Back in 1994, a new event launched in Ludwigshafen on the Rhine in western Germany. With names like Laurent Garnier, John Acquaviva and Speedy J on the bill, it clearly meant business. Over three decades later, Time Warp has solidified its place as a global events powerhouse. Its primary location now is the Maimarkthalle in neighbouring Mannheim, where it holds a colossal one-dayer every April (celebrating its 30th anniversary with a special 30-hour event in 2024). This year, that encompassed the likes of Black Coffee, Charlotte de Witte, Jamie Jones, Indira Paganotto, KI/KI, Patrick Mason, Carlita, and SYREETA, dropping 19 hours of top-tier techno and house across five dancefloors. There were also special back-to-back sessions from Dixon and Chloé Caillet, Daria Kolosova and Héctor Oaks, and Seth Troxler and Mau P, amongst others. Time Warp also hosts an annual two-dayer in Mannheim each Autumn, yearly events in Brazil and the USA, and over the decade has made regular appearances in the Netherlands, Argentina, Chile and Italy. Last year was the first edition of Time Warp Spain in Madrid, which returns this October with another heavyweight line-up. And with tickets on sale for the next autumn and spring 2026 editions of the Mannheim event already on sale, its business as usual for Time Warp. BEN HINDLE
