{"id":79281,"date":"2026-07-21T20:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=79281"},"modified":"2026-07-21T22:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:20:27","slug":"dance-valley-festival-spaarnwoude","status":"archived","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur\/dance-valley-festival-spaarnwoude\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance Valley: a one-day dance festival in a green setting between the city and the coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dance Valley is one of the longest-running major dance festivals in the Netherlands. Since 1995, the festival has been held every summer at the Spaarnwoude Recreation Area near Velsen-Zuid. The concept has been clear from the start: a single day of festivities, entirely dedicated to electronic dance music, with multiple stages running simultaneously.<\/h2>\n

United Dance Company (UDC) is responsible for organizing the event. For thirty years, they have been putting on a major open-air production featuring a mix of international and Dutch DJs and producers. The lineup includes both established names and newer acts, spread across various stages, each with its own unique take on electronic music.<\/p>\n

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A defining feature is its location in a lush recreational area. The hills, the water, and the open fields serve as the backdrop for the festival grounds, which feature a large main stage and several themed stages. While hard, amplified beats blast from the speakers on one field, you can hear another stage in the distance playing a completely different subgenre. As a result, the festival grounds feel more like a collection of different open-air dance floors than a single massive crowd gathered in front of one stage.<\/p>\n

A defining feature is its location in the green recreational area.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the run-up to the upcoming edition, it\u2019s already clear that Dance Valley has no intention of slowing down. Another edition is scheduled for 2026 at the Spaarnwoude Recreation Area near Velsen-Zuid. This ensures that the festival remains a fixture in Dutch dance culture and upholds the area\u2019s reputation as a venue for large-scale festivals.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dance Valley is een van de langstlopende grote dancefestivals van Nederland. Sinds 1995 strijkt het festival elke zomer neer in Recreatiegebied Spaarnwoude bij Velsen-Zuid. Het concept is vanaf het begin helder geweest: \u00e9\u00e9n festivaldag, volledig in het teken van elektronische dance, met meerdere podia die tegelijk draaien. De organisatie ligt bij United Dance Company (UDC). … <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":87064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Dance Valley","rank_math_title":"Dance Valley \u2013 eendaags dancefestival bij Spaarnwoude","rank_math_description":"Dance Valley is een dancefestival met elektronische muziek en meerdere podia in Recreatiegebied Spaarnwoude, bij Velsen-Zuid. Ontdek meer."},"categories":[19],"tags":[10922],"district":[10736],"class_list":["post-79281","post","type-post","status-archived","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultuur","tag-festivals-amsterdam","district-amsterdam-omgeving"],"acf":{"slider":[87065],"fotograaf":"Rodi.nl \u00b7 Google \u00b7 www.rodi.nl \u00b7 Creative Commons (Google-rechtenfilter \u2014 check de bronpagina)","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Al dertig jaar lang een grote openluchtviering van elektronische muziek in Recreatiegebied Spaarnwoude","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"start_datum":null,"eind_datum":null,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"Dance Valley draait al sinds 1995 mee als eendaags festival voor elektronische muziek in Recreatiegebied Spaarnwoude bij Velsen-Zuid. Tussen het groen staan elk jaar meerdere podia met dj\u2019s uit binnen- en buitenland. Met de dertigste editie in aantocht blijft het festival een vaste waarde in de Nederlandse dancewereld.","rubriek":"Evenement","locatie_event":"","naam_locatie":"Dance Valley","adres":"Oostbroekerweg 1","stad":"Velsen-Zuid","website":"https:\/\/dancevalley.com","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79281"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87220,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79281\/revisions\/87220"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79281"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=79281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}