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Pollen Presents Reveals Lineup for Electric Zoo Adventures: Cancún Edition
Pollen’s Cancún takeover is only getting started. Following massively successful festivals and happenings in the Mexican city, among them Tiësto: The Trip, Pollen is gearing up to light up Cancún this December with Electric Zoo Adventures: Cancún Edition. With a colossal line-up just revealed, which packs unmatched star-power, Electric Zoo Adventures: Cancún Edition will take place from December 1-5, seeing dance music fans rejoice for four days and nights in Cancún’s sun-kissed beaches and jungle. Electric Zoo Adventures: Cancún Edition – Lineup c/o Pollen Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles The iconic deadmau5, Sofi Tukker and Galantis are slated to take the decks and deliver incredible night-time sets, while Dutch future house maestro Oliver Heldens, dance-pop mainstays Two Fr...
Top Destination Festival, Your Paradise, Announces Return to Fiji With Netsky, Vintage Culture, More
There’s nothing quite like Your Paradise, a fantasy-like music festival in the heart of the Mamanuca Islands. The breathtaking Fiji fest encapsulates dance music culture in its own unique way at the intersection of wellness and hedonism. One of the world’s most intimate music events, Your Paradise is offering only 600 passes to revel in its sublime festival experience this year, which will provide sensory overload with its iconic oceanfront mainstage, beach yoga sessions, private island club and breezy Catamaran rides, among other idyllic experiential activations. Your Paradise has now announced a massive lineup for this year’s edition, which is scheduled for December 10-16. Set for performances are Sub Focus, Vintage Culture, Kito, Ben Böhme...
6 Bucket List Electronic Music Events to Attend In B.C., Canada
It’s that time of the year again: festival season is well underway. Canada is home to some unique commercial events and festivals, yet the underground rave culture is where things can also get really exciting. Ahead of this year’s highly anticipated festival season, we decided to present to you some of our bucket list festivals and events for dance music enthusiasts in B.C., Canada. Shambhala Music Festival Shambhala is making its anticipated return in 2022 after a two-year hiatus, for its 23rd edition from July 22-25. Canada’s longest-running independent electronic music gathering, the beloved festival boasts 6 stages with performances from the likes of CloZee, What So Not, Subtronics, Mr. Carmack, SLANDER and so many more. Shambhala 2022 is 90% sold-out, wit...
Louis The Child, SG Lewis, Dom Dolla, More to Headline Holy Ship! Wrecked 2022
Returning to Mexico for the ultimate resort party, Holy Ship! Wrecked will host over 50 artists for four full days of fun in the sun. Scheduled to run December 13th through the 17th, HARD is drawing 2022 to a close with the third edition of Holy Ship! Wrecked, which will be returning to the Hard Rock Riviera Maya in Mexico. This year’s lineup includes performances from Louis The Child, SG Lewis, Dom Dolla, John Summit, Two Feet, Mersiv, Mr. Carmack and TSHA (one of EDM.com‘s Best Music Producers of 2021), among others. Check out the full lineup below. Since this experience is hosted at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya all-inclusive resort, it has its perks. Throughout the duration of the resort party, attendees will not only enjoy music from world...
Growing Pains: How Desert Hearts Festival Fared—And Progressed—In Its Expansive New Home
One of the lamentable circumstances with growth is the inevitable change that comes with it. In the case of a prospering music festival and esteemed brand, this means losing the tight-knit appeal it once had in favor of expansion for its thriving legion of followers. This is the repercussion currently being felt by organizers of this year’s Desert Hearts festival, a fallout that will ultimately benefit them going forward. Porky, Mikey Lion, Lee Reynolds and Marbs. Brian Ngo The multi-day camping and arts festival is commemorating a decade since its original Mojave Desert rendezvous. Since then, the team at Desert Hearts has continuously broadened their amenities while staying true to their inclusionary standards and love for house and techno. Consequently, the brand’...
5 Things Not to Miss Under the Electric Sky at EDC Las Vegas 2022
There’s less than two weeks until dance music fans unite by the thousands under the electric sky at EDC Las Vegas, and the excitement around the kickoff of North America’s largest dance music festival has reached a fever pitch. Despite having just held EDC Las Vegas in October of last year, the Insomniac team has been hard at work bringing more new innovations to their flagship offering. This year’s EDC experience includes the addition of a new stage, more rare back-to-back performances, and the same high-quality production fans of the festival have come to know and love. Discover our top five things to consider as you plan to make your EDC 2022 experience a memorable one. EDC Announces Addition of bionicJUNGLE, the Festival’s 9th Sta...
Julie Snell of the Scotland 5G Centre Joins This Expert Line-up of Speakers at the #DTF2022
Julie Snell, Chair of the Scotland 5G Centre, is set to speak at the upcoming Digital Transformation Forum 2022 held in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa on 31 May 2022 at the Maslow Hotel. Julie Snell, Chair of the Scotland 5G Centre, is set to speak at the upcoming Digital Transformation Forum 2022 held in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa on 31 May 2022 at the Maslow Hotel. This hybrid event will see industry experts come together to tackle ideas on how to navigate the future-of-work, future-of-integration, connected digital experience, data management, and digital innovation strategies all in efforts to prepare your business for its successful digital transformation journey. Snell has 35+ years of experience as a business leader having successfully established new technology market...
Swedish House Mafia Announce Massive Summer 2022 Headlining Show at Ushuaïa Ibiza
Swedish House Mafia are partying like its 2010. That was the year they released “Miami 2 Ibiza,” one of the band’s many generational dance anthems. Now fresh off their scintillating debut album Paradise Again, Swedish House Mafia are returning to the White Isle for a momentous show in summer 2022. The Night League, the team behind Ushuaïa Ibiza, have announced a massive headlining performance from Swedish House Mafia. They’ll return to the iconic open-air venue on Sunday, July 17th ahead of their 2022 world tour. Ironically, the tour begins less than two weeks later with a show in Miami. In the wake of the pandemic, the grand return of Ibiza’s nightlife also marks the longest clubbing season in the island’s history. According to a press re...
Watch Alison Wonderland’s Secret Album Release Rave Live From a Vacant Laundromat
Lights, camera, laundry. Alison Wonderland rinsed out a slew of filthy new tracks live from a vacant L.A. laundromat as her long-awaited album dropped this week. Giving audiences one of the first live previews of her brand new Loner LP, the Australian songstress performed in partnership with Brownies & Lemonade at a pop-up rave to remember. The private event went down in the Alvardo Laundromat in Los Angeles. But if a sonic cleanser is what you were after, this DJ set was anything but. Wonderland unleashed an onslaught of bass as the laundromat beamed to life in a flurry of lasers. The LED strips lining the venue’s equipment snaked along every corner of the aged interior, igniting the scene with sequences of polychromatic hues for a distinctly haunting feel. The washing machines ...
Splash House Taps Diplo, Duke Dumont, Walker & Royce, for June 2022 Opener
Splash House recently announced its return to Palm Springs with a newly expanded itinerary for 2022. Stretched over three long weekends this summer, the pool party-festival hybrid will once again take over a trio of resorts throughout the desert city. The first of those weekenders will take place June 10-12 and organizers have tapped some big names in the electronic music space. Headlining the sun-kissed pool parties at the Saguaro, Renaissance and Margaritaville resorts will be Diplo, Channel Tres, Walker & Royce and a b2b set from Dombresky and Noizu, among others. Furthering the roster of high-caliber acts performing throughout the three venues will be Hayden James, Yung Bae, J. Worra, Gene Farris, Shermanology, Manila Killa b2b Chet Porter, SecondCity and Hanna...
David Guetta, Marshmello, More to DJ at Summerburst’s Biggest Festival In 10 Years
Ahead of their biggest festival in a decade, the organizers of Summerburst have announced a massive lineup to celebrate the beloved festival’s return to Gothenburg. The 2022 edition of the Swedish dance music fest is scheduled for June 3-4 at Ullevi, one of the biggest stadiums in the Nordic countries with a capacity of 43,000. While the sprawling stadium has historically hosted major sporting events, like the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Cup Finals, it also doubles as a locus for the world’s best DJs to throw down for Summerburst. And after two years away due to the impact of the pandemic, Summerburst is returning stronger than ever. Summerburst 2022 is scheduled for June 3-4 at Ullevi. c/o Summerburst For the first time, ravers will have access to four stages: the M...
Look Inside the Mayhem of Excision’s First-Ever Paradise Blue Music Festival In Cancún
As Excision continues to expand his festival empire, it was only a matter of time until he went international. His first-ever destination music festival, Paradise Blue, seemingly went off without a hitch in Cancún, where attendees had the opportunity to head-bang in the pool, on the beach and in the club from 2PM to 3AM daily. Paradise Blue offered a refreshing dose of bass music, featuring artists from all over the spectrum to join X on the beach. Ace Aura, Bear Grillz, SVDDEN DEATH, Kai Wachi, Eliminate, Au5 and many more showed out to help curate the signature Excision festival experience. Words alone can’t provide a festival of this caliber justice, though. Check out the clips below for FOMO a glimpse into the inaugural Paradise Blue, where DJs raged in the po...
