From Thursday, October 22 to Sunday, October 25, DGTL returns to Amsterdam Dance Event with a program spanning eight shows across two locations: the NDSM Warehouse and the Kromhouthal. For four days, DGTL will bring together diverse currents from within electronic music, ranging from large-scale live shows and carefully curated daytime programs, to club concepts centering on both established names and new generations of artists. Starting from its own musical premise, each show will bring together a different facet of electronic music.

For the very first time, DGTL will bring its entire Generator stage to its daytime ADE programs, the iconic stage has been a crowd favorite at DGTL Festival for years. Not to be outdone, shows on the nighttime program will take place in Frequency, promising just as much impact.

Thursday, October 22 – DGTL Opening Day: Thursday is dedicated to a new generation of artists who move effortlessly between different currents within electronic music. In Generator, influences from trance, hard house, eurodance, and progressive club music come together in sets that revolve around energy, emotion, and movement. With Benwal, Helena Lauwaert, Lammer, Paige Tomlinson and Olive Anguz, DGTL presents a selection of artists that aligns with a broader development within electronic music, where genres increasingly overlap and a new generation of clubgoers is less constrained by traditional labels. 

In Frequency, the focus shifts to UK-inspired club culture with heavyweights including DJ EZ, Dr Dubplate & Locky, and MPH. Rooted in garage, bass, and sound system traditions, this line-up showcases a side of electronic music that has had a huge influence on dance floors far beyond the United Kingdom in recent years.

Friday, October 23 – Tinlicker & Special Guests: Friday evening is dedicated to Tinlicker. The Dutch duo will bring an extensive live show to the NDSM Warehouse, inviting a number of special guests whose names will be announced later. Tinlicker’s roots run deep within the underground circuit where they remain beloved by fans, but over the past few years the duo has grown into an international live act that effortlessly connects large concert halls, festivals, and clubs. Their shows move between introspective moments and euphoric highlights, making them equally suitable for attentive listening as for a packed dance floor. Their DGTL ADE special promises to be an evening where the line between concert and club night blurs to dazzling effect. 

Friday, October 23 – Friday Night: Later in the evening, the NDSM Warehouse takes center stage for a night program centering on melody, build-up, and atmosphere. With Joris Voorn, Kevin de Vries, Miss Monique, Nicky Elisabeth and NTO (live), DGTL presents a line-up of artists who each work in their own way with long tension arcs, layered productions, and carefully constructed sets.

From the warm, emotional approach of NTO to the grand productions of Kevin de Vries and the characteristic styles of Joris Voorn and Miss Monique, the night segues between progressive house, melodic techno, and everything in between.

Saturday, October 24 – Shimza & Co: For the first time, South African DJ and producer Shimza is given the opportunity to curate an entire DGTL show. With artists such as Âme DJ & Desiree, Bedouin, Arodes, and Stoffela, he brings together a program in which influences from different continents, scenes, and traditions converge.

Shimza belongs to a generation of artists who have brought Afro house to a much broader audience in recent years, without losing the connection to the music’s South African origins. His curation reflects that development and brings together artists who, each from their own background, contribute to an increasingly international musical landscape.

In Frequency, DGTL also presents a supplementary program featuring JAMIIE & Meera, NIOMII, and NOVA:II (Philou Louzolo & Cincity) among others.

Saturday night, October 24 – Novah & Friends: As Saturday night falls, Novah takes the helm for a club night centered on speed, intensity and rave culture. Over the past few years the Belgian DJ has built a reputation with sets in which techno, trance, and rave influences move together at a rapid pace. With performances by Ciara Cuvé & Ueberrest, EMILIJA & Faster Horses, Øtta & Special Guest, STAFFY, and Novah herself, it promises to be a night where hard techno, bounce, and rave influences meet.

DGTL ADE at the Kromhouthal: In addition to the program at the NDSM Warehouse, ADE 2026 will see DGTL presenting two daytime shows at the Kromhouthal in Amsterdam-North. The former industrial hall on the IJ forms the backdrop for two concepts in which a single artist takes center stage and is given the space to shape an entire day. On Saturday, Lane 8 brings his concept This Never Happened to the Kromhouthal, while Sunday is entirely dedicated to Folamour All Day Long.

Saturday, October 24 – Lane 8 presents This Never Happened: Lane 8 brings its globally renowned concept This Never Happened to Amsterdam. The name refers to the no-phone policy that has been part of the concept from the very beginning. What started as a series of events has grown over the past few years into a record label, event platform, and community with a recognizable musical direction. Together with Yotto, Mees Salomé, Sultan + Shepard, Kasbo, and Ashibah, Lane 8 will present a daytime program the centres on melodic house, progressive influences, and carefully constructed sets.

Sunday, October 25 – Folamour All Day Long: French crowd favorite Folamour closes out the weekend with an exclusive All Day Long show. Moving effortlessly between disco, house, funk, and soul, Folamour is internationally renowned for long sets where various musical influences come together. A warm and exuberant finale to round off DGTL ADE 2026 in true style.

Tickets & info and further information can be found here.