Dekmantel Festival 2025 - Saturday

Dekmantel Festival returns to the lush expanse of Amsterdamse Bos on Saturday, August 2, 2025, assembling a multifaceted lineup that traverses the most vital currents of techno and electronic music. Renowned selectors and innovative producers converge for a day curated with both precision and adventure, weaving established luminaries with emergent visionaries across the festival’s immersive spaces. Bashkka, Roi Perez, and Batu drive forward-thinking sounds that oscillate between hypnotic pulses and propulsive rhythms, while Blasha & Allatt, Call Super, and Casper Tielrooij thread deep atmosphere into the day’s tapestry.

Anchoring the proceedings, stalwarts such as dBridge, Donato Dozzy, Freddy K, and STERAC bring decades of craft, promising journeys that resonate with both warmth and intensity. Elsewhere, the likes of De Schuurman, DJ K (BR), and mad miran underscore the festival’s unrelenting edge, with a commitment to the experimental and instinctively danceable. The lineup deepens with the magnetic Presence of Honey Dijon and Hunee—selectors whose global reach and sonic versatility are matched by an expansive community spirit.

Mafalda, MARRØN, and Moktar bring invigorating perspectives, while Kia (AU), Kampire, Suzybee, NIKS, and Loek Frey add vibrant textures and rhythmic complexity. Dekmantel's thoughtful programming ensures space for live exploration, as Steevio, Om Unit, Priori, and Verraco present cutting-edge performances, reimagining the possibilities of the dancefloor. Complementing them, Steffi & Virginia and artists like Ploy, AMORAL, Spekki Webu, and Quest (IT) blur the boundaries between club and open-air experiences, their sets positioned to create lasting resonance.

Across each area, Dekmantel’s Saturday bill is curated to channel intensity and spontaneity, offering the spectrum of techno’s most vital strands from raw warehouse energy to deep, swung grooves and crystalline ambient moments. A celebration of boundary-pushing sound in the heart of the forest, set to inspire dancers and listeners alike through form, function, and forward motion.