Defqon.1 Festival
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Genre | Electronic Dance music,hard dance,hardstyle,hardcore,hard house,Freestyle,hard trance,psychedelic trance,Hardtechno,SpeedcoreandFrenchcore |
Dates | Netherlands(since 14 June 2003) Australia(19 September 2009-September 16, 2018) Chile(12 December 2015 & 10 December 2016) |
Location(s) | Netherlands(since 14 June 2003) Australia(19 September 2009- 16 September 2018) Chile(12 December 2015 & 10 December 2016) |
Years active | 2003–Present (Netherlands) 2009–2018 (Australia) 2015–2016 (Chile) |
Founders | Q-dance |
Attendance | 100,000 (2022)[1] |
Website | Defqon.1 Weekend Festival Defqon.1 Festival Australia Defqon.1 Festival Chile |
Defqon.1 Weekend Festivalis an annualmusic festivalheld in theNetherlands.In the past, it was also held inChileandAustralia.Founded in 2003 by festival organizerQ-dance,the festival plays mostlyhardstyleand related genres such ashardcore,early and classic.
Events
[edit]The festival was previously held in mid-June on Almeerderstrand inAlmere.Since 2011, it is hosted on the event site next toWalibi HollandinBiddinghuizen.Since 2009, the event has also been hosted inSydneyin mid-September, at theSydney International Regatta Centre.Until 2011 (2014 for the Australian edition) the festival ran for 12 hours, from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm, and ended with a firework display. Since 2012, the festival was extended to three days. Since 2015, the Australian edition was extended to two days. Each edition also has an anthem, an official song that is played in conjunction with the festival. The festival is also livestreamed with video from the largest stages and audio for all the other stages throughYouTube,[2]and theQ-Dance[3]website for people all around the world to tune into.
At theDutchevent the audience has grown to 65,000 visitors per day. In 2013, theSydneyevent attracted 18,000 attendees.[4]The same event saw the death of a male, around 20 drug overdoses[4]and more than 80 arrested on drug charges.[5]
On 17 September 2018, the New South Wales Premier,Gladys Berejiklian,announced her intention that Defqon.1 would not take place again, due to two deaths that took place at the 2018 festival.[6]At this event seven hundred people sought medical assistance.[7]Shane Rattenbury,the Greens leader in theACT,has invited Defqon.1 to take place inCanberrawhere pill testing could be carried out after a successful trial withGroovin the Moo.[8]
On 29 May 2019,Q-danceannounced on its official Facebook profiles that Defqon.1 Australia, after a decade being held at theSydney International Regatta Centre(Penrith),[9]would be indefinitely suspended, since they were "unable to secure a suitable replacement venue for the event to take place [...]"[10]
2020 did not see Defqon.1 held after the Dutch prime ministerMark Ruttedeclared that all events in theNetherlandswere cancelled until September 2020 due to the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic.Defqon.1 was held virtually in 2021, with sets from participating performers streamed from the Defqon.1 website.[11]
The festival was held in person again in 2022, with over 100.000 unique visitors.[12]
Festival history
[edit]Year | Location | Anthem & Theme | Number of visitors* | Number of performers | Ticket
Price |
Token Price | Date |
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2003 | Almeerderstrand,Almere,Flevoland,The Netherlands | 25,000 | 48 | 14 June | |||
2004 | 79 | 19 June | |||||
2005 | Emergency Call(The Prophet) | 85 | 18 June | ||||
2006 | The Colour of the Harder Styles(Showtek) | 103 | 17 June | ||||
2007 | Get Wasted(Brennan Heart) | 124 | 16 June | ||||
2008 | Biological Insanity(Luna &Deepack) | 119 | 14 June | ||||
2009 | Almeerderstrand,Almere,Flevoland,The Netherlands | Scrap Attack(Headhunterz) | 30,000 | 104 | 13 June | ||
Sydney International Regatta Centre,Penrith,New South Wales,Australia | Maximum Force(Zany) | 52 | 19 September | ||||
2010 | Almeerderstrand,Almere,Flevoland,The Netherlands | No Time To Waste(Wildstylez) | 40,000 | 115 | 12 June | ||
Sydney International Regatta Centre,Penrith,New South Wales,Australia | Save Your Scrap for Victory(Headhunterz) | 72 | 18 September | ||||
2011 | Walibi HollandEvenemententerrein,Biddinghuizen,Flevoland,The Netherlands | Unite(Noisecontrollers) | 127 | 25 June | |||
Sydney International Regatta Centre,Penrith,New South Wales,Australia | Psychedelic Wasteland(Toneshifterz) | 72 | 17 September | ||||
2012 | Walibi HollandEvenemententerrein,Biddinghuizen,Flevoland,The Netherlands | World of Madness(Headhunterz,Wildstylez&Noisecontrollers) | 55,000 | 21–23 June | |||
Sydney International Regatta Centre,Penrith,New South Wales,Australia | True Rebel Freedom(Wildstylez) | 15 September | |||||
2013 | Walibi HollandEvenemententerrein,Biddinghuizen,Flevoland,The Netherlands | Weekend Warriors(Frontliner) | 55,000[13] | 312 | 21–23 June | ||
Sydney International Regatta Centre,Penrith,New South Wales,Australia | Scrap The System(Brennan Heart) | 18,000[4] | 14 September | ||||
2014 | Walibi HollandEvenemententerrein,Biddinghuizen,Flevoland,The Netherlands | Survival of the Fittest(Coone) | 55,000[14] | 207 | 27–29 June | ||
Sydney International Regatta Centre,Penrith,New South Wales,Australia | Unleash the Beast(Code Black) | 20 September | |||||
2015 | Walibi HollandEvenemententerrein,Biddinghuizen,Flevoland,The Netherlands | No Guts, No Glory(Ran-D) | 60,000[15] | 250+ | 19–21 June | ||
Sydney International Regatta Centre,Penrith,New South Wales,Australia | No Guts, No Glory(Frontliner, Dillytek & 360) | 21,000 | 97 | 18–19 September | |||
Centro de Eventos Munich,Santiago de Chile,Santiago Providence,Chile | Unleash The Beast(Wildstylez) | 30,000 | 33 | 12 December | |||
2016 | Walibi HollandEvenemententerrein,Biddinghuizen,Flevoland,The Netherlands | Dragonblood(Bass Modulators) | 100,000 | 24–26 June | |||
Sydney International Regatta Centre,Penrith,New South Wales,Australia | Dragonblood(Toneshifterz,Code Black&Audiofreq) | 25,000 | 17 September | ||||
Centro de Eventos Munich,Santiago de Chile,Santiago Providence,Chile | Dragonblood(Frontliner) | 20,000 | 10 December | ||||
2017 | Walibi HollandEvenemententerrein,Biddinghuizen,Flevoland,The Netherlands | Victory Forever(Frequencerz) | 150,000 | €143 Weekend + Camping | €2,70 = 1 Token | 23–25 June | |
Sydney International Regatta Centre,Penrith,New South Wales,Australia | Eye of the Storm(D-Block and S-Te-Fan) | 30,000 | 16 September | ||||
2018 | Walibi HollandEvenemententerrein,Biddinghuizen,Flevoland,The Netherlands | Maximum Force(Project One) | 185,000 | 226 | €155 Weekend + Camping | €2,89 = 1 Token | 22–24 June |
Sydney International Regatta Centre,Penrith,New South Wales,Australia | Dedicated To The Core(Coone) | 30,000 | 15 September | ||||
2019 | Walibi HollandEvenemententerrein,Biddinghuizen,Flevoland,The Netherlands | One Tribe(Phuture Noize,Keltek, Sefa) | 78,000 Unique visitors[16] | 235 | €3,00
= 1 Token |
28–30 June | |
2020 | Primal Energy(D-Block & S-te-Fan) | - | - | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, an @Home event took place. | |||
2021 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
2022 | Primal Energy (Haunted Grounds)(D-Block & S-te-Fan; under their live act Ghost Stories) | 100,000[12] | €3,60 = 1 Token | 23–26 June | |||
2023 | Path of the Warrior (Sub Zero Project)[17] | 250,000 | €249 Weekend + Camping | €3,80
= 1 Token |
22–25 June | ||
2024 | Power of the Tribe (Sound Rush - Power of the Tribe - YouTube | N/A | €280 Weekend + Camping | €4,00
= 1 Token |
27-30 June |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Report: Defqon.1 2022 - Primal Energy".Festival Fans.Retrieved23 May2024.
- ^"Q-dance".YouTube.Retrieved3 July2019.
- ^"Q-dance".Q-Dance.Retrieved3 July2019.
- ^abcEmma Partridge (15 September 2013)."Man dies at Defqon.1 music festival".The Sydney Morning Herald.Fairfax Media.Retrieved15 September2013.
- ^Amy Dale; Nathan Klein; Alicia Wood; Simon Black (16 September 2013)."Dance party drug death victim James Munro pictured before the fatal Defqon. 1 festival".The Daily Telegraph.Retrieved4 May2015.
- ^Kelly, Lidia (15 September 2018)."Two dead after suspected drug overdose at Sydney music festival".Reuters.Retrieved13 November2018.
'This is an unsafe event and I'll be doing everything I can to make sure it never happens again,' she added.
- ^Megan Palin and Natalie Wolfe (17 September 2018)."Sydney music festival deaths: Two young people dead".news.com.au.News Pty.Retrieved17 September2018.
- ^Scott, Elise (8 October 2018)."Push for Defqon.1 to move to ACT, where pill testing is supported".ABC News.Retrieved6 December2018.
- ^Rota, Genevieve (30 May 2019)."Defqon.1 festival 'postponed indefinitely'".The Sydney Morning Herald.Retrieved14 June2019.
- ^Defqon.1, Australia 2019 (29 May 2019)."Warriors, it is with great sadness to inform you that Defqon.1 Festival will not return to Australia this year".Facebook.Retrieved14 June2019.
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:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^"Defqon.1 at Home 2021".Q-dance.Q-dance.Retrieved19 September2021.
- ^ab"Report: Defqon.1 2022 - Primal Energy".Festival Fans(in Dutch). 5 July 2022.Retrieved11 November2022.
- ^naam (21 June 2012)."Festivalterrein Defqon.1 open - Dossier: Defqon.1"(in Dutch). Omroepflevoland.nl. Archived fromthe originalon 21 December 2016.Retrieved15 December2016.
- ^"Defqon.1 Holland | Tickets Sold Out".Q-dance. 15 April 2014.Retrieved15 December2016.
- ^"Ruim 60.000 bezoekers bij Defqon.1".www.omroepflevoland.nl(in Dutch).Retrieved30 March2018.
- ^"Defqon.1 2019 heeft alle verwachtingen overtroffen"(in Dutch). fok.nl. 3 July 2019.Retrieved3 July2019.
- ^"Q-dance Reveals Defqon.1 2023 Theme, Anthem Creators, and More".edmidentity.com. 21 October 2022.Retrieved13 December2022.
External links
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- Defqon.1 Weekend Festival
- Q-Dance
- Q-Dance Global
- Defqon.1 Festival Australia
- Q-Dance AustraliaArchived17 June 2016 at theWayback Machine
- Q-Dance Chile
- Defqon.1 ChileArchived8 November 2020 at theWayback Machine
- Music festivals established in 2003
- 2003 establishments in the Netherlands
- 2009 establishments in Australia
- 2018 disestablishments in Australia
- 2016 establishments in Chile
- 2017 disestablishments in Chile
- Electronic music festivals in the Netherlands
- Trance festivals
- Electronic music festivals in Australia
- Electronic music festivals in Chile
- Festivals in Sydney
- Music in Sydney
- Music in Flevoland
- Music in Dronten
- Events in Almere
- Music festivals in New South Wales