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Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE)
The Amsterdam Dance Event is a conference for electronic music and a large-scale club event festival based in the city of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. The festival is held annually in mid-October and takes place in 40 clubs spread all over the city. At daytime the festival is a platform for business and knowledge exchange for international electronic music industry professionals and at nighttime it is a club event hosting concerts and DJ acts in night clubs, night cafes and bars all over the city of Amsterdam.

History
Born as a small conference in 1996 with only approximately hundred visitors and thirty DJs hosting, the ADE started as a daytime conference that extended to nighttime club events the following three venues: Paradiso, Melkweg and Club Escape. Over time it augmented its scale and opened the gates for other clubs such as Panama, Sugar Factory and Bitterzoet. The ADE still serves as a networking platform for music professionals, DJs, club promotors, artists and labels combined with a dance event including thousand plus dj-sets every night during the festival.

Program
Similar to the Miami Winter Music Conference, the Amsterdam Dance Event is staged around discussion panels and a gathering of artists. As part of the festival, the ADE NEXT is a platform for knowledge exchange for uprising djs, producers and professional labels and bookers.

ADE 2010
Date: October 20th-23rd

Music: electro, house, techno/minimal, trance, dubstep, drum 'n' bass, acid

Acts: Goldfish, Paul Kalkbrenner, Kelis, Paul van Dyk, Green Velvet, Fedde Le Grand, Richie Hawtin

ADE 2009
Date: October 21st-24th

Music: electro, house, techno/minimal, trance, dubstep, drum 'n' bass, acid

Acts: Armin van Buuren, Groove Armada, Deadmau5, Richie Hawtin, Paul van Dyk, Sven Väth, Boys Noize, Extrawelt and Dennis Ferrer among 700 djs and artist in total. The Amsterdam Dance Event in 2009 counted 90.000 festival and 2.100 conference visitors from 52 countries and staged 700 acts in 41 venues.