I Love Techno is an international techno event that takes place in Flanders Expo

Flanders Expo

Flanders Expo is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Ghent, Belgium. Flanders Expo is founded in 1986. The first CEO was Marc Mortier from 1986 till 2002. Flanders Expo is the biggest event hall in Flanders, and the second biggest in Belgium. A lot of big fairs take place.Till 2002, a lot of concerts...

 in Ghent

Ghent

Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...

, Belgium

Belgium

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.

Famous national and international DJ

Disc jockey

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s perform every year at this event. The last editions each attracted about 40,000 visitors from Belgium

Belgium

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, the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, The Netherlands, France

France

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, Ireland

Ireland

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, Spain

Spain

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 and Germany

Germany

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 as well other parts of Europe and the rest of the world.

The first edition of this event took place in 1995 at Vooruit

Vooruit

Vooruit Arts Center is a historic complex in the Belgian city of Ghent. Vooruit was originally the festival and art center of the Ghent labor movement, with a ballroom, cinema, theater, etc...

 in Ghent

Ghent

Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...

 and attracted 700 people. Because of the sudden growth of the party, the event had to move to Flanders Expo. I Love Techno has become one of the biggest techno events in Europe.
In Flanders Expo there is one central room and connected to this room are 5 other rooms: the Red, the Yellow, the Blue, the Orange and the Green room. In these rooms the action takes place.

The 2008 edition took place on 15 November, with acts including Boys Noize

Boys Noize

Boys Noize is the stage name of Alexander Ridha, a German electronic music producer and DJ. It is similar to the name of Ridha's label, Boysnoize Records, which he established in 2005...

, Justice

Justice (French band)

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, Digitalism

Digitalism

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, Hot Chip

Hot Chip

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, Booka Shade

Booka Shade

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, Underworld

Underworld (band)

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, Dave Clarke, Richie Hawtin

Richie Hawtin

Richard Hawtin is an English-Canadian electronic musician and DJ who was an influential part of Detroit techno's second wave of artists in the early 1990s and a leading exponent of Minimal techno since the mid 1990s...

and Magda.
The 2009 edition took place in Ghent on 24 October.

First edition of the Ilovetechno Festival’s line-up included Dave Clarke, Jeff Mills, Daft Punk.