Amsterdam shuts down motorway for Audio Obscura’s once-in-a-lifetime event, Highway Rave

On Saturday, June 21, 2025, Audio Obscura will host a once-in-a-lifetime Highway Rave on the roads of Amsterdam’s A10 highway as part of the city’s official 750^th anniversary celebrations.

 

Audio Obscura – the only dance music brand to be given one of the main music sites in Festival op the Ring – will take over the section of A10 by RAI Metro Station. Against this raw, concrete backdrop they’ll produce a show unlike anything ever seen or experienced before.

 

The free, ticketed event is part of the ‘Festival op the Ring’, a 17 km-long spectacular that will see the A10 closed to traffic for a single day as tens of thousands of people converge to celebrate 750 years of Amsterdam’s history and culture.

 

Pioneers of Amsterdam’s electronic music scene – arguably the most revered in the world – Audio Obscura have carved out a fearsome reputation for groundbreaking shows at unique locations like Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Central Station, De Loft in the A’DAM Toren and the Rijksmuseum bicycle passage.

 

Now they bring their collective energy, expertise and ambition to the A10, creating an unmissable event as a gift to honour Amsterdam’s 750^th birthday. Expect a high-energy rave with 9 hours of very special artists curating explosive back-to-back sets for an electronic music riot that will never be witnessed again in our lifetime.

 

HIGHWAY RAVE MADE POSSIBLE BY COLLABORATION

 

The proud main partner of the Audio Obscura Highway Rave is electrifying car brand CUPRA, actively supporting and promoting music culture through its CUPRA Music initiative.

 

To keep Highway Rave Op De Ring a free event, CUPRA and several other generous partners have contributed to making this historic moment a reality.

 

LIMITED-EDITION TEE

 

A limited-edition t-shirt will be released, born out of a music-rooted collaboration between Audio Obscura and Applied Art Forms — the Amsterdam-based fashion label founded by Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman.

 

All proceeds from this unique, numbered series, priced at €75 each, will go directly toward supporting the event.

 

ONE FOR THE UNDERGROUND HISTORY BOOKS

 

As part of the wider Festival op de Ring, Audio Obscura proudly represents the underground electronic music scene, holding a premium location on the A10 Zuid (entrance S109) for this definitive, once-in-a-lifetime cultural moment. To find out how you can be part of Highway Rave Op De Ring, visit www.audio-obscura.com/highway-rave/. On Wednesday May 21st at 10 AM CEST, free tickets will become available.

 

About Audio Obscura

 

Audio Obscura is an electronic music pioneer that breaks boundaries by putting cutting-edge dance music into unusual, breathtaking, off-limits spaces. Delivering once-in-a-lifetime experiences that harness the spirit of togetherness.

As an Amsterdam pioneer in electronic music, Audio Obscura contributed to the city’s cultural legacy with shows at iconic locations such as the Concertgebouw, Central Station, De Loft (A’DAM Toren) and the bicycle passage of the Rijksmuseum.

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