Dutch DJ Hardwell to kick off world tour with Jerusalem Day set

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Electronic music star, coming off three-year hiatus, will join Israeli, Italian and Ukrainian artists for all-night festival at Sacher Park and around capital

 

Dutch DJ Hardwell returns to Israel, and to Jerusalem for the first time for a May 26-27Jerusalem Day celebration (Courtesy Hardwell PR)

Dutch DJ Hardwell returns to Israel, and to Jerusalem for the first time for a May 26-27Jerusalem Day celebration (Courtesy Hardwell PR)

The capital city will celebrate Jerusalem Day with an all-night electronic music festival featuring Dutch DJ Hardwell, who is returning to the stage following a three-year hiatus.

Hardwell, whose real name is Robbert van de Corput, will be kicking off his 24-date world tour on a 20-meter-long (65-foot) stage in Sacher Park, though he also performed a surprise set at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami earlier this week.

White Night Jerusalem, produced by LifeTime Festival and the Jerusalem municipality, will be held overnight between May 26 and May 27, featuring guest DJs at locations around the city from sundown to dawn.

The show will be Hardwell’s first in Jerusalem, though he has appeared in Tel Aviv several times.

He was voted the world’s number one DJ on DJ Mag in 2013 and again in 2014, and ranked at number twelve in the top 100 DJs 2019 poll by DJ Mag.

The other DJs joining Hardwell at White Night Jerusalem are Ukraine’s Miss Monique, the Berlin-based Italian duo Mind Against, and Israeli DJs Red Axes, Magit Cacoon and Chaim.

An after party in the wee hours of May 27 will be held in an undisclosed heritage site in the city.