Mayday (music festival)

Mayday is an electronic music festival that takes place in European countries, such as Germany, Poland, Hungary, and Russia.

GenreElectronic music

DatesApril and December

LocationsGermany, Poland, Hungary, Russia

Yearsactive1991–2008

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Mayday
Mayday in Dortmund, Germany, April 2019
Genre	Electronic music
Dates	April and December
Locations	Germany, Poland, Hungary, Russia
Years active	1991–2008
Founders	Fabian Lenz
Website	mayday.de

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The first event took place on 14th December 1991 in Berlin. After the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the East German youth radio station DT64 was threatened with closure from the newly formed government, as it could be connected with the former communist era. In an attempt to save it, the first German techno label Low Spirit arranged a party to raise funds from tickets.^[1] Organizers choose "Mayday" as the name for the event, which is an agreed term for calling for help or emergency in areas such as the navy or air traffic.

Nowadays, the festival is only held around April-May in Dortmund, Germany, northeast of Düsseldorf, and on 10 November in Katowice. Each Mayday has a theme. Until 2013 it was composed by Members of Mayday, DJs WestBam, and Klaus Jankuhn.^[2] Since 1998 Mayday (Germany) is supported by eve&rave Münster e.V. with drug information desks. Although it played techno music in its early days, in recent years, Mayday has opened up to new sounds, from hardstyle to house, trance, and EDM.