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Location: Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Festival hours: 7 p.m.-5:30 a.m. June 8-10.
Expected attendance: More than 300,000 during the course of the weekend.
Tickets: As expected, EDC sold out weeks in advance. Blame scalpers for scooping up extra tickets and reselling online. Your best bet for finding tickets is via StubHub or Facebook, through people who may have had friends ditch out.
Getting there: Shuttle passes are also sold out, but you can find a new carpool buddy through the EDC-recommended ZimRide.com.
Staying away from there: Avoid Interstate 15 and Las Vegas Boulevard heading out to the Speedway. Not only will you encounter congestion as attendees head to EDC, but expect even more of a backup for a few miles heading into town when everyone leaves at the same time, causing a headache for your Monday-morning commute.
Festival details: Download the official Electric Daisy Carnival app to create your own schedule, have a handy festival map, learn about the DJs and more.
EDC Week: The first EDMbiz conference focusing on the business of electronic music continues through June 7 at the Cosmopolitan, bringing with it a plethora of parties in conjunction with what is being dubbed “EDC Week” in Las Vegas. Check out Page 52 for the rundown.
DJ Profile
Fabulous Fedde
DJ/producer Fedde le Grand looks back on Las Vegas and forward to Electric Daisy Carnival
May 31st, 2012
First he told fans to “Put Your Hands Up” for your favorite city. He then encouraged us to get “Freaky,” among other lushly saturated electro-goodness offerings. Dutch dance-music maestro Fedde le Grand still has a handle on keeping it fresh in an often formulaic world. Coming in at No. 14 on DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs poll, and with two new International Dance Music Awards, he’ll be rocking it next at Electric Daisy Carnival on June 8 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Read more »
DJ Profile
Get Trashed!
Tommy Trash brings bagpipes and bodily function samples to Electric Daisy Carnival
June 7th, 2012
Prediction: Tommy Trash will be electronic dance music fans’ next obsession. The Australian DJ/producer’s latest offerings are working their way into other spinners’ sets, but we’ll get to check ’em out firsthand during Tommy’s Electric Daisy Carnival gig on June 9 in the Neon Garden at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, then at Marquee Nightclub on June 15. We caught up with Tommy (a.k.a. Thomas Olsen) to talk stuffed animals, shampoo and surprising sounds. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
Peace. Love. Unity. Cocktails!
June 7th, 2012
Writers and spirits go hand in hand. Or, rather, glass in hand. The Cosmopolitan’s mixology team hit the books and then hit the bars seeking literary and spiritual inspiration (the beverage kind), the ultimate goal being to capture in a glass the essence of the monumental sensory tidal wave that is the Electric Daisy Carnival (June 8-10 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway). Drink in their results. Read more »
Green Felt Journal
Electric Daisy Economics
June 7th, 2012
Generally speaking, if you want to bring an event to Las Vegas, the town is happy to oblige, provided you do three things: 1. Fill rooms with people who … 2. Open their wallets and … 3. Don’t disturb the other paying guests. Read more »
EDC party roundup
The Carnival spirit spills onto the Strip
June 7th, 2012
For three glorious days June 8-10, we’ll be partying from sundown to sunrise at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. But if all the Electric Daisy Carnival goodness has you craving more during the daylight hours—or even before/after you hit the festival—you can keep it going at a plethora of official parties held in conjunction with what is being billed as EDC Week in Vegas. Read more »
Precocious Dutch Marquee resident tops impressive lineup of festival DJs
June 7th, 2012
Rising EDM star Hardwell didn’t just magically appear in a Vegas DJ booth. The 24-year-old Dutch DJ/producer, born Robbert van de Corput, has technically been in the game since age 13 and played the three biggest clubs in Holland by 15. Read more »
EDC 2012
Fan Facts and Fiction
June 7th, 2012
Here are a few misconceptions you may have about the Electric Daisy Carnival, electronic dance music and EDM culture itself, debunked by local EDC attendees. Read more »
EDC 2012
A Special Delivery
Art is more than a sideshow at EDC, as the new two-ton baby proves
June 7th, 2012
Amid the multimedia spectacle that is the Electric Daisy Carnival, one aspect truly separates it from other musical festivals: the colossal art structures dotting the landscape at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This year, there’ll be a fire-breathing octopus made of steel (“El Pulpo Mecanico” by Duane Flatmo), a giant snake that spews flames (“Serpent Mother” by Flaming Lotus Girls) and a 30-foot-tall baby with a video monitor for a head (“Omma,” a creation by Berkeley, Calif.-based artist Michael Christian). Read more »
EDC 2012
An EDM glossary for n00bs
June 7th, 2012
If you’re just jumping on the dayglow electronic dance music bus, it’s important to know a big part of the scene is the culture and sense of community. To avoid looking like a total n00b (that’s “newbie,” in case you didn’t know) when conversing, you can study up on the DJs, download mixes and pair your best pasties with a tutu. But that isn’t enough to be accepted by the dedicated—as the Showtek track goes—“motherfucking raver with the hardstyle flavor.” Read more »
EDC 2012
The Prohibited List
June 7th, 2012
Our ace investigative nightlife reporter, Jason Scavone, obtained a copy of this year’s list of banned items and habits before its official release: Read more »
EDC 2012
Carnival Magnetism
How Pasquale Rotella’s endless quest for the perfect underground party vibe led to a wildly popular Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. And may soon find him searching underground again.
June 7th, 2012
Pasquale Rotella arrives at the Cosmopolitan in black skinny jeans, black high-tops and a gray button-down shirt. He has a backpack slung over one shoulder and is so fresh-faced he looks like he should be waiting by a bus stop with milk money jangling in his pockets. Read more »
Electric Daisy Carnival 2012: First Impressions
June 9th, 2012
Are those ... bath salt zombies on the horizon? Read more »
High Winds Temporarily Stop EDC
June 10th, 2012
Festival halted at 12:30 a.m. until authorities can determine when it will be safe to continue. Read more »
The Church of Dance: Electric Daisy Carnival, Day 3
June 11th, 2012
WTPA? "Where’s The Party At?” you ask? It’s on a perfect Sunday night in June, with twinkling lights in the desert creating a music-worship experience, otherwise known as day 3 of the Electric Daisy Carnival 2012 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Read more »
Vegas Moment
Blue Valentine
June 14th, 2012
At the Electic Daisy Carnival June 8-10 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, these great glowing petals seemed to embody the spirit of the music, communing with fans, speaking in the pulsating language of light. Read more »
Night-lites
Go hard or go home: EDC 2012 is a (windy) wrap
June 14th, 2012
Like moths to music, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway welcomed more than 300,000 attendees June 8-10 for the 2012 Electric Daisy Carnival by Insomniac Events. The hot topic on everyone’s Twitter feed for the weekend was not how DJ so-and-so “killed it” or “played an epic set.” Rather, it was the high winds that plagued Saturday night. Read more »
About Town
The Old Man and the EDC
June 14th, 2012
Yeah, I remember the last time electronic music was supposed to take over America. Back in my day, in the 1990s, people called it “electronica,” and magazines like Rolling Stone were raving about pioneering British DJs/producers with names like Fatboy Slim and the Chemical Brothers. I wasn’t immune from the hype, buying the Crystal Method’s CD Vegas and occasionally partying on the Strip at Club Utopia. But I soon realized that the pulsating untz untz untz and tension-and-release moments only annoyed me the longer I listened to them, no matter my level of sobriety. Read more »
Gossip
Holly does the smart thing for EDC travel
June 14th, 2012
Like Paris Hilton, Holly Madison did her part to alleviate traffic by flying to EDC in a helicopter. Because she’s very concerned about the deleterious effects of a large gathering on civil-engineering systems not designed to support that kind of usage. Read more »
Gossip
He doesn’t have to be 100 percent hip; he’s the ex-mayor
June 14th, 2012
Oscar Goodman, who helped pave the way for Electric Daisy Carnival coming to Las Vegas in the first place, came up to the EDMbiz conference podium June 6 flanked by showgirls, naturally. Read more »
Gossip
Wynn really no problem for Paris
June 13th, 2012
With the grand-opening party for Mizumi on June 7, in the former Okada space, Paris Hilton was spotted hanging around Steve Wynn and wife Andrea Hissom. She was also seen spending some time with Nick Hissom, the model/budding musician/career beneficiary of being Steve Wynn’s new stepson. Read more »
The Week
The Worst Night Ever?
June 13th, 2012
Earlier in the week, the reservation system for all MGM Resorts International hotels apparently gave up the ghost; thousands of check-ins, who had paid premium rates for such a slamming weekend, waited up to 12 hours to get their rooms—definitely something that would try the patience of even the most laid-back visitor. Then the big title fight ended with a eyeball-defying split decision for Timothy Bradley over Manny Pacquiao that left even the promoter, Bob Arum, embarrassed for the sport. Finally, the Electric Daisy Carnival had to shut down its seven main stages at about 1 a.m. Sunday because of high winds. Read more »
