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Parookaville2026

JUL 17–19, 2026Airport WeezeStream on youtube 2 months out
Reported attendance: 75,000 · 3 days · 13 stages · Founded 2015 · 50 artists indexed · Electronic dance music, house, techno, trance, hardstyle, big room · Part of Next Events GmbH

Parookaville is Germany's largest electronic music festival, staged every July at Airport Weeze near the Dutch border since 2015. The trick that sets it apart is its premise: organizer Next Events GmbH builds an entire fictional city, the City of Dreams, ruled by a made-up mayor named Bill Parooka, with a chapel, a post office, a jail and a population of citizens rather than ordinary ticket holders. The Mainstage runs 190 metres wide and is torn down and rebuilt from scratch each year, while Bill's Factory holds up to 20,000 people as a second arena. From a 50,000-person debut in 2015, the festival grew to 170,000 by 2019 and now sells out at 225,000 across three days, with a daily cap of 75,000. The 2025 lineup ran 300 acts across 13 stages. Parookaville has also become a streaming festival: since 2022 it has carried a free annual broadcast that reached 5.7 million viewers in its first year and was the first major dance event to stream live on TikTok. The 2026 edition runs July 17 to 19, with headliners including The Chainsmokers, Armin van Buuren, Charlotte de Witte and Scooter.

Source: Wikipedia ↗

Country Germany
VenueAirport Weeze
Founded2015
Capacity~75k
ParentNext Events GmbH
GenresElectronic dance music, house, techno, trance, hardstyle, big room
Platformyoutube
Coordinates51.606, 6.121
OfficialVisit ↗
WikidataQ20735843 ↗
WikipediaArticle ↗

Livestream history

Parookaville has run an official livestream every year since 2022, making streaming a fixed part of the festival rather than a one-off. In 2022 it became the first major electronic music festival to carry a live festival broadcast on TikTok, streaming 15 DJ sets and reaching 5.7 million combined viewers on Facebook and parookaville.com. The festival has since expanded the broadcast each year, from about six hours per day in 2022 to nine hours per day and more than 75 acts across five stages in 2024. The 2025 anniversary stream carried roughly 60 acts from the Mainstage, Bill's Factory, Desert Valley and Cloud Factory across parookaville.com, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. All editions have been offered free to viewers.

  1. 2025
    parookaville.com · YouTube · TikTok · Instagram · Facebook
    Free stream
    Notable: Armin van Buuren, Hardwell, Steve Aoki, Timmy Trumpet
    Fourth consecutive year of streaming, run with ING. Around 60 acts from Mainstage, Bill's Factory, Desert Valley and Cloud Factory. Ran Friday 5pm to midnight, Saturday 7pm to 2am, Sunday 6pm to 1am CET. The Opening Ceremony and Parookaville Ceremony were both streamed.
  2. 2024
    YouTube · TikTok · Facebook · Instagram
    Free stream
    Notable: Armin van Buuren, Robin Schulz, Paul Kalkbrenner, Steve Aoki
    Third year of streaming. Extended to nine hours per day, a total of 27 hours and more than 75 acts across five stages: Mainstage, Bill's Factory, Desert Valley, Power Plant and Cloud Factory. Highlight stream Live from the City ran on TikTok and Facebook.
  3. 2023
    YouTube · TikTok
    Free stream
    Notable: Afrojack, The Chainsmokers, Hardwell, Kygo
    Streamed seven hours per day from noon CET on July 22, 23 and 24 on YouTube and TikTok.
  4. 2022
    TikTok · Facebook · parookaville.com
    Free stream · 5.7 million combined viewers across Facebook and website
    First year Parookaville streamed and the first time a major electronic music festival was broadcast live on TikTok. About six hours per day, 15 DJ sets. The stream drove 462 percent more tickets sold in the following month than the prior year.
How to watch
PlatformYouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, parookaville.com
AccessFree stream
Stages streamed5
Embeddablepartial

What sets it apart

01

Parookaville is built as a fictional city called the City of Dreams, complete with a mayor named Bill Parooka, its own post office, chapel, jail and citizens rather than ordinary festivalgoers.

02

The Mainstage stretches 190 metres wide and is redesigned from scratch every year, with Bill's Factory serving as a second arena that holds up to 20,000 people.

03

The 2025 edition ran a cashless payment system across the grounds in partnership with ING and closed with an 800-drone show.

04

Built on a former airport, the site combines a three-day festival with one of Germany's largest temporary camping cities.

Headliners
50 artists indexed across the lineup. Top 30 shown by 2026 touring rank.
🇳🇱 Maddix 🇧🇪 Charlotte de Witte 🇳🇱 Brennan Heart 🇳🇱 Armin van Buuren 🇺🇸 Fisher 🇳🇴 Da Tweekaz 🇦🇺 The Saints 🇬🇷 Argy 🇧🇪 Coone 🇮🇹 Agents Of Time Malugi Act of Rage Outsiders 🇮🇹 Rooler Rebelion 🇺🇸 Steve Aoki 🇳🇱 Ran-D 🇳🇱 HI-LO 🇳🇱 MISH Sickmode DIKKE BAAP 🇳🇱 Sound Rush 🇳🇱 Phuture Noize 🇺🇸 The Chainsmokers Laura van Dam Olive Anguz 🇬🇧 Darren Styles 🇳🇱 Dubvision Sonny Fodera Dimitri K
N-Vitral Ely Oaks 🇳🇱 Hardwell 🇳🇱 Lny Tnz Lost Identity Noiseflow Olympe 🇦🇺 Pendulum Don Diablo 🇬🇧 Modestep Eskei83 Andromedik 🇳🇱 Sander van Doorn 🇩🇪 SCHILLER Axwell Davyboi Henri PFR Mandy Marten Hørger 🇳🇱 R3hab
Hear the lineup
Maddix · Spotify
Charlotte de Witte · Spotify
Brennan Heart · Spotify
Armin van Buuren · Spotify

Gallery

Aerial view of the main stage at Parookaville Festival 2022 in Weeze, Germany
Timolius (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Main stage of Parookaville Festival 2022 at night in Weeze, Germany
Timolius (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cloud Factory Stage at Parookaville Festival 2024
Timolius (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Church landmark in the festival city at Parookaville Festival 2024
Timolius (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Venue

The festival takes place at Airport Weeze in Germany. It typically hosts crowds in the 75,000+ range across 3 days.

NameAirport Weeze
Country Germany
Coordinates51.6059, 6.1212
MapOpen ↗

History

Parookaville was founded in 2015, making this its 11th year.

The festival is part of Next Events GmbH's portfolio of electronic music events.

Founded2015
Years running11
ParentNext Events GmbH

Signature moments

  1. 2025The 10 Years anniversary edition reached 225,000 attendees across three days, brought back the original 2015 Memory Stage, and closed with an 800-drone finale.
  2. 2022Parookaville became the first major electronic music festival to broadcast a live festival stream on TikTok, reaching 5.7 million combined viewers across Facebook and its website.
  3. 2015The first edition drew 50,000 people to Airport Weeze and established the City of Dreams concept with mayor Bill Parooka.
Follow Parookaville
Official site ↗ Wikipedia ↗ Wikidata ↗ Updated 2026-06-12