Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance Pageant is Shifting to Rotterdam in 2024

Armin van Buuren‘s A State of Trance Pageant is formally transferring from Utrecht to Rotterdam in 2024.

The transfer was revealed in a brand new episode of the dance music famous person’s A State of Trance radio station, which he recorded dwell from the best residential constructing within the metropolis of Benelux.

van Buuren’s A State of Trance Pageant, which is now a multi-day occasion, has referred to as Utrecht residence for greater than a decade. However new plans required extra space, contemplating the fest goes to be increasing its choices in 2024 as properly.

The transfer to Rotterdam can also be due partially to larger demand for tickets to this yr’s pageant, which its organizers mentioned will “develop into the worldwide epicenter of trance music,” per a press launch shared with EDM.com. Along with its typical slate of jaw-dropping DJ units, the 2023 ASOT Pageant will embody daytime programming with varied actions starting from masterclasses, demo drops, panels and artist Q&As.

“Utrecht has been an unbelievable place for the previous years,” van Buuren mentioned following a efficiency after the ASOT radio broadcast. “We have all made numerous reminiscences there. I personally even went to my first rave within the Jaarbeurs venue again in 1993, and I’ve additionally hosted my first ‘Armin Solely’ present there. However sadly, they’re tearing down the long-lasting corridor that housed our essential stage yearly, so we have no alternative however to look elsewhere.”

Earlier this yr, van Buuren’s honored Armada label launched the first-ever dance music investment firm, BEAT. The imprint partnered with multi-billion greenback asset supervisor Pinnacle Monetary Companions to handle the groundbreaking fund’s transactions. BEAT’s major purpose is to speculate over $100 million into rising its portfolio in its first two years.

The trance icon is now poised for the first-ever ASOT Festival in London. Scheduled for July 2nd in celebration of the model’s twentieth anniversary, the fest is poised to be the biggest trance occasion to happen within the metropolis’s historical past.” Organizers predict an viewers of 20,000 on the Dockyards, an open-air, waterside venue.