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Mayday is an electronic music festival that occurs in European countries, such as Germany, Poland, Hungary and Russia.

The first event took place on 14th December 1991 in Berlin. After the collapse of Berlin wall, Sputnik radiostation was threatened with closure from newly formed government, as it could be connected with the just-passed communist era. In an attempt to save it, the first German techno label Low Spirit, arranged a party to raise funds from tickets.[1] Organizers choose “Mayday” name for the event, which is an agreed term for calling for help or emergency in areas like navy or air traffic.

Nowadays, the festival is only held around April-May in Dortmund, Germany northeast of Düsseldorf and 10 November in Katowice. Each Mayday has a theme. Until 2013 it was composed by Members of Mayday, DJs WestBam, and Klaus Jankuhn.[2] Since 1998 Mayday (Germany) is supported by eve&rave Münster e.V. with drug information desks. Although it played techno music in its early days, in recent years Mayday has opened up to new sounds, from hardstyle to house, trance and EDM.

List of Mayday events

Attendance figures are estimated.

Event name Date Location Attendance Acts
Best of House and Techno ’91 1991-12-14 Berlin, Halle Weissensee 5000 18
  • DJs: Frank de Wulf, WestBam, Sven Väth, Dick, Rok, Tanith, Dave Angel, Moneypenny, Sascha, Marusha, Mate Galic, Neutron 9000, Pure Energy
  • Live Acts: Ravesignal, Speedy J, Mental Overdrive, The Hypnotist
A New Chapter of House and Techno 1992-04-30 Cologne, Eis- und Schwimmstadion 12000
Forward Ever, Backward Never 1992-12-12 Berlin, Halle Weissensee 7000 21
The Judgement Day 1993-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 16000 29
The Religion 1993-12-11 Berlin, Halle Weissensee 6000 21
Rave Olympia 1994-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 24000 33
The Raving Society (We Are Different) 1994-11-25
1994-11-26 		Berlin, Deutschlandhalle 32000 22
Reformation 1995-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 22000 34
The Great Coalition 1995-12-16 Frankfurt, Festhalle 18000 40
The Day X 1996-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 20000 47
Life on Mars 1996-12-14 Berlin 8000 26
Sonic Empire 1997-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 18000 42
Save the Robots 1998-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 20000 35
Soundtropolis 1999-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 20000 37
Datapop 2000-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 20000 37
Mayday Polska 2000-11-10 Katowice 9000 19
10 in 01 2001-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 20000 38
Culture Flash 2002-04- Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 20000 37
Mayday comes to Budapest 2002 Budapest
Password Europe 2003-03-29 Budapest, Hungexpo 9000 50
Troopa of Tomorrow 2003-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 17000 42
Future Downloaded 2004-04-03 Budapest 10000 70
Team X-Treme 2004-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 20000 38
U Make The Rules, We Make The Noise 2005-03-26 Budapest, Hungexpo F-F2 11000
Prototypes 2005-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 20000 40
Power Recycling 2006-03-18 Budapest
Worldclub 2006-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 20000 35
New Euphoria 2007-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 20000 70
Reflect Yourself 2008-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 25000 50
Massive Moments 2009-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 25000
Massive Moments 2009-06-13 Budapest, Óbuda Island 80
  • Mayday 2009
    Mayday 2009
  • Tom Novy at Mayday 2009
    Tom Novy at Mayday 2009
  • Sven Väth at Mayday 2009
    Sven Väth at Mayday 2009

See also

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