Festival Report Card: Head Trip

Rain and lightning may have soured the festival’s opening night, but Head Trip truly gave dance music its day in the sun. On October 10-11, Goldenvoice’s one-time-only electronic festival assembled a nostalgia-laced lineup of EDM A-listers, first-time B2Bs, and rare appearances from club music’s top DJs at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Calvin […]

Festival Report Card: Lost Lands 2026

Neither rain nor mud came between headbangers and their annual trek to Lost Lands. Last month, Excision’s flagship festival returned to Thornville’s Legend Valley Campground for its ninth edition, welcoming more 150,000 attendees for three days of earth-shaking bass, dinosaur-sized production and camping chaos. While the festival officially ran from September 18-20, some campers arrived […]

Festival Report Card: CRSSD Fall 2026

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. CRSSD Festival has been dominating San Diego’s house and techno scene for over a decade, and at this point, they’ve got the recipe down pat. Carefully curated lineups of massive names and emerging stars, straightforward stage layouts at a well-loved venue, and its lively mix of local fans […]

Festival Report Card: ARC Music Festival 2026

Since live music events returned after the pandemic, ARC Music Festival has brought the global house and techno scene home to Chicago on Labor Day Weekend.  Over six editions, the festival’s growing profile has helped turn the holiday weekend in the Windy City, the birthplace of house music, into a Midwest music week that rivals […]

Festival Report Card: Tomorrowland Belgium 2026 (Weekend One)

Few festivals in the world have built a universe around electronic music like Tomorrowland.  Since its debut in 2005, the Belgian festival has grown into one of the most recognizable names in global festival culture, drawing hundreds of thousands of people from more than 200 countries to De Schorre Park in Boom each summer. This […]

Festival Report Card: HARD Summer 2026

For nearly two decades, HARD Summer has carved out a lane all its own. Reflecting Los Angeles’ musical melting pot, no other festival blends warehouse-ready techno, festival-sized bass, UK garage, house, hip-hop, Latin music, and mainstream crossover acts quite like HARD. It’s one of the few places where you’ll see techno purists, first-time ravers, underground […]