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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, Sputnik 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. 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.<br />
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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, Westfalenhallen
| 16000
|29
|-
| The Religion
| 1993-12-11
| Berlin, Halle Weissensee
| 6000
|21
|-
| Rave Olympia
| 1994-04-30
| Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
| 24000
|33
|-
| The Raving Society (We Are Different)
| 1994-11-25<br />1994-11-26
| Berlin, Deutschlandhalle
| 32000
|22
|-
| Reformation
| 1995-04-30
| Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
| 22000
|34
|-
| The Great Coalition
| 1995-12-16
| Frankfurt, Festhalle
| 18000
|40
|-
| The Day X
| 1996-04-30
| Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
| 20000
|47
|-
| Life on Mars
| 1996-12-14
| Berlin
| 8000
|26
|-
| Sonic Empire
| 1997-04-30
| Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
| 18000
|42
|-
| Save the Robots
| 1998-04-30
| Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
| 20000
|35
|-
| Soundtropolis
| 1999-04-30
| Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
| 20000
|37
|-
| Datapop
| 2000-04-30
| Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
| 20000
|37
|-
| Mayday Polska
| 2000-11-10
| Katowice
| 9000
|19
|-
|10 in 01
|2001-04-30
|Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
|20000
|38
|-
|Culture Flash
|2002-04-
|Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
|20000
|37
|-
|Mayday comes to Budapest
|2002
|Budapest
|
|
|-
|Password Europe
|2003-03-29
|Budapest, Hungexpo
|9000
|50
|-
|Troopa of Tomorrow
|2003-04-30
|Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
|17000
|42
|-
|Future Downloaded
|2004-04-03
|Budapest
|10000
|70
|-
|Team X-Treme
|2004-04-30
|Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
|20000
|38
|-
|U Make The Rules, We Make The Noise
|2005-03-26
|Budapest, Hungexpo F-F2
|11000
|
|-
|Prototypes
|2005-04-30
|Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
|20000
|40
|-
|Power Recycling
|2006-03-18
|Budapest
|
|
|-
|Worldclub
|2006-04-30
|Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
|20000
|35
|-
|New Euphoria
|2007-04-30
|Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
|20000
|70
|-
|Reflect Yourself
|2008-04-30
|Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
|25000
|50
|-
|Massive Moments
|2009-04-30
|Dortmund, Westfalenhallen
|25000
|
|-
|Massive Moments
|2009-06-13
|Budapest, Óbuda Island
|
|80
|}
Gallery
<gallery>
File:Mayday 2009 dortmund halle 2.jpg|Mayday 2009
File:Mayday 2009 dortmund tom novy.jpg|Tom Novy at Mayday 2009
File:Mayday 2009 sven vaeth.jpg|Sven Väth at Mayday 2009
</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