Category: Beyond Wonderland
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Beyond Wonderland Bay Area 2015: Memorable Totems
Rave totems serve several different purposes; to express creativity, spread a meaningful message, or assist your group in easily locating you in a crowd of thousands. No matter the reason, totems are a huge part of festival culture and add fun and character to the environment. Below are some of the most memorable totems we found at Beyond Wonderland Bay Area last weekend.…
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Beyond Wonderland Bay Area 2015: Event Review
The TSiD team joined tens of thousands of Headliners last weekend for the 4th annual Beyond Wonderland Bay Area 2-day festival. Insomniac promised a whimsical world with 40 of the best names in electronic dance music, interactive art installments, and costumed performers. Note: This is my personal point of view on the event and therefore may not share the same…
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Beyond Wonderland Bay Area 2015: Recap
The weather this weekend was ideal for the two-day Beyond Wonderland, Bay Area festival which was held at the Shoreline Amphitheater & Grounds in Mountain View, California. Clear sunny skies and not too hot, although being the Bay Area it did get a bit chilly later at night. This was the fourth year that the festival has been…
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Beyond Wonderland Bay Area 2015: Set Times Released
With merely a week to go, Insomniac has finally enriched us with Beyond Wonderland, Bay Area stage set times. The Beyond Wonderland app (iOS/Android) is a must have if you’re attending. It packs tons of vital information such as an organized schedule for attractions and essentials. Just search “Insomniac: Beyond Wonderland Bay Area” in the Apple and Google…
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Beyond Wonderland Bay Area ProTip: Rent a Locker with Friends
You’re going to a two-day festival with thousands of people and you don’t want to carry a lot of stuff around with you, so what do you do with it? Rent a locker! Lockers are approximately 8″H x 12″W x 18″D, so there should be plenty of room for a few friends to share a locker…
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Beyond Wonderland Bay Area ProTip: How to Make a Festival Totem
Love them or hate them, totems are a big part of the atmosphere at Insomniac festivals like Beyond Wonderland, Bay Area. They are a fantastic way to keep tabs on your group, enabling everyone to be able to venture off, and easily return to the group. Let’s face it, no one wants to spend all…
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Beyond Wonderland Bay Area 2015: Stage Lineups Announced
Insomniac has revealed the massive stage lineup for their 4th annual Beyond Wonderland, Bay Area festival, which is returning to the Shoreline Amphitheater & Grounds in Mountain View, California on Saturday, September 26th and Sunday, September 27th, 2015. Stages will include Queen’s Domain, the main stage; Mad Hatter’s Castle, which will be hosted by Super You&Me on Saturday; along with Cheshire…
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Beyond Wonderland Bay Area 2015: Hotel Guide
The time has come to secure your home away from Wonderland for the weekend. Beyond Wonderland Bay Area arrives in a few short weeks, but luckily the Shoreline Amphitheatre is surrounded by an ample number of hotels. Below is a brief guide to some of the deals in the area. Best Value San Jose Airport Garden Hotel – A premium 4-star hotel that packs all…
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Beyond Wonderland Bay Area 2015: Ashley’s Top Picks
Bouncing from stage to stage to catch a glimpse of each set is appealing to some festival goers. Then there are those like myself, shamefully addicted to one genre in particular. Insomniac is delivering plenty of diverse performances to the Bay Area this September, but these 5 artists are who I’m looking forward to the most. So without further ado, I present…
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Beyond Wonderland Bay Area 2015: Lineup by Day Plus Trailer
The 4th annual Beyond Wonderland Bay Area returns on September 26 & 27, 2015 to the Shoreline Amphitheater located in Mountain View, California. With Beyond Wonderland Bay Area less than three weeks away the lineup has been released for each day of the two-day festival! Take a look at the official trailer! Single-day GA and…
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Beyond Wonderland is Back in the Bay Area for Fourth Year
Beyond Wonderland, Bay Area is returning to Shoreline Amphitheater & Grounds in Mountain View, California on Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27, 2015. For the past couple of years Beyond Bay has hosted a sold-out crowd of 50,000 fans with 50 of the world’s top and emerging dance artists. Last year there were four stages including the mainstage “Queen’s Domain”…
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Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2015 || Event Review
As we drove from San Diego to San Bernardino, the excitement for the return of Beyond Wonderland was definitely in the air. I stopped by the media check in hotel and then quickly departed to the hotel that my rave family and I would be staying at for the weekend to get ready. The girls…
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Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2015 Quick Recap
Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2015 has come to a close. Campers have all packed up and memories have been made. More than 70,000 enthusiastic fans were in attendance as over 60 of the world’s top acts in dance music played across four beautiful stages. Insomniac introduced a new stage at Beyond Wonderland, called the Funk House. The colorful…
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Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2015 || Grant’s Top 10 Must See Artists
Beyond Wonderland Southern California is right around the corner, just two days until the magic happens. Campers are getting prepped for entry tomorrow and I am sure that outfits are being finalized as well. There are quite a few surprises including some amazing food options and special activities for campers including tie-dying, fishing, yoga, and…
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Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2015 Preview
Today Insomniac announced the Friday and Saturday lineups for Beyond Wonderland SoCal, a two-day event that will be held on Friday, March 20th and Saturday, March 21st. After a hiatus in 2014, the event will be returning to San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California. There will be art installations and performance artists scattered throughout the…
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Review: SoCal Invasion of the SF Bay Area at Beyond Wonderland 2014
Outside of a stellar lineup featuring some serious trance and house acts, as well as my experience at the 2013 installment of the event, I had no idea what Pasquale had in store for the Insomniac faithful at Beyond Wonderland Bay Area 2014. The anticipation mounted as we left our hotel and headed towards the…
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Recap: Beyond Wonderland Bay Area 2014 Day 2
After some slight delays getting to the venue today we arrived around 5 pm, just in time to catch Simon Patterson. I was sad that we missed Photographer but Psymon’s set was off the charts amazing. We headed towards the food trucks on the opposite end of the venue, stopping at Audien for a bit…
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Recap: Beyond Wonderland Bay Area 2014 Day 1
We arrived at Beyond Wonderland Bay Area at around 3 pm, just in time to get settled and catch Donald Glaude drop arguably one of the best house sets I’ve ever had the pleasure of hearing. After Glaude we headed over to the main stage to catch Paul Oakenfold. Splitting the next few hours we…
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A Video Recap of Insomniac’s 2013 Events
Earlier today Pasquale Rotella and Insomniac released an amazing twelve-minute video recapping all of their 2013 productions. Pasquale stated on his Facebook page, “I often get lost in the daily grind and forget to look back & appreciate all the good times we’ve had together! Headliners, we’ve had some truly great memories over the past…
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Escape From Wonderland 2013 AfterMag
Once a festival or party is over we all start sifting through pictures and videos living the night all over again and sharing stories with friends. Over time though these are eventually lost in the digital world of random folders, albums and hard drives. A new addition for the after event memories is an AfterMag…