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Los Angeles’ Skyline Festival Unveils Stellar 2023 Lineup
Los Angeles’ biggest techno and house music festival is back for round two. After throwing the inaugural Skyline in early 2022, Insomniac’s Factory 93 and Day Trip are forging a big return next year. Following their recent announcement that the fest will move to a bigger location, they’ve now unveiled a stellar lineup to take over Exposition Park in downtown Los Angeles on February 25th and 26th. The lineup includes renowned tastemakers like Michael Bibi, Diplo, Shiba San, Solardo, MEDUZA and Dom Dolla, among others. You can check out the full lineup below. Two-day GA or VIP passes are available for purchase here. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles The 2023 Skyline Festival lineup. c/o Skyline Festival FOLLOW SKYLINE FESTIVAL: Website: skylinefest.comFac...
Disco Fever In LA: Insomniac Gears Up for Inaugural “Disco Trip” Event
It’s time for Los Angeles to catch some disco fever. Insomniac’s Day Trip brand is bringing the boogie to Downtown Los Angeles with the first-ever Disco Trip event. On Saturday, November 5th, dance music fans over the age of 21 can grab their flare pants and go-go boots and head to Grand Park to see Purple Disco Machine, Jayda G, Derrick Carter and more. Day Trip was launched in 2018 with one simple premise: “house music all day.” Since its inception, the brand has thrown dozens of open-air day parties as well as two large-scale music festivals in 2021 and 2022. Day Trip expanded with the creation of its nocturnal counterpart, Night Trip, which takes their music taste to nightclubs. Now we’re looking forward to seeing Disco Trip flourish within the robust Insomniac ecosys...
House Music All Day: Day Trip’s 2nd Annual Festival Was a Lush, Glittering Oasis
House music is actually good for you. Researchers maintain that the ideal human tempo is 120 BPM, which just so happens to be the sweet spot for house music. Born in the clubs of Chicago in the 1980s, it’s no surprise that the genre is now breaking into the mainstream. After Drake and Beyonce each dropped their own house-inspired records earlier this month, it’s looking like house music is the soundtrack of the summer. One such brand elevating house music is Insomniac‘s Day Trip. Created in 2018 with the simple mantra of “House Music All Day Long,” Day Trip is now known for its epic parties featuring fishbowls, palm trees and house music from all walks of life. Day Trip Festival 2022 at the Queen Mary Waterfront Venue in Long Beach, CA. Ivan Meneses Day Tri...
Day Trip 2022: Everything You Need to Know About the SoCal House Music Festival
“House music all day long.” That’s what Day Trip attendees are in for on June 25th and 26th. Although this is the second edition of Day Trip’s festival, it’s the first to be held at the beautiful Queen Mary Waterfront venue in Long Beach, California. To get the most out of your experience, EDM.com has put together a handy guide containing all the information you need ahead of Day Trip 2022. Cue the ocean breeze, palm trees, disco balls, and fishbowls. Day Trip Hours and Location Day Trip is a two-day festival taking place at the Queen Mary Waterfront in Long Beach. The address is: 1126 Queens Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90802. Hours are June 25th from 2pm to 12am and June 26th from 12pm to 10pm. Day Trip Festival’s 2022 venue, Queen Mary Waterfront. Day Trip 2022 Lineup As ...
Inside Skyline Festival’s Techno Takeover of Downtown Los Angeles
The sounds of the underground were unleashed on downtown Los Angeles in February, when Skyline Festival returned for two days dedicated to house and techno’s finest. Taking place February 26-27, the fest saw heavy-hitters like Claptone, Maya Jane Coles, Anfisa Letyago and Sonny Fodera take to its pair of massive outdoor stages. They held down the fort beneathtowering light panels and cutting-edge strobe setups until headliners Green Velvet and Chris Lake appeared. Carl Cox headlined both nights on the South Stage. Skyline Festival also saw two tech house legends, Marco Carola and Loco Dice, team up for a rare b2b set, while Sunday openers HoneyLuv and Ms. Mada made a killing of their dancefloors in the daylight. HoneyLuv, a Los Angeles local, kicked off the eve...
Insomniac Announces 2022 Day Trip Festival Dates
“WE BACK BABY, and better than ever!” The organizers of Day Trip Festival have triumphantly announced plans for the 2022 edition of the Southern California event, which is scheduled to take place June 25-26. While last year’s inaugural event ended up having to switch locations from a waterfront site in L.A. County to the NOS Event Center in San Bernardino, this year’s fest will occur at a locale better than originally intended—at the historic Queen Mary Waterfront in Long Beach. The 21+ festival will feature two stages showcasing techno and house music’s top tastemakers. Beginning March 3rd, ticket-holders from the inaugural 2021 Day Trip and the brand’s recent Skyline Festival in Downtown L.A. will receive first access to the exclusive 24-hour presale. Gen...
Skyline Festival to Bring Carl Cox, Green Velvet, Maya Jane Coles, More to Los Angeles
“The LA skyline is changing in 2022,” according to Insomniac‘s West Coast event banners, Factory 93 and Day Trip. And we owe it all to the rejuvenated Skyline Festival, which was announced today. The 21+ event is set to take over downtown L.A. next month on February 26th and 27th, with two outdoor stages. Featuring a star-studded lineup of house and techno music, scheduled performers include Anfisa Letyago, Chris Lake, Green Velvet, Maya Jane Coles, Noizu and Sonny Fodera. Skyline has also booked a host of DJs who are prominent in their local circuits, such as Honeyluv and Heidi Lawden from Los Angeles, DJ Minx from Detroit, and Miami’s Ms. Mada. “The people have been heard,” wrote one commenter on Instagram. Recommended Articles Tickets for ...
“We Back, Baby”: Inside Day Trip, the First Post-Pandemic Music Festival in Southern California
Peppered with confusion, bewilderment, and apologies, the road to Day Trip was a windy one. But Insomniac delivered. Marking the return of music festivals in Southern California, the event was pure bliss—a stark contrast to the troubling week leading up to it. After an unprecedented two venue changes in the weeks prior to Day Trip, the fabled promoter pulled a rabbit out of its hat and hosted a radiant masterstroke of a music fest. Keiki-Lani Knudsen/Insomniac Events Venue switcheroo In the aftermath of the explosive EDC Las Vegas postponement debacle, all eyes were on Insomniac founder Pasquale Rotella ahead of Day Trip. In late June Rotella moved the house music-focused fest from the LA Waterfront to The Lot at Hollywood Park to allow for a more spacious la...
Insomniac’s Day Trip Festival Moves Venues for Second Time, Refunds All Ticket-Holders
In an unprecedented turn of events, the organizers of Insomniac’s Day Trip Festival have announced that they have switched the event’s venue a second time, less than a week before the festival. In an apologetic message shared by Insomniac founder Pasquale Rotella, festival-goers learned that Day Trip will now take place at San Bernardino’s NOS Events Center, about 80 miles from the original location. Rotella has also extended an olive branch to prospective attendees, offering all ticket-holders full automatic refunds and free tickets to the inaugural Day Trip festival, full reimbursement for non-refundable flights and hotels, and free tickets to any Insomniac event of their choice that is not sold out and scheduled to take place before the end of 2021. “Unf...
Insomniac’s First-Ever Day Trip Festival Relocates to The Lot at Hollywood Park
Insomniac‘s inaugural Day Trip music festival, which was originally scheduled to take place at the Los Angeles Waterfront, has been relocated to The Lot at Hollywood Park. After Insomniac announced they had added a second day, tickets to Day Trip sold out quickly and they opted to move to the venue, which is bigger and adjacent to the all-new SoFi Stadium. “This change will allow us to have a more spacious, improved layout, as well as release a limited amount of additional tickets,” reads a press statement from Insomniac. The newly released passes will go on sale at 12PM PT this Friday, June 25th. Prospective attendees can purchase them here. The lineup for the house music-focused festival features Claptone, SOFI TUKKER, AC Slater, Diplo, and Yola...
Insomniac’s Day Trip Festival Unveils Stellar Lineup, Adds Second Day
In the thick of the global pandemic, Insomniac Events‘ Day Trip Festival gave West Coast dance music fans hope when organizers announced plans for a brand new LA Waterfront festival. Tickets sold out within just over an hour. After months of anxiously awaiting more news, house-heads were thrilled when Day Trip dropped a huge announcement on May 26th. In addition to unveiling a stellar lineup, the festival also added a second day. Insomniac recruited a wide range of artists for the house music event, such as Chromeo, Diplo, AC Slater, SIDEPIECE, SOFI TUKKER, Tchami, Dombresky, Nora En Pure, and many more. Check the full lineup out below. Flyer for Insomniac’s 2021 Day Trip Festival. Insomniac Events Day Trip LA is set to take place on Saturday, July 3rd and Sunday, Jul...
Insomniac Announces New 2021 Oceanfront House Music Festival, Day Trip
Amid a year of cancellations due to the impact of COVID-19, Insomniac is planning to bounce back in 2021 with Day Trip, an oceanfront music festival dedicated to house. Days after Insomniac founder Pasquale Rotella shared the unfortunate news of his company’s cancellation of a stable of 2020 events amid of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, he took to Instagram to announce Day Trip. The house music festival is slated for July 3rd, 2021 at Pier 46 at the glittering LA Waterfront. “Finding new venues in LA is never easy, but for July 3rd we’ve locked in a BEAUTIFUL one— Pier 46 at the LA Waterfront! I’m stoked to announce #DayTripFestival,” Rotella wrote. “It’s a place to soak in the sun, breathe in the ocean air & dance together at multipl...
