Dekmantel at Dawn

What if we added another dimension to our annual forest escape? Taking all the festival’s most magical elements, magnifying them, extending them – and inviting you in? Welcome to Dekmantel at Dawn.

In 2026, we’re expanding the Dekmantel Festival weekend experience into a 36-hour journey in the forest, tailored for the most adventurous electronic music heads. Adding three extra hours of musical adventure per day, our new morning chapter is both a soft landing and a swirling take-off. Weekend visitors get to experience the forest in a new light, as the RADAR terrain beneath the trees, including the Selectors and Greenhouse stages, becomes an insider’s playground for sonic exploration and creative connection.

Dekmantel at Dawn is both a deepening and broadening of your trusted festival program, exclusively accessible for weekend ticket holders. The first iteration will kick off with a live-improv opening ceremony by James Holden & Surgeon. In the mornings that follow, special performances include Jeff Mills’s field-specific STARGATE set, a live performance by Japanese producers Satoshi Tomiie & Kuniyuki, and a rare DJ-set by singer/producer Sampha. Cult icon DJ Sprinkles brings her Deeperama show to the forest floor, Jane Fitz makes a one-off morning edition of her Colours In The Night show, Channel One and Colin Benders present live sets, and Eris Drew underscores the sound-nature continuum through Mystery of the Motherbeat.

At Dawn is co-presented with Resident Advisor and also offers community-driven moments such as live talks, workshops and listening sessions. Additionally, the Dekmantel Festival camping evolves with its own program, creating a continuous flow from forest to campsite (and vice versa) from Friday to Sunday, including afterparties and day-time hangouts.

First-release weekend passes and EuroParcs accommodation go on sale November 28, at 12:00 CET. General public sale starts November 29, at 12:00 CET. We can’t wait to meet you in the morning haze.

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