The Free Your Mind Festival is a two-day summer festival that is set to take place on June 3rd and 4th in Arnhem, Netherlands. The festival will be held at Stadsblokken, a historic location that will provide an extra special setting for the 20th anniversary celebration. The festival is well known for presenting some of the most respected global techno names, with headliners Reinier Zonneveld and Paul Kalkbrenner leading the jam-packed lineup of dance music’s finest.
Free Your Mind has been a heavyweight in the festival scene for two decades, supporting a huge range of talent along the way and giving many young ravers their first festival experience. Many leading techno artists have a close and long-running association with the festival, with Kalkbrenner himself having played regularly at the event since the early days. This has made the festival a real heritage in the scene, and it continues to attract newer scene-leaders like Reinier Zonneveld and Charlotte de Witte, who have also enjoyed big support from the festival.
Hosting 20,000 visitors each day, the festival features arenas hosted by FLOW, Glitterbox, Complex, F*cking Serious, Unreal, Claptone The Masquerade, and Gold, providing a wide range of house, techno, and disco styles across the weekend. Saturday mixes house, techno, and a hard techno stage, while Sunday focuses on a tougher program with an additional hard techno stage. The lineup includes techno gods like Adam Beyer and Sven Väth, leaders of the new school like Marcel Dettmann & Ben Block, Paula Temple and FJAAK, originators like Kerri Chandler, Todd Terry, and Carl Craig, and local legends from Joris Voorn to Speedy J.
Whether you’re into techno, house, or disco, the Free Your Mind Festival has something for everyone. The festival is known for mixing well-established heroes with the hottest newcomers, providing an opportunity to discover new talent and enjoy some of the biggest names in dance music. Tickets for the festival are on sale now and can be purchased through the festival’s website. If you’re a fan of techno or house music, the Free Your Mind Festival is an event that you won’t want to miss.