Festival Report Card: CRSSD Spring 2025

For nearly a decade, CRSSD Festival has set the tone for the dance music festival season, bringing house, techno, and live electronic acts to San Diego’s scenic waterfront. Known for its vibrant energy and carefully curated lineups, the festival has become a staple for electronic music lovers nationwide. However, the 2025 edition faced unexpected technical […]
Festival Report Card: Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) 2024

Once a year, the world’s largest club-based festival and conference for electronic dance music touches down in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Imagine five days and five nights of electronic dance music across an entire city—the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). This year’s gathering welcomed almost half a million ravers, artists, DJs, and industry professionals from all over the […]
Festival Report Card: Portola Music Festival 2024

Electronic music fans flocked to San Francisco on September 28 and 29, 2024, for the third edition of Portola Music Festival. Captivating audiences from across the nation, the festival was marked by high energy, a vibrant atmosphere, vast indie-electronic performances, and hundreds of shiny disco balls. The ambiance of Pier 80, combined with the temperate […]
Festival Report Card: Tomorrowland 2024 (Weekend 1)

Each year, the small town of Boom, Belgium, De Schorre Park, is transformed into a magical world known as Tomorrowland. This fantasy realm beyond any festival-goer’s dreams attracts people from all around the world for two incredible weekends a year, and we were lucky enough to be among those in attendance during weekend one. This […]
Festival Report Card: Elements Music & Arts Festival 2024

From August 9th to 11th, 2024, Pennsylvania was the place to be for the Elements Music & Arts Festival. With a lineup packed with diverse electronic music, attendees danced under the stars in a beautiful outdoor setting. Car camping and glamping were on the menu, offering different ways to enjoy the festival vibe. The art […]
Festival Report Card: HARD Summer 2024

Making its debut at Hollywood Park, the infamous HARD Summer MusicFestival returned yet again to SoCal for an incredible, jam-packed weekend from August 3-4, 2024. Electronic powerhouses like Zeds Dead, Subtronics, FISHER, Chris Lake, Levity, and Disclosure joined local up-and-coming artists to unfold a masterful lineup. Prior to the event, rumors swirled around Los Angeles […]