Defqon.1 Weekend Festival is an annual

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held in the

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. In the past, it was also held in

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and

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. Founded in 2003 by festival organizer

Q-dance Q-dance is a Dutch company that organizes events and festivals that focuses on the harder styles of dance music – mainly Hardstyle, Hardcore, and Hard Trance. Popular events and festivals organized by Q-dance are Defqon.1 Festival, Qlimax, Qa ...

, the festival plays mostly

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and related genres such as hardcore, early and classic. RED Stage (DEFQON

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The festival was previously held in mid-June on Almeerderstrand in

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. Since 2011, it is hosted on the event site next to

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in mid-September, at the Sydney International Regatta Centre. Until 2011 (2014 for the Australian edition) the festival ran for 12 hours, from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm, and ended with a firework display. Since 2012, the festival was extended to three days. Since 2015, the Australian edition was extended to two days. Each edition also has an anthem, an official song that is played in conjunction with the festival. The festival is also livestreamed with video from the largest stages and audio for all the other stages through

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, and the

Q-Dance Q-dance is a Dutch company that organizes events and festivals that focuses on the harder styles of dance music – mainly Hardstyle, Hardcore, and Hard Trance. Popular events and festivals organized by Q-dance are Defqon.1 Festival, Qlimax, Qa ...

website for people all around the world to tune into. At the

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event the audience has grown to 65,000 visitors per day. In 2013, the

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event attracted 18,000 attendees. The same event saw the death of a male, around 20 drug overdoses and more than 80 arrested on drug charges. On 17 September 2018, the New South Wales Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, announced her intention that Defqon.1 would not take place again, due to two deaths that took place at the 2018 festival. At this event seven hundred people sought medical assistance.

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, the Greens leader in the ACT, has invited Defqon.1 to take place in

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where pill testing could be carried out after a successful trial with

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. On 29 May 2019,

announced on its official Facebook profiles that Defqon.1 Australia, after a decade being held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre (Penrith), would be indefinitely suspended, since they were "unable to secure a suitable replacement venue for the event to take place .. 2020 did not see Defqon.1 held after the Dutch prime minister

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declared that all events in the

were cancelled until September 2020 due to the ongoing

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. Defqon.1 was held virtually in 2021, with sets from participating performers streamed from the Defqon.1 website. The festival was held in person again in 2022, with over 100.000 unique visitors.

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Defqon.1 Weekend FestivalQ-DanceQ-Dance GlobalDefqon.1 Festival AustraliaQ-Dance AustraliaQ-Dance ChileDefqon.1 Chile
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