EVENTS
Look Inside SOMA Tent, the Best Dancefloor at Outside Lands 2022
Not all festivals even try to deliver nine separate stages. In fact, most don’t. But for anyone who was in attendance for San Francisco’s 14th annual Outside Lands festival, it was a variety-lover’s paradise. Some stages were in open fields and others were tucked away in acoustically advantageous pockets in the sprawling hills of Golden Gate Park. One of the most lovable features of Outside Lands is the emulsion of crowds. In addition to offering ample opportunities to discover new music, when you find your vibe you’re probably not too far from finding your tribe. Alive Coverage The importance of this relationship doesn’t escape the leadership at Another Planet Entertainment and SuperFly. In fact, they produce a degree of scale that greatly eclipses other music festivals on the...
San Diego’s Day.MVS XL Festival Lives Up to Its Name In 2022
After a successful launch last year, San Diego’s Day.MVS XL Festival returned to the picturesque grounds at Waterfront Park. Curated by FNGRS CRSSD, the two-day event is an offshoot of the more prominent CRSSD Festival, which takes place each spring and fall at the same downtown locale. Keiki Knudsen Acting as a sort of warm-up to its older brother, the festival retains a sense of familiarity for those who have attended CRSSD Festival in the past. The same general layout is used throughout the expansive grounds, offering two distinct stages with plenty of grassy areas and the infamous interactive water fountains on full display. Daniela Becerra Speaking of stages, both of the structures were jam-packed with a memorable roster of techno and house music’s biggest DJs. From ...
Excision Preps Headbangers for Return to Cancún With Huge Paradise Blue 2023 Lineup
Headbangers, it’s time to prepare your neck braces and sunscreen. While Excision has been making waves for many years now with his East and West Coast bass music gatherings, Lost Lands and Bass Canyon, he added another event to his arsenal in 2022. Hitting the beach, Excision and friends took fans of the heaviest electronic music sub-genres to Mexico for Paradise Blue, a destination music festival at a beachside resort. With special late-night performances, beachside partying and a stage flanked by a giant pool, Paradise Blue is unlike anything Excision has organized. Now, just over a year after the festival was revealed, the dubstep titan has announced the lineup for the event’s sophomore edition. In 2023, Rusko, Sullivan King, LEVEL UP, Virtual Riot, Wooli, Dion Tim...
“We Are the Dork Side That Prevent People From Going to the Dark Side”: How Shambhala Is Pioneering Harm Reduction at Music Festivals
Between 1964 and 1975, an estimated 40,000 Americans crossed the border illegally into Canada, mostly to dodge the threat of being drafted to the military and the fear of combat in the Vietnam war. Some came due to the threat of imprisonment as President Nixon declared the “war on drugs” and addressed drug use as “public enemy #1.” A significant portion of these “draft dodgers” came to find a new home and Canadian diaspora in the Kootenay region of British Columbia and the central hub in the town of Nelson, per BC: An Untold History. The historic past and culture of challenging the definition of war and reducing harm is still very much alive in the Kootenay region. Shambhala Music Festival’s harm reduction culture and programs are a timely testament. EDM...
deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin Top Lineup of Speakers at Beatport’s Inaugural ReConnect Summit
Beatport has announced the headlining speaker lineup for the company’s inaugural ReConnect summit, set to take place in New York on September 21st and 22nd. Dance music stalwarts and PIXELYNX founders deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin are slated to speak about their experience in the Web3 space and provide insights on metaverse music experiences in the years to come. Representatives from Meta, Red Light Management, Disruptor Records, the Association for Electronic Music and more will lead discussions on timely topics like diversity and inclusion, wellness and branding among others. Beatport’s ReConnect summit builds upon Beatport’s philanthropic initiative that launched shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic wrecked havoc on the music industry. It has since raised more than $...
Listen to Dabin’s Exclusive EDM.com Playlist Ahead of Headlining Splash House Performance
To celebrate his first-ever performance at Splash House in Palm Springs, Dabin has curated a special playlist locked and loaded with a bouquet of his favorite melodic bass, indietronica, future bass and dubstep tracks of the moment. Available exclusively via EDM.com, the 25-track playlist also includes selects off Dabin’s blockbuster, rock & roll-infused album, Between Broken. “So excited to perform at Splash House!” Dabin told us. “I’m playing a much chiller, vibey set and it’s something I’ve never done before so I’m extra excited.” Touching down at the first of two August editions of the poolside event, a linchpin of the SoCal festival scene, Dabin will headline the Margaritaville stage alongside John Sum...
Look Inside Meow Wolf’s 2022 Vortex Festival, a Surrealist Escape In Denver
Different city, same Meow Wolf. Teeming rain in Denver couldn’t stop the brand’s flagship music festival, Vortex, from making a statement in 2022. Moving the fest from New Mexico to the Mile High City for the first time, Meow Wolf proved their prestige is immutable. Vortex made a splash over the weekend at The Junkyard, a new open-air venue promising immersive live music experiences in Denver. Attendees of the event found themselves in an adult playground where—at any turn—Alice in Wonderland syndrome could’ve set in. Revered for conceptualizing experiential activations that distort reality, Meow Wolf enthralled and titillated at The Junkyard. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more vibrant community. Attendees of Meow Wolf’s Vortex festival pose f...
Eric Prydz Is Bringing His Mind-Bending HOLO Show to ADE 2022
European fans will have just one more chance to see Eric Prydz‘s stupefying HOLO show in 2022. Despite world-class stage design and hundreds of the biggest artists in electronic dance music to see live, there was one performance at this year’s Tomorrowland festival that everyone simply could not stop talking about. That, of course, was Prydz and his inconceivable HOLO production. Now, Tomorrowland is bringing Prydz’s mind-bending show to the 2022 Amsterdam Dance Event for its last European appearance of the year. Prydz will take the stage for his Tomorrowland-powered HOLO performance on the second day of ADE, Thursday, October 20th at The Ziggo Dome. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Pre-sale passes go on sale Wednesday, August 10th at 12pm CEST before the general t...
Alison Wonderland Announces Headlining Whyte Fang Debut In Los Angeles
Whyte Fang is ready to “get weird” with her debut in the City of Angels. The brainchild of Alison Wonderland was revived late last year with “TIDES,” a wonky single infused with distorted trap sound design. Teaming up with Brownies & Lemonade around the same time, Whyte Fang previewed what was to come with a mind-bending live set. After a break in the action, the Whyte Fang revival picked up considerably more steam this week. First, Wonderland previewed unreleased Whyte Fang music and blew the crowd away with a taste of the spellbinding show production and visuals backing the effort. Immediately after came the announcement of Whyte Fang’s headlining debut. For longtime fans of the trap and bass star, the location could not be more ideal: Los An...
Buku Music + Art Project Announces Indefinite Hiatus
BUKU Music + Art Project has announced an indefinite hiatus. Organizers of the beloved New Orleans festival have issued a statement on social media announcing that its 2023 iteration will not move forward. Addressing the event’s community-building objectives, the announcement concluded by leaving the door open for a return “down the road.” An art installation at Buku Music + Art Project in New Orleans. Alive Coverage However, the festival is on hold for the foreseeable future. Buku had become one of New Orleans’ largest music festivals, attracting tens of thousands of bass and hip-hop music fans for its 10th anniversary earlier this year. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Read the full statement from BUKU Music + Art Project below. From day one, BUKU was creat...
New Techno Music Festival Offers Skydiving to Attendees: “When Are You Dropping?”
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a…raver? The promoters of a San Diego electronic music festival are inviting 200 ravers to get sky high at Skyfest, where they’ll have the option to plummet from a plane when they’re not dancing. Attendees will have the unique opportunity to tandem skydive directly over the festival from a dizzying 13,000 feet in the air before landing “just a few dozen yards away from the dance floor,” according to Skyfest’s organizers. Attendees of Skyfest, a San Diego electronic music festival, can tandem skydive during the event. Skydive San Diego Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles “There will be hundreds of skydivers floating down all day long and the vibes are going to be incredible,” reads the...
Calvin Harris Is Returning to Wynn Las Vegas In 2022—But Only for One Night
The love Calvin Harris has for Wynn Las Vegas runs deep. Next month, he’s set to “Slide” up for one night—and one night only—to perform at the famed resort and casino’s XS Nightclub for the first time in over a decade. Short, sweet and sentimental—sound familiar? Tickets are on sale now for the rare DJ set, which is scheduled for Saturday, September 17th. The performance will take place just over a month after the hotly anticipated release of the Grammy-winning artist’s upcoming album, Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2. Some of the star-studded cuts that have already been released include “Stay With Me” (with Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell), “Potion” (with Dua Lipa and Young Thug) and “New Money” (with 21 Savage). You can find...
