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Decibel Outdoor2026

AUG 28–30, 2026Safaripark Beekse BergenStream on youtube 3 months out
Reported attendance: 120,000 · 3 days · 30 stages · Founded 2002 · 50 artists indexed · hardstyle, rawstyle, raw, hardcore, uptempo, terror, jump, hardtrance, hard techno · Part of b2s

Decibel Outdoor is the largest harder styles festival on the planet, and it has held that title by going broad rather than narrow. Founded by Dutch promoter b2s in 2002 with a single day at the Binnenmaas recreation area near Rotterdam, it moved to the Safaripark Beekse Bergen in Hilvarenbeek and grew into a three day, weekend long event. Today it spreads roughly 30 themed stages across the park, covering every corner of the hard dance map: melodic hardstyle, raw, rawstyle, hardcore, uptempo, terror, jump, hardtrance and hard techno. Recent editions pull crowds in the region of 120,000 over the weekend, plus a camping village that b2s calls the Loudest City on Earth. The mainstage is the centerpiece, where every year carries a fresh Decibel anthem and a purpose built endshow, from Rebelion's Beyond The Horizon to the Ran-D and Unresolved anthem shows. After the dust settles, b2s posts those mainstage sets free on YouTube and SoundCloud, so the archive runs deep even though the festival rarely streams live. The 2026 edition lands on 28, 29 and 30 August, with more than 300 artists already billed across the weekend.

Source: Wikipedia ↗

Country Netherlands
VenueSafaripark Beekse Bergen
Founded2002
Capacity~120k
Parentb2s
Genreshardstyle, rawstyle, raw, hardcore, uptempo, terror, jump, hardtrance, hard techno
Platformyoutube
OfficialVisit ↗
WikidataQ635752 ↗
WikipediaArticle ↗

Livestream history

Decibel Outdoor has only run a true concurrent livestream once, in August 2020, when the postponed festival was replaced by a free seven-hour STAY LOUD broadcast on live.b2s.nl. In normal years the festival does not stream the event live. Instead b2s records the mainstage and releases full sets for free on its official YouTube channel and SoundCloud, dripping them out over the weeks and months after the festival. That archive is deep, covering recent editions from 2017 through 2025, including anthem shows and bespoke endshows, but it is on demand rather than live. There is no paid or ticketed stream and no confirmed concurrent live broadcast for the 2026 edition.

  1. 2025
    YouTube · SoundCloud
    Free stream
    Notable: Ran-D and Unresolved: The Anthem Show, Rebelion pres. Beyond The Horizon (LIVE), B-Front (LIVE)
    On demand only. Full mainstage sets were uploaded free to the official b2s YouTube channel and SoundCloud in the months after the weekend, not streamed live.
  2. 2024
    YouTube · SoundCloud
    Free stream
    Notable: Unresolved: Bad Blood LIVE, Paul Elstak: Closing Session, Rejecta presents Reject Authority
    On demand mainstage recordings published free after the festival, no concurrent livestream.
  3. 2023
    YouTube · SoundCloud
    Free stream
    Notable: Rebellion closing set, B-Front and Noisecontrollers DB#20 Special, Atmozfears: The Reawakening LIVE
    On demand mainstage recordings published free after the DB#20 edition, no concurrent livestream.
  4. 2020
    live.b2s.nl
    Free stream
    Notable: STAY LOUD seven-hour stream including the 2021 lineup reveal
    A one-off free livestream on 22 August from 17:00 to 00:00 CET, run because the physical festival was postponed by COVID-19.
How to watch
PlatformYouTube
AccessFree stream
Stages streamed1
Embeddableyes

What sets it apart

01

It is the largest harder styles festival in the world, covering the full hard dance spectrum from melodic hardstyle to terror and uptempo across roughly 30 themed stages.

02

Each year b2s commissions a new official Decibel anthem and a custom mainstage endshow built around a single theme, with productions like Rebelion's Beyond The Horizon and the Ran-D and Unresolved anthem shows.

03

The festival runs three days at the Beekse Bergen safari park and adds a multi-day on-site camping village branded as the Loudest City on Earth.

04

It is one of the few major hard dance events that spreads its mainstage video sets across SoundCloud and YouTube for months after the weekend, keeping the full archive free to stream.

Hear the lineup
Brennan Heart · Spotify
Warface · Spotify
Angerfist · Spotify
Da Tweekaz · Spotify

Venue

The festival takes place at Safaripark Beekse Bergen in Netherlands. It typically hosts crowds in the 120,000+ range across 3 days.

NameSafaripark Beekse Bergen
Country Netherlands

History

Decibel Outdoor was founded in 2002, making this its 24th year.

The festival is part of b2s's portfolio of electronic music events.

Founded2002
Years running24
Parentb2s

Signature moments

  1. 2025The 15 to 17 August edition delivered the Ran-D and Unresolved anthem show and Rebelion's Beyond The Horizon live mainstage production.
  2. 2022Decibel returned to Beekse Bergen on 19 to 21 August after two lost summers, marking its 20th anniversary edition.
  3. 2020With the physical festival postponed by the pandemic, b2s ran a seven-hour STAY LOUD livestream on 22 August via live.b2s.nl that doubled as the reveal of the 2021 lineup.