Shane Rattenbury, the Greens leader in the ACT, has invited Defqon.1 to take place in Canberra where pill testing could be carried out after a successful trial with Groovin the Moo. At this event seven hundred people sought medical assistance. On 17 September 2018, the New South Wales Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, announced her intention that Defqon.1 would not take place again, due to two deaths that took place at the 2018 festival. The same event saw the death of a male, around 20 drug overdoses and more than 80 arrested on drug charges. In 2013, the Sydney event attracted 18,000 attendees. The festival is also livestreamed with video from the largest stages and audio for all the other stages through YouTube, and the Q-Dance website for people all around the world to tune into.Īt the Dutch event the audience has grown to 65,000 visitors per day. Each edition also has an anthem, an official song that is played in conjunction with the festival. Since 2015, the Australian edition was extended to two days. Since 2012, the festival was extended to three days. Until 2011 (2014 for the Australian edition) the festival ran for 12 hours, from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm, and ended with a firework display. Since 2009, the event has also been hosted in Sydney in mid-September, at the Sydney International Regatta Centre. Since 2011, it is hosted on the event site next to Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen. The festival was previously held in mid-June on Almeerderstrand in Almere. The primary stage at Defqon.1, the RED Stage, is the largest stage. Founded in 2003 by festival organizer Q-dance, the festival plays mostly hardstyle and related genres such as hardcore, early and classic. In the past, it was also held in Chile and Australia. The official logo of Defqon.1 Weekend FestivalĮlectronic Dance music, hard dance, hardstyle, hardcore, hard house, Freestyle, hard trance, psychedelic trance, Hardtechno, Speedcore and FrenchcoreĪustralia (19 September 2009-September 16, 2018)Ĭhile (12 December 2015 & 10 December 2016)Īustralia (19 September 2009- 16 September 2018)ĭefqon.1 Weekend Festival is an annual music festival held in the Netherlands.
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