Amsterdam Music Festival
Dutch music festival
The Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF) is an electronic dance music (EDM) event that takes place during the Amsterdam Dance Event mid-October in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Since the second edition in 2014, the main event has taken place in the Johan Cruijff Arena. In 2015 and 2016 the event was a multiple day EDM-event.
During the AMF, the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs is announced and several prizes are awarded, among which the award for the number one DJ in the world. The music that is played is mostly house and dance music; other genres that are also played at the event include techno, trance and hardstyle.
History
In 2013 ALDA Events and ID&T organised the first edition of AMF together, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Dutch Dance. The first edition took place in RAI Amsterdam and had 25,000 visitors.
Due to the big interest the second edition of the event, in 2014, moved from RAI Amsterdam to the Amsterdam Arena. The event grows to 35,000 visitors.
In 2015 the event expands to a two-day event, of which the first evening was dominated by the DJ Mag Top 100 award show and the second evening - which was also being held in the ArenA - was filled with a various lineup.
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