Electric Daisy Carnival
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| Location(s) | East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S. Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Denver, Colorado, U.S. Dallas, Texas, U.S. Orlando, Florida, U.S. San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2012-present (New Jersey) 2011-present (Nevada) 2011-present (Florida) 2009-present (Puerto Rico) 2008-present (Colorado) 2000-2002; 2010-present (Dallas) 1997–2010 (Southern California) |
| Founded by | Insomniac Events |
| Date(s) | Last Saturday of June (Nevada) Second Saturday of June (Colorado) August (Puerto Rico) |
| Genre | Trance music, Dance music, Electronic dance music, House music, Drum and bass, Techno, Dance Punk, Hip hop, Dubstep |
| Website | Official Website |
Electric Daisy Carnival is an annual electronic dance music festival held in the South West United States on the last weekend of June. The event was held in Southern California from 1997 to 2010, and was moved to Las Vegas in 2011.
In recent years, satellite events have been held in Orlando, Dallas, Puerto Rico and Colorado. Attendees are commonly dressed in radically expressive, vivid "rave" attire (though the term "rave" can be highly subjective).
In 2009, the festival was expanded to a two day event, which brought in 130,000 attendees. The Las Vegas event lasted 3 days in 2011,[1] attracting an estimated 70,000-75,000 people on Friday, 85,000 people on Saturday, and 63,000 people on Sunday.[2]
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[edit] History
The first Electric Daisy Carnival was held in 1997 at the Shrine Expo Hall. The name usage was acquired by Insomniac's partner Philip Blaine. This refers to the name borrowed from Steve Kool-Aid's original creation from several years prior whom Philip knew through his colleague Gary (Steve's partner) at 1500 Records. In the past, there have been many unique venues in Southern California that have played host to the annual electronic music festival. These include the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Exposition Park in Los Angeles, National Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino, Queen Mary Events Park in Long Beach, Lake Dolores Waterpark in Mark Lapro Barstow, Hansen Dam in Sylmar, and the International Agri-Center in Tulare. The festival has sold out venues with 30,000 maximum capacities and reached crowds of 100,000 (40,000+ on Friday; 90,000+ on Saturday)[1] recently in 2010, making it the biggest electronic music festival outside Europe. Insomniac Events have also brought the festival to other regions including Colorado and Dallas. 2009 marks the first year that the festival is brought to Puerto Rico. In 2010 the event expanded to include Dallas, Texas, and in 2011, an event in Orlando, Florida was added.
[edit] Past Events
Electric Daisy Carnival usually has multiple stages full of a variety of electronic dance music, talented performance artists and visual delights.
[edit] 2011
[edit] Orlando
Running for 2 days on May 27-28, the event took place from 2 p.m. to midnight at the city-owned Tinker Field and the adjacent grounds around the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium.[3] The number of attendees was capped at 20,000.[4] The artist lineup included Tiësto, Afrojack, Skrillex, Benny Benassi, Paul Van Dyk, Calvin Harris, Ferry Corsten, DJ Baby Anne, Chris Lake, DJ Heavygrinder, Markus Schulz, DJ Icey and dozens of others.
[edit] Colorado
In 2011 The Carnival returned to Colorado on Saturday June 11th for a single day and was again held at the Arapahoe County Fairgounds. The line-up included Ferry Corsten, Kaskade, Sander Van Doorn, Axwell of The Swedish House Mafia, Bart B More, Z-Trip, Kraddy, LA Riots, Datsik, 12th Planet, Noisia, Downlink, J Majik, and many more in national talent.
Event organizers do not expect The Carnival to return to Colorado in 2012.
[edit] Dallas
June 18th, 2011 the EDC festival took place at the Texas State Fair Grounds. The Line-up included: Paul Van Dyke, Axwell, Avicii, Wolfgang Gartner, Chuckie, Skrillex, Felguk, Green Velvet, 12th Planet, Feed Me, Zedd, Excision, Crizzly, Dirtyphonics, Diplo, Doctor P, Flux Pavilion and many more. The event had free carnival rides for everyone, lighted art exhibits, clowns, gogo dancers, and a large fountain. Temperatures exceeded 110 degrees, leading up to dozens of hospitalizations and at least 1 death. An estimated 26,000 people in attendance. It is uncertain if EDC will return to Dallas, TX in 2012.
[edit] Las Vegas
Friday June 24th, Saturday June 25th, Sunday June 26th at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, EDC held its main even which was far better than previous one in Los Angeles. With talented musicians on the line up such as; Manufactured Superstars, Wolfgang Gartner, Tiesto, Steve Angello, The Crystal Method, Cosmic Gate, Calvin Harris, Steve Aoki, The Bloody Beetroots, Crizzly, Borgore, Skream, Benga, Excision, Dieselboy, David Guetta, Zedd, Feed Me, Skrillex, Laidback Luke, Sydney Samson, Alesso, The Glitch Mob, Bassnectar, Chuckie, Dada Life, Boys Noize, Green Velvet, MSTRKRFT, Hardwell, Jack Beats, Porter Robinson, High Contrast, 12th Planet, Zed's Dead, Terravita, Paul Oakenfold, Avicii, Swedish House Mafia, Nicky Romero, Bunny, Afrojack, Infected Mushroom, Ferry Corsten, ATB, Rusko, Showtek, Felguk, Dada Life, Datsik, Doctor P, Bingo Players, Benny Benassi, Above & Beyond and many others; along with free carnival rides, fireworks, skydivers, clowns, gogo dancers, and beautiful lighted artwork. Over 230,000 estimated people attended the 3-day event.
EDC will return to Las Vegas on June 8th, 9th, & 10th 2012.
[edit] Puerto Rico
Took place on August 27th, 2011.
[edit] 2010
[edit] Los Angeles
It is estimated that over 185,000 people attended LA's Electric Daisy Carnival over Friday and Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The event drew criticism from local authorities after numerous people were taken to the hospital by paramedics, and after a 15 year old attendee died of ecstasy,[5] The city of Los Angeles began to consider banning all raves from being held in the city. The Coliseum Commission meeting on July 16, 2010, dropped its moratorium on all remaining events scheduled for 2010 and kept a moratorium on booking any future events, pending the outcome of the use of new security and safety provisions. Those new provisions include a minimum age of 18 on all future events and the presence of on-site doctors.[6]
June 25 (Friday)
| kineticFIELD | circuitGROUNDS | cosmicMEADOW | bassPOD | neonGARDEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joaquin Bamaca | Circuit | Low End Specialists | ||
| Trent Cantrelle | Android Cartel | Breakdown | Xample & Armanni Reign | Manufactured Superstars |
| Donald Glaude | Savoy | Autoerotique | Marcus Intalex vs. Calibre | Vive La Bunny |
| Oscar G | Afrojack | Congorock | Evol Intent | The Japanese Popstars |
| Chuckie | Z-Trip | Spank Rock | Excision | Felguk with Sporty-O |
| Dirty South | Basement Jaxx | Steve Aoki | 12th Planet | Avicii |
| Swedish House Mafia | Infected Mushroom | Dada Life | Shy FX | Claude VonStroke |
| Kaskade | Moby | Bart B More | Dieselboy & Messinian | |
| Deadmau5 | BT | TRVS x A-Trak | ||
| Jack Beats | ||||
| Armand Van Helden |
June 26 (Saturday)
| kineticFIELD | circuitGROUNDS | cosmicMEADOW | bassPOD | neonGARDEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armin Van Buuren[7] | Groove Armada | MSTRKRFT | Andy C & MC GQ | Christopher Lawrence[8] |
| Above & Beyond[9] | Sasha[10] | Duck Sauce (A-Trak and Armand Van Helden) | Friction & Dynamite MC | Gareth Emery[11] |
| Benny Benassi[12] | Fedde Le Grand[13] | Wolfgang Gartner[14] | DJ Marky | John 00 Fleming |
| will.i.am | Roger Sanchez | LA Riots | LTJ Bukem w/ MC Conrad | Aly & Fila |
| Laidback Luke[15] | James Zabiela | Alvaro "DJ DUMBO" Flores | Dirtyphonics | Simon Patterson |
| Afrojack | Chuckie | Harvard Bass | Logistics | Sean Tyas[16] |
| Dada Life | Avicii | Felix Cartal | Subflo | |
| Bart B More | Boys Noize (special guest)[17] | Sounds of Stereo | Fury | |
| Joaquin Bamaca | ||||
| Visuals by Vello Virkhaus | ||||
| Visuals by Brien Rullman | Huoratron | |||
| Two Fresh | ||||
| Them Jeans |
[edit] Colorado
The Carnival was held on Saturday June 12, 2010 at the Arapahoe County Fairground in Aurora, Colorado.[18] and featured ATB, Benny Benassi, Caspa, Yoji, Dirty Phonics, Kill The Noise, AC Slater, 12th Planet, Original Sin, Dragon, Trajikk, Fury, Manufactured Superstars, Mystical Influence, and Jonas Tempel.[19]
[edit] Dallas
The festival was held on Saturday, June 19 at Fair Park. 11,000 people were in attendance[18]
Kinetic Field
- Tritonal :: 6:00-7:00
- Andy Moor :: 7:00-8:15
- Gareth Emery :: 8:15-9:30
- Chase & Status W/ MC Rage :: 9:30-11:00
- Kaskade :: 11:00-12:30
- Benny Benassi :: 12:30-2:00
Cosmic Meadow
- Hoyotoho :: 6:00-6:30
- Klever :: 6:30-7:15
- Savoy Live :: 7:15-8:15
- Harvard Bass :: 8:15-9:00
- JFK of MSTRKRFT :: 9:00-10:00
- Moby (DJ Set) :: 10:00-11:30
Neon Garden
- 12th Planet :: 7:00-8:00
- Dirty Phonics :: 8:00-9:30
- Dieselboy :: 9:30-11:00
- DJ Hype W/ MC Daddy Earl :: 11:00-12:30
- Rusko :: 12:30-2:00
Circuit Grounds
- Hunter Vaughn :: 6:00-7:00
- Allen Tagle :: 7:00-8:00
- DJ Titan :: 8:00-9:00
- Raydar & Shaolin 9:00-10:00
- Exceed :: 10:00-11:00
- Willie Trimmer :: 11:00-12:00
- DJ Merritt :: 12:00-1:00
- Parson :: 1:00-2:00
[edit] Puerto Rico
The Electric Daisy Carnival Puerto Rico returned for 2010 with an even larger and more complete line-up. Held on August 28, the venue was the Sixto Escobar Stadium at Puerta de Tierra, San Juan. The lineup was as follows:
kineticFIELD: Steve Bug, Moby, Will.I.Am, apl.de.ap, Tritonal, Ivan Robles, Gulembo, Dano. CosmicMeadow: JFK of MSTRKRFT, Wolfgang Gartner, LA Riots, Manufactured Superstars, Alkalina, Lady Liquid, Xtasys, Joaquin Bamaca. BassPOD: Pendulum, Ed Rush & Optical, Nero, Trixx & PRDC, Rec Deselvy, Chuky, Logo Beat, Acme.
- bold= international talents.
[edit] 2009
[edit] Los Angeles
Announced at Nocturnal Festival 2008 to be a two day festival. June 26 & 27 2009. On Friday over 40,000 attendees were present and Saturday saw a crowd of approximately 99,000.
Electric Daisy Carnival 2009 was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and used the entire southern half of Exposition Park.
Groove Armada, Thievery Corporation, ATB, Paul Oakenfold, Aly & Fila, David Guetta, Paul van Dyk, Kaskade, Benny Benassi, Mark Farina, Simian Mobile Disco, Pretty Lights, Major Lazer, Infected Mushroom, Yoji, Kya & Albert, The Crystal Method, Fedde Le Grand, Markus Schulz, Boys Noize, Diplo, DJ AM, Sander van Doorn, Cosmic Gate, DJ Marky, James Zabiela, Friction, Eddie Halliwell, Roger Sanchez, The Martinez Brothers, Dennis Ferrer, Andy Caldwell, Joaquin Bamaca, Subfocus, and Shiny Toy Guns all performed.
[edit] Colorado
EDC was held at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds in Aurora, Colorado on June 13, 2009. It was headlined by Infected Mushroom and Paul Van Dyk plus several others in national and international talent.
[edit] Puerto Rico
On August 14, 2009, Insomniac also held an Electric Daisy Carnival Puerto Rico. The venue was The Arena Fairgrounds in San Juan.
The line-up for this Electric Daisy Carnival included Underworld, Darren Price, Damian Lazarus, Mulattos, Plumpy Bitches, X-Man, Gulembo, Rabbit In The Moon, JFK(MSTRKRFT), Treasure Fingers, Adultnapper, Alkalina, Dwek, Dieselboy, Craze & Klever, Joaquin Bamaca, Trixx, Cut Radio, Lady Liquid, Hugh, and Xtasys.
[edit] 2008
[edit] Los Angeles – June 28, 2008
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Expo Park in Los Angeles, CA. Attendance was unexpectedly double that of the previous year, causing massive lines and long waits. (Attendance 65,000) The organizers promised to reduce the wait for the next year.
The line-up for 2008's Electric Daisy Carnival included Paul Van Dyk, Rabbit In The Moon (Live), Armand Van Helden, Mark Farina, Z-Trip, DJ Hype, Moby (DJ Set), DJ Dan and Donald Glaude (2x4), Todd Terry, Collette, Dieselboy, Benny Benassi, D.Ramirez, DJ Heather, Shinichi Osawa, Friction, Christopher Lawrence, The Freestylers (DJ Set), Harry "Choo Choo" Romero, Andy Caldwell, Goldie, Cid Drake, Krafty Kuts, DJ Reza, Fred Everything, Party Shank, Dillinja & Lemon D (didn't show up), Menno De Jong, Glitch Mob, Lenny Vega, D.I.M., Evol Intent (Live), Eddie Halliwell, Blake Miller, DJ Fury, Classixx, Hazen, Villains, Deco,
[edit] Colorado – June 14, 2008
Arapahoe County Fairgrounds in Aurora, CO Above & Beyond, Kaskade, DJ Dan & Donald Glaude (2x4), Uberzone (Live), Mark Farina, Collete, Andy Caldwell, Fred Everything, DJ Fresh - Soundweapon (Live), Hive, The Swayback, RedOrangeYellow, The Photo Atlas, White Girl Lust, and others.
[edit] 2007
Held at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum & Expo Park in Los Angeles. Attendance was 40,000.
| kinetikFIELD | circuitGROUNDS | cosmicMEADOW | bassPOD | neonGARDEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above & Beyond | Cedric Gervais | Mark Farina | Lee Coombs | Zinc w/ Dynamite MC |
| Hernan Cattaneo | Infected Mushroom | Kaskade | Stanton Warriors | DJ Marky |
| Deep Dish | John "00" Fleming | Collette | Krafty Kuts | Pendulum |
| Paul Oakenfold | Desyn Masiello | DJ Heather | Aquasky | Marcus Intalex |
| Sandra Collins & Vello Virkhaus | Nicholas Bennison | Groove Junkies | Breakfastaz | John B |
| Joaquin Bamaca | Chuck Love | Glitch Mob | DJ Fury | |
| Lenny Vega | Patricio | Silver | ||
| Hazen | ||||
| XXXL | ||||
| Deco | ||||
| HOSTS: DINO & QUESTON MARK |
[edit] 2006
Held at NOS Events Center in San Bernardino.
Artists and Performers
Kinetic Field Ferry Corsten, Christopher Lawrence, Gabriel and Dresden, Sandra Collins and Vello Virkhaus, Infected Mushroom, John oo Fleming, Joaquin Bamaca XXX
Circult Grounds Adam Freeland, Rennie Pilgrem, Freq Nasty, Bassnectar, Simply Jeff, Robtronik, Josh David
Cosmic Meadow Dj Mark Farina, Doc Martin, House Am Tour ft. Colette and Dj Heather, Groove Junkies, Raul Compos,
Neon Garden Dj Zinc, Lemon D and Dillinja, Planet of The Drums, Ed Rush Optical , Chase & Status, Silver and XXXL, Hazen and Origin, Circuit, MC's: Jonny Redd, Armanni and Dino
Bass Pod The Mutaytor, Cirque Berzerk, Machina Candeo, Wolfie, Oscure, Patricio, Dubstep CockMaster [20]
[edit] 2005
Held at NOS Events Center in San Bernardino.
[edit] 2004
Held at NOS Events Center in San Bernardino.
[edit] 2002
Held at Queen Mary Events Park in Long Beach and Travis County Expo Center in Austin, Tx.
[edit] 2001
Held at Hansen Dam in Lake View Terrace/Pacoima, California and Thunderhill Raceway in Austin, Texas.
[edit] 2000
Held in Tulare, CA. at the World Ag Expo center.
[edit] References
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- ^ http://www.clickorlando.com/news/28055429/detail.html
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