Saturday is approaching with rapid strides – in other words: There are only a few days left until it’s finally time for another stunning edition of SYNDICATE. Prepare for a night of brutal kicks at the Westfalen-HELL battlegrounds, where the ambassadors of the harder styles will unite again!
Simon Roth
General info
Date: October 7th, 2023
Time: 8:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m.
Location: Westfalenhallen Dortmund, NRW, Germany
Age for admission: 16 years (if you’re under 18, you’ll need to bring an 18+ escort person and a properly filled u18 form – also known as “Muttizettel” – in order to stay past midnight)
What to expect
We’re looking forward to an impressive main stage, three areas in total, as well as more than 30 artists from all over the world – every single one of them being absolutely ready to delight you with the best of hardcore, hardstyle, and uptempo music!
Line-up
Main stage
- Angerfist LIVE
- Barber vs. Major Conspiracy
- D-Fence vs. AniMe
- Deadly Guns RELOADED
- Dimitri K
- GridKiller
- Hysta
- Korsakoff
- Mad Dog
- Miss K8
- N-Vitral
- THE TIMEMACHINE: Marc Acardipane
- Host: Tha Watcher
Hardstyle stage
- Act of Rage
- Bloodlust vs. The Purge
- D-Sturb
- E-Force
- Mish
- Rejecta vs. Deluzion
- Resolute
- Sub Sonik
- Warface
- Host: Nolz
Uptempo stage
- Bulletproof
- Cryogenic
- DRS
- Elite Enemy
- F.Noize (Uptempo Classics)
- Juliëx
- Spitnoise
- Trespassed
- Unproven
- Host: MC Robs
Improved cashless payment
The payment system using RFID wristbands as already used at MAYDAY for example (read my review here) will be improved as per the visitors’ feedback:
- You’ll also be able to return cups and cans for your friends and get back the deposit for up to five containers more than you bought using your own wristband.
- The refund fee will be drastically reduced by about 40 % from 0,91 EUR (MAYDAY 2023) to 0,54 EUR.
Angerfist signing session
Bring your Angerfist merchandise and have it signed by the masked man himself at the Masters of Hardcore merchandise shop between 11:00 and 11:30 p.m.!
How to travel there
The stadium (Westfallenhallen Dortmund) has its own underground station and thus is easily reachable by using public transport. Using your pre-bought SYNDICATE ticket, you can even use the buses and trains within the VRR fare zone to get to the venue and back for free (coach class; valid from Saturday, October 7th, 3 pm, until Sunday, October 8th,12 am; terms & conditions regarding fare & transport of the VRR apply, see www.vrr.de).
If you’re coming from further away, it’s worth checking out Hardtours and Feierreisen for organized bus tours with like-minded people!
For the ones arriving by car, there are numerous parking spaces available around the stadium.
Get your tickets
Tickets for SYNDICATE 2023 are still available at the official ticket shop and will also be at the box office (open on Saturday from 6 p.m.).
This was SYNDICATE 2022
Still unsure? Never been to SYNDICATE before? Don’t worry!
You can relive some of last year’s sets for free on the SYNDICATE YouTube channel – check them out below and let yourself be convinced that visiting SYNDICATE 2023 will absolutely be worth it!