Electric Daisy Carnival
EDC 2013
Light, Love and the Lens
Intrepid photographer Eric Kabik braved the pulsating center of EDC 2012 and came back with images for the ages. Here is his visual dispatch from the illuminated front— and his thoughts on what he saw.
June 19th, 2013
EDC 2013
A Carnival of Sights
Yeah, yeah, there’s music and pretty people. But check out those EDC art installations!
June 19th, 2013
I don’t like festival shows. To my thinking, music is best contained in clubs, midsize venues—the metaphorical knife fight in a phone booth. And while I like house, techno and even a bit of dubstep, I prefer to listen to it in my home, where my dancing won’t hurt anyone. And yet, I’m going back to the Electric Daisy Carnival this year. I’m doing it partially for the women—young, striking, dressed like Raquel Welch in One Million Years BC—but mostly for the art. Read more »
EDC 2013
Driven by Art
These wheels turn EDC into a drivable feast for the eyes
June 19th, 2013
Art cars. If you’re not familiar with them, they’re pretty much what they sound like: moveable art, built around a car. They started cropping up around the 1960s during the hippy generation (think flower-festooned VW bugs and vans) and their modified appearances—some with minor, others with major enhancements—were the ultimate in personal artistic expression. Read more »
The Sometimes Blustery Road to EDC
2012: A look back at the Electric Daisy Carnival that was, from a performer’s perspective
June 19th, 2013
When Mother Nature shut down last summer’s Electric Daisy Carnival, thousands of colorfully dressed electronic dance music fans were understandably blue. Read more »
Let There Be Light
The lighting/VJ team of Steve Lieberman and Vello Virkhaus flip the switch on EDC 2013
June 19th, 2013
With roughly 350,000 people set to descend on Las Vegas June 21-23 for the Electric Daisy Carnival, we caught up with the fest’s visual conductors, lighting god Steve Lieberman and uber-VJ Vello Virkhaus, who tell us what we can expect from EDC’s distinctive look this year. Read more »
The Look
Becoming the Dancing Queen
June 19th, 2013
Knowing what to wear to the Electric Daisy Carnival can be daunting. To start with, the event takes place from dusk till dawn at the beginning of summer. Read more »
The Sketch Pad
A Superhero for the Festival Set
June 19th, 2013
Las Vegas is fueled by the myth of perpetual celebration, and there are few weekends of the year when the myth feels more true than when the Electric Daisy Carnival comes to town. Nico Holmes-Gull’s crowned Vegas superheroine speaks to the spirit of the big festival of music, dance and light, which takes over the Las Vegas Motor Speedway June 21-23. Read more »
Electric Daisy Carnivalternatives
June 19th, 2013
If you’re in Las Vegas during Electric Daisy Carnival and are looking for a break from the EDM-ubiquity, it won’t be easy. The madness doesn’t stop at the speedway, as venues are booking big-name DJs back-to-back down on the Strip as well. But there are things going on this weekend that have nothing to do with pasties and Spirit Hoods. Read more »
The Cheat Sheet: Your Electric Daisy Carnival Weekend On-Strip DJ Lineup
June 19th, 2013
Are you visiting Las Vegas June 21-23 but not making the trek to the Speedway for Electric Daisy Carnival? Don’t worry, EDC weekend is the Strip’s new Superbowl: Nightclubs book festival-quality talent (much of it overlapping with EDC’s own lineup), creating the biggest DJ lineup between Memorial Day and Labor Day—perhaps bigger than both. So, who has the best talent lineup? Debate in the comments. Read more »
What Do Non-EDC DJs Do During EDC Week?
June 18th, 2013
There are, at last count, roughly four DJs for every man, woman, child and small dog in Las Vegas during Electric Daisy Carnival Week. With a glut of stage slots to be filled, not to mention the spinoff events at the clubs all week, it’s easy to see how a DJ without any kind of Insomniac-approved official billing could feel like a Dickensian orphan pressed up against the wrong side of a window pane on Christmas Day. Read more »
