Overview

• All 225,000 tickets sold out for the tenth straight year, capping a decade of growth from 25,000 attendees in 2015 to Europe’s largest electronic-music festival.
• A two-day arrival window welcomed 44,000 campers on July 16–17 with minimal traffic congestion thanks to staggered access and expanded entry lanes.
• RFID-enabled wristbands have replaced tokens, enabling cashless payments at unchanged drink and food prices throughout the temporary festival city.
• More than 300 artists, from headliners Afrojack and Armin van Buuren to emerging DJs, are performing on over 13 steampunk-themed stages, many of which are also available via official livestreams.
• Organizers are finalizing logistics for Sunday’s 800-drone show, which will cap the anniversary celebrations with a choreographed aerial display.