toxic Twins10 events
  8. 08Damien RK9 events
  9. 09LESSSS9 events
  10. 10Maissouille9 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. Jan18
  2. Feb47
  3. Mar31
  4. Apr11
  5. May42
  6. Jun7
  7. Jul3
  8. Aug4
  9. Sep2
  10. Oct2
  11. Nov0
  12. Dec0

Styles split

  • Hardcore 113 events · 68 %
  • Hardstyle 83 events · 50 %
  • Frenchcore 62 events · 37 %
  • Uptempo 60 events · 36 %
  • Hardtek 29 events · 17 %

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 France in 2025?
167 events on HarderstyleMap, including 25 festivals.
Which artists played the most in 2025?
Hysta (12 events), Mad Dog (12 events), R3TRIX (11 events), D-frek (10 events), El Desperado (10 events).
What were the biggest festivals of 2025?
Tomorrowland Winter 2025 (77 artists), Eskape Festival 2025 (61 artists), Millesima Festival (48 artists), Insane Festival (10 Years Edition) (45 artists), Reperkusound (44 artists).
What was the busiest month of 2025?
February, with 47 events. The busiest weekend was 31 January – 2 February, with 14 events.