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The year in numbers

The Netherlands: 2025 in harder styles

Festivals 2025 · 2025 around the world · 2024 · 2026

The year in lines

Events
438
Cities
10
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Tilburg, Eindhoven, Utrecht
Festivals
96
Artists
2462
booked at least once
Busiest month
January
99 events
Busiest weekend
24–26 January
29 events

Most booked artists

  1. 01Panic46 events
  2. 02The Darkraver38 events
  3. 03Unresolved34 events
  4. 04Jason Payne27 events
  5. 05Spitnoise27 events
  6. 06Crypsis26 events
  7. 07Partyraiser26 events
  8. 08Rejecta26 events
  9. 09Dual Damage25 events
  10. 10Kruelty25 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. Jan99
  2. Feb88
  3. Mar95
  4. Apr51
  5. May31
  6. Jun13
  7. Jul14
  8. Aug9
  9. Sep12
  10. Oct9
  11. Nov15
  12. Dec2

Styles split

  • Hardcore 260 events · 59 %
  • Hardstyle 232 events · 53 %
  • Uptempo 133 events · 30 %
  • Frenchcore 76 events · 17 %
  • Hardtek 33 events · 8 %

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 The Netherlands in 2025?
438 events on HarderstyleMap, including 96 festivals.
Which artists played the most in 2025?
Panic (46 events), The Darkraver (38 events), Unresolved (34 events), Jason Payne (27 events), Spitnoise (27 events).
What were the biggest festivals of 2025?
Defqon (345 artists), Decibel Outdoor (246 artists), Intents (232 artists), Dominator · 20 Years of Hardcore Domination (209 artists), Rebirth Festival 2025 (193 artists).
What was the busiest month of 2025?
January, with 99 events. The busiest weekend was 24–26 January, with 29 events.