Festival Review
North Coast Brings The Fire
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of checking out North Coast. I went back in… 2015??? But I haven’t been since and when I saw this lineup, I knew I had to check out the festival! I had a few friends going to the festival so I booked my hotel and BOOM, plans were…
Continue ReadingILLFest WAs Such A Riot!
This past weekend, ILLfest was such a riot! Everyone there was having a BLAST and you can definitely see that from Vinhcent’s recap video. Seriously, when you check out this video, you’ll wish you were at the festival too! ILLfest took place this past Labor Day weekend in Austin, Texas. One unique thing about this…
Continue ReadingARC IS Bigger And Better Than Ever
ARC Is Bigger And Better Than Ever! Big Production. Big DJs. Big Producers. Big Energy. Those are my bullet points for the experience I just had on Labor Day weekend. From entering Union Park on Friday afternoon to leaving Sunday evening, I had a lot of big experiences that lead to my overall enjoyment. Let…
Continue ReadingThe Ups And Downs of Sacred Rose
All photos were taken by Daniel Moskovits. Recap by Daniel Karasek. The inaugural Sacred Rose festival brought together an insane lineup blending psychedelic, bluegrass, and jam grooves to the SeatGeek stadium complex. This event was birthed this year in Chicago and has many in the festival community abuzz with chatter, with tales of both woes…
Continue ReadingBREAKAWAY 2022 SCOOP
Breakaway – a festival for all EDM lovers. WHEN: August 19th & 20th, 2022 WHERE: Belknap Park, Grand Rapids WHAT: BreakaThe way Music Festival THE LOWDOWN I’m going to give you the entire breakdown of Breakaway. What to expect, who to see, all of it. First and foremost, what’s unique about Breakaway is that it…
Continue ReadingGlobal Dance In The Mile High City
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of checking out Global Dance Festival in Denver. And it was a BLAST! The first day was a little chaotic for me because I had some car trouble. My trip there was supposed to be 12 hours long and of course, my car acted up. So day 1,…
Continue ReadingLet’s Talk Project Z and That BASS.
Let’s Talk BASS. Any EDM lover knows there are so many genres within this scene. Take bass for example. We have Basshouse, Bassline, Drum n Bass, Future Bass, Glitch Hop, Dubstep, and many many others. But there are two genres that stand out and have taken over the Bass EDM scene: heavy bass and Hardstyle!…
Continue ReadingUntil Next Year, Bonnaroo!
I spent 114 days sharing each artist on the original Bonnaroo 2022 lineup as part of an Artist of the Day series before the festival. My love for sharing new tunes fueled this project as music has changed the course of my life for the better. The magic that I’ve found among the harmonic collision…
Continue ReadingWe’re Not Really Strangers (LIB Edition)
I’ve been struggling to write this because there are only so many words to describe the experience I had at Lightning in a Bottle this past weekend. Sentences and pictures could never paint the magic and kismet moments that LIB embodies. This festival isn’t just a music festival, the music is amazing, but it’s really…
Continue ReadingSCamping At Summer Camp
I absolutely ADORE Summer Camp! Seriously, it’s one of my favorite festivals and this year reminded me just why! The festival takes place in Chillicothe (Peoria), Illinois and it’s just two hours from my house. This makes it the PERFECT festival to hit up, especially with it being so close to home! I’ve gone every…
Continue ReadingStruck At LIB (And Wanting More!)
I want to begin by saying that I work pretty much every festival (with the exception of Okeechobee and Electric Forest) because most festivals and raves are relatively the same. However, after working media at LIB and being struck by its uniqueness, I will undoubtedly be attending this festival for years to come. I’ve heard…
Continue ReadingGET STOKED FOR SUMMER SMASH
WHEN: July 17-19 WHERE: Chicago, Illinois Get stoked for Summer Smash – Chicago’s largest independent hip-hop festival! Bringing in over 90,000 attendees. Buckle up for Summer Smash Summer Smash features a stacked hip hop line up featuring Post Malone, Wiz Khalifa, and Playboi Carti. There will be over 60 artists performing at Douglass Park and…
Continue ReadingShaky Knees Once Again Shakes Atlanta
The last weekend in April had me shook. As many of you know, both Shaky Knees and Sweetwater 420 Fest were the same weekend in Atlanta. I had a ticket to 420 Fest but was itching to hit up Shaky Knees just to see a handful of artists including King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard…
Continue ReadingUntil Next Year High Water!
I can’t believe festivals are already underway for 2022! I kicked off my festival season with High Water, and let me tell you that this festival was definitely one for the books. The music was phenomenal with My Morning Jacket killing their Saturday set and Jack White going hard to close out Sunday. I had…
Continue ReadingCoachella Weekend 1 Recap: Harry Styles.
Let me begin by mentioning that I (Ellie, the journalist) don’t do well in the heat. If I could opt out of being in the heat, I would take any measure within reason to avoid it. However, Coachella is the one exception. People will say what they want to say about this fancy desert festival,…
Continue ReadingDabin Helped Me Find What It Means To Be Alive
Last weekend, I had the extreme pleasure of checking out Dabin in Minneapolis. The Festival Voice sent three reps, myself, Stewart, and Ben to check out his Between Broken Tour. And can I just say, WOW. This show knocked my socks off. I can’t even express how amazing I felt this entire show. Dabin KILLED…
Continue ReadingRECAP: Decadence ColoRADo- One RAD Fest
New Years’ festivals are some of our favorites, and Decadence CO 2021 going into 2022 maintained that fact. It wasn’t my first time in the beautiful state of Colorado, but it was my first time in the city, and the overall experience deserves ROUNDS of applause. Here’s my recap of the experience! Overall One of…
Continue ReadingRaging into the New Year: A Decadence AZ Story
After around a year and a half of no live shows, this year saw the return of festivals. And while there were some stumbles along the way with many shows being canceled due to health concerns, unexpected weather changes, or other reasons, the industry managed to get its foot in the door again. And for…
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2021: My EDC Las Vegas Review
EDC Las Vegas 2021 Review EDC Las Vegas 2021 Review By Stewart Sankey Posted 11/8/2021 Cover photo by author All are welcome back. As I stepped off the shuttle outside the entrance grounds it finally hit me: it had been 18 months since I had last been here. It reminded me of coming back home…
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My Spooky Time at Escape Psycho Circus
Welcome back to real life! Who would’ve thought that most of us could survive EDC AND Escape Psycho Circus back to back?! There was a time when I could. Now that my body is withered and wary from all my previous festivals, doing two festivals two weekends in a row is mentally and physically draining.…
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