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Despite the name, Mayday festivals date oscillates between April and December (these being called Winter Mayday). Currently, the festival takes place only in around 30 April in <a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a> and 10 November in <a href="/wiki/Katowice" title="Katowice">Katowice</a>. </p><p>Each Mayday has a theme. Until 2013 it was composed by <a href="/wiki/Members_of_Mayday" title="Members of Mayday">Members of Mayday</a>, DJs <a href="/wiki/WestBam" title="WestBam">WestBam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Klaus_Jankuhn" title="Klaus Jankuhn">Klaus Jankuhn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DW_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 1998 Mayday (Germany) is supported by <a href="/wiki/Eve_%26_Rave#Eve_&_Rave_Münster" title="Eve & Rave">eve&rave Münster e.V.</a> with drug-information-desks. </p><p>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. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Mayday_events">List of Mayday events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list of songs or music-related items is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mayday_(music_festival)&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2021</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Event name </th> <th>Date </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Attendance </th> <th>Acts </th></tr> <tr> <td>Best of House and Techno '91 </td> <td>1991-12-14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Halle_Weissensee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Halle Weissensee (page does not exist)">Halle Weissensee</a> </td> <td>5000 </td> <td>18 <ul><li>DJs: Frank de Wulf, WestBam, Sven Väth, Dick, Rok, Tanith, Dave Angel, Moneypenny, Sascha, Marusha, Mate Galic, Neutron 9000, Pure Energy</li> <li>Live Acts: Ravesignal, Speedy J, Mental Overdrive, The Hypnotist</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>A New Chapter of House and Techno </td> <td>1992-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cologne" title="Cologne">Cologne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eis-_und_Schwimmstadion" class="mw-redirect" title="Eis- und Schwimmstadion">Eis- und Schwimmstadion</a> </td> <td>12000 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Forward Ever, Backward Never </td> <td>1992-12-12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Halle_Weissensee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Halle Weissensee (page does not exist)">Halle Weissensee</a> </td> <td>7000 </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Judgement Day </td> <td>1993-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>16000 </td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Religion </td> <td>1993-12-11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Halle_Weissensee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Halle Weissensee (page does not exist)">Halle Weissensee</a> </td> <td>6000 </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rave Olympia </td> <td>1994-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>24000 </td> <td>33 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Raving Society (We Are Different) </td> <td>1994-11-25<br />1994-11-26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deutschlandhalle" title="Deutschlandhalle">Deutschlandhalle</a> </td> <td>32000 </td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Reformation </td> <td>1995-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>22000 </td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Great Coalition </td> <td>1995-12-16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frankfurt" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Festhalle" title="Festhalle">Festhalle</a> </td> <td>18000 </td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Day X </td> <td>1996-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>20000 </td> <td>47 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Life on Mars </td> <td>1996-12-14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> </td> <td>8000 </td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sonic Empire </td> <td>1997-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>18000 </td> <td>42 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Save the Robots </td> <td>1998-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>20000 </td> <td>35 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Soundtropolis </td> <td>1999-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>20000 </td> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Datapop </td> <td>2000-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>20000 </td> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mayday Polska </td> <td>2000-11-10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Katowice" title="Katowice">Katowice</a> </td> <td>9000 </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 in 01 </td> <td>2001-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>20000 </td> <td>38 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Culture Flash </td> <td>2002-04- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>20000 </td> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mayday comes to Budapest </td> <td>2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Password Europe </td> <td>2003-03-29 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a>, Hungexpo </td> <td>9000 </td> <td>50 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Troopa of Tomorrow </td> <td>2003-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>17000 </td> <td>42 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Future Downloaded </td> <td>2004-04-03 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a> </td> <td>10000 </td> <td>70 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Team X-Treme </td> <td>2004-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>20000 </td> <td>38 </td></tr> <tr> <td>U Make The Rules, We Make The Noise </td> <td>2005-03-26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a>, Hungexpo F-F2 </td> <td>11000 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Prototypes </td> <td>2005-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>20000 </td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Power Recycling </td> <td>2006-03-18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Worldclub </td> <td>2006-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>20000 </td> <td>35 </td></tr> <tr> <td>New Euphoria </td> <td>2007-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>20000 </td> <td>70 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Reflect Yourself </td> <td>2008-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>25000 </td> <td>50 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Massive Moments </td> <td>2009-04-30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfalenhalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfalenhalle">Westfalenhalle</a> </td> <td>25000 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Massive Moments </td> <td>2009-06-13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a>, Óbuda Island </td> <td> </td> <td>80 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span 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