Nighttime Culture Index
Services:
Research, Advocacy
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Year:
2026-2028
Partners:
Amsterdam Dance Event
Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) and VibeLab will produce the Nighttime Culture Index (NCI), a new global measure of the vitality of nighttime culture. The first edition launches at ADE this October, as the event marks 30 YEARS ADE, three decades at the centre of the global electronic music industry.
The first edition covers six cities across six continents — Amsterdam, Lagos, New York, São Paulo, Seoul and Sydney — measured across six dimensions of cultural vitality: Diversity & Representation, Creative Ecology, Space & Infrastructure, Community & Belonging, Policy & Civic Health, and Sustainability & Environment. ADE's 30 years mirror the growth of nighttime culture worldwide, and for the first time that culture has a shared measure of its vitality.
The NCI is planned to be the first edition of a three-year partnership between ADE and VibeLab, an annual fixture on the ADE programme, with launch cities remaining year on year and at least two new cities added in 2027 and 2028.
