Awakenings

Awakenings is the collective name of techno parties and festivals that have been organized in the Netherlands since 1997 by events agency Monumental Productions BV. The current Awakenings Summer Festival is one of the biggest techno events in the world. The parties sometimes have a theme that has to do with techno music, such as minimal, Detroit, schranz, Drumcode or Kne'deep. The venue used for indoor events is usually the Gashouder in Amsterdam, and the Spaarnwoude recreational area between Amsterdam and Haarlem for outdoor festivals. The name Awakenings has to do with the resurrection of Jesus. The first party was around Easter and organizer Rocco Veenboer realized that he did not know what the Easter party meant. After he discovered that at Easter, among other things, the resurrection of Jesus is celebrated, the name Awakenings arose. The cradle of Awakenings is located in the Gas holder of the Westergasfabriek, in the Westerpark in Amsterdam with its famous Acoustics. There, the very first edition started on March 30, 1997 with the DJs Angelo, Billy Nasty, Derrick May, Dimitri, Godard, Nick Rapaccioli and Zen.