Category: News
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16 EDC Week Events at High Risk for Sellout
If you’re thinking about hitting up some pool parties or nightclub events during EDC Week, don’t wait to much longer to buy tickets! Several shows have already sold out and if you want to go your only option is bottle service. Looking for cheaper options? We have a list of EDC Week events $50 or…
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2014 ProTip #19: Your Hotel Room Needs Cold Drinks
You’re traveling to a hotel room for anywhere from three to seven days, have you thought about how to keep your water cold? What about your beer? Chances are that your hotel room does not come equipped with a fridge and the standard ice bucket isn’t big enough to keep a six-pack cold for very long. It’s Las Vegas,…
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Stunning Aerial Footage from the Mysteryland USA Debut
Mysteryland made its North American debut over the course of the 2014 Memorial Day weekend and it has received great reviews from everyone that attended, including this writer. The location was historic and beautiful (minus some mud). The stages all had their own great vibe. The cashless system for the most part worked very well…
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EDMbiz After Party – Dash Berlin
Dash Berlin and Kygo will be playing Boulevard Pool at the Cosmopolitan Hotel on Thursday, June 19 during EDC week. Overlooking the heart of the strip on the East Deck, the Boulevard Pool’s multilevel, open-air environment provides unobstructed sight lines in all directions. Upbeat music, combined with intimately spaced lounge chairs and daybeds, creates a communal atmosphere and vibrant social…
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2014 ProTip #20: Free Water for Camelbaks and Aluminum Bottles
The veterans are well aware of this tip but there’s still a lot of new people going to festivals for the first time, especially Electric Daisy Carnival. Insomniac will have multiple water stations located throughout the festival where volunteers will fill up anything that you have with free and clean water. There’s rarely more than…
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2014 ProTip #21: Call Your Credit Card Company and Bank
This is tip that applies to any sort of travel to another state or country and especially a large city. Plan about 15 minutes over the next week and look at the back of your debit card and credit cards and call the 1-800 number on each and every one of them and tell them you’ll…
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2014 ProTip #22: Bring a Power Strip and Portable Router
This tip can apply to just about any vacation when you’re travelling whether it’s to a hotel or even a friend’s house. We all have phones and often travel with tablets and computers as well which means they’ll all have to be charged. How many people will you be sharing a room with? Probably more…
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Armin van Buuren Introduces the Darker Side of Trance on ASOT 666
Armin van Buuren reached another milestone this week with episode number 666 of A State of Trance, his weekly radio show that’s listened to by millions around the world every Thursday. He could have just treated it like any other episode with the popular tracks of the week along with his favorites but thanks to…
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EDC United Kingdom 2014 Official Trailer
Directly from Insomniac’s social media pages, “The Milton Keynes Bowl plays host July 12-13 to the world’s premier DJs, breathtaking performers, sensational art installations and, most importantly, you! Last year, Insomniac touched down across the pond for a magical, unforgettable day. This year, we’re expanding the experience to two days—twice the energy and double the…
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2014 ProTip #23: Learn How to Create a 3D Kandi Cuff
Kandi has been a big part of the rave scene for decades. It can have many meanings as a symbol of friendship, a remembrance of a memory or even simply a fashion statement. Kandi can come in all shapes and sizes but each piece tends to have at least two things in common the use of…
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Hardwell Throws Down at the World’s Largest Sporting Event
Every year, over 400,000 fans flock to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to marvel at Indy Car’s biggest spectacle, the Indy 500. Reaching speeds well over 230 mph, the race is an incredible feat of engineering, but if that doesn’t flop your noodle, then maybe basking in the sound waves of the world’s biggest DJs is…
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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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Bored With Bikini Bottle Service Girls? A Drone Delivers at Marquee
Las Vegas is the capital of outrageous pricing and features and every club is trying to one up another with crazy options. Drais recently debuted their options where you can pay to have a fireworks display or even spend $737,000 to have a Boeing 737 fly you into Las Vegas. Hakkasan has a $500,000 option. Marquee…
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2014 ProTip #24: Make Smart Decisions Before a Festival
Every year before any festival whether it’s EDC, Ultra, Coachella, Bonnaroo or any other festival there’s often stories about someone getting into some sort of trouble or problems in the weeks before and they aren’t able to go. It could be spending too much money going out in the weeks prior and going broke or…
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EDC Las Vegas 2014 Construction Begins
There’s less than three weeks until Electric Daisy Carnival kicks off in Las Vegas for the 2014 edition and that means workers have started arriving at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway to begin construction for the massive festival. Don’t worry Insomniac, we remember our chat last year and will not be spoiling any surprises. We…
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Apply Today: 150 Guards Needed for EDC Las Vegas
While a lot of the focus is on going to Electric Daisy Carnival and having fun there’s a lot of people working behind the scenes to make it happen. The construction workers, technicians, engineers, food service and of course security. Today, June 3rd, is the last day to visit the offices to get your fingerprints…
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2014 ProTip #25: Removing a Wristband You Put on Too Early
As you receive your ticket package and shuttle wristband in the mail there’ll be excitement to just put it on and raise your hand in the air in victory but we suggest you wait. Do you really want to be wearing it for another three weeks? What if you put it on too tight? Unless…
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Inside the EDC Las Vegas 2014 Ticket Boxes
It’s like Christmas morning as a little kid when your Electric Daisy Carnival ticket package arrives in the mail. Chances are by the time yours arrives you’ve already seen other people posting pictures online ruining the surprise but it’s still fun opening up the box. They could very easily just send an envelope with your ticket…
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Largest 360° LED Show in the World at EDC UK 2014
Electric Daisy Carnival will be returning to the United Kingdom for a second time and this year festival goers will get to experience the world’s biggest 360 degree LED visual show plus a 3D wall of sound designed to amplify their EDC experience. EDC UK will be held at Milton Keynes Bowl on Saturday, July 12 and Sunday,…