Music festivals
Win VIP Tickets and an All-Inclusive Festival Experience for World Club Dome Malta 2022
BigCityBeats’ World Club Dome Malta is arguably one of the most exciting festivals coming to the Mediterranean Sea this summer. Returning to Malta after a two-year hiatus, the festival is slated to take place August 5-7, 2022 with headlining sets from Steve Aoki, Belgian hitmaker Lost Frequencies and dance music powerhouse Robin Schulz. Ahead of the event’s return to the idyllic coastlines and stunning natural scenery of Malta, we’ve teamed up with World Club Dome Malta for a special giveaway to offer an all-inclusive experience to two lucky winners. 2x VIP tickets to World Club Dome Malta + accommodation for two at the festival’s official party hotel, Bora Bora Malta Resort To enter the giveaway, follow @edm, @worldclubdom...
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...
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...
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...
Kaskade Announces New Destination Music Festival In Cancún, Sun Soaked
A brand new destination festival from the mind of Kaskade could become dance music escapists’ ultimate getaway. Scheduled for December 16-18, 2022, the first-ever Sun Soaked event will go down at Cancún’s all-inclusive Paradisus and Fiesta Americana Resorts, the home of sun-kissed destination festivals organized by Excision (Paradise Blue) and ILLENIUM (Ember Shores). Kaskade has joined forces with the promoters of those events, Festication, to organize Sun Soaked, the third in a series of artist-curated destination festivals. According to the iconic Fire & Ice producer, he wants to break the mold of today’s moth-eaten festival landscape. “Sun Soaked has become a unicorn in an over saturated festival world. A perfect trinity of sun, water + sand,” Kaskade ...
Alison Wonderland, Madeon, GRiZ, More to Perform at HARD Summer: See the Full 2022 Lineup
After returning in a big way in 2021, HARD Summer is back a year later—and with a monster lineup of over 100 artists. Organizers have once again nabbed a laundry list of electronic dance music’s corps d’elite for the SoCal fest, its first-ever three-day affair, scheduled for July 29-31. Set for performances are Porter Robinson, Madeon, Alison Wonderland, NGHTMRE, Chris Lake, GRiZ, TOKiMONSTA, Moore Kismet, Vintage Culture and many, many more. Check out the hysterical trailer below, which features Marc Rebillet, SVDDEN DEATH and SIDEPIECE’s Party Favor and Nitti Gritti, among other HARD Summer 2022 artists. This year’s lineup also heavily integrates hip-hop and features a slew of major rappers, including Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Uzi Vert, Three 6 Mafia, Denzel Curry,...
Snap and Live Nation to Launch Augmented Reality Experiences at EDC Las Vegas
Snapchat and Live Nation have teamed up to create a series of custom concert experiences in the world of augmented reality, starting with EDC Las Vegas later this month. After inking the high-profile partnership, Snap and Live Nation will work together on AR content for over a dozen music festivals in 2022, including Austin City Limits, Beyond Wonderland, Bonnaroo, Day Trip, Lollapalooza, Rolling Loud, Governors Ball and more. At the recent Snap Partner Summit, the company declared that augmented reality has the potential to become a new creative medium. “We can leverage this huge user base we have in a way that will make augmented reality the next phase of visual expression for artists,” said Snap’s Senior VP of Content and Partnerships, Ben Schwerin. In a statement, Schw...
Calvin Harris to Headline Debut HARD Summer Festival In Croatia
For the first time, is HARD Summer making its way to Croatia. The debut HARD Summer EU is set to take place on August 6th, just a week after the brand’s namesake festival in SoCal. Attendees from around the globe will descend on an entirely different setting: the idyllic Žnjan Beach in Split. The festival is much shorter than its American counterpart, but attendees will have the chance to experience an iconic locale most could only dream of raving at—and it’ll be headlined by none other than Calvin Harris. c/o Press Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles This isn’t HARD’s first attempt to break into Europe’s festival circuit. The brand previously planned on debuting a London offshoot in 2021 before cancelling the fest due to impact of the pandemic. The HARD Lond...
EDC Las Vegas Announces Stage-By-Stage Lineups for 2022 Festival
With less than one month until EDC Las Vegas, Insomniac has announced the stage-by-stage lineups for the 2022 festival, which is set to take place at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway May 20-22. Each year Insomniac unveils an enormous lineup for EDC Las Vegas, where over 200 artists perform across eight stages throughout the weekend. This year, a number of those artists will take to a brand new, ninth stage called bionicJUNGLE, which will focus on house music. Each classic stage is organized into its own unique sonic identity, making it easier for you to navigate the festival and discover music by the artists you love. You can check out all eight of the lineups organized by stage below and stay tuned for Insomniac to announce the bionicJUNGLE bill. kineticF...
Take a Look Inside EDC Las Vegas’ Brand New Stage, bionicJUNGLE
EDC Las Vegas‘ new stage, bionicJUNGLE, will be a cool addition to one of the hottest festivals in the world. The announcement comes weeks ahead of the 2022 iteration of EDC Las Vegas. The new stage will be located between neonGARDEN and Polygon Park, and it will feature DJs playing various sub-genres of house music. Insomniac Events founder Pasquale Rotella took to Instagram to announce bionicJUNGLE, adding that the lineup for the festival’s ninth and newest stage will be revealed “soon.” The bionicJUNGLE stage was first unveiled back in February at EDC México, which featured performances by Afrojack, Da Tweekaz, Carl Cox, CamelPhat, and many more. A video shared via the festival’s official Twitter account captures a glimpse into the lush,...
