What To Do This Weekend (May 6th - 8th)
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If you want to keep track with what's going on electronic dance music wise in your city, then check out this weekend guide. Just click below and start planning!
Listen to Aly & Fila's uplifting ASOT Miami set
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(VIA SC)
Aly & Fila, one of the top trance acts in the world, was a part of the epic A State Of Trance lineup this past weekend for the Ultra Music Festival in Miami. Known for their uplifting and harder hitting trance tunes, Aly & Fila gave the crowd exactly what they needed. It's artists like Aly & Fila that keep the trance genre alive and well.
Aly & Fila will be in Montreal this Sunday for the Bal En Blanc - click here for more information.
Ottawa's Escapade Music Festival has announced their phase 1 lineup
/The Escapade Music Festival, Ottawa's yearly EDM festival, is set to take place on June 29th - 30th at the RA Centre, only minutes away from Ottawa's downtown core. The long anticipated phase 1 lineup was revealed earlier today and it includes:
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Full Phase 1 lineup: Tiesto, Steve Angello, Markus Schulz, Ferry Corsten, Arty, Mark Knight, Chus + Ceballos, Krewella, 3LAU, Rusko, UMEK, Bingo Players, Candyland, AN21 & Max Vangeli, Seven Lions, and Benny Benassi.
Note: Tiesto will be playing a special show on Canada Day at a limited capacity venue.
Judging from the Phase 1 lineup alone, this year's Escapade Music Festival has the potential to be even bigger and better than last year's event. General tickets will be available for sale soon.
The cost breakdown of a ticket to EDM festivals in Australia
/If your festival ticket costs $126, the promoter only receives $22 - at least in Australia anyways. Check out the full cost breakdown of an EDM festival ticket in Australia. It's a quick read I promise.
(Source: Stoneyroads)
Are there too many EDM festivals?
/Dancing Astronaut engages this question in an editor roundtable.
I don't think we've reached a breaking point in Canadian festivals yet. What I do agree with Dancing Astronaut is that there are opportunities for new festivals if they create a unique experience for fans as EDC and Tomorrowland have successfully done.
The question that I ask myself is whether there is enough fresh music created to justify seeing more than 1 or possibly 2 festivals a year? With so many DJs using the same tracks and mashups will EDM fans begin to tire of the whole experience?
What I like to see is some promoters taking a bit of a risk and seeing what sticks. Digital Dreams is a perfect example as they introduced a techno/house heavy lineup in Toronto for Canada Day and were rewarded with a successful event. I await to see their 2013 lineup but I hope to see even more next year. If you have a big enough to hold a festival to cater to all tastes then that's great, but if you need to make some decisions, then it's better to have a point of view than none.
Random thought: I'd love to see something like the Warehouse Project come to Canada.