It’s looking like 2023 will be a monster year for Romania’s beloved UNTOLD Festival. Following the release of their official 2022 aftermovie, UNTOLD, one of Europe’s largest electronic music festivals, has announced the first major artists for next year’s fest: Imagine Dragons and Armin van Buuren. The chart-topping electro-pop and rock outfit are known for their deep discography of contemporary hits, like “Demons,” “Enemy,” “Thunder,” “Radioactive,” “Whatever It Takes” and many more. Since their inception nearly a decade ago, Imagine Dragons have won one Grammy and 10 Billboard Music Awards, among other accolades. By enlisting Imagine Dragons, UNTOLD’s organizers are making a stat...
It’s looking like 2023 will be a monster year for Romania’s beloved UNTOLD Festival. Following the release of their official 2022 aftermovie, UNTOLD, one of Europe’s largest electronic music festivals, has announced the first major artist for next year’s fest: Imagine Dragons. The chart-topping electro-pop and rock outfit are known for their deep discography of contemporary hits, like “Demons,” “Enemy,” “Thunder,” “Radioactive,” “Whatever It Takes” and many more. Since their inception nearly a decade ago, Imagine Dragons have won one Grammy and 10 Billboard Music Awards, among other accolades. By enlisting Imagine Dragons, UNTOLD’s organizers are making a statement in unfolding the 8th...
This year, UNTOLD celebrated their seventh festival in a big way. Over 360,000 descended on the magical UNTOLD grounds in Cluj-Napoca, Romania for four days and four nights this past summer. With stellar performances from the likes of Alok, Above & Beyond, Claptone, David Guetta, Lost Frequencies, Major Lazer, MORTEN, J Balvin and many more, 2022 was a historic year for the beloved electronic music fest. Now, organizers have released the UNTOLD 2022 Aftermovie, highlighting the event’s immaculate stage production, the energy of its crowd and all the eye-popping sights and sounds of one of the world’s biggest EDM festivals. The short film encapsulates the fond memories and beautiful moments from the weekend in 4K resolution. UNTOLD will return to Romania Augu...
One of the few major scale dance music events to take place in Europe last year, UNTOLD Festival recently made its return to Romania for a blissed-out 2022 edition. Curating a polychromatic EDM dreamworld that enchanted approximately 360,000 attendees across four days and nights, organizers managed to offer a memorable experience soundtracked by the genre’s very best DJs. The festival’s 2022 theme, “Temple Of Lúna,” was a marvel. Untold Festival 2022. Alive Coverage Boasting an astonishing eight stages across a festival area of over 235,000 square meters, there’s no doubt UNTOLD satisfied even the most veteran dance music fans. Its colossal Mainstage featured explosive DJ sets from a slew of EDM heavy-hitters, among them Alok, David Guetta, Dimitri ...
As if UNTOLD Festival already didn’t have a huge lineup for 2022, they’ve now added one of the most iconic artists in dance music. Fresh off his momentous comeback set at Miami’s Ultra Music Festival, Dutch electronic music icon Hardwell has been added to the 2022 UNTOLD lineup as part of his “Rebels Never Die” world tour. The Romanian festival will be one of the only places to see Hardwell this year. Hardwell joins an eye-popping lineup for the 7th edition of UNTOLD, dubbed “Untold Chapter VII.” Set for massive performances on the festival’s mainstage are Alok, Lost Frequencies, Steve Aoki, and Vini Vici, and more. The secondary stages will host Borgore, Malaa, Maceo Plex, Netsky, Noisia, and a cant-miss B2B set by drum & bass ...
After the reveal of UNTOLD Festival‘s first wave of 2022 artists, one thing certainly won’t be left untold: this year’s event could be the biggest yet. The Romanian festival is one of Europe’s most beloved, inviting approximately 300,000 fans annually to the city of Cluj-Napoca for a celebration of electronic dance music music culture. UNTOLD was also one of the only major European music festivals to take place in 2021 during the pandemic, bouncing back with a momentous edition featuring a slew of major artists in techno and house music. And this year is no different. The 2022 UNTOLD Festival, dubbed “Untold Chapter VII,” promises another stellar lineup. Organizers have now revealed the first phase of artists, announcing a formidable Mainstage lineup of ...
With 2022 festival season in sight, the industry is primed for a comeback. As noted by Quartz, the average price of a concert ticket increased from just $12 in 1981 to $64 in 2017, which is nearly double the rate of inflation over the same period. Plus, given the sheer volume of artists on the average music festival lineup combined with the higher production budget, the premium per ticket well exceeds that of the average show. In a data-driven exercise, Cool Camping sought to compile a list of the “Best Value Festivals” using a distinct set of criteria. The company compared the price consumers pay for tickets against a variety of factors, including a combination of a proprietary “Headliner Value” formula, the price of a beer, the cost of food, and the number of days...
UNTOLD Festival was the only large scale European festival to take place in 2021, and the Romania-based event isn’t wasting time in planning an even bigger and better edition in 2022. This year’s UNTOLD welcomed back a formidable lineup of over 200 DJs, many of whom are household names such as David Guetta, Martin Garrix, DJ Snake, Steve Aoki, and Afrojack. The fantasy-themed fest unified fans from over 100 different countries and drew in a staggering 265,000 fans at a time when large-scale events were especially scarce. UNTOLD Festival, one of the largest festivals in the EU, locks in early August dates for 2022 edition. Now UNTOLD isn’t letting that momentum go to waste, and have already committed to 2022 dates early next August. Dubbed “Untold Chapter...
UNTOLD Festival has confirmed a landmark partnership with Elrond, an internet-scale blockchain giant. The two Romanian powerhouses will join forces for the 2021 festival set to take place from Thursday, September 9th to Sunday, September 12th. The lineup for the event includes performances from David Guetta, Martin Garrix, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, The Script, Tyga, and many more. According to a press release issued by Elrond, the creative collaboration will offer Untold attendees the chance to experience “a special ‘NFT moment,'” which organizers maintain is one-of-a-kind blockchain-music crossover. Each attendee will secure their own NFT via the Maiar marketplace. They’ll also be able to purchase tickets with EGLD, the cryptocurrency that...
The organizers behind Romania’s biggest music festivals, Untold Festival and Neversea, are offering an attractive incentive for donating blood plasma—free festival tickets. The donation campaign, titled Blood Network, is a partnership between the festival and supermarket chain Kaufland Romania. The limited time offer is being extended specifically to recently recovered COVID-19 patients. Plasma from patients cured of the virus is highly sought after due to the presence of antibodies, which could help sick patients find the path to recovery. Donors through Blood Network will be rewarded with a free one-day pass to the 2021 edition of either Untold or Neversea. Donors will also receive a supermarket voucher of 100 lei for their efforts. “The medical system is curre...