Music festivals
Attendees of This Floating Music Festival Won’t Know Its “Surprise Lineup” Until They Board Cruise Ship
Have you ever gone to a music festival without knowing its lineup? That’s the case for holders of tickets to the 2023 FriendShip event, a floating festival featuring a “surprise lineup” that won’t be revealed prior to its start. In fact, attendees won’t discover the lineup or performance schedule until they board the Norwegian Pearl and enter their cabins, according to FriendShip organizer Gary Richards. The festival’s founder, who also DJs and produces electronic music as Destructo, took to social media to reveal the news after hosting a poll. “The results are in and the majority of you are on board with my dream of finally having a surprise lineup for ship! For those of you who are on the other side of the poll I promise 100% the surprise will be...
Kaskade, Excision, Rusko, More Revealed for Beyond Wonderland 2023: See the Full Lineup
Insomniac is wasting no time in 2023 after revealing a huge lineup for the 12th edition of Beyond Wonderland. The Alice In Wonderland-themed EDM spectacular is returning to the NOS Events Center March 24-25. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, January 6th at 12pm and you can purchase them here. After last year’s wondrous festival, North America’s preeminent electronic music festival promoter has once again set the tone for a massive festival in Southern California. The 2023 Beyond Wonderland lineup features Kaskade, Tiësto, Excision, Rusko, TroyBoi, Flosstradamus, WHIPPED CREAM, Dillon Francis, Cosmic Gate, Borgore and many more. Fans can also look forward to raving at the five psychedelic stages of Beyond Wonderland: the Queen’s Domain, Mad Hatter’s Cast...
Ultra Emerges As World’s Most International Music Festival Brand
The team behind Ultra Music Festival have secured their spot as the most international music festival brand. After expanding to Peru and Abu Dhabi, Ultra Worldwide further cemented itself as a festival powerhouse with festivals on all six inhabited continents. The inaugural Ultra Abu Dhabi was postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns, but it’s now been confirmed to take place March 4-5, 2023. Ultra’s booming beats and coruscating laser beams will debut at the largest open-air venue in the Middle East, Etihad Park. Ultra South Africa. Ultra Worldwide After the Abu Dhabi fest wraps up, the Ultra tour will make its way to South Africa for its eighth edition, hosting back-to-back events in Cape Town and Johannesburg on Friday, March 10th and Saturday, March 11th. Africa̵...
Here Are The Set Times For Countdown NYE 2022
We’re counting down the hours until Countdown NYE. The return of SoCal’s top NYE electronic music festival will pop off tonight and Saturday, December 31st at San Bernardino’s NOS Events Center. Insomniac Events is gearing up to welcome thousands of guests for this year’s alien-themed fest, “Rize of the Ravebotz.” Attendees will be able to dance 2022 away with over 80 artist performances on four indoor and outdoor stages, which will feature ZHU, Zedd, Madeon, The Chainsmokers, deadmau5, ATLiens and many more. DJ Snake was slated to headline Saturday night, but Insomniac announced he “won’t be able join us Saturday.” His set is being replaced by a B2B performance from SLANDER and Sullivan King. Check out the set times for Countdown NYE 2022 below. We’...
5 of the Best Destination Music Festivals to Explore In 2023
Destination festivals blend travel with music, creating space for magical experiences beyond our comfort zones. Thanks to a number of ambitious artists and event organizers from around the EDM scene, there are tons of exciting destination festivals to choose from in 2023. Ravers can explore the world, from Malta to Tulum, Mexico, Fiji, Costa Rica and everywhere in between. Read on to discover five of the year’s best destination music festivals. Envision Festival Costa Rica’s Envision Festival. Eric Allen Envision is a conscious festival situated in the jungles and beaches of Costa Rica, blending sustainability with music, yoga, education, art and performance. The 2023 lineup features a huge variety of artists, including CloZee, Bonobo, Desert Dwellers and many more from Februar...
Here Are the Set Times for Decadence NYE 2022
Thanks to Decadence, the annual NYE ball-drop is a little different in Colorado. That’s because this electronic music festival rings in the new year properly: by dancing. As far too many people inexplicably squeeze into Times Square like sardines, a tight-knit community of ravers are dancing the night away in Downtown Denver at Decadence. This year’s festival features a typically massive lineup from Friday, December 30th to Saturday, the 31st. Fans will be able to catch Flume, Porter Robinson, Tiësto, CloZee, GRiZ, Chris Lake, Kaskade, Zeds Dead and more more. Check out the set times for Decadence NYE 2022 below. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Set times and schedule for the 2022 Decadence NYE festival in Downtown Denver. Decadence FOLLOW DECADENCE AZ: Facebook: fa...
Here Are the Set Times for Lights All Night 2022
Lights All Night is back—and potentially bigger than ever. It might be tough to top last year’s dazzling event, but if there’s any festival organizer to one-up themselves, it’s Lights All Night. The fest, which has long been a staple of Dallas’ NYE celebrations, is gearing up for a huge year. This year’s festival features a massive lineup from Thursday, December 29th to Friday, the 30th. Fans will be able to catch performances from Excision, Porter Robinson, John Summit, G Jones, Tchami, GRiZ, Kasablanca and more more. Check out the set times for Lights All Night 2022 below. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Set times and schedule for the 2022 Lights All Night festival in Dallas, Texas. Lights All Night FOLLOW LIGHTS ALL NIGHT: Facebook: facebo...
We Went to an Electronic Music Festival On a Remote Island In Fiji—Here’s What It Looked Like
As humans, our need for connection is primal. But sometimes we have to travel to the edges of the Earth to find it. We recently crossed the Pacific for Your Paradise, an idyllic destination music festival on the remote Fijian island of Malolo Lailai, or “The Island of the Resting Sun.” 6,000 miles away from the influencer-infested covens of Los Angeles, we discovered a community as vibrant as the island’s crystalline waters. Roughly 500 people converged on Fiji’s Mamanuca Islands for the 2022 edition of Your Paradise, the first since the return of live music in the wake of the pandemic. Nestled in a halcyon shoreline, the festival is what happens when daydreams shed their idealistic layers and become reality. “If you come to Your Paradise once, you’ll com...
Tomorrowland Is Returning to Brazil In 2023 After 7 Years
Tomorrowland is making a triumphant return to São Paulo, Brazil in 2023. After seven years, the iconic dance music festival brand will reappear in Brazil from October 12-14, 2023. It will take place on the grounds of Parque Maeda in Itu, a municipality of São Paulo. The first two successful 2015 and 2016 Tomorrowland Brazil festivals took place at the same venue and welcomed more than 150,000 people, who joined together to dance under the barrage of lights at the “Book of Wisdom” and “The Key To Happiness” main stages. Guilherme Gazzola, the mayor of Itu, said that Tomorrowland Brazil goes above and beyond the music and inspires change and significant improvements to the region. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles “In addition to it...
Everyone Is a Captain On “Holy Ship! Wrecked”— And No One Walks the Plank Alone
Holy shit, Holy Ship! Holy Ship! Wrecked, the beloved floating electronic music fest, started sailing the seas in 2011, inviting raver pirates from all walks of life to board a cruise ship for an intimate festival experience. In 2020, the Beats at Sea captains of The Bowery Presents, HARD, Insomniac and Cloud 9 Adventures decided to “wreck” the festival to a permanent location, the all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel Mayan Riviera on the shores of Mexico. The third voyage of Holy Ship! Wrecked ran December 13-17, 2022. EDM.com was onboard and rediscovered why the festival is a national treasure—and what was in its chest this year. Holy Ship! Wrecked Inclusivity There are no social boundaries distancing the festival’s headlining DJs from its attendees. On the ship, everyone swab...
Ultra Worldwide Now Has Music Festivals On All 6 Inhabited Continents
The team behind Ultra Music Festival have secured their spot as the most international music festival brand. After expanding to Peru and Abu Dhabi, Ultra Worldwide now has festivals on all six inhabited continents. The inaugural Ultra Abu Dhabi was postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns, but it’s now been confirmed to take place March 4-5, 2023. Ultra’s booming beats and coruscating laser beams will debut at the largest open-air venue in the Middle East, Etihad Park. Ultra South Africa. Ultra Worldwide After the Abu Dhabi fest wraps up, the Ultra tour will make its way to South Africa for its eighth edition, hosting back-to-back events in Cape Town and Johannesburg on Friday, March 10th and Saturday, March 11th. Africa’s largest electronic music festiva...
Discover Music Festivals Around the World With the Soundclub App
There really is an app for everything. Founded in 2020 by Max Zanetti Bottarelli, Soundclub is a platform created to help fans discover thousands of live music experiences around the world, all in one place. “In a world where we’re bombarded with constant stimuli, we need something to help us cut through the white noise to find out what frequency we’re on,” reads a press release shared with EDM.com. “Whatever fans like, wherever they are, Soundclub is committed to helping them find what suits them.” Soundclub has now launched its mobile app, Soundclub – Discover Festivals, which is available on Google Play and App Store and will focus specifically on music festivals. With over 5,000 in the app’s database, fans of EDM and all other genres can discover a w...
