# HOUSE ATLAS
> HOUSE ATLAS — the world's house-music clubs and festivals, mapped. Where to hear house in Berlin, Amsterdam, Ibiza, London, NYC, Detroit & Tokyo: door policy, the right night, tickets — plus the festival calendar and the genres and history behind the sound.

## Amsterdam
- [Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) 2026: a first-timer's guide](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/ade-2026-guide): ADE 2026 runs 21–25 October — five days when all of Amsterdam becomes one electronic-music festival across 300+ venues. How it works, how to buy in (there's no single ticket), what's free, and how to actually plan it.
- [House music clubs in Amsterdam: where locals actually dance](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/amsterdam-house-clubs): Skip the EDM tourist traps. This is where Amsterdam plays real house and techno — Shelter, Garage Noord, RADION and more — with door, tickets, dress and payment sorted, plus how it all peaks during ADE in October.
- [Awakenings Festival 2026: dates, line-up & how to get in (sold out)](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/awakenings-2026): Awakenings, the Netherlands' temple of techno, returns to Hilvarenbeek 10–12 July 2026 with Charlotte de Witte, Adam Beyer, Richie Hawtin and 150+ artists. It's sold out — here's how to still get in (official resale), what to know, and why it's the world's loudest, cleanest big-room sound.
- [DGTL Amsterdam 2027: dates, tickets & what to know](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/dgtl-amsterdam-2027): DGTL returns to NDSM Docklands over Easter weekend, 26–28 March 2027 — the design-led, fully plant-based, circular house & techno festival on Amsterdam's industrial north bank. Confirmed dates, how foreigners buy and pay (it's fully cashless), and how to get there.

## Barcelona
- [Sónar 2026 (Barcelona): dates, tickets & first-timer guide](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/sonar-2026): Sónar returns to Barcelona 18–20 June 2026 at Fira Gran Via, with day and night unified into one venue. Dates, line-up, how foreigners buy tickets and first-timer tips.

## Berlin
- [Best house clubs in Berlin (and how to get past the door)](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/berlin-house-clubs): Where house actually plays in Berlin — Panorama Bar and beyond — plus the real rules of the door: how to dress, behave, and which nights are house, not just techno.

## Chicago
- [The history of house music: from the Warehouse to the world](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/history-of-house-music): House music began in 1980s Chicago — at The Warehouse, with Frankie Knuckles, drum machines and the ashes of disco. A clear origin story, the machines that shaped the sound, and how it conquered the world.

## Detroit
- [Chicago house vs Detroit techno: the origins explained](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/chicago-house-vs-detroit-techno): Two cities, two sounds, born almost together in the early 1980s. Chicago house is soulful and disco-rooted; Detroit techno is futuristic and machine-driven. The people, the places and the philosophy that set them apart — and how they fed each other.
- [Movement Detroit 2027: dates, tickets & the after-parties](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/movement-detroit-2027): Movement is the pilgrimage — techno's homecoming at Hart Plaza in the city that invented it, on Memorial Day weekend (29–31 May 2027). Confirmed dates, how the weekend passes and famous after-party scene work, and how a foreign visitor plans Detroit.

## Ibiza
- [Ibiza house clubs 2026: by night, by club, and how to do it right](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/ibiza-house-clubs): Which Ibiza club on which night — DC10, Hï, Pacha, Amnesia, Ushuaïa and more — for real house and tech house. Season and opening-party dates, how foreigners buy tickets, cashless wristbands, dress and getting home.
- [Ibiza closing parties 2026: dates, which night, and how to get in](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/ibiza-closing-parties-2026): Ibiza's closing parties — the emotional, sold-out finales in early October 2026 — are the season's best week for house and tech house. Confirmed closing dates (Amnesia, Hï, DC10/Circoloco and more), how foreigners buy before they vanish, and how to get home.

## Tokyo
- [Where to hear house music in Tokyo (an English-friendly guide)](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/tokyo-house-clubs): Tokyo has a world-class, welcoming house and techno scene hiding in plain sight. The clubs that matter — WOMB, Vent, Circus — plus the rules visitors get wrong: ID, the cover charge, smoking, last trains and when the night really starts.

## Worldwide
- [Deep house vs tech house: what's the difference?](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/deep-house-vs-tech-house): Deep house is warm, soulful and chord-driven; tech house is stripped-back, percussive and built for peak time. A clear, side-by-side breakdown with BPM, mood and reference artists.
- [What is afro house? The sound, the BPM, and who to listen to](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/what-is-afro-house): Afro house is house music built on African rhythm — hand percussion, hypnotic polyrhythms and soulful, spiritual grooves around 118–125 BPM. Where it came from, how to recognise it, and the artists (Black Coffee, Keinemusik, Caiiro) to start with.
- [CRSSD Festival Fall 2026 (San Diego): dates, line-up & tickets](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/crssd-2026): CRSSD returns to Waterfront Park, San Diego on 26–27 September 2026 — a curated, 21+ house and techno festival on the bay, not an EDM circus. Confirmed dates, the Fall 2026 line-up, ticket info and how international visitors get in.
- [Glitch Festival Malta 2026: dates, line-up & the fly-in guide](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/glitch-festival-malta-2026): Glitch is Malta's connoisseur house and techno festival — a fly-in favourite drawing fans from 80+ countries. The 10th-anniversary edition runs 12–15 August 2026 at Gianpula, with Amelie Lens, Ben Klock b2b Rødhåd and Mall Grab. Dates, line-up, how to get in (it's sold out), and how to do Malta.
- [House music festivals 2026–2027: the calendar (and how to plan each one)](https://house-atlas.info/en/articles/house-festivals-2026): The year-round calendar of the world's great house and techno festivals — Time Warp, DGTL, Movement, Sónar, Awakenings, Glitch, CRSSD, ADE and the Ibiza closings — ordered by season, with dates, the sound, and a link to a full planning guide for each. Conclusion-first: which to pick, when the season runs, and how foreigners buy in.