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 2,455 moments spanning 2005โ2026 on Loreline.
Curated by Olivier ยท last updated 2026-09-20
Eras
- ๐ฌ Aftermovies, Every year's official aftermovie, the format Tomorrowland invented and that defined festival recap as a marketing genre. 2005 โ 2025, with notes for the few years that released something other than a traditional aftermovie.
- ๐ต Anthems & Live Sets, Iconic recorded mainstage sets, mainstage reveals, and the year-defining anthems. Covers the moments the aftermovies condense into a few seconds.
- ๐ธ Through the Years, Photos from every edition. Chronological, the festival's scale and theatricality across two decades, told in stills.
- ๐ 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.
- ๐ Around the World (Digital), The 2020โ2021 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.
- โ๏ธ Tomorrowland Winter, The Alpine edition in Alpe d'Huez, France, Tomorrowland's stages rebuilt in the snow, a festival on the slopes since 2019.
- ๐ง๐ท Tomorrowland Brasil, The Brazilian editions (Itu, Sรฃo Paulo, 2015โ2016), the first time the People of Tomorrow gathered on another continent.
- ๐ Tomorrowland Asia, Tomorrowland in Asia, the brandโs expansion into the Asian market through partner events, presents, and editions across the continent.
- ๐บ๐ธ TomorrowWorld (USA), The American edition in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia (2013โ2015), Tomorrowlandโs ambitious U.S. expansion under the TomorrowWorld name, before logistics and weather ended the run.
- ๐ 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.
- ๐ป 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.
- ๐ฟ 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.
- ๐ 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 Vรคth 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.
โฆand 2,405 more moments.
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