Ultra South Africa (95) is the only African festival in DJ Mag Top 100 Festivals of 2025. Tomorrowland (Belgium) confirms itself at the top, Ultra Music Festival (United States)in second place, Untold (Romania) in third.

This is the fifth year that DJ Mag has presented the Top 100 Festivals list, with a record-breaking number of votes recorded in the poll once again. Top 100 Festivals first started in 2019, when winners were selected by a panel of DJs. After a brief hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the poll returned in 2022 with votes being opened up to the public for the first time. Increased numbers have been recorded every year since, and, in 2025, votes came from every corner of the globe, from North and South America to Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa.

the desire for electronic music of all varieties at festivals the world over has seen a significant increase in recent years. According to the IMS Business Report 2025, the presence of electronic acts on global festival line-ups has risen to 18%, rising from 13% in 2021.

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