EVENTS
STS9, Liquid Stranger, More to Headline Gem and Jam Festival 2022
Following a weeklong lineup tease revealing returning headliners STS9 and Liquid Stranger, Gem and Jam Festival have announced the complete artist lineup for the 14th annual event. Dubbed the “Crown Jewel of the Southwest Festival Scene,” the three-day music, art, performance, and gem and mineral festival will return to the scenic desert landscapes of Pima County Fairgrounds in Tucson, Arizona from February 4th to 6th. This year’s lineup will feature a diverse set of both electronic and jam artists, including bass producer CharlesTheFirst, electronica group Lotus, and electro-funk trio SunSquabi. The massive lineup also boasts Claude VonStroke, Goldfish, Opiuo, Quantic, Daily Bread, Maddy O’Neal, The Sponges, and more. “We are beyond excited to be able to bring Gem and Jam back for a...
Watch Tiësto Perform From the Back of a Tricked-Out Heineken Truck at F1 Dutch Grand Prix
Tiësto rang in the celebrated return of the Dutch Formula 1 Grand Prix live from Circuit Zandvoort, where an estimated 70,000 daily attendees witnessed all the high-octane action. Following the podium ceremony where Max Verstappen was named the victor of the nail-biting race, Tiësto was rolled out onto the track on the back of a souped-up Heineken truck with all the bells and whistles a DJs heart desires. Like a product of the Pimp My Ride era, the truck was outfitted with built-in LED screens, pyrotechnics, and confetti cannons. Heineken and Tiësto celebrate the return of Formula 1 to Zandvoort with a unique performance livestreamed directly from the track from the F1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix. PRNewsfoto/Heineken Of course, Tiësto couldn’t resist taking his own victory l...
Attendees Slam Elements Festival for “Unsafe” Lack of Infrastructure, Wait Times of Up to 16 Hours
According to a slew of irate attendees, the 2021 edition of Elements Music & Arts Festival lived up to its name after a storm ravaged the campgrounds—and the event’s infrastructure. After proprietors promoted a “lakefront paradise” experience, the Pennsylvania-based festival was blasted by ticket-holders reporting crippling logistical issues and an alarming lack of organization. Elements began Friday, September 3rd and will conclude today, September 6th. A public Facebook group developed to air grievances against the camping festival, dubbed “Elements Shit Show 2021,” has amassed over 1,300 members in less than 24 hours. Its contents paint a grim picture of an understaffed, ill-equipped event with legions of incoming refund requests due to what m...
Excision Announces First-Ever All-Original Throwback Set for Lost Lands 2021
Those who attend Lost Lands this year will experience something no Excision fan has before. Friday evening, the dubstep virtuoso informed fans about what they can expect from his performances at his flagship music festival later this month. Like previous outings, Excision will be throwing down a two-hour set, a special Detox performance, and for the first time in his career, an all-original throwback set. Excision took to Twitter to offer a glimpse of what’s in store. “I have never performed a set of just Excision tracks and remixes before,” he wrote, “and I can’t wait to debut this for Lost Lands!” In a reply to the initial announcement, Excision shared that the set will primarily feature tracks from 2013 to 2018. He also mentioned his albums Codename X...
IKEA’s First-Ever Music Festival to Feature TOKiMONSTA, Kaytranada, More
IKEA stans, hold on to your meatballs. The furniture giant will host its first IKEA Festival on September 16th, bringing together a variety of musicians, designers, chefs and speakers for an immersive 24-hour event. Hosted for free on the IKEA website, it will broadcast from more than 100 homes around the world as participating talent transform their living spaces into virtual stages, according to a press release. Among the musical performers for the inaugural event are Kaytranada, TOKiMONSTA, MØ and Masego, with icons like designer Virgil Abloh, TikTok influencer Pasta Queen and astronaut Christer Fuglesang rounding out the lineup. They will appear on segments like “DJ Relay,” a steady stream of club music; “Home Makeovers,” a hub for interior...
“Summer Camp Fields Forever”: Inside The 20th Edition of Summer Camp Music Festival
Summer Camp Music Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary last weekend at Chillicothe, Illinois’ Three Sisters Park. The Midwest electronic and jam gathering was initially postponed from 2020 to 2021, then later rescheduled its annual Memorial Day celebration to mid-August. Despite the high temperatures and relentless humidity, the festival saw its highest attendance to date, bringing 25,000 Scampers to get down to sets by GRiZ, Tipper, STS9, REZZ, The Floozies, CloZee, Emancipator, Boogie T and more throughout its four-day event. While some music festivals cater to a specific genre and community of fans, Summer Camp Music Festival understands there’s a big overlap between live music fans and genres of music. While the festival is centered in jamband roots and is hosted b...
A New Chapter: Louis The Child Reborn as Rave Act In Electrifying Red Rocks Performance
Kiss goodbye to the old Louis The Child. Long known for their bubbly dance-pop anthems, like the Taylor Swift-approved “It’s Strange,” the duo have now mutated into a full-blown rave act. It’s like when the cuddly Minions transformed into the evil, fang-dripping purple monstrosities in Despicable Me. But unlike the family-friendly comedy, there’s nothing childish about Louis The Child’s new direction. Louis The Child perform at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Friday, August 27th, 2021. Jason Siegel After the duo’s recent headlining performance at Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre, it’s clear the style that longtime fans are used to is gone, eighty-sixed in favor of one that foams at its mouth with rave energy. The honeyed xylophon...
5 Reasons to Party at Sea With The Yacht Week
As music festivals around the world reappear, the dance music community is slowly returning to a sense of normalcy. They may look a bit different—with COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements—but at least we don’t need to rave in our kitchens anymore. The Yacht Week offers a different experience than your typical festival. A nautical wonderland, the event takes visitors to the cobalt blue waters of the Adriatic Sea for a week of partying in paradise. The Buzz Boat There’s nothing else out there like the Buzz Boat, which began as a water taxi before The Yacht Week got hold and completely revamped it. It’s now a wasp-themed, high-spec, floating DJ stage, kitted out with a Pioneer XDJ-RX2 dual deck DJ controller and a stunning 360° VOID Acoustic soundsystem. A total...
Porter Robinson Hired the Company Behind The Wizarding World of Harry Potter for His Music Festival
Harry Porter is in the building. Ahead of the 2021 edition of his curated Bay Area music festival Second Sky, Porter Robinson has announced a magical partnership to bring the event to life. The electronic music virtuoso has teamed up with Nassal, a renowned developer of themed environments who designed The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Orlando. “some more updates on transforming Second Sky – my manager hit up Nassal, the company that delivered the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Orlando,” Robinson wrote in an Instagram post. “when i first heard about it, i really thought there just no way it was possible that we could get them.” “i am insanely hyped to tell you that Nassal will be the one...
Cercle Is Streaming a Concert Live From Under the Northern Lights
Cercle has announced its most ambitious concert yet, which will take place under the emerald skies of the aurora borealis in Finland. Cercle is revered for its phantasmagoric music events, in which they place artists in idyllic locales for once-in-a-lifetime performances. The brand triumphed in EDM.com‘s “Best of 2020: Industry Leaders” list last year, winning in the category of Best YouTube Channel after organizing livestreamed shows at Croatia’s stunning Plitvice Lakes (featuring Disclosure) and Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza (featuring Sébastien Léger), among others. The renowned event brand has now tapped French pianist Sofiane Pamart for its next pie-in-the-sky performance, an event they say they’ve been dreaming about since the beginning o...
GRiZ and CloZee to Perform Meow Wolf’s First Denver Events at New Perplexiplex Venue
GRiZ and CloZee have been tapped by Meow Wolf to launch Convergence Station, the celebrated brand’s highly anticipated Denver venture. which will take place in the immersive “Perplexiplex” venue. GRiZ will take the stage at the immersive “Perplexiplex” venue and light it up with his signature electro-funk sounds and live saxophone beginning at 9:30PM on Saturday, September 18th. “When the news broke that Meow Wolf was opening a location in Denver, GRiZ got in touch with me and said that he had to be the one to play opening night,” said GRiZ’s manager, Keith LeWinter of Red Light Management. “Watching Meow Wolf take shape as the perfect cross-section of art, adventure, music, and mystery through the lens of close fr...
Inside Bass Canyon 2021, Excision’s Triumphant Return to the Gorge
After a year-long wait, Excision was finally able to reunite bassheads at the Gorge Amphitheatre for the first time in over a year. Bass Canyon was the first electronic music festival back at the Gorge Amphitheatre, rekindling the flame that had been dwindling in the Pacific Northwest since the nationwide quarantine first began in March 2020. Fans, Excision, and his team were elated to return to the Gorge, where they curated their best iteration of the festival yet. Return to Form Although the festival opened with a messy camping situation, the entirety of Bass Canyon felt like a return to form for Excision, his team, and the Pacific Northwest electronic music scene as a whole. Excision’s brand new Evolution stage graced the Gorge for the first time, turning what was ...
