EVENTS
The Chainsmokers, ILLENIUM, More Set to Headline Escapade 2021
Earlier this year, the organizers of Ottawa’s renowned Escapade music festival decided that the event’s rescheduled dates in mid-June 2021 were too soon to host a safe event, thus determining a fall postponement would be the best course of action. Initially, the newly slated dates were September 3rd to 5th, offering a three-day experience. However, due to “ongoing changes and COVID restrictions,” Escapade ultimately scrapped its Friday launch and pushed it one day, truncating the fest to just September 4th and 5th. Despite the change, there is still much to celebrate for fans of Escapade thanks to its massive lineup. While the full bill is yet to be released, so far it includes The Chainsmokers, ILLENIUM, Jauz, and Claude Vonstroke, among others. You...
Afrofuturism to Take Center Stage At Immersive Audiovisual Showcase, Cube Fest
If you’ve ever wanted to travel through space and time, look no further than Virginia Tech’s upcoming Cube Fest 2021. Featuring multisensory art by a cohort of undergraduate and graduate students, the three-day “Sound of Space: An Interactive Afrofuturist Experience” will bring together artists, researchers, industry professionals, and electronic music in order to encourage innovation. Open for free to the public from August 20-22, the in-person exhibit was orchestrated to stimulate the mind with interactive sonic, visual, tactile and olfactory elements. Its venue, a mind-bending installation called “The Cube,” was specially designed for immersive environments like Cube Fest. It comes outfitted with 140 high-density loudspeakers that make ...
NOISIΛ Announce Final London Show
A wave of sadness washed over the electronic community when beloved electronic music trio NOISIΛ announced their impending split in late 2019. The iconic drum & bass group originally intended to call it quits at the end of 2020, but their farewell tour was postponed indefinitely due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While many fans have been holding out hope that the time away would lead them to reconsider, NOISIΛ ultimately confirmed that the end is near. They’ve now announced their last-ever show in the UK’s capital, which will go down at the legendary Printworks on December 10th, 2021. Before that, the band will be stopping in Budapest, Toulouse, and San Bernardino for Escape Halloween, to name a few. Though the show is sadly coming to an e...
UK Music Fest Dubbed “Britain’s Fyre Festival” After Headliners Bail, Attendees Left Stranded
The scourge of Fyre Festival lives on. A north London music festival called Metrofest has gone viral after being dubbed “Britain’s Fyre Festival.” The event’s organizers had promoted the “first ever festival dedicated to R&B and Hip Hop culture” which was to showcase “some of the scene’s most iconic figures.” However, reports of headliners bailing at the last minute and attendees wading around in mud have effectively besmirched the event, which took place on Sunday, August 8th. According to Daily Mail, many of the event’s 15,000 attendees, who had paid up to £95 (around $111 USD) for a pass, were left waiting in the rain for hours. Legions of those fans are now requesting refunds after Mya, Eve, Blackstreet and Tony ...
Look Inside Elderbrook’s Short and Blissfully Sweet Lollapalooza 2021 Aftershow
Dance musician Elderbrook emerged as somewhat of a dark horse in the electronic scene, popping into prominence in 2018 following a Grammy nod for his hit single “Cola” with CamelPhat. Later came his show-stopping debut album, Why Do We Shake In The Cold, which was released to critical acclaim and devotee fanfare. This is the project that solidified the versatile vocalist, songwriter and producer’s status as a go-to for bright, jam-ready music that will have you singing in your feels faster than you can say play. Elderbrook most recently made his way to Chicago’s Lollapalooza for a pair of shows primed to pull some of the weekend’s biggest audiences, relative to their stages and slots. To check out the buzz first hand, we made our way to Wicker Park’...
Dance Music Artists Aim to Impress—And Surprise—In Triumphant Return to Lollapalooza
“I’ve been replaying this moment over and over for months and it’s so much better than I could have imagined,” singer-songwriter Lauv proclaimed from the Lollapalooza main stage. It was a sentiment heard over and over again at the music festival’s 2021 edition, the first large-scale event to return in Chicago at full capacity in the pandemic era. For precisely that reason, the festival garnered a level of national attention unseen in recent years. Given the heightened visibility, artists were particularly eager to put their best foot forward for their loyal fans while also seizing the opportunity to reach new ears by embracing the element of surprise. It was a picture-perfect weekend in Chicago, and between the star-studded lineup, refreshing froze...
GRiZ Announces Seventh Annual GRiZMAS Event
As the end of summer looms just over a month away, GRiZ has revealed the return of his signature Christmas event, GRiZMAS. Across his social media pages, the electronic music superstar shared a goofy announcement video declaring his love for Detroit and revealing the dates and location of the three-day Christmas bash. Those familiar with bass music’s funkiest act know that this is no simple show. GRiZMAS is essentially a gathering of his most dedicated fans, many of whom are witnesses to some of his most iconic performances. For those out of the loop, we recently published an inside look at last month’s special GRiZMAS in July event. Supporting GRiZ over the weekend will be LEVEL UP, Jantsen, The Sponges, Kilamanzego, Mize, and Veil. As expected, GRiZ will be performing a ...
Webinar: Go Paperless and Automate with Adobe & Microsoft
Join DaxData and IT News Africa on the 18th of August 2021 to find out how to transform your organisation’s paper-based processes with Adobe & Microsoft. The worldwide pandemic has accelerated digital transformation in Africa to new, unprecedented speeds, and with shifting more and more towards remote working, many have found themselves with new mounting pressures upon their paper-based workflows. Attend the Go Paperless and Automate with Adobe & Microsoft webinar to see how intelligent process automation and productivity in the Cloud can replace paper-based workflows. Hear from Dax Data’s Adobe experts as they demonstrate how to transform digital workflows with Adobe and Microsoft technologies. Attendees will also learn how integrated Adobe and Microsoft solutions can make it poss...
Kaytranada Announces 17-Date Fall 2021 Tour, Including 7 Festivals
Kaytranada is coming soon to a city near you. With 17 dates scheduled throughout the fall, Kaytranada will kick off his tour at Day In Day Out Festival in Seattle before making his way across North America. Three of its stops will be in the artist’s native Canada, including its December 30th conclusion at History Toronto, a new venue operated in a partnership of Drake and Live Nation. Additional destinations include CRSSD Festival in San Diego, III Points in Miami, and the House of Blues in Boston. The upcoming tour will be Kaytranda’s first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last March, which also resulted in the cancellation of his highly anticipated “BUBBA” tour. The spring run would have supported the producer’s 2019 album of the same...
Kayzo Is DJing a Halloween Show In an Underground Cave in Tennessee
The relentless, earth-shaking bass of Kayzo is going subterranean. EDM fans can rave in a cave for over Halloweekend 2021 thanks to a special show at The Caverns, a world-renowned concert destination in Pelham, Tennesse situated in a spellbinding underground cave system. Dubbed “The Greatest Show Under Earth,” the venue draws music fans from all over the world for its mystical feel and natural acoustics. The famed dubstep and electronic-rock crossover producer said it will be a special, intimate show that almost took place a few years back, but never happened. Kayzo will bring fellow heavy-hitters Calcium and Reaper along as support for the show, which is scheduled for October 29th, 2021. Tickets to “Kayzo In The Caverns” will be available t...
First-Ever EDM Festival in the Maldives Planned for Late 2021
Long celebrated for its pristine beaches and aquamarine waters, the Maldives are known as one of the most romantic places on earth. But thanks to a new music festival, honeymooners and travel influencers aren’t the only ones soon able to enjoy the lavish locale. A group of event organizers are planning a brand new electronic dance music festival in the region, a remote archipelago of coral islands in the Indian Ocean. An announcement shared on Facebook has called for applications from local DJs, dancers, and festival staff for what the fest’s founders deemed a “once in a lifetime opportunity.” The three-day festival is being planned for November 2021. However, organizers have not yet announced official dates. According to Maldivian news outlet Ra...
Sex, Drugs and Alcohol: This Study Ranks Festivals Based on Attendees’ Vices of Choice
Would you rather: hit up a festival solely for Billie Eilish, or seek out a port-a-potty for your next sexcapade? Well, with the help of a recent study by online ticket vendor TickPick, we know the answer to this—and so, so much more. Their research, which took a deep dive into our post-lockdown festival habits, revealed everything from the most searched event by state to the festivals of choice for psychedelic drug use. Feel exposed yet? Major music festivals Coachella and Lollapalooza made the most waves in TickPick’s findings. Coachella, first and foremost, was ranked as the top festival of 2021-2022 for both seasoned veterans and festival first-timers. It was also where folks were most likely to participate in oral sex, makeout sessions and full blown intercourse, according to th...
