With just being in its 2nd year, ÎleSoniq has risen to become one of the biggest and brightest festivals to appear on the summer festival circuit in Canada. This year's edition was outstanding as they put together one of the best lineups of the season over 3 beautiful stages that managed to attract 45,000 fans.
The layout of ÎleSoniq was well thought out with no sound bleed between the stages. There was plenty of space to chill out, and almost everywhere on the site you would find little added details that just made the area special. One of my favourite stages of the festival was the Scene stage where it truly felt like you were in the forest surrounded by trees, which made you forget that you were actually in the middle of a major city. The layout was playful and invited fans to explore.
This year's festival was cashless which worked really well as there were many kiosks where you could load up your bracelet or you could simply register your credit card on their website. Buying anything on-site only took a few taps and as a result there were hardly any lineups at any of the vendor areas.
With 52 artists participating at this year's ÎleSoniq, it was difficult to narrow EDM Canada's list of top sets down to just 5 as so many DJs put up great performances. But some sets were better than others and I believe that these 5 artists put their best foot forward last weekend and took the crowd to a whole new level.