Every year we like to talk about the hundreds of thousands of people that flock to Vegas for EDC or Belgium for Tomorrowland, but one of the biggest festivals in the world — that dwarfs both EDC and Tomorrowland — hardly gets any press on the world stage. I’m talking about Zurich’s Street Parade, held this past Saturday, which regularly draws upwards of a million attendees each year.

Since the end of Love Parade in 2010, Street Parade has become the most attended electronic dance music event in the world. This year, 850,000 people descended upon the streets of Zurich, Switzerland for just a little over 24 hours of pure techno and good vibes.

The event featured 28 love mobiles along the official lakeside route of the Street Parade, on the north end of Lake Zurich. There are also eight stages while over 200 DJs will take part. Headline acts included Amelie Lens, John Digweed, Dubfire and Eric Morillo.

Best of all, the event is entirely free to the public, including the festival’s eight “main” stages, while the artists themselves also forego appearance fees.

Watch the aftermovie from last year’s event below.

Excision’s Lost Lands is less than 50 days away, and it’s more than 85% sold out! So what to do if you’re still on the fence about getting a ticket but don’t want to wait until the last minute? Your EDM has partnered with Lost Lands to offer up TWO PAIRS of VIP tickets to the festival this year, with acts like Excision, 12th Planet, Rusko, NGHTMRE, and more.

See everything new in 2019 here, and enter the contest below!

Photo Jake West Photo for Lost Lands

Earlier this year, almost thirty thousand music lovers from all over the world took over the entire Alpe d’Huez Grand Domaine Ski Area for the very first Tomorrowland Winter. With performances from artists such as Martin Garrix, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Lost Frequencies, Armin van Buuren, Steve Aoki, Martin Solveig, DJ Snake, Paul Kalkbrenner, Kölsch and many others, it was definitely an event to remember.

Now, it’s been revealed that Tomorrowland Winter will be returning for 2020, and pre-registration for tickets opens today. It will once again take place in Alpe d’Huez, from March 14-21, 2020. Pre-registrations are open now at tomorrowland.com.

Pre-registration is necessary if you want to be in with a chance of actually buying a ticket for the festival.

Ticket sales will take place on September 14 for the seven-day passes and on September 21 for the four-day passes.

Lineup is coming soon!

Photo RUDGR for Tomorrowland Winter

Tomorrowland closed out two wonderful weekends of its enchanted 2019 journey in Boom, Belgium this past July. 400,000 “People of Tomorrow” from 200 different countries celebrated 15 Years of Tomorrowland. And today, its official aftermovie is airing live on the Tomorrowland YouTube channel and official website.

The nostalgia-inducing movie captures the best of the two weekends in Belgium celebrating the 15th anniversary of Tomorrowland. With six total days of music, hundreds of different DJs, hours upon hours of performance footage to go through, compiling it all in one 23-minute package is no easy feat.

The festival certainly had its fair share of minor issues this year, as any festival does any year, but there’s no escaping the fact that hundreds of thousands went home with memories to last them a lifetime.

TRACKLIST :

Creative intro
Kölsch – AC1609
Joris Voorn – Antigone
Âme – No War (Rampa Remix)
Monolink – Return To Oz (Artbat Remix)
HI-LO, Chocolate Puma – Lazersx999
Steve Aoki & The Bloody Beetroots, A Girl & A Gun – Warp 2.019
Lost Frequencies – Beat Of My Heart
John Lemmon – It’s Gonna Be Alright (Netsky & t1r Remix)
Rob Hes – Infamous
ID – Don’t Touch That Techno
Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano – Bring The Beat Back
Martin Garrix – Home
Colyn – Amor
Portland – Expectations (Cellini Remix)
Filterheadz – Sunshine
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs Akon & Afro Bros– She Knows
Eddie Thoneick – Everyday
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, David Guetta, Daddy Yankee feat. Afro Bros, Natti Natasha – Instagram (Bassjackers Remix)
Sub Zero Project & Villain – The Solution (Radio Edit)
Still Young & Kosling – When We Were Young (feat.OMZ)
Endshow
Kisnou – Cycle

The Woodstock 50 anniversary festival that could have been instead ended up completely crashing and burning. After losing its main investor, getting kicked out of its original venue, artists dropping out left and right, the decision to nix the festival was finally made less than a month before it was originally set to happen.

While some may consider that a bad thing (we think of it as a blessing in disguise), there are other ways to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the most legendary festivals to ever take place.

Philadelphia’s WXPN 88.5 FM public radio will be airing the completely uncut audio of the original Woodstock from start to finish at the exact time it actually occurred, 5:07 p.m. EST on Thursday, August 15th. All 32 artist performances will be aired.

“From the movie that came out in March of 1970, to the numerous collections of recordings released over the years, there has yet to be a full authentic musical account of the concert until now,” said WXPN Associate General Manager for Programming Bruce Warren. “WXPN is going to pay the most effective tribute to the music, the way it was originally performed, at exactly the same times the sets were performed to give our listeners a feel for how it all really went down.”

If you’re not in the Philly area, you can still tune in the WXPN website. Just as the real Woodstock did, the broadcast will end on August 18th.

Consequence of Sound

2019 has been a great year for cannabis initiatives at festivals, with Northern Nights and Ever After music festivals both allowing for more lax policies surrounding the plant. Now, the Bay Area’s Outside Lands will join that group after a decision from the state Bureau of Cannabis Control approved on-site sale and consumption of weed in a fenced-off area of the festival grounds limited to people 21 years and older

“Permitting Grass Lands as the inaugural event is the first step in creating a safe cannabis event space for those aged 21 years and older,” said Marisa Rodriguez, director of the San Francisco Office of Cannabis. “Attendees will be able to purchase and consume lab-tested products away from the rest of the venue’s attendees.”

HARD Summer may have just ended, but they’re not done just yet. HARD Day of the Dead returns for the second year after being resurrected by Insomniac last year with Justice, Die Antwoord, Knife Party, and Cashmere Cat. This year, the lineup gets even more eclectic as Skrillex and Boys Noize reunite again for a special Dog Blood set. They’ll be accompanied by Zhu’s BLACKLIZT, TOKiMONSTA, Elohim, 1788-L, and Josh Pan b2b X&G. Team B&L will round out the main stage.

The house stage will feature sets from The Martinez Brothers, Damian Lazarus, Justin Martin, and more.

Tickets go on sale Friday, August 9 @ 10 AM PST. It will be held on November 2 once again at the LA State Historic Park

Photo Graham John Bell for Insomniac

The official Storm Area 51 event has been taken down by Facebook.

According to a screenshot from one of the event’s founders, Matty Roberts, the infamous and viral Facebook event fully titled “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All Of Us” went against the platform’s community standards. Thus, the event was deleted.

Roberts says he was never given a specific reason as to why this happened. He originally made the Facebook event as a joke with Brock Daily and was planning an actual Area 51 festival to happen off-site, in order to deflect the raid. However, that side event was taken down, too.

“I think it’s pretty reckless of Facebook, especially because I’m trying to direct people away from storming the base,” Roberts explained. “And now I’ve lost my entire audience.”

After getting in touch with multiple media outlets and sharing the news of the takedown, Facebook has revived the event.

Daily also tells Your EDM the event is still happening, “Hotels anywhere near Rachel, NV are booked solid for this weekend- plus, we’ve contacted every news outlet we had been in touch with to let them know about the censorship. If anything.. this just became more relevant.”

Real DJs have already been booked, as well, though they can’t be named due to Vegas residencies… so that may give you a hint as to who might show up.

“We have detailed plans being fortified for logistics, the two-lane access road will be managed for the entire route,” Daily continued. “We want to make a safe and fast-flowing pilgrimage for our attendees. One really important factor is that this entire thing is FREE to the public!”

Daily and Roberts had also set up a GoFundMe to help with some of the costs of the festival, but that has also been removed. Storm Area 51 is still scheduled to take place in the desert on September 20th.

Storm Area 51 – Removed

Source: LAD Bible | Screenshots: Facebook

While mass shootings occurred in El Paso and Dayton in the US this past weekend, four men were stabbed at London festival Eastern Electrics on Saturday. According to police reports, all stabbings occurred at different times.

A 24 year-old was stabbed shortly after 4pm, a 27-year old man was stabbed just before 7pm, and a man in his twenties was stabbed later in the evening — all were taken to a hospital. A fourth victim apparently in his forties was found around 10pm; his condition is unknown.

Eastern Electrics issued the following statement regarding the incidents: “We can confirm that four serious assaults took place at Eastern Electrics on Saturday 3rd August. All casualties were transferred to hospital after being treated on-site by our medical team.

“The Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward and asking anyone with information that may help with their investigation to call 101.

“The safety of everyone on-site is our first priority and we will continue to work closely with the Police, local authorities and our security staff to ensure a safe and secure environment at Eastern Electrics.”

Merton Police authorized a section 60 in response to the attacks, which gives the police the right to stop and search members of the public without suspicion. Investigations into the incidents are ongoing, as no arrests have currently been made.

A section 60 has been authorised in Merton following four stabbing incidents in Morden Park yesterday. The order, which allows a police officer to stop and search without suspicion, is in place until midnight tonight. pic.twitter.com/bh2E2cNkMW

— Merton Police (@MPSMerton) August 4, 2019

DJ Mag | Photo Eastern Electrics

The first day of Lollapalooza has arrived, and with it the annual live stream! The festival will be presented over three channels this year and a roster of around 60 artists total, including The Strokes, Rüfüs Du Sol, Gud Vibrations vs Slugz Music, Alesso, Madeon, San Holo, RL Grime, and Flume.

For Madeon and Flume, it will be the first time either of them perform their new live shows to the public, making Saturday’s and Sunday’s streams extremely attractive.

Only Channels 1 and 2 will be streaming today, but you’ll still be able to see Rüfüs Du Sol (9:00 p.m., 2), The Chainsmokers (10:00 p.m., 1), and The Strokes (10:15 p.m., 2).

See the Lollapalooza live stream full schedule below along with both channels and stay tuned!

Lollapalooza 2019 LIVE Channel 1

Lollapalooza 2019 LIVE Channel 2

Lollapalooza YouTube Stream Schedule
(All times listed in Eastern Time)

Thursday, August 1:

Lennon Stella (7:30 p.m., 2)
Fitz & the Tantrums (8:00 p.m., 1)
Deorro (8:15 p.m., 2)
Hozier (9:00 p.m., 1)
Rüfüs Du Sol (9:00 p.m., 2)
The Chainsmokers (10:00 p.m., 1)
The Strokes (10:15 p.m., 2)