Tag: Las Vegas
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Celebrating 20 Years With The Electric Daisy Carnival
Insomniac hosted the iconic Electric Daisy Carnival at the Las Vegas Speedway last month. The gigantic event was one for the books as it once again sold out, celebrating their 20th Anniversary. With a massive lineup of 200+ DJs from all genres of electronic music and a new layout of the Speedway, Insomniac made sure that…
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EDC ProTip: Buy Your 2016 EDC Las Vegas Ticket Before October 1st
Starting on October 1, 2015 Nevada’s amended Live Entertainment Tax (LET) rate will be a flat rate of 9% of the admission charge to a venue where live entertainment is provided. Previously the way the law was written Electric Daisy Carnival had been exempt. However, now the LET tax will apply to all Electric Daisy Carnival tickets…
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EDC Las Vegas 2015: Event Recap
Nothing really compares to the sheer massiveness of the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. Having attended since 2012, there has personally never been an electronic music festival where I have felt so at home. Were there problems this year at EDC? Of course there were. You can point out the flaws in the RFID…
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EDC ProTip: How to Survive Sharing a Hotel Room
EDC Las Vegas 2015 is less than a month away, and now would be a good time to figure out your sleeping accommodations if you haven’t already. Will you book a hotel room? Are you going to crash on someone’s couch? Or will you go where the wind takes you and just pitch a tent…
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EDC ProTip: Surviving Your First EDC
So, you’ve made the decision to attend your first EDC. Your ticket and shuttle pass have arrived, and your flight and hotel are both booked. You’re now eagerly counting down the days, if not hours, minutes and seconds until the moment you walk down the stairs of the speedway for your unforgettable adventure under the…
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Life is Beautiful 2015 Festival Lineup Announced
Life is Beautiful Festival announced their official artist lineup for the third edition of the music, food, arts and learning festival which will be returning to Downtown Las Vegas on September 25-27. In collaboration with Insomniac, Life is Beautiful will host an entire Insomniac curated music area, taking over one of the four stages on the festival…
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EDC ProTip: Flying Into McCarran Airport
Whether it’s your first time flying into Las Vegas or you’ve flown in before, you’re going to want to make sure to be in that window seat. McCarran Airport has one of the world’s most scenic airport approaches (ranked number 2 out of 10 according to PrivateFly’s 2015 survey). If your plane lands during the daytime, you’ll be flying over the mountain ranges…
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EDC Las Vegas 2015 Decoded Lineup Released
With Insomniac releasing a coded lineup, many were left wondering who will actually be at the festival. Some festival goers have cracked the code, but there appears to be some variations in the official lineup. For those of you that have not seen it yet, here is the official decoded lineup straight from Insomniac. See you all in June!
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EDC ProTip: How To Do Bottle Service in Las Vegas
What the Heck Is VIP in Vegas? For the pool parties, it’s generally a cabana, daybed or a lounge chair that is dedicated to you. At nightclubs it’s either a cabana, or a table for bottle service. You get your own personal space, personal waitress, security and a busboy. Some people see this as status and…
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Local Economy Boosted by Almost $1 Billion from EDC Las Vegas
Since Electric Daisy Carnival debuted in Las Vegas in 2011, the three-day event held annually at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, has generated an estimated almost $1 billion for the residents, businesses and local governments within Clark County, Nevada over the past four years. According to economic data provided to Insomniac by Beacon Economics, LLC., EDC Las Vegas continues to…
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Andy C Interview: Amazed at EDC Las Vegas, New Excitement and Longevity
There’s many different genres of electronic music and each genre has a pioneering forces behind it and when it comes to drum and bass that name is Andy C, also nicknamed The Executioner. Andy C is also a co-founder of Ram Records that was started in 1992 along with his friend Ant Miles. Twenty two…
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EDC 2014 Festival Grounds: Insomniac Covered it All Perfectly
It’s easy to write a review the day or two after an event but sometimes letting some time pass for everything sink in can really help you appreciate what you experienced. I’ve been attending electronic music events for 15 years and I can honestly say that Insomniac covered everything perfectly inside of the festival with the…
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EDC Week Review: Eric Prydz at Drai’s Beach Club
The newest and one of the most lavish pool party venues in Las Vegas is called Drai’s Beach Club and is located on the roof top of The Cromwell towards the North end of the Las Vegas strip and was host to Eric Prydz for a Saturday afternoon pool party. Arriving after 2 PM there…
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You Controlled the Vibe at EDC with Over 130k People
The vibe is something that is always brought up during and after any electronic music event and will often generate a large discussion depending on what a person is saying. These conversations are natural but also need to be put into perspective. You controlled the vibe and that vibe you experienced will often be different from…
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Experiencing Night Three of EDC 2014 from Open to Close
The gates at Electric Daisy Carnival are open from 7:00Pm to 5:30AM which is a lengthy 10 1/2 hours and enjoying it all is not for the weak. On the last day of EDC Las Vegas 2014 I made it a point to go the distance from the time the gates opened until the music…
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EDC Week Review: Above & Beyond at Wet Republic
As the EDC Week 2014 lineup was slowly being released one of the first events to be announced was Above & Beyond at Wet Republic and there was no second thoughts about going to this event. The pool parties during EDC Week are part of the whole Las Vegas experience and if you’ve never been to…
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Five Things that EDC Could Improve in 2015
There always improvements that can be made to any event and while EDC does improve year after year there’s still some things that they could improve to make it a better experience for everyone. These are borderline nitpicking but little enhancements that could go a long way for everyone involved. Share in the comments if you…
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The Last 14 ProTips of 2014: Be Safe, Eat, No Babies, Be Nice and Have Fun
We’ve written a lot of tips for Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas and many can be applied to just about any festival. As we’re days away from the 2014 edition of the festival rather than try to make 14 separate posts we decided to put them all in one and link the most popular…
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2014 ProTip #26: Choosing Festival Meet Up Spots
Over the last few year one of the biggest questions I have been asked is, “What are the best meet up spots inside the festival if you break away from your group?” The easiest way to pick your meet up spot is to find something stationary and agree on a time. Countless amounts of people…