EDC Orlando is just a few days away and guarantees a really strong lineup of DJs and artists. The as soon as two-day Central Florida affair expanded to 3 days a number of years in the past and has solely benefited since. From Above & Beyond, Rezz, Green Velvet and extra, the flexibility of the lineup is seemingly countless. But as I used to be making ready to see what’s happening on the town in the course of the weekend, I seen how Orlando is about to be overwhelmed with EDM (one of many causes we included it on this listing of festivals to attend earlier than the tip of the yr).
Aside from EDC Orlando being the largest concerting occasion for the world, there are tons of after events with among the pageant’s headliners beginning as early as tomorrow. This begins with a pre-party with Kaskade on the Vanguard on Thursday and ends with Charlotte De Witte at Celine on Sunday. Meanwhile, there’s a smaller hotel-music pageant referred to as Home Bass with extra EDM artists which are enjoying that very same weekend.
This had me evaluating this stage of elaborate EDM-ness to a different Florida weekend of dance music bliss: Miami Music Weeok. Down in Miami, Ultra Music Festival reigns because the premiere occasion to attend. But a myriad of after events and lodge events pop-up with insane lineups. Even rivaling, smaller festivals pop-up across the identical time like No Sugar Added occasions in Miami Beach. This begs the query, is Insomniac’s presence going to solidify an Orlando Music Week yearly?
Now, I’m not saying that Orlando is giving Miami a run for its cash. Miami Music Week guidelines South Florida and presumably the nation as one of many greatest weeks in music pageant weeks. Some occasions in MMW begin as early as Tuesday earlier than the large reveals of the weekend.
Orlando isn’t at that stage. But they could possibly be rising into that path.
The final time I attended EDC Orlando was in 2017. In our overview, I discussed how the presence of native, home-grown expertise throughout the state closely contributed to its stellar success. But what I assumed could be an important alternative for native artists is rising with larger alternatives. As fan demand explodes within the Orlando scene, the area may develop into a brand new hotspot for home heads, bass heads, and everybody in between to collect and catch the most recent and best the business has to supply.
EDC Orlando might by no means rise to the identical stage as its flagship version over in Las Vegas, however it’s changing into a detailed quantity two.
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