Amsterdam’s industrial cathedral is calling once again. DGTL Festival has unveiled its complete 2026 line-up, confirming that the 14th edition will be one of its most expansive and forward-thinking yet. Returning to the raw, post-industrial sprawl of the NDSM Docklands, DGTL continues to fuse global heavyweights, next-gen disruptors and immersive night programming into a three-day ritual of sound, light and community.
After teasing fans during Amsterdam Dance Event, the Dutch tastemaker has now dropped the full bill — including a stacked Sunday night — and it reads like a panoramic snapshot of contemporary electronic culture.
Friday, April 3
The weekend ignites with house royalty. Armand van Helden headlines Friday’s opening, bringing decades of dancefloor anthems and remix wizardry to the Docklands. Expect a celebratory ride through classic house cuts and peak-time bombs from one of the genre’s most influential architects.
He’s joined by Dutch selector Benny Rodrigues alongside Eileen and Kirollus, setting the tone with groove-heavy house and disco vibrations. Opening night at DGTL has become a statement in itself — less warm-up, more ignition sequence.
Saturday, April 4
Saturday’s daytime program balances underground credibility with high-impact crossover energy. International forces like Camelphat, Âme & Trikk, Gerd Janson, FJAAK and Colyn b2b Mees Salomé anchor the bill with melodic depth and driving techno precision.
New additions sharpen the edge: Kamma & Yu Su bring genre-fluid experimentation, while HorsegiirL lands with a boundary-blurring audiovisual live show that’s as surreal as it is euphoric.
Berlin’s breakout duo DJ HEARTSTRING return to DGTL amid a meteoric rise. After BBC Radio 1 Future Stars acclaim and a Boiler Room debut, their hyper-emotional Trance Dance Music hybrid has detonated across continents. Expect bouncy, high-BPM catharsis — pure mainstage electricity with underground DNA.
As daylight dissolves into Docklands darkness, Saturday night keeps the pulse elevated. Aldonna & Merel Helderman, Gerd Janson and Tjade steer the crowd into after-hours territory where club energy meets experimental textures.
Sunday, April 5
Sunday unfolds as a study in contrast and cohesion. DJ Tennis links with Dutch rising force Toman for a set built around movement, emotion and narrative flow — global perspective meets local finesse.
Live electronics take center stage as Jan Blomqvist delivers his signature “concert techno”: melancholic vocals, analog warmth and slow-burning euphoria designed for collective transcendence.
The new wave is well represented. Twiena and Riria inject global club mutations and rave-laced dynamism, while Groningen’s Benwal stands tall among Dutch favorites. Heavy-hitters including Dom Dolla, I Hate Models, Odymel, Luuk van Dijk and Weval (live) ensure Sunday peaks as hard as Saturday.
And then comes the afterglow.
Sunday night closes the 2026 edition with Avalon Emerson & Ineffekt, Emvae & Moxes, and the ever-charismatic Patrick Mason: a finale built for night owls who prefer their techno immersive and their house transcendent.
More Than Just the Line-Up
Since its 2013 debut, DGTL has grown into far more than a festival. In 2022, it became the world’s first circular dance festival, committing fully to sustainability, resource reuse and forward-thinking event design. Through initiatives like the DGTL Safe(r) Project, the organization continues to push conversations around inclusivity, ethics and social safety on the dancefloor.
From Amsterdam, DGTL has expanded globally with editions in Santiago, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Lima, but its spiritual core remains at NDSM, where cranes loom over concrete and basslines echo off shipyard steel.
DGTL Festival returns and we can not wait to be there!
April 3–5, 2026
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