Eindhoven is gearing up for Hit The City 2025: from August 28 to 31, the free music festival will take over the city with more than 85 live acts across various venues. From big names like Ronnie Flex & The Fam, Broederliefde, Maan, and Pommelien Thijs to rising talents such as Chloe Slater, Angry Blackmen, and Kaat van Stralen. With so many artists to choose from, Hit The City is introducing a smart new tool to help visitors map out their personal festival route: the Personal Timetable.

The Personal Timetable connects your Spotify profile to the festival program and uses smart data analysis to make creating your personal route easier. At a glance, you’ll see which acts best match your listening history and preferences. Each recommendation shows how strong the match is and which artists or genres it’s based on.

Emiel Haring, Head of Marketing at Hit The City, explains:
“Hit The City is all about discovery. The line-up features more than 85 acts, many of them promising new artists. Reading up and listening in is fun, but also very time-consuming. The Personal Timetable makes it easy: with just a few clicks, you’ll see which artists best fit your taste, how strong the match is, and why these particular acts were selected for you.”

Every act in the line-up has been carefully reviewed by the festival’s programmers. For each artist, they’ve identified related acts, genres, and subgenres. This ensures recommendations that not only align with your personal taste, but also with the festival’s vision and musical identity.

Ahead of the festival, you can share your personal timetable with friends and compare your matches. This way, the excitement starts before the first show, sparking new connections and surprising discoveries.

Emiel Haring: “As far as we know, we’re the first festival in the world to develop and offer such a tool to visitors. We believe this is a fun and valuable addition to the festival experience.”