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5 Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Festivals for 2015
The previous decade may be dedicated to Dub-step music but this one is surely for the Electronic Dance Music. As we move into digital age our music have also leaped along with us, from vinyl records to cassettes and digital drives to digital discs whatever may have been the means to store our favorite music track nothing beats the fun of attending the live sets or our beloved artists. Here we are going to talk about some of the world’s top electronic dance music festivals with all the ingredients to blow off your brains!
The popularity of Music Festivals has been on a steady
growth over the past years. Along with increasing number of people attending
them each year, their popularity have also grown along side. We’re gonna talk
about few such festivals who have made their reputation in past few years.
We will try to rank them on the basis of the people
attending them on an average and the artistes performing in these festivals.
5. Sunburn
Started back in 2007 its been growing exponentially each
year, yes India’s own Electronic Music Dance Festival is here. Sunburn is ranked
as one of the biggest music festivals in Asia. The perfect destination for
food, music, shopping and entertainment ranked as 9 best festival in the world
by BBC in 2009, Sunburn has came a long way since then. The annually occurring Sunburn festival provides
the Indian fans an opportunity to enjoy the music by international artistes
alongside contemporary Indian music artists.
Sunburn When and Where?
On 27th, 28th and 29th
December in Vegator, Goa, India
Sunburn Artiste Line-up: Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Knife Party, Sander van
Doorn, Sasha, Krewella, Baauer, Danny Avila, Head Hunterz, Deniz Koyu,
Dubvision, Paul Oakenfold, Matthew Koma, MAKJ, Michael and Tarzan Woods
2. Electric
Daisy Carnival
The Electric Daisy Carnival hosted in New York city could be
said as the opening stage event for the main event in Las Vegas. There won’t be
any other Electronic Dance Music Festival that with such high anticipation. The
performances are done between sunset and sunrise keeping the attendees away
from hot sun and shady places. You’ll eventually enjoy more out of it as it’s
not just a music festival it’s a hell of a carnival. Electric Daisy hitting all
the right spots in the 2 day warm up event at New York makes it quite enjoyable
and pleasing for the 3 day carnival at Las Vegas.
Electric Daisy Carnival When and Where?
On 24th and 25th May in New York and
on 21st to 23rd June in Las Vegas, United States
EDC Artist Line-up: Tiesto, Avicii, Calvin Harris, Armin Van Buuren, Major Lazer,
Afrojack, Boy's Noize, A-Trak.
3. Ultra Music Festival
UMF is one of the biggest EDM festivals
of North America. Hosted in Miami, one place on earth where you couldn’t miss
to party. One thing that keeps Ultra Music Festival within the reach of every
EDM fan all over the planet is its live streaming through its Youtube Channel.
Yes, sadly if you were unable to make it to UMF no worries you can still enjoy
the live coverage of all the stages and artistes online, isn’t that great.
Ultra Music Festival When & Where?
28th, 29th and 30th
March in Miami, Florida United States.
UMF Artists Line-up: Afrojack, Armin Van Buuren, Avicii,
David Guetta, Fatboy Slim, Carl Cox, Tiesto, Zedd, Hardwell, Calvin Harris,
Steve Aoki, Krewella, Deadmau5 and many more.
2 Electric Zoo
The festival lives up to its reputation
as the name suggests is a zoo, held on Labors Day weekend at Randall’s Island
Park in New York each year. Electric Zoo is home to all genres of electronic music, bringing top DJ’s from all over the world along with
national artists. In 2013 it was announced that Electric Zoo will also be
taking pace out side USA. Electric Zoo was held in Mexico City on 3rd
and 4th May 2014.
Electric Zoo When
and Where?
On Labor’s Day weekend
at New York, United States and Mexico City.
Electric Zoo Artist’s
line-up: Alesso,
Alvin Risk, Armin van Buuren, Bingo Players, Borgeous, Carnage, Cazzette, Chase
& Status, Dash Berlin, Datsik, David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike,
DVBBS, Hardwell, Kaskade, Kill the Noise, Knife Party, Laidback Luke, Nervo, Nicky
Romero, Otto Knows, Sasha, Showtek, Sick Individuals, The Chainsmokers, Wolfgang
Gartner, Wolfpack, W&W, Zedd, Zeds Dead, Zomboy and many more.
The bossiest
music festival on earth Tomorrowland is held in Boom, Belgium marking its 10
year Anniversary Edition in 2014. More than 4,00,000 people were estimated to
have attended the Tomorrowland 2014. Having won many awards and nomination
Tomorrowland is so far the best Electronic Music Festival with most appealing visual
artworks and sounds. In 2013 first TomorrowWorld was held. It is the American
version of Belgian EDM festival Tomorrowland from same organizers ID&T. TomorrowWorld
also provide EDM lovers the same Tomorrowland live amazing experience of camping
at DreamVille and various stages. In 2014 it was announced that Tomorrowland is
coming to Brasil by its organizers. In 2015 Brasil will be hosting its first
ever Tomorrowland at Itu. No wonder why Tomorrowland tickets are always in such
high demand. The organizers had to look for a new location to host the madness.
Tomorrowland when and Where?
Tomorrowland
Brasil will be held on 1st, 2nd and 3rd May
2015 at Itu, Brasil.
Tomorrowland
Belgium is usually held in the last week of July at Boom a small village near Belgium.
TomorrowWorld is held on 26th, 27th and 28th September each year at Chattahoochee Hills, GA United States.
Tomorrowland Artists Lineup: All over 400 artists perform in tomorrowland, here are
the few top ones. Avicii, Armin Van Buuren, David Guetta, Sebastian Ingrosso,
Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Tiesto, Diplo, Axwell, Kaskade, Martin Garrix, Sven Vath, Diplo, Dimitri Vegas, Afrojack, Tiësto, Benny
Benassi, Afrojack, Pretty Lights, Diplo, Hardwell, Bingo Players, Krewella, Dada
Life, Alesso, Above & Beyond, Paul van Dyk, Nicky Romero, Steve Angello, Dillon
Francis, Sander van Doorn, Laidback Luke, Paul Kalkbrenner, Carl Cox, DVBBS, Umek,
Uberjak'd and many more
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