Festival Report Card: Forbidden Kingdom 2026
Back at the Central Florida Fairgrounds on April 25-26, Forbidden Kingdom‘s eighth edition showed significant improvements that have brought the bass festival a long way from its start as a small event in 2019. Growing crowds and stage improvements made their way from Boca Raton to Orlando in 2021, where the festival has found enough […]
Festival Report Card: Coachella 2026 (Weekend 2)
As the saying goes, if it’s nice, play it twice. For two weekends each April, millions of eyes and algorithms turn to the desert of Indio, California, for Coachella, arguably the world’s most famous music festival. Over 25 editions, the three-day event has morphed from a grassroots rock concert into an axis around which the […]
Festival Report Card: Ultra Miami 2026
There are few trips in dance music that carry the same weight as heading to Ultra Music Festival in downtown Miami. From March 26 to 28, Bayfront Park filled with more than 165,000 ravers from around the world, drawn to the party by expertly curated bookings and show production that continue to set the standard […]
Festival Report Card: Skyline Festival 2026
When it comes to scale, Los Angeles may just be the techno capital of the United States (taking nothing away from Detroit, of course). But in the first four years since the region’s leading electronic promoter launched its flagship genre event in LA, Skyline Festival struggled to serve its community with a venue capable of […]
Festival Report Card: EDC Mexico 2026
In the heart of Mexico City, the sprawling Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez came alive last weekend for EDC Mexico’s 12th edition. Sold out and drawing 115,000 fans to the famous race track each day from February 20-23, ravers from around the world filled the festival’s nine stages, immersed in music and neon under ‘the Electric Sky.’ […]
Festival Report Card: EDC Thailand 2026
Insomniac Events’ Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) made its way to Phuket, Thailand, for the second time last month. Finding its new home at Rhythm Echo Park, the sophomore edition of EDC Thailand ran from January 16-18. With artists such as Sara Landry, GRiZ, and Knock2 on the bill, the festival featured an electric lineup covering […]