Hardstyle and Hard Dance DJs

Who to know

Ranked by festivals still to come, then tour dates, then every booking we have on record.

• KayzoWasteland Orlando · Feb 2027Welded hardcore punk and metal onto hard dance, with screamed vocals over hardstyle kicks and a live show built around the collision.
• Lil TexasEDC Thailand · Dec 2026Cowboy-hatted hardcore producer pushing tempos well past 180 with a completely straight face, with Texas kitsch welded to gabber punishment.
• HydraulixLights All Night · Dec 2026Sydney's bass-and-hard-dance hybridist, with trap weight at hardstyle tempos.
• Darren StylesEDC Thailand · Dec 2026UK hardcore royalty with piano riffs, pitched-up vocals and an unembarrassed grin, still the biggest name the genre has.
• Sub Zero ProjectEDC Mexico · Feb 2027Dutch duo who dragged rawstyle somewhere darker and more cinematic, with kicks like a pile driver and melodies built to match them.
• AngerfistWasteland Orlando · Feb 2027Dutch hardcore's most recognisable mask, with twenty-odd years of relentless gabber kicks and horror-film samples and no interest in mellowing.
• D-SturbEDC Mexico · Feb 2027Raw hardstyle producer and label head whose sets run on relentless, driving kick patterns.
• DJ IsaacWasteland Orlando · Feb 2027One of Dutch hardcore's founding names, on the circuit since the '90s and still at the top of the bill.
• RoolerWasteland Orlando · Feb 2027Rawstyle at its most aggressive edge, with distorted kicks that have no interest in subtlety or in slowing down.
• HixxyWasteland Orlando · Feb 2027UK hardcore lifer: the Bonkers compilations were his, and the piano-over-breakbeat template still is.
• Mad DogWasteland Orlando · Feb 2027Italian hardcore veteran who plays uncompromising gabber built for the largest rooms in Europe and played like it.
• MadgrrlLights All Night · Dec 2026Hard-hitting bass and harder drums from one of the scene's most reliable energy dealers.
• Showtek (Hardstyle Set)EDC Thailand · Dec 2026Dutch brothers who came up in hardstyle, left for big-room and made a second career there, and still play the hard sets that named them.
• VertileWasteland Orlando · Feb 2027Rawstyle producer with a taste for euphoric melody sitting on top of genuinely brutal kicks.
• Warp BrothersDreamstate SoCal · Nov 2026German duo behind 'Phatt Bass' who make hard dance with a rave-anthem streak that has aged better than it had any right to.
• ScooterOn tour · 1 dateH.P. Baxxter's German hardcore-rave institution, whose complete tonal mismatch with a rock festival is exactly the point: 'Hyper Hyper', forever.
• Junkie KidLast booked: BOO Seattle 2026Moves between hard techno, trap and hard dance with the same aggression whichever one he's in.
• AtmozfearsLast booked: Wasteland 2026Euphoric hardstyle's most melodic writer, where the hooks are the point, and they're built to be sung back.
• Ben Nicky Presents XtremeLast booked: Wasteland 2026The Xtreme alias pushes his trance sets into faster, harder territory, with mashups stacked at maximum volume.
• Frontliner (Journey Set)Last booked: Escape Halloween 2026Dutch hardstyle from the genre's melodic wing, euphoric leads riding the reverse bass rather than burying it in distortion.
• GammerLast booked: Escape Halloween 2026British producer who kept happy hardcore alive through its unfashionable decade, then found a Monstercat audience willing to go that fast.
• KeltekLast booked: Wasteland 2026Hardstyle with an orchestral streak, with cinematic build-ups that hold off as long as possible before the kick arrives.

On tour now

5 Hardstyle and Hard Dance DJs with dates on sale, soonest first. From Ticketmaster, refreshed daily.

• Lil TexasNext: Nov 14 · Phoenix, AZ1 date →
• Sub Zero ProjectNext: Nov 14 · Glasgow, GB1 date →
• Darren StylesNext: Nov 28 · Manchester, GB1 date →
• ScooterNext: Jan 16 · Glasgow, GB1 date →
• KayzoNext: Feb 12 · San Diego, CA2 dates →

Playing festivals next

Every festival still to come with Hardstyle and Hard Dance DJs on the bill, soonest first. The Hardstyle and Hard Dance festival guide ranks them by how deep they book.

• Dreamstate SoCal 2026November 20–21, 2026 · Queen Mary Waterfront, Long Beach, CAWarp Brothers
• EDC Thailand 2026December 18–20, 2026 · Rhythm Park, Phuket, ThailandLil Texas, Darren Styles, Showtek (Hardstyle Set)
• Lights All Night 2026December 30–31, 2026 · Fair Park, Dallas, TXHydraulix, Madgrrl
• Eternal NYE 2026December 30–31, 2026 · Orlando Amphitheater at the Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, FLHydraulix
• Wasteland Orlando 2027February 5–6, 2027 · Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, FLKayzo, Lil Texas, Angerfist, DJ Isaac, Rooler, Hixxy, Mad Dog, Vertile
• EDC Mexico 2027February 19–21, 2027 · Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, MexicoKayzo, Sub Zero Project, D-Sturb

Most headline slots

The names printed in the biggest type, trusted to send everyone home.

1. 1Angerfist2Dutch hardcore's most recognisable mask, with twenty-odd years of relentless gabber kicks and horror-film samples and no interest in mellowing.
2. 2Lil Texas2Cowboy-hatted hardcore producer pushing tempos well past 180 with a completely straight face, with Texas kitsch welded to gabber punishment.

Most places played

Whose year reads like a world tour that happened to be made of festivals.

1. 1Hydraulix4Sydney's bass-and-hard-dance hybridist, with trap weight at hardstyle tempos.
2. 2Kayzo4Welded hardcore punk and metal onto hard dance, with screamed vocals over hardstyle kicks and a live show built around the collision.
3. 3Lil Texas4Cowboy-hatted hardcore producer pushing tempos well past 180 with a completely straight face, with Texas kitsch welded to gabber punishment.
4. 4Angerfist3Dutch hardcore's most recognisable mask, with twenty-odd years of relentless gabber kicks and horror-film samples and no interest in mellowing.
5. 5D-Sturb3Raw hardstyle producer and label head whose sets run on relentless, driving kick patterns.
6. 6Darren Styles3UK hardcore royalty with piano riffs, pitched-up vocals and an unembarrassed grin, still the biggest name the genre has.
7. 7Junkie Kid3Moves between hard techno, trap and hard dance with the same aggression whichever one he's in.
8. 8Rooler3Rawstyle at its most aggressive edge, with distorted kicks that have no interest in subtlety or in slowing down.
9. 9Sub Zero Project3Dutch duo who dragged rawstyle somewhere darker and more cinematic, with kicks like a pile driver and melodies built to match them.
10. 10DJ Isaac2One of Dutch hardcore's founding names, on the circuit since the '90s and still at the top of the bill.

All 22 Hardstyle and Hard Dance DJs

Sized by how many of the festivals we track have booked each act.