So it's officially 2019, we made it! Hope the New Years Celebrations went well, and continued long into the early hours of January 1st. When you recover from last nights excesses, and get over the "never doing that again" phase, I'm sure you'll want to know about when the next party is. And with that in mind, here are my picks for the best Techno Festivals for January.
Wan Festival - Madrid
1/1/19
If you're feeling energetic today, and in the Madrid area, then this promises to be a banger. 9 acts will play, including;Richie Hawtin | Joseph Capriati | Solomun | Luciano | Boris Brejcha | Dj Anna | Gonçalo | Raul Pacheco | Karretero
Awakenings - Amsterdam
1/1/19
You can't have a list of techno festivals without including Awakenings. The Gashouder will once again host the New Years Day celebrations, for the worlds' greatest techno party. Playing this year are;
Chris Liebing | Len Faki | Jeff Mills | Amelie Lens | Blawan | Mirella Kroes
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http://www.awakenings.nl/Elrow - Barcelona
1/1/19
Elrow, one of the world's craziest parties. I first attended 2 years ago and was blown away by the production, as well as the acts that play. I will be attending this later on today, and looking forward to seeing Joris Voorn, Adam Beyer, and local Toni Varga, although there are always some nice surprises from lesser known DJs too. Full Line up;
Adam Beyer | Joris Voorn | Marc Maya | De La Swing | Toni Varga | Dennis Ferrer | Bastian Bux | Eddy M | Tini Gessler | Mario Biani | Alex Pott | Ion Pananides | Gadi | Ken Zo | Carlo Gossa
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Ocaso - Costa Rica
02/01/2019 to 07/01/2019
I don't know too much about this festival, but the lineup looks amazing, it's on a beach in Costa Rica, and you can listen to sexy house during the day, and techno at night. How bad can it be?
Jamie Jones | Loco Dice | Damian Lazarus | Guy Gerber | Bones | H.O.S.H. | DJ Richard | Magdalena | Uner | Nathan Barato | Doc Martin | Karmon | Andreas Henneberg | Mikey Lion | Lee Reynolds | Gene Farris | DJ Dusty | Silky | Beth Lydi | Mobius | Sacha Robotti | Thee Cool Cats | Zach Walker | Tone Of Arc | Lisbona Sisters | Kevin Knapp | SLURM | Andromo | Jee Bear | Josh Billings | David Berckley | Silky Thunder | Papa Lu | Hector Moran
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Storyland Festival - Cartagena
05/01/2019 to 06/01/2019
Storyland Festival, previously known as Summerland Cartagena, is Columbia's biggest electronic festival. Some old school favorites here, like Sasha and Digweed, as well as my personal choice, Julian Jeweil.
Don Diablo | Sasha | John Digweed | Julian Jeweil | Popof | Enrico Sangiuliano | Pig & Dan | KhoMha | Cedric Gervais | Francisco Allendes | Enrico Seperator | F4ST | Moska | Sub Chunk | Liluca | Juanes Mesa | Tavo | Markem | Lema Rroy | Cato Anaya | Dj Paula
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Holy Ship - Week 1
05/01/2019 to 09/01/2019
OK so I know cruises have gotten a bit of a bad rap, with Solomun memes and posts of talentless "DJs" pressing the airhorn button on instagram clips. But, artist-hosted activities, theme nights, and a private island beach party sound good to me. And on top of that, a pretty stellar lineup, including Nicole Moudaber, Skream, the Black Madonna, Coyu, and Roman Flugel sounds pretty good to me.
Nicole Moudaber | Jauz | Gorgon City | NGHTMRE | Skream | The Black Madonna | Zeds | REZZ | Slander | Claude Vonstroke | Mija | Snails | A-Trak | Valentino Khan | Roman Flügel | Justin Martin | Redlight | Snakehips | Grandtheft | Chris Lake | Chris Lorenzo | Bones | MC Boogie | Jai Wolf | Audien | Coyu | AC Slater | Melé | Will Clarke | Habstrakt | Alix Perez | Big Wild | Holy Goof | Thugfucker | Ardalan | Christian Martin | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | Walker & Royce | Worthy | 4B | GG Magree | Jack Beats | QUIX | Mikey Lion | Lee Reynolds | DJ Seinfeld | Z-TRIP | Barclay Crenshaw | Svdden Death | Andrew Luce
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Nerknipt Indoor - Netherlands
12/01/2019
Netherlands is the spiritual home of Techno, and this festival promises to be a great one. SHDW & Obscure Shape were standouts for me at last years Awakenings Festival, so try get to see them if you can. On top of this we have Paula Temple, Noir, perc, and Scots Clouds. Seems to be set up for a killer night.
Paula Temple | Noir | Perc | Gabriel Ananda | SHDW | Obscure Shape | Clouds | Klangkuenstler | Ansome | Tahko | Man With No Shadow | SNTS | Noneoftheabove | Vntm
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Igloofest - Canada
17/01/2019 to 02/02/2019
Set over 4, yes 4, weekends, the "coldest music festival in the world" promises to bring the heat with a great lineup featuring some of the best from all genres of electronic music. Standouts for me are Chris Liebing, Mind Against, and Four Tet, although I'm sure there's something for everyone here.
Chris Liebing | Maceo Plex | Diplo | Mind Against | Above & Beyond | Loud | RL Grime | Gramatik | Four Tet | Chris Lake | AC Slater | Eagles & Butterflies | Waze & Odyssey | Baauer | Zenker Brothers | Baba Stiltz | Polo & Pan | Jacques Greene | MC Matos | Nina Las Vegas | Nymra & Sofisticated | Robert Robert | Skatebård | Vincent | Tommy Kruise | Shaydakiss | Dang3r | Thomas White | YOOKiE | Kartell | Mightykat | Taraval | Creation | Ostrich | Spencer Brown | Solid Stone | Nic Falardeau | Mizz Maxine | Mandiz | Laurence Matte | Iglooghost | Debbie Døe | Clickbait | Bawdy | Lis Dalton
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Rainbow Serpent - Victoria, Australia
25/01/2019 to 28/01/2019
Again, certainly not a techno-only festival, Rainbow Serpent is huge, attracting twenty thousand people from all over the world to experience over 100 producers, bands and DJ’s across a number of separate stages. Try to catch Matador, Patrice Baumel, and tech house legend Patrick Topping for some groove, if you decide to go.
Patrick Topping | Matador | Oliver Koletzki | Tristan | Patrice Bäumel | Secret Cinema | Dense | Jade | Super Flu | Perfect Stranger | Victor Ruiz | Merkaba | GMS | Altruism | Egbert | NaKaDia | D-nox | Dj Nano | Bayawaka | Kalya Scintilla | The Funk Hunters | Tetrameth | CloZee | Nanoplex | Uone | Random Rab | Fábio Leal | K+LAB | Nick Warren | Shadow Fx | Triforce | Terrafractyl | Eve Olution | Cheshire | Tristate | Ozzy | Dave Dinger | Staunch | Pena | Serial Killaz | Yuli Fershtat | Mimi Love | Marvel Years | Eitan Reiter | Hypnagog | Pollyfonika | JPS | Spoonbill | Way Out West | Atacama | Bluetech | Christopher Lawrence | Milkman | Ganga Giri | Interpulse | Kodiak Kid | Azrin | amháin | Steve Ward | Tijuana Cartel | Pixel | Edoardo | Market Memories | Smilk | Bec | Oblique Industries | BLANCAh | 3 Of Life | Kasey Taylor | ZigMon | Dax Lee | Bec Grenfell | Imperfect Circle | Doppel | Mood Swing & Chevy Bass | Dave Juric | Simon Murphy | Steve Bleas | The Oddness | Skwid | Retza | Chamberlain | The Phantom Sun | Moontide | Mildlife | Megapixel | Eeemus | Mha Iri | Handsdown | My Baby | Arcane | Leigh Boy | Brian Fantana | Empath | Mortisville | Orpheyo Dragon
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Electric Gardens - Sydney, Australia
26/01/2019
Rounding out the list for January, we have another Aussie festival, this time more focused on techno, house & electro. If you didn't catch Patrick Topping, Matador, or Patrice Baumel at Rainbow Serpant, then don't miss them here, along with Eats Everything, and some nostalgia from Underworld.
Eats Everything | Patrick Topping | Matador | Paul van Dyk | Sigma | MaRLo | Tristan | Patrice Bäumel | Phoenix | Underworld | Grum | Sean Tyas | Craze | Eelke Kleijn | Erick Morillo | Guy Mantzur | Mar-T | Way Out West | Murat KILIC | Ricky Cooper | Set Mo | Andy Bird | Beth Yen | Bag Raiders | Thandi Phoenix | Asta | Hoten
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And that's it. Hope you guys get to attend at least one on the list, or if you attend any that I've missed here and should have included, leave a comment below.
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