Tomorrowland
From 0 to 100, witness how this Belgian electronic music festival evolved to the best known electronic music gathering in the world.
A chronological documentary of 2,462 moments on Loreline.
Curated by Olivier · last updated 2026-07-27
Eras
- 🎬 Aftermovies, Every year's official aftermovie, the format Tomorrowland invented and that defined festival recap as a marketing genre. 2005 → 2025, with notes for the few years that released something other than a traditional aftermovie.
- 🎵 Anthems & Live Sets, Iconic recorded mainstage sets, mainstage reveals, and the year-defining anthems. Covers the moments the aftermovies condense into a few seconds.
- 📸 Through the Years, Photos from every edition. Chronological, the festival's scale and theatricality across two decades, told in stills.
- 🌍 Beyond Belgium, The digital editions, the alpine sister festival, the 15-year retrospective, and the years Tomorrowland released a different format instead of the traditional aftermovie. Tomorrowland the brand beyond Tomorrowland the field.
- 🌐 Around the World (Digital), The 2020–2021 fully-digital editions, born of the pandemic: a CGI island streamed worldwide. The "Around the World" experiment that proved the brand could exist without a field in Boom.
- ❄️ Tomorrowland Winter, The Alpine edition in Alpe d'Huez, France, Tomorrowland's stages rebuilt in the snow, a festival on the slopes since 2019.
- 🇧🇷 Tomorrowland Brasil, The Brazilian editions (Itu, São Paulo, 2015–2016), the first time the People of Tomorrow gathered on another continent.
- 🌏 Tomorrowland Asia, Tomorrowland in Asia, the brand’s expansion into the Asian market through partner events, presents, and editions across the continent.
- 🇺🇸 TomorrowWorld (USA), The American edition in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia (2013–2015), Tomorrowland’s ambitious U.S. expansion under the TomorrowWorld name, before logistics and weather ended the run.
- 💚 Love Tomorrow, Love Tomorrow, the People of Tomorrow foundation and Tomorrowlands sustainability, wellbeing and social-impact arm. The complete @love_tomorrow video archive: circular-economy initiatives, the recycled-cup flags, mindfulness talks with Sadhguru and the artists, and the Love Tomorrow presence across every Tomorrowland edition.
- 📻 One World Radio, Tomorrowland's own radio station, One World Radio, the Friendship Mixes, artist radio shows, interviews and exclusive live sets that keep the festival playing all year round.
- 💿 Tomorrowland Music, Tomorrowland Music, the festival's own record label, the official releases, from mainstage anthems to underground cuts, that carry the Tomorrowland sound onto record.
- 🎓 Tomorrowland Academy, The Tomorrowland Academy, the DJ, production and craft masterclasses where the people who build the festival's sound teach the next generation.
- - Tomorrowland 2005 | Official Aftermovie. The first Tomorrowland, held at Schorre in Boom, Belgium. Two stages, ~9,000 attendees. The recap that started a fifteen-year aftermovie tradition.
- - The first mainstage, 2005. The very first Tomorrowland mainstage, a wall of white panels lit around a golden emblem, at Schorre, Boom, 2005.
- - Red-and-white stage, 2005. The panelled main stage and the field of the first Tomorrowland, 2005.
- - Armin van Buuren, 2005. A DJ working the decks at the inaugural Tomorrowland, 2005.
- - The 2005 stage in orange light. The debut mainstage washed in orange, the crowd gathered before it, 2005.
- - Tomorrowland 2006 | Official Aftermovie. Second edition, doubled in size. Carl Cox, Marco Bailey, Sven Väth headline the underground side; main stage starts taking shape.
- - The arched DJ stage, 2006. The white-arched stage and the hands-up crowd, 2006.
- - Pillars and fire, 2006. The organ-pipe pillar stage with fire jets, 2006.
- - The 2006 stage at night. The main stage lit red and green over the night crowd, 2006.
- - The horned side stage, 2006. The purple horned second stage and its crowd, 2006.
- - The castle mainstage, 2006. The red-and-white battlement mainstage of the second Tomorrowland, 2006.
- - Tomorrowland 2007 | Official Aftermovie. Third year. Festival expands to two days; first sense that this isn't just a regional festival anymore.
- - The 2007 mainstage. The main stage of the two-day 2007 edition, banners over the crowd.
- - Panel stage, 2007. The diamond-panel main stage lit blue over the 2007 crowd.
- - Aerial of the Schorre, 2007. An aerial over the Schorre recreation grounds and the growing festival, 2007.
- - The 2008 mainstage. The main stage of the 2008 edition, the year attendance leapt toward 50,000.
- - Tomorrowland 2009 | Official Aftermovie. Festival format locks in: three days, ~50,000 attendees, the "Madness" theme. Aftermovie production value steps up considerably.
- - The Schorre from above, 2009. A fisheye aerial over the 2009 festival grounds and its lake.
- - The Masker mainstage, 2009. The 'Masker' (Mask) theme mainstage, a great carved face over the stage, the first themed Tomorrowland, 2009.
- - DJ over the crowd, 2009. A DJ playing to the 2009 crowd from the mainstage decks.
- - Crowd under the Mask, 2009. The crowd massed before the 'Masker' mainstage, 2009.
- - The eagle stage, 2009. The winged eagle-and-phoenix stage of the 2009 'Masker' edition.
- - Tomorrowland 2010 | Swedish House Mafia. Swedish House Mafia, full set at Tomorrowland 2010.
- - The crocodile crew, 2010. Costumed crew in crocodile suits by the 2010 stage.
- - The Zon mainstage, 2010. The 'Zon' (Sun) mainstage, a horned sun-face, of the 2010 edition, its record year.
- - Fireworks and rainbow, 2010. Fireworks and a rainbow over the 'Zon' mainstage, 2010.
- - The two peaks and the pagoda, 2010. The now-iconic two red peaks and the lakeside pagoda of the Tomorrowland grounds, 2010.
- - Tomorrowland 2010 | Official Aftermovie. "The Arising of Life" theme. First year with the now-iconic main stage prosceniums, a giant book opens to reveal the stage.
- - Cafe d' Anvers area at Tomorrowland 2011 | Sunday day 3. Sunday day 3, full set at Tomorrowland 2011.
- - Cafe d' Anvers area at Tomorrowland 2011 | Friday day 1. Friday day 1, full set at Tomorrowland 2011.
- - Cafe d' Anvers area at Tomorrowland 2011 | Saturday day 2. Saturday day 2, full set at Tomorrowland 2011.
- - Fireworks over the grounds, 2011. Green-and-pink fireworks over the festival, 2011.
- - The Tree of Life at night, 2011. The 2011 mainstage lit over the night crowd.
- - The palace mainstage, 2011. The colourful palace-and-domes mainstage of the 2011 'Tree of Life' edition.
- - The Medusa stage, 2011. The Medusa-face second stage, hands up in the sun, 2011.
- - DJ booth, 2011. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike on the decks, 2011.
- - Gold streamers over the crowd, 2011. Gold streamers rain over the 2011 crowd at the Tree of Life.
- - Tomorrowland 2011 | Official Aftermovie. Tickets sell out in 24 hours. ~180,000 attendees across the weekend. International press start covering the festival as a phenomenon.
- - Tomorrowland 2012 | Official Aftermovie. "Book of Wisdom" theme. The aftermovie hits 200M+ views, the format becomes a marketing genre of its own.
- - Night crowd, 2012. The 2012 crowd lit under the mainstage.
- - The Book of Wisdom mainstage, 2012. The fairytale book-face mainstage of the 2012 'Book of Wisdom' edition, fireworks above.
- - The Tomorrowland crop logo, 2012. The Tomorrowland logo mowed into the fields, seen from the air, 2012.
- - The Melodia crowd, 2012. The crowd before the 2012 mainstage.
- - Fireworks finale, 2012. The fireworks finale over the 2012 crowd.
- - The book mainstage, wide, 2012. A wide view of the 2012 'Book of Wisdom' fairytale mainstage and crowd.
- - Tomorrowland 2013 | Official Aftermovie. Tickets sell out worldwide in one second. Hardwell's "The Key" becomes the official anthem. Two weekends now to handle demand.
- - Confetti over the crowd, 2013. Confetti bursts over the 2013 crowd before the mainstage.
- - Balloons over the stage, 2013. Colourful balloons and the stage tower, 2013.
- - The lake and ferris wheel, 2013. The festival lake, bridge and ferris wheel of the 2013 edition.
- - The Arising of Life mainstage, 2013. The evolved sun-face 'Arising of Life' mainstage, 2013.
- - The mainstage from above, 2013. An overhead of the 2013 mainstage bathed in colour.
- - The lake at dusk, 2013. The fountains and lit bridge across the festival lake at dusk, 2013.
- - Ferris wheel and fireworks, 2013. Fireworks over the ferris wheel, 2013.
- - Ocarina - The TomorrowWorld Anthem - Teaser. The teaser for 'Ocarina', the anthem of the inaugural TomorrowWorld 2013.
- - TomorrowWorld 2013 | official aftermovie. The official aftermovie of the first TomorrowWorld, 2013, Tomorrowland's US debut in Georgia.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | Chuckie. Chuckie, full set at Tomorrowland 2014.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | Deorro. Deorro, full set at Tomorrowland 2014.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | Hardwell Full Set. Hardwell Full Set, full set at Tomorrowland 2014.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | Romeo Blanco (full set). Romeo Blanco, full set at Tomorrowland 2014.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | Paul Kalkbrenner. Paul Kalkbrenner, full set at Tomorrowland 2014.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | Nicky Romero full set. Nicky Romero full set, full set at Tomorrowland 2014.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | R3hab weekend 2. R3hab, full set at Tomorrowland 2014.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | Alesso Full Set. Alesso Full Set, full set at Tomorrowland 2014.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | Afrojack. Afrojack, full set at Tomorrowland 2014.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | New World Punx. New World Punx, full set at Tomorrowland 2014.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | Alesso Fireworks. Alesso Fireworks, full set at Tomorrowland 2014.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | Tiësto full set Weekend 2. Tiësto full set, full set at Tomorrowland 2014.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | Armin van Buuren (full set). Armin van Buuren, full set at Tomorrowland 2014.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | Armin Van Buuren. Armin Van Buuren, full set at Tomorrowland 2014.
- - The mainstage from above, 2014. An overhead of the 2014 'Key to Happiness' mainstage and fireworks.
- - Fireworks over the field, 2014. A red fireworks bloom over the vast 2014 crowd.
- - The Key to Happiness mainstage, 2014. The ornate 'Key to Happiness' mainstage of the tenth-anniversary 2014 edition.
- - The grounds and the ferris wheel, 2014. The festival grounds, mushroom art and ferris wheel, 2014.
- - The stage and the crowd, 2014. The wide 2014 mainstage over its sunlit crowd.
- - The lake fountains at night, 2014. The lit lake fountains and the ferris wheel beyond, 2014.
- - The festival entrance arch, 2014. The decorated entrance arch of the 2014 edition.
- - The giant butterfly, 2014. The giant butterfly-moth puppet crossing the 2014 crowd.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | Official Aftermovie. 10-year anniversary edition. "The Key to Happiness" theme. Special closing show by Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike, and Hardwell.
- - Tomorrowland 2014 | Teaser Official Aftermovie. The teaser for the official aftermovie of Tomorrowland 2014, the tenth-anniversary edition.
- - TomorrowWorld 2014 | official aftermovie. The official aftermovie of TomorrowWorld 2014, the second US edition in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Unite Forever. 'Unite Forever', a 2015 UNITE with Tomorrowland satellite film.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano. Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | Wolfpack. Wolfpack, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | NERVO. NERVO, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | Adriatique. Adriatique, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | Showtek. Showtek, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | Solomun. Solomun, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | Steve Angello. Steve Angello, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | Deorro. Deorro, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | Armin van Buuren. Armin van Buuren, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | H.O.S.H.. H.O.S.H. full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | Steve Aoki. Steve Aoki, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | Romeo Blanco. Romeo Blanco, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | Super Heroes (Laidback Luke, Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano, Dannic). Super Heroes, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | W&W. W&W, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | Blasterjaxx. Blasterjaxx, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | Oliver Heldens. Oliver Heldens, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | Laidback Luke. Laidback Luke, full set at Tomorrowland Brasil 2015.
- - Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 | official aftermovie. The official aftermovie of the first Tomorrowland Brasil, 2015, in Itu, São Paulo state.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Josh Wink. Josh Wink, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Chris Liebing. Chris Liebing, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Solomun. Solomun, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Deorro. Deorro, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Sven Väth. Sven Väth, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Justin James. Justin James, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Matador. Matador, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | VINAI. VINAI, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Ummet Ozcan. Ummet Ozcan, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
…2,282 further moments continue the chronology here. Full text archive: /loreline-text/tomorrowland.md
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Chuckie. Chuckie, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Blasterjaxx. Blasterjaxx, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | The Chainsmokers. The Chainsmokers, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Alesso. Alesso, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Afrojack. Afrojack, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Axwell Λ Ingrosso. Axwell Λ Ingrosso, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Patrick Topping. Patrick Topping, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Dannic. Dannic, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Maceo Plex. Maceo Plex, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Hardwell. Hardwell, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Monika Kruse. Monika Kruse, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Gaiser. Gaiser, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Richie Hawtin. Richie Hawtin, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Cajmere. Cajmere, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Nicky Romero. Nicky Romero, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Dyro. Dyro, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Pierre. Pierre, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Green Velvet. Green Velvet, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Jamie Jones. Jamie Jones, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Paul Kalkbrenner. Paul Kalkbrenner, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | MOTi. MOTi, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Steve Angello. Steve Angello, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Tiësto. Tiësto, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | John Digweed. John Digweed, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Martin Solveig. Martin Solveig, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Romeo Blanco. Romeo Blanco, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Superheroes. Superheroes, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | The Martinez Brothers. The Martinez Brothers, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Dave Clarke. Dave Clarke, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Carl Cox. Carl Cox, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Laidback Luke. Laidback Luke, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | W&W. W&W, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Tom Staar vs Kryder. Tom Staar vs Kryder, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Don Diablo. Don Diablo, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Julian Jeweil. Julian Jeweil, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Markus Fix. Markus Fix, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | DVBBS. DVBBS, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | wAFF. wAFF, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Sander Van Doorn. Sander Van Doorn, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Marc Houle. Marc Houle, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Otto Knows. Otto Knows, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Dubfire. Dubfire, full set at Tomorrowland 2015.
- - Fireworks over the sun stage, 2015. Fireworks fountaining over the sun-medallion mainstage, 2015.
- - The cathedral stage in gold, 2015. The Melodia cathedral mainstage lit gold, 2015.
- - The UNITE satellite stage. A 'UNITE with Tomorrowland' satellite-event stage, linked live to Boom.
- - The face stage in the trees, 2015. A carved-face stage glowing among the trees, 2015.
- - The castle at sunset, 2015. The Melodia mainstage and its crowd at sunset, 2015.
- - Fireworks over the mainstage. A red fireworks fountain over the mainstage and its crowd.
- - The fountains and the pod stage. The lake fountains and a pod-shaped stage in the morning.
- - The amphitheatre crowd. The DreamVille amphitheatre packed for a morning set.
- - The Melodia castle in pink light, 2015. The ornate 'Melodia' castle mainstage under pink light and smoke, 2015.
- - The visor figure, 2015. A costumed visored performer lit at the 2015 festival.
- - Tomorrowland 2015 | Official Aftermovie. "The Secret Kingdom of Melodia" theme. First year the main stage proscenium spans the full width of the field, a permanent shift in scale.
- - Fireworks over the mainstage, wide. A wide fireworks finale over the mainstage.
- - The butterfly and blue lasers. A butterfly motif under blue lasers at an indoor stage.
- - DreamVille tents, 2015. The colourful tents of DreamVille, the Tomorrowland campground, 2015.
- - The ferris wheel and fountains, 2015. The festival ferris wheel and fountains at golden hour, 2015.
- - The mainstage at dusk, 2015. The 2015 mainstage over the crowd as the light falls.
- - The stage in blue smoke. The mainstage in blue smoke over the night crowd.
- - The UNITE stage by day. A 'UNITE' satellite stage and its daytime crowd.
- - The mask stage in smoke, 2015. A carved-face stage wreathed in smoke, 2015.
- - The space-shuttle screen. A space-shuttle projection filling a stage screen, a Tomorrowland set piece.
- - Fireworks over Melodia, 2015. Pink fireworks over the ornate 2015 Melodia mainstage.
- - Lasers over the arena. White lasers fanning over an indoor arena crowd.
- - The mainstage crowd at dusk, 2015. The crowd before the 2015 mainstage at dusk.
- - The fountains and the balloon, 2015. The garden fountains and a hot-air balloon in the morning light, 2015.
- - The Melodia mainstage, wide, 2015. The full gothic-castle 'Melodia' mainstage over the flag-waving crowd, 2015.
- - The castle stage and lasers, 2015. The Melodia castle mainstage with lasers over the night crowd, 2015.
- - Orange sparks over the stage. A shower of orange sparks over the night mainstage.
- - Blue-and-red fireworks over the stage. Fireworks over the mainstage in blue and red.
- - Fireworks and the flag, 2015. Fireworks over the crowd, a Tomorrowland flag raised, 2015.
- - The LED-bar stage, 2015. A vertical-LED-bar stage lit magenta over the crowd, 2015.
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