Residents of Alameda are looking to send San Francisco’s Portola Music Festival on its way due to noise complaints. With its debut edition having taken place just last year, Portola is a newcomer to the Bay Area festival scene, but it has not found allies with nearby residents. The Pier 80-based event ends at 11pm local […]

The Contact voyager is charting new territory with Zedd and Rezz among the passengers onboard. Contact Winter Music Festival will take place at the Vancouver Convention Centre on Wednesday, December 27th and Thursday, December 28th, marking the event’s departure from its longtime home at BC Place. Blueprint and Live Nation announced the lineup and additional […]

Some may say that Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth, but for three days in late September, it was GRiZ‘s Ursa Major event in Flagstaff, Arizona. “It truly felt like nothing we’ve ever done,” he gushed. Over the last decade, GRiZ has accumulated a diehard following akin to the likes of the Grateful Dead, […]

Zedd is ringing in 2024 in style, announcing a slew of shows leading up to New Year’s Eve. The electronic music superstar will stop in Vancouver, Edmonton, Chicago, Las Vegas and Minneapolis over the course of five consecutive five nights leading up to the ball-drop. The dates include Canadian festival stops at Contact and Get Together, […]

MEDUZA and James Hype are taking a stance against excessive smartphone filming at shows with a new initiative aiming to “preserve the authenticity” of club culture and live music experiences. Collectively known as Our House, the dance music superstars are pointing to the rampant lack of presence and in-the-moment enjoyment at today’s concerts, where crowds often prioritize […]

Gareth Emery is promising “the most insane lasers ever seen so far in dance music” for his upcoming North American tour. Known for some of the most impressive light shows in all of music, the trance music icon has been working for over a year to take his love of lasers to the next level. […]