Mayday is an electronic music festival that takes place 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 the Berlin Wall, the East German youth radio station DT64 was threatened with closure from the newly formed government, as it could be connected with the former communist era. In an attempt to save it, the first German techno label Low Spirit arranged a party to raise funds from tickets. Organizers choose "Mayday" as the name for the event, which is an agreed term for calling for help or emergency in areas such as the navy or air traffic.
Nowadays, the festival is only held around April-May in Dortmund, Germany, northeast of Düsseldorf, and on 10 November in Katowice. Each Mayday has a theme. Until 2013 it was composed by Members of Mayday, DJs WestBam, and Klaus Jankuhn.Westbam steigt bei der Mayday in Dortmund aus , derwesten.de, retrieved 5 February 2014 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 500018
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 700021 The Judgement Day 1993-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 1600029 The Religion 1993-12-11 Berlin, Halle Weissensee 600021 Rave Olympia 1994-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 2400033 The Raving Society (We Are Different) 1994-11-251994-11-26 Berlin, Deutschlandhalle 3200022 Reformation 1995-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 2200034 The Great Coalition 1995-12-16 Frankfurt, Festhalle 1800040 The Day X 1996-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 2000047 Life on Mars 1996-12-14 Berlin 800026 Sonic Empire 1997-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 1800042 Save the Robots 1998-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 2000035 Soundtropolis 1999-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 2000037 Datapop 2000-04-30 Dortmund, Westfalenhallen 2000037 Mayday Polska 2000-11-10 Katowice 90001910 in 012001-04-30Dortmund, Westfalenhallen2000038Culture Flash2002-04-Dortmund, Westfalenhallen2000037Mayday comes to Budapest2002BudapestPassword Europe2003-03-29Budapest, Hungexpo900050Troopa of Tomorrow2003-04-30Dortmund, Westfalenhallen1700042Future Downloaded2004-04-03Budapest1000070Team X-Treme2004-04-30Dortmund, Westfalenhallen2000038U Make The Rules, We Make The Noise2005-03-26Budapest, Hungexpo F-F211000Prototypes2005-04-30Dortmund, Westfalenhallen2000040Power Recycling2006-03-18BudapestWorldclub2006-04-30Dortmund, Westfalenhallen2000035New Euphoria2007-04-30Dortmund, Westfalenhallen2000070Reflect Yourself2008-04-30Dortmund, Westfalenhallen2500050Massive Moments2009-04-30Dortmund, Westfalenhallen25000Massive Moments2009-06-13Budapest, Óbuda Island80
Gallery
See also
List of electronic music festivals Culture Flash
References
External links
Mayday Mayday Poland Mayday Poland 2005 Gallery Report about Mayday 2009 Report about Mayday 2010 Report about Mayday 2011