Rutger Jansen is an event professional that started his journey in the EDM industry in Europe during the 90’s, right at the beginning of the genre’s take off.
He has produced some of the largest and most renowned EDM festivals and shows across Europe and around the world like: Tomorrowland, Sensation, Mysteryland, State of Trance, and artists like Armin van Buuren and Hardwell.
In 2013, Rutger moved from the Netherlands to New York as part of ID&T’s expansion to the US, shortly after, the company was purchased by SFX II. Following ID&T to the USA, he started the New York office of Backbone International, a production company with offices in Amsterdam, New York, Hong Kong and Jakarta. He produced festivals like TomorrowWorld, Sensation, Electric Zoo, and Mysteryland in the US.
Rutger now serves as the Senior Vice President of Production and Operations at Insomniac where he oversees 30+ large scale festivals hosting up to 180,000 people per day and close to 400 concerts a year.
Insomniac is an American Electronic music event promotor and music distributor. Founded by Pasquale Rotella, it is best known as the organizer of the electronic music festival Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC). Alongside EDC, Insomniac runs the electronic music events Beyond Wonderland and Nocturnal Wonderland, as well as Bassrush, Basscon, and Dreamstate. The company also owns a stakes in the Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival and Rolling Loud. Insomniac is also involved in the operation of three Los Angeles nightclubs, Exchange L.A., Academy and Time, as well as Club Space in Miami and Echostage in Washington DC. Momentarily Rutger is also part of the LiveNation team that is responsible for the execution of Formula 1 in Las Vegas 2023, a race over the strip in the heart of Las Vegas, as Vice President of Production for F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix.