📍 Floriade-terrein, Haarlemmermeerse Bos · Hoofddorp, Netherlands
The Netherlands' oldest dance festival, launched by ID&T in 1993, returns after taking 2026 off. The 2027 edition runs from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 August on the former Floriade grounds in Haarlemmermeerse Bos near Amsterdam, its home since 2003. The new concept, line-up and prices have not been revealed yet, and pre-registration is open on the official site.
Mysteryland takes place from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 August 2027 at Floriade-terrein, Haarlemmermeerse Bos, Hoofddorp, Netherlands, across 3 days. The line-up has not been published yet: we add it as soon as the promoter announces it. It is one of 110 EDM, Techno and Hardstyle dates we list in the Netherlands over the coming months.
Line-up to be announced.
Born in 1993 on a motor-racing circuit in Lelystad and settled since 2003 on the former Floriade grounds near Amsterdam, Mysteryland bills itself as the oldest dance festival in the Netherlands.
The first Mysteryland took place in 1993 at the Midland Circuit in Lelystad. It was put on by Sander Groet, Brian Bout and their company TNT, not yet by ID&T: the crowd came, the money did not. ID&T joined for the second edition in 1994, which also ended in debt, so there was no Mysteryland in 1995. The festival returned in 1996 at Eindhoven airport, cut down to a single night and geared to the hardcore of the gabber scene.
Years on the move followed: Bussloo, where the mud of 1997 meant calling in straw from nearby farms, the Lingebos in 1998 with 25,000 visitors, then 35,000 in 2000. In 2002 the festival switched from night to day at Ruigoord in Amsterdam. In 2003 it moved to the former grounds of the Floriade, the 2002 horticultural expo, in Vijfhuizen in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer: 40,000 visitors and 12 stages. It has stayed there ever since.
Mysteryland's identity rests on diversity: the house of the early years widened to techno, trance, hardstyle and big-stage EDM, then to hip-hop from 2006, each style handed to stage hosts, Dutch clubs and collectives first among them. The brand went to Chile in 2011, then to the United States from 2014 to 2016, on the site of the 1969 Woodstock. In the Netherlands the festival became a weekend with camping in 2015; ID&T has been part of the Superstruct group since 2021.
The organisers claim more than 125,000 visitors from over a hundred nationalities each year and more than 250 artists. The 2025 edition made the pyramid its main stage and closed a chapter with a message, "The only constant is change". The festival then skipped 2026 to rethink its concept, citing costs that had almost doubled since Covid, and announces its return to Haarlemmermeer from 27 to 29 August 2027.
The second stage for years, the pyramid became the main stage in 2025: a multi-level arena around the stage, tighter but still monumental. It hosts the end-of-night endshows, with fireworks, lasers and, in 2025, 800 drones on the Sunday.
A stage host since 2024, JOY occupies a dome tent whose roof lets the daylight through: people dance there in mid-afternoon under a translucent cupola.
The stage of Amsterdam club Shelter, set under an arched timber hall that opens onto the trees. In 2025 DJ Tennis played there on the Saturday.
A Dutch canal-house facade set among the trees, with the DJ booth on the balcony: one of the smaller stages that give the site its charm.
A live-music corner where you listen from sofas and armchairs, next to extras such as a karaoke phone booth.
The campsite has opened on the Friday since the switch to a weekend format in 2015. In 2025, The Resort campsite moved onto the festival grounds themselves, with a sandy beach and a swimming lake, for fewer than 1,000 people.
Mysteryland covers almost all of electronic music, split by stage and by host: techno and house in the halls and tents, trance at Trance Energy, hardstyle under its own tent, EDM and headliners on the mainstage, Dutch urban music at Vunzige Deuntjes, not forgetting the Paardenrave and its antics. Hardcore, dominant in the early editions, has given way to this range.
In 2025 the bill included Hardwell, Eric Prydz, FISHER, Marlon Hoffstadt (who closed the Sunday), Paul van Dyk, Adriatique, Argy, Kölsch and Indira Paganotto, at the helm of the Artcore stage. In 2024 it featured Charlotte de Witte, I Hate Models, ARTBAT, Oliver Heldens and Brennan Heart. The 2027 line-up has not been announced yet.
The nearest station is Hoofddorp. In 2023 a shuttle linked the station to Expo Haarlemmermeer, with the last stretch on foot; R-net buses stopped at the same place. Roads and cycle paths around the site are closed during the festival to stop parking in nearby neighbourhoods. 2027 arrangements have not been published yet.
Camping since 2015, open from the Friday. In 2025 The Resort campsite was set up on the grounds, with a beach and a swimming lake. For 2027 the organisers say accommodation options will be detailed later.
2027 tickets are not on sale yet: pre-registration is open on the official site to be notified when sales start. For reference, a regular weekend ticket cost €170 in 2025, up from €120 in 2019.
The festival is for over-18s only, according to the official FAQ.
The former grounds of the 2002 Floriade, between Haarlemmermeerse Bos and De Groene Weelde: hills, waterside paths, ponds and woods. In 2025 the layout was tightened to cut walking distances between stages.
In 2025 the festival announced it ran almost entirely on locally generated green energy, with decor made from recycled and reused materials, including pieces from past editions.
The official site announces the 2027 edition for 27, 28 and 29 August 2027. There was no edition in 2026.
The organisers took a year off to rebuild the concept from scratch, explaining that almost all costs had roughly doubled since Covid and that audience expectations were changing faster.
In the municipality of Haarlemmermeer near Amsterdam, on the former Floriade grounds (Haarlemmermeerse Bos), its home since 2003. It stays there in 2027.
18, according to the official FAQ.
2027 prices have not been published yet. For reference, a regular weekend ticket cost €170 in 2025.
The nearest station is Hoofddorp. In 2023 a shuttle ran from the station to Expo Haarlemmermeer, with the last stretch on foot; 2027 arrangements have not been published yet.
Yes, since 2015. In 2025 The Resort campsite was set up on the festival grounds, with a beach and a swimming lake. Accommodation options for 2027 will be announced later.
ID&T, co-organiser since the second edition in 1994, part of the Superstruct Entertainment group since 2021.
