The magical time of the start of summer is completely incomplete with out Chicagos’ Spring Awakening Music Festival. Just a few days before before the heat takes over the breezy nights of the city, Spring Awakenings thumps its musical heartbeat for three days, bringing out electronic music lovers from all over the midwest.
Over the last 2 years, we’ve been lucky enough to grace the rumbling fields of Addams-Medill Park while DJs like Kaskade, deadmau5, Above&Beyond, Showtek, Dillon Francis, Steve Aoki, Alesso, Afrojack, Armin Van Buuren, Diplo, Yellow Claw, Galantis, Martin Garix, Rufus Du Sol and ssssooo many more. This year, the festival grew in attendance, stage sizes, sold out crowds and accommodations for its attendees. The after-parties were incredible and the day vibe at the festival, was nothing shorter than musical heaven.
2018 will be no different, as the festival will take over Addams-Medill Park from June 8th through the 10th. If our 2016 & 2017 experience were to predict 2018… Don’t event reading and grab your wallets and buy your tickets right now! We’re already counting the minutes for Spring Awakening, because after all, there’s no better way to celebrate the birth of summer.
Purchase your Spring Awakening tickets here: https://www.springawakeningfestival.com/
ODESZA is coming to INDY!!!!! OMG we literally can’t wait. Knowing they’ll be gracing our ears and souls with their music late April makes our hearts bare the awful winter weather. The 24 city tour will kick off in Laneway, Adelaide on Feb. 2nd 2018 and keep them busy till Dour Festival mid July. Ticket (Pre-Sale, VIP packages, and more) info here: https://odesza.com/shows/
“In the regular world, Halloween is when children dress up in costumes and beg for candy…”
In Music Festival World, is just another night where boys and girls can dress up as whatever they like and no one can say anything about it… The hard-core ragers turn on their LED gadgets while they step into their party dimension and stay hydrated. Fortunately for us, this was not our first rodeo.
We gathered our Halloween gear and got to Indy’s hottest event/concert venue, The Pavilion at Pan Am Plaza, for Haunted Fest, Indy edition. WE were extra excited for A) Haunted Fest 2016 was so much fun, we loved it, B) it’s was here, INDY!! Which we’re so happy to see more of our favorite types of show come through our city, and C) Our close friend Jason Barth opened the show!
The Pavilion at the Pan Am Plaza is huge, great warehouse vibe with multiple elevated VIP areas, an ultra VIP area (that could use less lighting and more bass, give it that ultra lounge exclusivity) and bars (for the 21+) all through out. We did missed the silent disco, the outside little plaza would be ideal, plus it would make for the perfect spot to cool down.
Cash Cash rocked the stage with remixes of classic 90’s electronic beats. They rocked a killer mix of Eurythmics -Sweet Dreams, Nelly’s Ride with me and lots of their originals. Their vibe is always so dope and they put on a great show every time. Waka Flocka Flame, for us, totally changed the vibe… Personally, really into his music, but the crowed loved him. He does put on a fun interactive show. He brings his pose up on stage and got the crown hyped. Now, Yellow Claw, that’s totally up or wheel of loving. It’s amazing how music can transport you to a different time and place. I found myself dancing at Ultra Music Festival or Spring Awakening when some of his songs would play. That’s thing about musicians (Yes! I believe DJs/Producers are musicians), if you love them, they take you on an amazing journey with their songs and performances.
Haunted Fest 2017 was a huge success for us. The Pavilion downtown Indy is amazing and we’re so excited to see all the upcoming shows they have in store for us! Check out our Haunted Fest pix below.
Above & Beyond has announced their ‘Common Ground’ tour starting at the end of December. Tickets will be available from 9am PT to 12pm ET on October 26, pre-sale tickets will on Tuesday October 24 by signing-up at aboveandbeyond.nu/commonground. Above & Beyond will be bringing their amazingness to 25 North American cities, within those lucky 25 is Indy and we couldn’t be happier!! Ticket information: http://www.aboveandbeyond.nu/tour
Full list of ‘Common Ground’ tour dates below, and ticket information can be found here: http://www.aboveandbeyond.nu/commonground/tour/
Above & Beyond ‘Common Ground’ Tour dates:
12/29 – Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles Convention Center 12/30 – Calgary, AB – Big Four 12/31 – Minneapolis, MN – Armory 1/25 – Philadelphia, PA – Fillmore 1/26 – Washington, DC – Echostage 1/27 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center 2/1 – Toronto – Rebel 2/3 – Montreal – Laval 2/6 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground 2/8 – Syracuse, NY – Sl Hall at the Fairgrounds 2/9 – Worcester, MA – Palladium 2/15 – Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues 2/16 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room @ Old National Centre 2/17 – Chicago, IL – Navy Pier Festival Hall 2/18 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit 2/21 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant 2/27 – Phoenix, AZ – Rawhide 3/2 – San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 3/7 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre 3/9 – Boise, ID – Revolution Concert House and Event Center 3/13 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland 3/15 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works 3/16 – New Orleans, LA – The Joy Theater 3/17 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy 3/18 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
Love Festival is set to take over Aruba for it’s fourth year this November 1-5. The dream vacation setup of this festival makes it easy for us all to say “hell yes, let’s go!”. Not to mention the unreal lineup. Combining the incredible accommodations of the adults only Renaissance Resort & Casino, the Caribbean magically perfect weather, and the amazing music only serve as the backdrop of an unforgettable musical experience.
Stamped as the “Ibiza” of the Americas, Aruba has something the Spanish Island doesn’t… Caribbean flavor and heat! Love Festival’s list of events provide the ideal set up to explore the island, relax on the beach, party at incredible day pool parties, rage the warm nights to great music and lounge parties!
Parties:
Nov 1 beach pop-up, Heart Music Bar
Nov 2 beach pop-up, Heart Music Bar
Nov 3 Pool Party 12 – 7 Festival day 1 7pm till 3am
Nov 4 Pool Party 12 – 7 Festival day 2 7pm till 3am
Nov 5 Pool Party 12 – 7 Festival day 3 7pm till 1am
Summer always comes to an end like a day hungover post brunch… heavy and painful. Though the beauty of it all is like that mimosa at brunch, refreshing, fun, and sexy. North Coast Music Festival is my end of summer bottomless brunch mimosa.
This year, I grabbed the beautiful Kayla Noel and our friend Jason, for our end of summer rager at the 8th annual NCMF. All August long I joked about “August being the Sunday of Summer” and in true #SundayFunday nature, we celebrated it as such. WE took full advantage of all the NCMF accommodations: Hotel purchase through their site, best idea ever. We stayed a few blocks away from festival grounds and from downtown Chicago. We celebrated our festival day/night hunger with their broad options of food, even had a gluten free AREPA!! Took pix and filled our snapchat and instastories with the art around the grounds and, of course, danced our heads off with the eclectic combination of music and artists NCMF featured this year!
Favorite acts: Big Boi from Outcast, brought us back!!! Carnage, as always, amazing. Elephante brought fun top 40 electro beats, fell in love with Electronic Guest, Hippie Sabotage rocked it! These guys are incredibly crazy and got me a little teary eye with their “fuck whomever tells you ‘you can’t achieve your dreams'” speech. LOVE THEM! Destructo set the vibe for the night fall and we closed our weekend with some Primus and Skepta. So, thank you NCMF for being an incredible way to end my summer and for always introducing me to amazing music! Till 2018!
Pasquale has teased and teased the big announcement… well here it is:
Here’s the big news! After a lot of energy, passion and hard work, I want to personally present to you EDC Las Vegas 2018. New hours, new stages, and new dates (May 18–20) with better weather and camping! That’s right—campsites, RVs, sound camps, and more—for the first time ever at EDC Las Vegas. Wake up and walk in.
Over the past 10 years, average high temps on this weekend in May have been 90, and the lows have been 64. This means we can extend our hours and create an opening ceremony on the cosmicMEADOW lawn, featuring extended sets from different artists each day. One stage, one vibe—all before the rest of the experience turns on. Not only will it give people a chance to vibe out before sunset, but the early arrivals will help the flow in and out of the Speedway.
Shuttle operations will be handed over to an independent company that specializes in the largest music and sporting events in the country. This is what they do, and they do it better than anyone else, year over year. Also new for 2018, construction in the immediate area of the Speedway will finally be complete. In 2017, we had just two lanes. EDC Las Vegas 2018 will have three lanes plus pull-offs. There will be traffic in and out of the festival, but if you want a one-and-done journey to the Speedway, just camp out.
We’ll be rolling out more details in the coming weeks, and I’ll be personally answering your questions live on my Instagram. Tickets and camping passes go on sale at the end of September, but hotels are available now on our website with no markup.
EDC Las Vegas 2018 is going to be an amazing new adventure, and I can’t wait to see you there!
For the first time in history, the 2018 installment of the festival will offer a fully immersive camping program conveniently situated right next to the Speedway where the following options and amenities are available:
Rent an air-conditioned GA tent decked out with dust-control canvas walls, comfortable artificial grass, and electrical outlets for up to six attendees, max.
Rent an air-conditioned Premier tent complete with dust-control canvas walls, comfortable artificial grass, twin or queen-sized beds, linens, pillows, towels, tables, chairs, and lights for up to two or four attendees, max.
Bring your own RV and hook it up to the pre-arranged power on-site.
Rent an RV fully set up and ready for arrival, complete with linens and pillows provided by Insomniac.
The new camping areas will eliminate vehicle traffic for campers, offering an easy commute and convenient ins and outs of the festival each day. At the center of the campgrounds, fans can enjoy plenty of shade, seating, water, food and beverage vendors, a general store, activities and more. A neighboring area will allow for the creation of Sound Camps where Headliners can build out their own themed environments.
Tickets on sale beginning Thursday, Sept. 28 at Noon PST at EDCLasVegas.com
EDC Las Vegas 2018 will return to Las Vegas Motor Speedway with unparalleled access to the festival grounds for attendees who arrive at the venue early. The iconic cosmicMEADOW lawn will host opening ceremonies before the gates officially open each day; giving fans a chance to catch extended sets and cool down before the festivities begin. Early Owl three-day general admission passes start at $325 while VIP three-day passes start at $699, both before taxes and fees. Fans who miss out on Early Owl pricing will have the opportunity to purchase the newly added Wise Owl tier, priced at $340 plus taxes and fees for three-day general admission passes. For those that wait to purchase their EDC Las Vegas 2018 tickets, a Later Owl tier will be available for $355 plus taxes and fees. Headliners will have affordable layaway options for all ticket types, with additional details coming soon.
The NCMF party doesn’t stop with the last headliner! North Coast has announced the official after parties at some of Chicago’s finest and funnest venues! Catering to almost every age, NCMF artist will be showing off their parting skills beyond the festival closing time. North Coasters, get your festival gear and your going out outfits ready because this Labor Day weekend will be one for the books!!!
Official NCMF After Party list:
FRIDAY
Manic Focus & Russ Liquid – Bottom Lounge – Tickets available HERE (17+)
Eric Prydz – the MID – Tickets available HERE (21+)
Gucci Mane – Prysm Nightclub – Tickets available HERE (21+)
SATURDAY
Spafford – Concord Music Hall – Tickets available HERE (18+)
EOTO – Bottom Lounge – Tickets available HERE (17+)
Don Diablo – the MID – Tickets available HERE (21+)
Carnage – Prysm Nightclub – Tickets available HERE (21+)
SUNDAY
STS9 – Concord Music Hall – Tickets available HERE (18+)
Destructo – the MID – Tickets available HERE (21+)
Elephante – Sound-Bar – Tickets available HERE (21+)
MONDAY
Porn and Chicken – NCMF Official Closing Party ft. Special Guest TBA – the MID – Tickets available HERE (21+)
With support from Peking Duk Tigerlily, Brennan Heart, Keith Ape, Higher Brothers and Joji! If you’re one of the lucky first 350 ‘It’s The Ship” ticket holders, along side your ticket you’ll receive an exclusive party bag (not a baggie, a swag bag!).
Don’t know about ‘It’s The Ship’? Here’s what you need to know about the 2017 edition:
Ragers will sail out from Singapore to Phuket on November 17, and will be treated to the hottest beat makers across the dance and hip-hop spectrum.
