ADE Green 2025: The First 5 Programs That Set the Stage
Following up on recent news about the first wave of artists for ADE 2025, we continue with ADE Green: the conference on sustainability and social change in the music industry. With ADE Green tickets now available, here are the first highlights of this year’s ADE Green program – marking the starting point of a conference program built around exchange, reflection and practical guidelines for action.
First look at this year's ADE Green program
What’s Next for Circular Festivals?
Since 2019, over 50 European festivals have worked side by side in the Green Deal Circular Festivals. Together, they’ve experimented, tested, and shared what works. Now, five years on, it’s time to ask: what has been achieved? What remains to be done? And where are the real barriers that keep us from going further? With insights from industry pioneers, this session looks both back and forward—taking stock of lessons learned while opening the door to what comes next.
State of Sustainability: Accelerating Change Together
No single festival or organisation can transform the sector alone. This interactive session invites both experts and the audience to an honest dialogue on what is needed for faster, collective progress. Guided by Claire O’Neill (AGF) and featuring voices from Roskilde and ESNS, this program offers an opportunity to co-create sustainability strategies with your peers.
Honest Climate Conversations
What happens when we strip away the structure of a typical panel and simply listen—to music, to feelings, to each other? In collaboration with Mindworks Lab, this intimate session invites two artists to share tracks that move them and unpack the emotions behind them. Through these musical touchpoints, the conversation explores climate, storytelling, and the emotional significance of music in the climate crisis.
AI for Impact: Smarter Sustainability Reporting
Understanding your impact is the first step to reducing it—but measuring it can feel daunting and complex. This workshop makes it accessible: together, we will explore how accessible AI tools can help demystify sustainability reporting and empower you to analyse your own data, quickly and effectively. Practical, hands-on guidance to help you get started and feel confident about tracking your event’s footprint.
Meet the Experts: Sustainability & Social Change Speeddates
14 experts. 5 rounds. 1 hour to have the conversations you won’t find anywhere else. This speed-dating format is your chance to connect directly with the thinkers and doers reshaping our field. Limited seats, maximum access: come early, ask bold questions, leave with ideas and contacts that can help you take the first or next impactful step.
First look at this year's ADE Green program
What’s Next for Circular Festivals?
Since 2019, over 50 European festivals have worked side by side in the Green Deal Circular Festivals. Together, they’ve experimented, tested, and shared what works. Now, five years on, it’s time to ask: what has been achieved? What remains to be done? And where are the real barriers that keep us from going further? With insights from industry pioneers, this session looks both back and forward—taking stock of lessons learned while opening the door to what comes next.
State of Sustainability: Accelerating Change Together
No single festival or organisation can transform the sector alone. This interactive session invites both experts and the audience to an honest dialogue on what is needed for faster, collective progress. Guided by Claire O’Neill (AGF) and featuring voices from Roskilde and ESNS, this program offers an opportunity to co-create sustainability strategies with your peers.
Honest Climate Conversations
What happens when we strip away the structure of a typical panel and simply listen—to music, to feelings, to each other? In collaboration with Mindworks Lab, this intimate session invites two artists to share tracks that move them and unpack the emotions behind them. Through these musical touchpoints, the conversation explores climate, storytelling, and the emotional significance of music in the climate crisis.
AI for Impact: Smarter Sustainability Reporting
Understanding your impact is the first step to reducing it—but measuring it can feel daunting and complex. This workshop makes it accessible: together, we will explore how accessible AI tools can help demystify sustainability reporting and empower you to analyse your own data, quickly and effectively. Practical, hands-on guidance to help you get started and feel confident about tracking your event’s footprint.
Meet the Experts: Sustainability & Social Change Speeddates
14 experts. 5 rounds. 1 hour to have the conversations you won’t find anywhere else. This speed-dating format is your chance to connect directly with the thinkers and doers reshaping our field. Limited seats, maximum access: come early, ask bold questions, leave with ideas and contacts that can help you take the first or next impactful step.
What else to expect?
ADE Green is bringing together experienced event professionals, leaders and visionaries, artists, festival organizers, and curious newcomers to explore and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. The conference takes place at Felix Meritis on Friday, October 24th, featuring 15+ interactive programs, workshops and panel discussions. To ensure you don’t miss out on further program announcements, subscribe to the ADE Green newsletter.
What else to expect?
ADE Green is bringing together experienced event professionals, leaders and visionaries, artists, festival organizers, and curious newcomers to explore and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. The conference takes place at Felix Meritis on Friday, October 24th, featuring 15+ interactive programs, workshops and panel discussions. To ensure you don’t miss out on further program announcements, subscribe to the ADE Green newsletter.
ADE Green Ticket Sales
Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect with leading minds of sustainability and social change in the music industry. ADE Green is accessible with the ADE Pro Pass, or with the single-day ADE Green Pass, get yours here.
ADE Green Organising Partners
Amsterdam Dance Event and Green Events.
ADE Green Event Partners
Alchemic Sonic Environment, Bouwplaats van de Toekomst, Circular Festivals, City of Amsterdam, Emergency Exit, MTD, Statiegeld NL, The Powershop.
ADE Green Ambassadors
A Greener Future, Brok Decor, DJs For Climate Action, Into the Great Wide Open, Lab Vlieland, Mindworks Lab, VANG Buitenshuis.