Carl Cox returns to San Francisco on March 22nd to perform at the Midway to raise funds for his theme camp, Playground.
Carl has become a fixture at the counter-culture event going on ten years now, and has a special place in his heart and mind for the both people and the experience itself. He knew after his first Burning Man experience, that he had the soul of a burner and vowed to attend every Burning Man he could.
Carl started his Playground Camp as a way to celebrate all that Burning Man is, and as a way to give back to a culture that he loves. It started small and most who landed in the camp that first year were those just passing by to get someplace else, but the music and vibe pulled them in. From that humble start it has steadily grown over the years and in a very organic way because the energy, music and people are what makes Playground so special. Each year the camp receives hundreds of requests to join and Carl makes every effort to include as many new members as possible.
When Carl returns to the playa with Playground this year, you can expect that he will make the experience unforgettable in every way possible and put every bit of raised funds toward an even more amazing production than last year. From Playground’s welcoming lounge area with space to chill and drinks on tap, to the now iconic Arrival stage, you can bet that Carl and the whole Playground team are always striving to deliver an immersive experience to remember forever.
Playground Cam Fundraiser Burning Man 2019 Lineup:
With her first offering of 2019, the Queen of deep house Nora En Pure returns with an instant classic, ‘We Found Love’ Ft. Ashibah – out now via Spinnin’ Records. Opening with Danish/Egyptian DJ & singer Ashibah’s soulful vocals and delicate strings, ‘We Found Love’ blossoms into an uplifting melodic house creation, which serves as the perfect winter warmer. Making a solid impact in her recent live performances, ‘We Found Love’ emanates a soft glow throughout, showcasing Nora En Pure’s capabilities as a classically trained musician and perfectly blends Ashibah’s stunning vocal piece with the track’s high-spirited instrumental arrangement.
The 2019 edition of Coachella will have Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, Tame Impala, DJ Snake, Hot Since 82, Weezer, Rüfüs Du Sol (personal FAVORITE!!), Solange, DVSN, Wiz Khalifa, J Balvin, ZEDD, Khalid, Diplo, and many many more artist take over the Indio, California desert grounds! 2019 Coachella tickets on sale this Friday, January 4th at 11AM PT, so get your computers ready, because passes will sale out fast!
The impending evolution of the World’s Premier Electronic Music Festival is upon us. With a vast new space for fans to explore, the ULTRA experience will be more immersive than ever before.
Just weeks after event organizers announced its move to Historic Virginia Key, Ultra Music Festival has now dropped the first installment of the 2019 lineup ahead of its 21st edition. Featuring world-class, top-tier international talent, Ultra Music Festival will commence its tenure at Miami’s beautiful HistoricVirginia Key Beach Park & Miami Marine Stadium on March 29, 30, and 31 2019. Set to finish two hours later at 2am, the festival will see extended set times and performances throughout, in what promises to be its most expansive edition yet.
Ultra Music Festival – voted the World’s #1 Festival by DJ Mag for the third successive year – has confirmed headlining performances from dance music’s finest, including Afrojack, Alesso, Armin van Buuren, The Chainsmokers, Marshmello, NGHTMRE + SLANDER present: Gud Vibrations, REZZ, Testpilot, Tiësto, Zedd and Zeds Dead. Additionally, next year’s edition will see the much-anticipated Miami return of DJ Mag’s #1 DJ in the World for the third year running – Martin Garrix, who last performed at the festival in 2017. ULTRA veteran David Guetta will also make his way back to Miami with an entirely new show that’s being kept firmly under wraps.
RESISTANCE, which, after a year of global domination this year picked up its own accolade as the DJ Awards’ Best Ibiza Night, will return in full force, boasting sets from house and techno’s most in-demand artists, including Adam Beyer, Carl Cox, Jamie Jones B2B Joseph Capriati, Maceo Plex, The Martinez Brothers, and a special B2B for legendary pioneers Sasha & John Digweed. Techno titans Dubfire, Nicole Moudaber, and Paco Osuna will also join forces once more for a rare B3B set. The festival will also see Loco Dice and Richie Hawtin take to the decks in Miami for the first time since 2016 along with techno masterminds and Afterlife label curators Tale of Us. This year RESISTANCE will be hosted on its very own island in the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park, as it takes on a larger role than ever within the festival.
In addition to its staple Main Stage, RESISTANCE and ULTRA Worldwide stage, Ultra Music Festival will debut a brand new Live Arena showcasing a string of live performances from some of the scene’s most iconic names. Galantis, Louis The Child are just some of the artists that will join the fold. Renowned for their cinematic live performances, ODESZA will be making an emphatic return to ULTRA with a set full of surprises. DJ extraordinaire deadmau5 will premiere his brand new Cube 3.0 stage production, in what will be a mau5 worldwide debut. ILLENIUM will also perform an exclusive debut live show for the 2019 edition.
Ultra Music Festival 2019 – PHASE ONE LINEUP (ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
DJ Headliners:
Adam Beyer | Afrojack | Alesso | Armin van Buuren | Carl Cox| The Chainsmokers | David Guetta | Dubfire B3B Nicole Moudaber B3B Paco Osuna | Jamie Jones B2B Joseph Capriati | Loco Dice | Maceo Plex | Marshmello | Martin Garrix | The Martinez Brothers | NGHTMRE + SLANDER present: Gud Vibrations | REZZ | Richie Hawtin | Sasha | John Digweed | Tale of Us | Testpilot | Tiësto | Zedd | Zeds Dead
Live Headliners
Deadmau5 (Cube 3.0 Worldwide Debut) | Galantis | GRiZ | ILLENIUM | Louis The Child | ODESZA
Support
ANNA | Brooks | Cash Cash | Charlotte De Witte | Cosmic Gate | Fedde Le Grand | G Jones | GG Magree | Golden Features | Infected Mushroom | Jai Wolf | Jeffrey Sutorius (formerly Dash Berlin) | Junior Sanchez | Kasbo | Kayzo | Lost Frequencies | Lost Kings | Luigi Madonna | Marco Bailey | Matisse & Sadko | Nora En Pure | Party Favor | Phantoms | Pleasurekraft | Popof | Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano | Technasia | TV Noise | Vini Vici | Whethan | Young Bombs
Ultra Music Festival has announced its indefinite new home ahead of the monumental 21st edition, the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park and Miami Marine Stadium Flex Park. The world-renowned and internationally acclaimed event provided the message below, in a long-awaited statement to its fans:
‘We are excited to announce that the City of Miami has agreed to a deal to relocate Ultra Music Festival to the beautiful and historic Virginia Key. The new venue will allow the festival to evolve into its new, larger home, ultimately creating a more enjoyable experience for all festival attendees. We look forward to a long-term and mutually beneficial relationship with our partners at the City of Miami and Historic Virginia Key Beach Park as we commemorate keeping Ultra in the City of Miami.’
Ultra Music Festival 2019 – A New Chapter
The new venue will permit an extended operating time until 2:00 A.M. and will provide the festival with an increased capacity. Attendees will also have vastly expanded space as compared to the former venue, Bayfront Park. Fans will also experience in-tandem staging at both the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park and Miami Marine Stadium Flex Park, creating a wholly unique single event space.
Due to the cultural and historic significance of Historic Virginia Key Beach Park and given the unique environmental considerations associated with the park, Ultra Music Festival intends to take extraordinarily great care in its production and remediation approaches. Ultra understands that staging an event at Virginia Key means becoming the entrusted stewards of the environmental and historic elements of Historic Virginia Key Beach Park.
Additionally the partnership will clear a path to accessing approximately $20 million that has been earmarked to build Miami-Dade County’s first African American Museum.
Ultra Music Festival looks forward to hosting fans from over 100 countries to close out Miami Music Week March 29-31, 2019.
Spring Awakening will keep Chicago’s festival life dancing in 2019. Debuting a new location, the EDM festival shows the possibility for bigger production, more carnival like ride possibilities, and maybe even more stages. The landscape of Chicago’s historic Douglas Park provides the perfect backdrop to an amazing 3-day festival experience with extra “curious corners to find and lose oneself in.”
Spring Awakening Music Festival will take place starting on June 7th 2019 through the 9th. Early bird passes go on sale Tuesday, November 13th on the Spring Awakening website. If you purchased tickets for Spring Awakening 2016, 2017 or 2018, you should receive an email with a loyalty code on November 12th, the code will allow you to purchase discounted tickets for the 2019 fest!
I love summer. I love summer so much, that I save all my complains for cold months. I don’t let a single negative word come out of my mouth while the sweet summer heat goldens my skin. That’s why North Coast Music Festival is bitter sweet. NCMF means the end of summer, our last chance to let our hair down and rock the grounds of a park somewhere in some city (this case Union Park, Chicago), celebrating our love for music and all the fun summer has brought… But enough with this weather analogy, NCMF is the perfect way to celebrate the closing of yet another great summer while staying positive, got it!
This year, I raffled off tickets (Thank you thank you North Coast!) tickets to bring along 2 music festival lovers! These lucky gals, joined my photog/dancer/musician friend Kayla as we taught them the culture and life of festival going! It was their first festival ever! We booked our rooms, planned our festival outfits, packed our weekenders and hit the road to Chicago.
“I’m so excited for NCMF! Never been to a festival and can’t wait. You (Alex) always look like you’re having so much fun.” Nici Denney
“This will be my first festival, aside from the Snake Pit, but that’s not really a festival festival. I can’t wait. So many artist I want to see.” Lauren Graham
ATTN – Due to severe weather, #NCMF will be postponed. Please evacuate and seek safety in your cars, CTA Stations, or at local establishments East on Randolph St & Lake st. When the weather passes, the gates WILL reopen. Stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/Ns1YMAbD1p
The summer humidity was on blast and the heat was perfect. As we walked through the gates of the festival, we roam each stage and area of the grounds. We checked out the venders, the art, and familiarized ourselves with each state and location. Our first full set was DVSN, then we planned to split as some of wanted to check out Miguel and others wanted see Axwell /\ Ingrosso. That was our plan. That was probably the plan for many. Unfortunately Chicago had other plans in mind.
As we we ran to our hotel through the streets of Chicago, we kissed all frustrations goodbye and allowed ourselves to be playful in the rain. Last time we enjoyed playing in the rain was when we were kids and North Coast (Mother Nature really but let’s go with it) gave us the opportunity to do so again! So thank you NCMF! In our minds we still had 2 full days, so cutting one day short was no problem.
Half way through DVSN’s amazing set, the rain went from an annoying mist, to a full blown storm. The winds blew tents over, the water quickly gathered creating puddles elephants wold love to play in, and the vibe went from festivity to run-for-safety. For our, and everyone working/preforming at North Coast, safety, the festival was closed for the night. Big acts Axwell /\ Ingross and Miguel were cancelled.
Saturday was promising! We went to a fun brunch, we fueled our bodies with mimosas and joy and off we went to celebrate day 2! Our plan was to loudly dance in the silent disco, check out the live art, ride the disco shark, check out new artists and dance to the craziness that is DJ Snake. I also did fall in love with The Polish Ambassador & Diplomatic Scandal. I loved everything about them and their music.
Unfortunately, the windy city kept it’s nickname proud and gates were shot early due to severe weather warnings. Listen, we’re all for safety and making sure our bodies don’t over work themselves, so we were OK leaving a little early. Out of our Saturday plan, all we missed was DJ Snake, so it was a successful day.
Sunday was the day we set to really check out new artists and fall in love with new music. After our traditional visit to the infamous bean, which BTWs it’s actually called ‘Cloud Gate’ – 🤦🏽♂️ did not know that- we head into our final NCMF day. We really wanted to check out Crywolf. So glad we did! He’s whole vibe and set were perfect. We sat on the ground and watch festival goers dance, blow glitter into the air and lounge on huge picnic blankets. We even caught a sweet sweet moment of mom and son sharing their love of music. Jacob Banks blew our minds off! His voice, is amazing! His vibe, is full of life and soul. Everything about his set and performance had us all in awe.
Despite the early closure of Friday and Saturday and having to leave early Sunday, we’re happy to report that our North Coast Music Festival 2018 was an absolute success. Will we do it again? 100%. Will I recommend it to others? 100%. Will I try to have another contest for next NCMF? 100%!! Thank you North Coast for keeping us safe and taking good care of us. Thank you for the new music and thank you for the good times. I’m happy to say that I will see you again next year.
Did you go to North Coast? Let me know about your experience! Who was our favorite artist? Favorite stage? Favorite food vendor? I want to know it all!
It’s officially North Coast Music Festival Week!!! In less than 24 hours we will be roaming the Union Park grounds in Chicago. We already know the lineup is amazing. An incredibly eclectic set of musicians will hit 5 different stages throughout the 3 day festival.
Here’s the map of the grounds. Plan and share this with your squad so you guys know where your favorite artists, food, merchandise stations, food and drinks are all at.
SET TIMES! Plan your weekend around the artist you want to see. Make sure you leave a little wiggle room so you can check out new and different music. Music Festivals are ideal for falling in love with someone new… artist and fling!
Single day tickets are still available for sale HERE. Don’t forget to pack light, stay hydrated, be helpful to others, and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, make sure you live in the moment. Put the phone away, well, don’t, you have to capture as much as you can on social media so can share with everyone… but while you’re not sharing with everyone, put the phone down, live in the moment. Make memories. Make new friends. HAVE FUN!
See you guys this weekend! And if you see me, stop me and say hello! Let’s take a pic and share a dance!
Jessica Lange is back!!!! Now that we got that out there, I can calmly continue with the rest of the posts. Every season AHS is swarm with rumors, spoilers, secrets and anticipating cast revelations. So, here’s the little I know about the upcoming 8th season. But first, how amazing is the new FX Teaser of season 8?!?!!
Last year Ryan Murphy posted which circle of hell would represent the already aired seasons. If we were to go by this, this would only leave us with only two more American Horror Stories. Could this really be the almost end to an amazing franchise? And as a rumored crossover of two of the best seasons, in my opinion, would it then tackle two of the circles? Making it the last season of American Horror Story? No!! There’s no way. The good news is that the crossover is to be of
Murder House and Coven
The Coven/Murder House AHS crossover season won't be happening next year…because it's happening THIS YEAR. AHS #8 WITCHES RULE THIS SEPTEMBER
Murphy dropped the amazing news via twitter and has continued to keep us excited as we slowly approach the September 12th premier. This crossover concept is set to bring back characters we love and love to hate.
Returning Cast
Jessica Lange Emma Roberts Evan Peters Kathy Bates Sarah Paulson Billie Lourd
Joan Collins Billie Eichner Adina Porter Cheyenne Jackson Leslie Grossman And more to be announce.
So that’s all I got so far. While we wait for the September 12th premier, I’m going to rewatch Murder House and Coven and if life doesn’t get in the way, I’ll watch the others too. Are you excited about the new American Horror Story?
This makes me want to go to TomorrowLand so much more. Never been, but I have to TomorrowWorld, but it’s for sure in my bucket list, and the official aftermovie makes me want to go to it so much more! Their message is amazing and the vibes are EVERYTHING!
Ok, the production of the main stage is crazy! It looked like you really would feel like you were underwater. Minute 9ish, when ‘Your Mind’ by Adam Beyer & Bart Skills plays… uuuufffff!!!!
Everything look amazing and the aftermovie does such an amazing job at wrapping it all up nicely. Like, I really really wanna go! Is it just me, or that ending a solid tearjerker?! UGH!!! I love them so much!!!! Did you guys like the aftermovie? What was your favorite moment?
