Defqon.1
Helicopter Captures Remarkable 70,000-Person Crowd Control Experience at Defqon.1 2022
One of the most chaotic traditions on the music festival circuit reached new heights in 2022. Each year at the world’s leading hard dance festival, Defqon.1, fans gather by the Red stage for a signature “Power Hour” performance. With more than two-thirds of the 95,000-plus audience in tow, the frenzied set saw fans raging to a medley of breakneck hardstyle hits and festival staples. However, while the performance itself is a unique tradition, it gives rise to a one-of-a-kind crowd control experience that always steal the show. This year, Red Bull Netherlands fired up their helicopter and captured remarkable aerial footage of the festival’s biggest “left to right” crowd control movement to date. Through the power of hard dance, summer suns...
Headhunterz, Sub Zero Project, Ran-D Announced In Momentous 2022 Defqon.1 Lineup
Hardstyle music festival Defqon.1 has announced a jumpstyle-worthy lineup for its return in 2022. Scheduled for June 23-26, the 2022 edition of the Netherlands-based festival boasts its most impressive lineup to date, with Gunz for Hire, Ran-D, and over 300 more. Headhunterz and Sub Zero Project take over the RED stage and the BLUE stage will represent some of the most raw hardstyle names, like Act of Rage, B-Front, and Radical Redemption. Iconic hard dance duo D-Block & S-te-Fan are set to close out the weekend during The Closing Ceremony with their “Ghost Stories” live act. Hardstyle music brand and Defqon.1 festival organizer Q-dance released a 30-minute aftermovie to recap previous years and hype the upcoming 2022 edition. The broadcast’s hosts...
Watch the Dazzling Closing Ritual from Q-dance’s “Defqon.1 at Home” Livestream
Earlier in the month of June, fabled hardstyle event brand Q-dance announced its foray into the virtual concert space with its “Defqon.1 at Home” livestream event. Since it was the first time in 18 years that Q-dance was unable to host its famed Defqon.1 festival, hardstyle fans had high hopes for the stream. The livestream, which took place last weekend, did not disappoint in the slightest. Organizers pulled out all the stops for Defqon.1 at Home, erecting a festival-grade stage for its performances, decked out to the nines with polychromatic lasers and pyrotechnics. Over the course of the three-day event, many of the most renowned producers in hardstyle graced the stage, including Coone, Da Tweekaz, DJ Isaac, and Headhunterz. The conclusion of the eve...
Q-dance Announces “Defqon.1 at Home” Livestream with Over 80 Artists Set to Perform
Q-dance has announced that their world-renowned hardstyle festival, Defqon.1, will take place via livestream this year. Aptly titled Defqon.1 at Home, the festival is set to kick off on June 26th and run through June 28th. Defqon.1 at Home will host over 80 artists across the 3-day livestream event, though exact details on who will be playing and when they will be perform have yet to arrive. Q-dance states that this will be the ultimate online package, as they plan to include scheduled events within the livestream and will also be hosting live, interactive quizzes that will test fan’s knowledge of hardstyle and the history of Q-dance. This marks the first time in 18 years that Q-dance was unable to host a physical version of Defqon.1. Those planning to tune into the ...
