Festival Season Thread

right, honestly never been to a fucking festival but I hope to go to one in the UK in the next 1-2 years. This is for Munky and Cookie really

discuss the festivals twats

why UK? you got some in Canada, plus North America, or any continental USA is good for you, and they still do them pretty nice here...

lets see... what we have for MAY 2012

Loaded Festival
Loaded Festival is Pennsylvania's freshest electronic dance music festival, taking place over two days in two different cities. Day one kicks-off in Philadelphia and day two moves to Pittsburgh, where Loaded brings in the biggest names in EDM, focusing heavily on dubstep and electro house artists. Ready to get loaded?
Happening Since: 2012
Location: Philadelphia & Pittsburgh, PA
Loaded 2012 Dates: 5/12-5/13 (just happened)
Loaded 2012 Lineup: Rusko, Flux Pavillion, Wolfgang Gartner, Steve Aoki, Dirtyloud, Datsik, Downlink
https://loadedfestival.com/

Symbiosis Gathering: Pyramid Lake
Symbiosis Gathering brings together art, music, transformational learning, and sustainable living integrated into an unparalleled extravaganza of fun. This underground electronic music fest aims to create an experience that is transformative and inspiring, based in a deep respect for the community and environment. The festival founders seek to provide a space for the fusion of aesthetics, sound, and natural living, in an atmosphere of interactive co-creation.
Happening Since: 2007
Location: Pyramid Lake, NV
Symbiosis 2012 Dates: 5/17-5/21
Symbiosis 2012 Lineup: James Blake, Little Dragon, Beats Antique, Tipper, PaNTy RAiD, Claude VonStroke, FreQ Nasty, Emancipator, Paper Diamond
https://pyramideclipse.com/

Electric Daisy Carnival: New York
One of the biggest electronic music festivals in the country is making a special two-night stop in NYC as it heads to Las Vegas for another year of mayhem. The Electric Daisy Carnival will make its mark on New York City with a multi-stage event featuring the world's top EDM talent. New Yorkers, get your glow sticks and rave gear ready! Find additional coverage on EDC: New York right here.
Happening Since: 2012
Location: New York, NY
EDC New York 2012 Dates: 5/19-5/20
EDC New York 2012 Lineup: Afrojack, Avicii, Bassnectar, Fatboy Slim, Calvin Harris, R3HAB, Chuckie, full EDC New York Line Up
https://electricdaisycarnival.com/NewYork/

Summer Camp Music Festival
Now expanded to three days of music, Summer Camp Music Festival sets six stages across the beautiful Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois. This outdoor camping event has not only been growing, but also booking an impressive roster of live bands, jam music and electronic artists. Priding itself on a "family" atmosphere, Summer Camp does not allow campers to bring in any alcohol, and has a special activity zones for kids.
Happening Since: 2001
Location: Chilicothe, IL
Summer Camp Music Festival 2012 Dates: 5/25-5/27
Summer Camp Music Festival 2012 Lineup: Moe. (3 nights), Umphrey's McGee, Jane's Addicion, Pretty Lights, Bob Weir Trio, Zeds Dead, Shpongle, EOTO, 12th Planet, Primus, Gogol Bordello, Ozomatli
https://www.summercampfestival.com/

I LOVE THIS CITY Festival
I LOVE THIS CITY — a new Electronic Music festival event produced by Live Nation—will make its debut in San Francisco and San Diego this Memorial Day Weekend. I LOVE THIS CITY will take place May 25th and 26th at The Lot at AT&T Park in San Francisco May 26th and 27th at San Diego's PETCO Park. With over 40 of the biggest names in electronic music on multiple stages, I LOVE THIS CITY is shaping up to be one massive party!
Happening Since: 2012
Location: San Francisco, CA and San Diego, CA
I LOVE THIS CITY Festival 2012 Dates: SF: 5/25-5/26 | SD: 5/26-5/27
I LOVE THIS CITY SF 2012 Lineup: TIËSTO, Steve Aoki, Sebastian Ingrosso, Laidback Luke, Chuckie, Excision, Crystal Method (DJ Set), R3HAB, Kill The Noise, Brodinski (see the full I LOVE THIS CITY Lineup here)
I LOVE THIS CITY SD 2012 Lineup: Skrillex, A-Trak, The Crystal Method, Dirty Loud, The Twelves, 12th Planet, MiM0SA, Adventure Club, AC Slater, Flinch, The M Machine
https://www.ilovethiscityfestival.com/

MUTEK
A smartly curated, five-day festival in Montreal, MUTEK highlights cutting-edge electronic music and digital media. In its 13th edition, more than 100 artists, panelists, and industry professionals will participate in what has become a leading event of its kind in North America.
Happening Since: 2000
Location: Montreal, Canada
MUTEK 2012 Dates: 5/30-6/3
MUTEK 2012 Lineup: Apparat, Kode 9, Shackleton, Blondes, Jeff Mills
https://mutek.org/

Hangout Festival
Set right next to the ocean in scenic Gulf Shores, Alabama, the Hangout Music Festival is a fairly new festival that features an eclectic mix of rock-heavy performances. With stages set directly on the white sandy beach and a backdrop of peaceful ocean views, this three-day festival kicks-off on May 18th and even has a kids' stage for the wee ones who like to rock out.
Happening Since: 2010
Location: Gulf Shores, AL
Hangout Festival 2012 Dates: 5/18-5/20
Hangout Festival 2012 Lineup: Dave Matthews Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack White, the String Cheese Incident, Wilco, Skrillex, the Flaming Lips, Kaskade, Chris Cornell, STS9
https://www.hangoutmusicfestival.com/

Lightning in a Bottle
This sustainable festival put on by The Do Lab at Oak Canyon Ranch is a beautiful participatory experience of live music and dance-friendly beats, incredible art installations, smiling faces, mind and body workshops and more. The antidote to soulless raves, this four-day outdoor event is uniquely full of heart and a true community experience.
Happening Since: 2004
Location: Silverado, CA
Lightning in a Bottle 2012 Dates: 5/24-5/28
Lightning in a Bottle 2012 Lineup: Bassnectar, The Glitch Mob, Shpongle, Tipper, Lucent Dossier Experience, Apparat, Eoto, Big Gigantic, Random Rab, Gramatik, Nick Warren, Opiuo
https://www.lightninginabottle.org/

Movement Electronic Music Festival DEMF
Despite frequent changes in name and management, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend since the millennium, is still alive and strong. Now called the Movement, the massive, 36-hour party draws tens of thousands of fans to the birthplace of techno, filling up Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit to capacity and beyond.
Happening Since: 2000
Location: Detroit, MI
Movement Electronic Music Festival 2012 Dates: 5/26-5/28
Movement Electronic Music Festival 2012 Lineup: Public Enemy, Major Lazer, Mr. Oizo, Claude VonStroke, Busy P (see the full Movement Festival 2012 Lineup here)
https://movement.us/

Wakarusa
Deep in Arkansas' charming Ozark mountains you will find a HUGE music festival that goes by the name: Wakarusa. Selling out in 2010, this festival is just getting bigger and better every year with an eclectic mix of artists and a smattering of fun diversions for festival guests: hiking, Frisbee golf, yoga and of course swimming in the gorgeous Mulberry River. Additional Wakarusa 2012 coverage.
Happening Since: 2004
Location: Mulberry Mountain, AR
Wakarusa 2012 Dates: 5/31-6/3
Wakarusa 2012 Lineup: Pretty Lights, Primus, Girl Talk, Fitz & The Tanhtrums, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeross, Krafty Kuts, LA Riots, Balkan Beat Box, MiM0SA, Marty Party, Paper Diamond
https://www.wakarusa.com/

so that's just for MAY 2012 in/on/at North American Continent. later i will try to post more.. for June, July, August.. just as examples... =)

Not heard of any of those, however the only one I would like to go too is Burning Man in the desert...Mallam told me about it last year and it sounds awesome!!!

Andy avoid this one....

https://www.southwestfour.com/

been twice and its become very shit...as there last year and it the soundsystem is terrible, however Garnier was top for four hours in the Shakeit tent...

I'v been to

https://www.globalgathering.com/


as well, was ok... more trancey dj's and if you don't like camping in a massive field and showering in a massive shower block then its not for you!!!

For me I would prefer to go to Exit festival in Serbia or Tomorrowland in Belgium, there's enough good club nights week in week out, so not sure why you would go to a festival in the UK... Europe is much better as it least it feels like a holiday and the weather is not so shit either!!!

The mind boggles, we get our fair share out here, this site has a good showcase of them all https://www.inthemix.com.au/festivals/brisbane_gold_coast

Slash there are some gems listed there! I have always wanted to go to either Summer or Winter Festival in Spain, The Raveart event!

The latest thing here in Australia is djs touring with big festival and then doing intimate gigs, absolute gold, inside, with a super sound system to soak up the atmosphere and immerse yourself in the music! Give me that anyday over a daytime festival....

One of the better ones on a regular basis here is summafieldayse https://www.inthemix.com.au/allabout/event/737/Summafieldayze. Outdoor event, not far from the beach on the sunny Gold coast. If you are around one day it is a must see. Some main stream acts and some classics. My first year there saw Roger Sanchez tear the decks apart, the man is a genius and i will never forget that day!

Festival's are what the summer is for.... Personally i love festival season. Munkyn mentions Global Gathering & Global defo gets a    from me. I have been going to Global Gathering every year since 2000 ( missed 2007 ) Great festival has it all, Global comes highly recomended!! Creamfields another great festival, always a strong line up but i find it lacks in Atmosphere & Production unlike Global... Been to various others as well Homelands, Gatecrasher Summer Sound System etc etc.. For me though Global Gathering is definately on the TO DO LIST this summer... If anyone from Tribal Mixes is going and wants to meet for a few beers etc etc let me know      

sounds like fun  

https://www.dimensionsfestival.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgO-8HSnBMo

Ah cookie, yes mate I went to Lotherton Hall when Gatecrasher was there.. back in my trance days and I also went to Homelands in 98 when it was at Mattersley Bowl...very messy days... I can take or leave festivals as I have had good and bad experineces of them!!

ill check what spirit of bourgas gonna offer this summer

slash, I have no desire to go to the US. Detroit is a hellhole (I should know, my mother was born 30 mins from it  ). The Toronto festival is shite, few decent deejays, too many kiddies.

I want to visit REAL festivals....like ones in the UK.

the real festivals do not have famous djs playing, you must know that better than i do..

if you wanna go to a FAMOUS festival - then yes, of course, go to Global Gathering, or Creamfields, or walk by a truck @ MAYDAY..

one of my favorite raves was COUNTDOWN @ Key Skate Arena, NYC, it happened on exact same day as Ultra Fest in Miami, so, obviously, there was not a single famous dj, the headlining event was germany's NOSTRUM with first ever (and prolly last) live performance act... that was the time of my life! seriously. below i list the info i found somewhere about the event... mind, this was one of the last times i've seen a real JUNGLE section...

name: COUNTDOWN 2K2 SATURDAY, MARCH 23rd 2002 @ the Key Skate, NYC
organizers: SYMPTY PRODUCTIONS

Headliners

FRANKIE BONES & HEATHER HEART - SONIC GROOVE, NYC
SUPER STAR DJ KEOKI - MOONSHINE MUSIC - LA
CHRIS LIBERATOR - STAY UP FOREVER, UK
NOSTRUM - TIME UNLIMITED, GERMANY
SPACE GIRL - HARDBEAT RECORDS, NYC/RUSSIA *LIVE PA*
DAVE THE DRUMMER - HYDRAULIC, UK

Trance/Techno/House

FUNCTION - INFRASTUCTURE/SYNEWAVE/DOWNWARDS, NYC
PLEASURE HEAD - TRANCE PERCULATOR/ https://WWW.PLEASUREHEAD.COM NYC
JEVIC & DJ PAULY - SYMPTY PRODUCTIONS/ https://WWW.SYMPTY.COM NYC/NJ
GONZO - TOPAZ RECORDS, NYC/NJ
MICHAEL MYERS - LOCAL 13/611/UC MUSIC/ https://WWW.DJMICHAELMYERS.COM PA
NEMESIS & SYKOPATH - NEMESIS RECORDINGS, LA & S.T.E.P MOVEMENT, NJ
SCOTT RICHMOND - https://WWW.SATELLITERECORDS.COM NYC
THE HOLY ROLLERZ a.k.a TJR & RALPHIE C - https://www.LoveOurCulture.com https://www.tjr2000.com HoPatrol, UpstateNY
MR. ROB - INTERGROOVE US/REHAB/RELEASE, NYC
JOHNNY FAME - PARK RAVE MADDNESS/ https://WWW.JOHNNFAME.COM NYC
KNOWLEDGE - COLUMNS OF KNOWLEDGE, CT
Myth I-S - https://WWW.TRANCEDOMAIN.COM /D.P.I.M/COUSINS, LI

Hardcore

THE HEADBANGER - WAX WEAZLE/ID&T/ROTTERDAM RECORDS, HOLLAND
LENNY DEE - INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH, NYC
ROB GEE & NATAS PRODUCTIONS - ADAM RECORDINGS/BML, NYC/NJ
CIRCUIT BREAKER - HARD TO SWALLOW/SYMPTY/EAST MUSIC/PARK RAVE/NATAS/611/612, PA *Record Release for Hard to Swallow #6*

Jungle

SOULSLINGER w/ SUPA MC TC IZLAM - LIQUID SKY MUSIC, NYC & ZULU NATION/URBAN TAKE OVER, UK
J.SMOOTH - GFS/SLICK RECORDINGS/ARGENTO/SOUND GIZMO, PA
ODI & KAZPA w/ MC POSI-D - KONKRETE JUNGLE/MADDNESS ETN/ https://DJKAZPA.COM RAWKUTS, NYC
DJ RU AND KRAZY GLUE - SYMPTY, PA & DRUM N BREAKS/REZONANCE/DEKEFEX, NYC
CAZ - GHM/ https://199RECORDS.COM /METATRACK, DC *CD RELEASE*

Remaining DJ's

MINDBENDER - Sympty, PA
SPACE MONK-E - WhereHouse Massive, NJ
KELEE - https://VipRecordsUsa.com https://Stapledesign.com NJ
NIKO - https://www.dj-niko.com / C.U. Ent / Electronic Chaos, PA
FRAZZLE - Demented&Frazzled, NJ
DAVE TRYXX - Hardcore beat freaks, NJ
JIMMY SWIFT - SmooveGroove, NYC
dB FLEX - Sixth Sense Communications, NJ
ROSS NEWMAN - Sixth Sense Communications, NJ
STRANGELOVE - Park Rave Maddness, NYC
GIL-T - True Productions / https://www.truecrew.com MA
SCOTTY MAC - Stuck On Earth/Beat Control/Xlr8 Recordings, NYC *Cd Release*
JAMES ANGEL - Skratch N Spin/UFO/NJHA, NJ

wastnt the truck relaited to loveparade?

but you are 100% right man, the real fest is real yet the big ones missing..or maybe just because of this..

SUPER STAR DJ KEOKI - MOONSHINE MUSIC - LA

Are you sure that stage could hold his ego + the others let alone his huge ego!

how come a super star dj picks a nickname that's been used up already?

dj keoki was the name of that latino dude Fez (wilmer vanderrama from that 70's show) when he was in that movie with macaulay culkin - party monster https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320244/

btw quite a nice flic, i reall enjoyed the moment they took their apartment into pieces looking for that little rock that probably fell under the radiator... hehe.. been there, done that... =)