The Music
Sets recorded on the trucks and at the lakeside stages, from the early rave years through trance, techno and hard styles to the present line-ups. Much of this survives only because someone stood in the crowd with a recorder.
Part of Street Parade
39 moments in this segment.
- — Energy at the Hallenstadion on parade night, 1994. A VHS transfer of the Energy indoor party held at the Zurich Hallenstadion on 13 August 1994, the night of the third Street Parade. The event became the parade's regular after-hours continuation, and this tape records its early sound and staging.
- — DJ Nonsdrome's set on Love Mobile 3, 1999. The set DJ Nonsdrome played on Love Mobile 3 at the 1999 Street Parade, recorded live on the truck and posted with a full tracklist of the trance and hard trance records used. The 1999 edition ran under the motto 'More than words'.
- — Max B. Grant's live mix from the 2000 parade. The set Max B. Grant played at the 2000 Street Parade, the ninth edition, which ran under the motto 'Believe in Love'.
- — Energy at the Hallenstadion after the 2000 parade. Footage from the Energy party at the Zurich Hallenstadion, described by the uploader as the biggest indoor techno event following the Street Parade. It records where a large part of the crowd went once the trucks stopped rolling.
- — Madwave's set at the 2001 parade, part one. The opening fragment of an eight-part recording of Madwave's trance and hard-trance set played from a Lovemobile at the 2001 Street Parade. Short, but taken directly from the truck rather than from a later studio mix.
- — Madwave's set at the 2001 parade, part two. The second fragment of Madwave's hard-trance set recorded live from a Lovemobile at the 2001 parade. The clip catches the interplay between the DJ on the truck bed and the dancers walking alongside.
- — Madwave's set at the 2001 parade, part five. A later fragment from the same eight-part recording of Madwave's Lovemobile set at the 2001 Street Parade, deeper into the run when the route was at its fullest.
- — DJ Energy at the 2002 parade. DJ Energy's set from the 2002 Street Parade, uploaded as an official recording of that year's event.
- — DJ Indian's trance set at the 2002 parade. A long trance set presented as a live recording from the 2002 Street Parade, running through the hard-trance repertoire of the period with a full tracklist in the description. It stands as an audio document of what a truck actually played across an afternoon.
- — Mousse T. at the 2003 parade. A short television segment of Mousse T. playing the 2003 Street Parade, part three of a series covering that edition. The 2003 parade ran under the motto 'Let the sun shine' and was the year the route direction was reversed.
- — Hour-long recording from the 2005 parade. Close to an hour of house and techno recorded at the 2005 Street Parade, posted without commentary or description. It works as a sound document of the day.
- — Stage with dancers and video wall, Street Parade 2006. Dancers perform on a parade stage in front of a large video screen. The 2006 edition ran under the motto Move your mind and drew about 800,000 people despite cloud and repeated showers. The Dutch promoter Q-Dance supplied a hardstyle stage that year before later withdrawing after a dispute with the organisers.
- — Filo and Peri play The Anthem at the 2007 parade. A short clip of Filo and Peri's track The Anthem being played at the 2007 Street Parade, recorded from the crowd in front of the system.
- — Hardcore at the 2009 parade. Recorded live at the 2009 Street Parade in front of a hardcore system, with a DJ Paul track running. A reminder of how wide the stylistic range on the route had become by then.
- — Speaker stack towering over the crowd, 2010. A wall of stacked bass bins and horns rises above the heads of the crowd. The Commons description of a related file from the same set records one truck's amplifier output at 90 kW. Noise emission limits have been part of the parade's conditions since the city relicensed it in 1994.
- — Intec Digital and Carl Cox at the parade, 2011. The Intec Digital crew, including Carl Cox, Jim Rivers and Jon Rundell, filmed at the Zurich Street Parade as part of their summer tour. Backstage and on-truck footage from the label's own camera.
- — DJ playing a parade stage, 2011. A DJ works behind the decks on one of the parade's stages. Alongside the Lovemobiles the organisers build fixed stages at points around the lake basin, a format that grew through the 2000s. Over 200 DJs have played a single edition.
- — Paul van Dyk's stage at Street Parade 2011. The Paul van Dyk stage rig at the 2011 parade, with dancers on the deck and the crowd below. Van Dyk was one of the international headline names the parade booked repeatedly through the 2000s and 2010s. The Commons description names him directly.
- — Main stage and crowd, Street Parade 2012. The main stage rig seen over the heads of the crowd on a sunny afternoon. Fixed stages such as the Centre Stage and the Future Sound Stage at Burkliplatz sit alongside the moving Lovemobiles. Pendulum and Fritz Kalkbrenner played the Burkliplatz stage in 2012.
- — Wide view of the route and a stage, 2013. A long stretch of the closed road with the crowd flowing towards one of the stages. Fixed stages at points around the lake basin now carry as much of the programme as the Lovemobiles. Over 200 DJs play a typical edition.
- — Opening of the twenty-third parade, 2014. The opening of the twenty-third Street Parade with ATB, attended by founder Marek Krynski and the Street Parade board, followed by impressions from the route and main stage sets by Hard Rock Sofa and Paul van Dyk.
- — Paul van Dyk's full set, 2014. Paul van Dyk's complete set at the Street Parade on 2 August 2014, recorded in full at just over an hour. One of the longest single-artist documents in the archive.
- — Lasers over the night stage, Street Parade 2014. Laser fans sweep out over the crowd from a stage rig after dark. The EXIF timestamp reads 23:22 on 2 August 2014, hours after the truck procession itself had finished. The stages and the surrounding parties run well into the night.
- — Robin Schulz at the 2015 parade. Footage of the 2015 Street Parade released through Robin Schulz's channel, cut to an EDX remix of his track Sugar. A short, polished view of the crowd around one of that year's best-known names.
- — Paul Kalkbrenner live at the 2018 parade. A recording of Paul Kalkbrenner's live set at the 2018 Street Parade, running close to two hours. The upload carries a timestamped tracklist of the material he played.
- — Tale Of Us at the 2018 parade. The full Tale Of Us DJ set from the 2018 Street Parade, recorded and streamed by BE-AT.TV. Around 75 minutes of continuous play from the Italian duo.
- — Patrick Topping at the 2019 parade. Patrick Topping's full set from the 2019 Street Parade, recorded by ARTE Concert. Ninety minutes of house and techno from the British DJ.
- — Amelie Lens at the 2019 parade. Amelie Lens's full set from the 2019 Street Parade, filmed and broadcast by ARTE Concert. Ninety minutes of Belgian techno played to the lakeside crowd.
- — Paco Osuna and Andres Campo back to back, 2019. The full back-to-back set by Paco Osuna and Andres Campo at the 2019 Street Parade, recorded in high resolution by ARTE Concert.
- — Joe T Vannelli at the 2022 parade. The Italian DJ and producer's own aftermovie from his appearance at the 2022 Street Parade.
- — Lilly Palmer on the We Love Techno truck, 2023. Lilly Palmer's set at the 2023 Street Parade from the We Love Techno truck she ran herself, close to an hour long.
- — DJ behind the decks at the Street Parade stage, 2023. A DJ works behind the decks in front of the lit Street Parade backdrop. Each edition has an official anthem and a stated motto, and the line-up runs to hundreds of DJs across the trucks and stages. The 30th edition was held on 12 August 2023.
- — Main stage and crowd at the 30th Street Parade, 2023. The main stage with its Street Parade branding faces a packed crowd on the lakeside site. The 30th edition was held on 12 August 2023 and drew about 920,000 people according to the organisers. Federal President Alain Berset attended, the first member of the Federal Council ever to do so.
- — DJ Tatana at the Street Parade, 2024. A portrait of the Swiss DJ Tatana, photographed at the Street Parade on 10 August 2024. Swiss DJs have anchored the parade line-up since the 1990s alongside international headliners. The 2024 edition ran under the motto Prefer:Tolerance.
- — The main stage at the 31st Street Parade, 2024. The main stage rig with its LED wall stands over the crowd at the 2024 parade. The 31st Street Parade was held on 10 August 2024 under the motto Prefer:Tolerance, with 28 Love Mobiles and eight stages, and drew about 920,000 visitors. High temperatures contributed to 470 people needing medical treatment.
- — Deborah de Luca at the 2025 parade. The Naples DJ Deborah de Luca's full set at the 2025 Street Parade, recorded by ARTE Concert on the shore of Lake Zurich.
- — Trym on the HÖR Love Mobile, 9 August 2025. Trym playing the HÖR and Technoabteil Love Mobile at the 2025 Street Parade on 9 August, the first time HÖR streamed live from the parade. Just under forty minutes of hard techno recorded on the moving truck.
- — Official trailer for the 2025 edition. The organisation's trailer announcing the headliners for the 2025 Street Parade on 9 August, with 200 or more artists, thirty Love Mobiles and eight stages.
- — Official trailer for the 2026 edition. The organisation's trailer for the 2026 Street Parade on 8 August, announcing more than 200 artists, thirty Love Mobiles and nine stages under the line 'Together we move'.
