Festivals
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Factory Town Unveils Massive Event Lineup For Miami Music Week 2025
Factory Town has dropped its schedule of events for this year’s Miami Music Week. When electronic music’s annual South Florida rendezvous returns this spring, the open-air warehouse venue in Hialeah will welcome another five-night music carnival from Link Miami Rebels and Insomniac from March 26-30, featuring showcases from the scene’s leading labels and brands across…
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Sziget Festival Unveils Second Wave Of Artists For 2025
Hungary’s Sziget Festival has unveiled its second wave of artists for 2025. The six-day camping festival, one of Europe’s largest multi-genre music events, will return to Budapest’s Óbuda Island—nicknamed the “Island of Freedom” during Sziget each year—from August 6-11, with new headliners A$AP Rocky, Post Malone, and Shawn Mendes in tow. Several major electronic players…
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Sol Fest Announces Indefinite Hiatus After Challenging 2024 Edition
Sol Fest is taking an indefinite hiatus. The most recently Florida-located camping festival, which was marred by emergencies, arrests, and complaints relating to law enforcement last year, announced the news on social media today. In a statement, organizers wrote that Sol Fest’s three-year journey was “filled with unexpected challenges” and cited “the heartbreaking loss of…
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Belfast’s AVA Festival Drops Heavyweight Underground Lineup For 2025
Belfast’s AVA Festival has locked in its first artist names for 2025. Taking place on the industrial docks of Belfast’s Titanic Slipways, the former shipbuilding site where the famously doomed ocean liner first touched the water back in 1911, the two-day house and techno party will return for its 11th edition on May 30-31. This…
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Insomniac Launches Annual Winter Freeze Sale: 2025 Festival Tickets For $10 Down
Insomniac has relaunched its annual Winter Freeze Sale with red-hot deals on festival tickets before the summer season heats up. Starting today, the powerhouse dance promoter is giving ravers a chance to plan ahead and grab their 2025 festival passes at the lowest tier price before official on-sale periods begin later this year. For just…
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Michael Bibi To Shut Down Hollywood Blvd. For LA Block Party This Spring
Michael Bibi is shutting down Hollywood Blvd. for a massive block party this spring. The UK tech house icon and Solid Grooves label boss will headline the open-air party in Los Angeles, presented by heralded SoCal promoters Framework and Goldenvoice, on March 15, Bibi announced on social media today. The landmark show follows another Bibi…
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HARD Summer Locks In Dates For 2025 Festival
Los Angeles’ HARD Events has just locked in the dates for the 2025 edition of HARD Summer Music Festival. After finding its new home in 2024, the long-running festival will return to Inglewood, California’s Hollywood Park, a 300-acre mixed-use plot adjacent to SoFi Stadium and the YouTube Theater, on August 2-3, organizers announced today. Since…
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Veld Music Festival Drops 2025 Lineup With Tiësto, John Summit, Excision + More
Toronto’s Veld Music Festival has shared its full lineup for 2025. The three-day event, billed as one of the largest annual electronic music festivals in Canada, will return to Toronto’s Downsview Park from August 1-3, offering a perfect summer soundtrack with high-energy performances from over 40 leading DJs. Unveiled today, Veld’s 2025 lineup is packed…
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Manchester’s Parklife Unveils Massive Lineup For 2025 Festival
Manchester’s Parklife festival has shared its full lineup for 2025. The long-running weekender and one of the UK’s biggest festivals of the last decade will celebrate its milestone 15th edition when it returns to Heaton Park, an 80,000-capacity festival site in the city’s northern suburbs, on June 14-15. Parklife’s 2025 lineup is packed with first-rate…
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The Hidden Challenges Of Sober Raving
Rave culture symbolizes different things for different people. Still, across all continents and every subgenre, raves are venues where individuals gather to party–and that typically involves alcohol and drugs. This statement feels like a dirty secret spoken aloud, as many ravers challenge historical stereotypes about drug use. Nonetheless, substance use at raves and within the…
