Mayday (music festival)

Mayday
Mayday
Genre	Electronic music
Dates	April and December
Location(s)	Germany, Poland, Hungary, Russia
Years active	1991–2008
Founders	Fabian Lenz
Website	www.mayday.de

Mayday was an electronic music festival in Germany, where it debuted in 1991, and in Katowice, Poland where it debuted in 2000. Despite the name, Mayday festivals date oscillates between April and December (these being called Winter Mayday). Currently, the festival takes place only in around 30 April in Dortmund and 10 November in Katowice.

Each Mayday has a theme. Until 2013 it was composed by Members of Mayday, DJs WestBam and Klaus Jankuhn.^[1]

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, Westfalenhalle	16000	29
The Religion	1993-12-11	Berlin, Halle Weissensee	6000	21
Rave Olympia	1994-04-30	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	24000	33
The Raving Society (We Are Different)	1994-11-25 1994-11-26	Berlin, Deutschlandhalle	32000	22
Reformation	1995-04-30	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	22000	34
The Great Coalition	1995-12-16	Frankfurt, Festhalle	18000	40
The Day X	1996-04-30	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	20000	47
Life on Mars	1996-12-14	Berlin	8000	26
Sonic Empire	1997-04-30	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	18000	42
Save the Robots	1998-04-30	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	20000	35
Soundtropolis	1999-04-30	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	20000	37
Datapop	2000-04-30	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	20000	37
Mayday Polska	2000-11-10	Katowice	9000	19
10 in 01	2001-04-30	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	20000	38
Culture Flash	2002-04-	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	20000	37
Mayday comes to Budapest	2002	Budapest
Password Europe	2003-03-29	Budapest, Hungexpo	9000	50
Troopa of Tomorrow	2003-04-30	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	17000	42
Future Downloaded	2004-04-03	Budapest	10000	70
Team X-Treme	2004-04-30	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	20000	38
U Make The Rules, We Make The Noise	2005-03-26	Budapest, Hungexpo F-F2	11000
Prototypes	2005-04-30	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	20000	40
Power Recycling	2006-03-18	Budapest
Worldclub	2006-04-30	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	20000	35
New Euphoria	2007-04-30	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	20000	70
Reflect Yourself	2008-04-30	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	25000	50
Massive Moments	2009-04-30	Dortmund, Westfalenhalle	25000
Massive Moments	2009-06-13	Budapest, Óbuda Island		80