The programme is locked. Amsterdam Dance Event published its complete 30 YEARS ADE festival programme on 6 October: more than 3,600 artists, more than 1,300 events and more than 300 venues, Wednesday 21 to Sunday 25 October. This is the week day by day, with the shows that matter most and the ones that have already sold out. Rockstarr Media will update this page live through ADE week. Wednesday 21 October: the opening. ADE's guest of honour opens the anniversary. Jean-Michel Jarre plays Oxygène & Beyond at AFAS Live from 20:00, presented by MOJO and Insomniac. The same night, the Dutch National Ballet and ISH open with Swan Lake Remixed at the Gashouder (both shows sold out), KYBBA plays the official Opening Concert with the Metropole Orkest at Melkweg (sold out), and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Beethoven's Fifth inside Boris Acket's installation EINDER at the Centrale Markthal. After dark: Armin van Buuren and Benwal at the Gashouder (sold out), a three-hour Black Coffee set at the Ziggo Dome, DJ Snake at Paradiso, Oliver Heldens at Melkweg, and Klockworks turning 20 with Ben Klock and DVS1 at TILLATEC. Awakenings opens its ADE run at the Sugarfactory in Halfweg, just outside the city. Thursday 22 October: Garrix's label turns ten. 10 Years of STMPD RCRDS takes over AFAS Live from 17:00 with Martin Garrix, R3hab, Julian Jordan, Justin Mylo, Matisse & Sadko and DubVision. Eric Prydz plays the Gashouder from 18:00. KI/KI starts the first of two five-hour nights at the Ziggo Dome, and Paul Kalkbrenner brings his live show to Theater Amsterdam with Loveland. Late: Drumcode at Awakenings with Adam Beyer, Enrico Sangiuliano and Kevin de Vries (sold out), Mau P's Baddest Behaviour at Mediahaven, Defected at Thuishaven, Anjunadeep at Paradiso, and Monstercat with Seven Lions and NGHTMRE at Melkweg. Earlier in the day, Glitterbox brings Carl Craig and HoneyLuv to Thuishaven. Friday 23 October: the deepest night of the week. KI/KI's second five hours at the Ziggo Dome. Fabric x Loud Contact puts Jeff Mills, Marcel Dettmann and Helena Hauff in WestWeelde. Dave Clarke's 30 Years of ADE night at Melkweg runs until 07:30 with Luke Slater b2b Rene Wise and DJ Hell. Amelie Lens hosts EXHALE with Audio Obscura at G-Star RAW, Jamie Jones b2b Seth Troxler leads Paradise x Loveland, and Awakenings has Ben Klock and Rødhåd. For the big-room crowd, Revealed brings Blasterjaxx, Bassjackers and Dyro to IJland. Melkweg's new venue, Club Annie, officially opens with a 30-hour weekender from midnight. Saturday 24 October: the stadium night. AMF fills the Johan Cruijff ArenA from 21:00: David Guetta with his Monolith show, Armin van Buuren, Afrojack, Amelie Lens, ARTBAT, Marlon Hoffstadt and Korolova. If you are in Amsterdam for one night, this is the one most people pick. Also on Saturday: KlangKuenstler all night long at the Ziggo Dome, Adriatique all night long at Awakenings, Sammy Virji at the Gashouder (sold out), Paul van Dyk open to close at Melkweg, CamelPhat at Theater Amsterdam, Boys Noize at Melkweg, Skepta's Más Tiempo, and Max Cooper's 3D audiovisual show under the dome at Fabrique des Lumières. Sunday 25 October: the last day. SCOOTER CRUSHES ADE at the Ziggo Dome from 20:00. Reinier Zonneveld plays eight hours live with Loveland, Todd Terry & Friends runs all day at Het Sieraad, and the Breakfast Club starts a 30-hour Final Stretch at Garage Noord for anyone who refuses to go home. All week: the art you cannot get at a normal festival. EINDER runs daily at the Centrale Markthal, and Jeff Mills presents his interpretation of Rembrandt's The Night Watch inside the Rijksmuseum from Thursday to Sunday. ADE Pro: the business half. The conference runs in the daytime from Wednesday to Saturday, mostly at Felix Meritis. Highlights include The State of the Live Industry with Sziget's CEO, Tinie Tempah and WME on Wednesday; Jean-Michel Jarre and Armin van Buuren on music and machines; Suno and Spotify insider sessions; a Google DeepMind panel on AI in music creation; Troy Carter on the industry we want to build; Afrojack on Friday; and Mau P on becoming an independent powerhouse. The ADE Pro Pass costs €795 plus a fee and covers all five days, with free GVB public transport included. Getting in. Festival tickets are sold separately by each event's organiser, linked from the ADE programme. Most events are 18+, and some are 21+ or 23+. Even a Pro Pass does not guarantee entry to busy shows, so ADE advises buying a ticket for anything you cannot miss. Pick up wristbands with photo ID at Felix Meritis or Stromma Pier 6 by Central Station. There is a large free daytime programme too: ADE Friends events across the city, and ADE Lab Discovery at Westergas from Wednesday to Friday. Getting around. GVB is giving 20% off day tickets with the code ADE2026, and one ferry has been turned into a floating ADE homebase. Live updates. This guide will be updated through the week with reports from the biggest nights. Photo: the Damrak in Amsterdam at blue hour, by Basile Morin, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Cropped.