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Electric Daisy Carnival is an annual electronic dance festival held on the last weekend of June in Southern California, but has also been held in Texas, Puerto Rico and Colorado. In 2009, the festival was expanded to a two day event, which brought in 130,000 attendees[1], making it the biggest electronic dance festival outside Europe. The Electric Daisy Carnival normally has numerous stages with sponsors such as Giant, So Sweet, Bassrush, Club Melodic, Beatport, Saturday Night Sessions, One Tribe, Rock The Bells, and Spaceland.

History...

The first Electric Daisy Carnival was held in 1997. In the past, there have been many unique venues in Southern California that have played host to the annual electronic music festival. These include the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Exposition Park in Los Angeles, National Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino, Queen Mary Events Park in Long Beach, Lake Dolores Waterpark in Mark Lapro Barstow, Hansen Dam in Sylmar, and the International Agri-CenterTulare. The festival has sold out venues with 30,000 maximum capacities and reached crowds of 100,000 (40,000+ on Friday, 90,000+ on Saturday)[1] recently in 2010, making it the biggest electronic music festival outside Europe. Insomniac Events have also brought the festival to other regions including Colorado and Texas. 2009 marks the first year that the festival is brought to Puerto Rico. In 2010 the event expanded to include Dallas, Texas.

Electric Daisy Carnival usually has multiple stages full of a variety of electronic dance music, talented performance artists and visual delights.

It is estimated that roughly 185,000 people attended LA's Electric Daisy Carnival over Friday and Saturday. The event drew criticism from local authorities after numerous people were taken to the hospital by paramedics, and after a 15-year-old attendee, named Sasha Rodriguez, died for reasons not officially determined as of July 20, 2010. The county of Los Angeles began to consider banning all raves from being held in this city, but, per a Coliseum Commission meeting on July 16, 2010, dropped its moratorium on all remaining events scheduled for 2010 and kept a moratorium on booking any future events, pending the outcome of the use of new security and safety provisions. Those new provisions include an age limit of 18 on all future events and the presence of on-site doctors.

Stages: EDC 2013 featured the biggest and brightest stages I have ever seen. Each one was big and offered the crowd a completely unique viewing experience. Tomorrow Land in Belgium has been the talk of many electronic music fans, and EDC just took it to a whole new level. Each of the 8 stages were even better than they were the year before. The stages were complimented with impeccable sound, insane light shows, and huge fire torches that exploded into the sky in perfect synchronization with the joy of the crowd.

The main stage was the coolest viewing experience I have ever seen in my life. EDC broke their mold of going with all LED screens and created an entirely different world, complete with mushrooms and a mechanical owl, for the DJ to play in front of.

Crowd: I was really impressed with the crowd this year. When you think of the raver crowd it’s easy to think of kids that are dangerously messed up. I personally didn’t see anyone that was of control this weekend, which was a big improvement from years before. My favorite thing about this crowd is how creative everyone is when it comes to costumes. No one dresses up as much per capita as the

Before the festival I had a friend ask me what about the ratio of girls to guys. I was intrigued by the question, so I took a census of 500 festivalgoers (it only took about 30 minutes). The total count was 298 guys to 202 girls. This equates to approximately 2 girls to every 3 guys.

Organization: EDC was really easy to attend. The lines to get in were much less of a hassle than they were in the previous two years, there were not any lines for the bathrooms, and the arena is so large that it really holds the 115,000 people well, so you can get around without any backups.

The one issue that prevented this weekend from being a perfect weekend was cell phone reception. It was absolutely awful. The reality of the matter is we don’t go to festivals to see the artists; we go to spend time with our friends. The cell phone reception was so bad that if you lost your friends you might not see them until the crowd would start to dissipate around four or five in the morning. You might not think that this is the festivals fault, but it is. EDC did not implement enough cell phone towers to support the amount of people they had on the premises, and I know it turned the event into a scary one for the younger festivalgoers who got separated from their friends.

Food: The food at EDC is pretty unfortunate. It’s like a bad version of baseball stadium food. Instead of using outside/local food vendors, EDC provides all of the food, which allows them to set the bar very low. You can expect a night full of hot dogs, nachos, and pretzels. I recommend eating a big meal before you get there and skipping the food all together.

The one saving grace in regard to food was the free water. EDC’s water refill stations are hands down the best of any festival. The stations were manned by a staff of roughly 10-12 workers who each had two hoses ready to fill your water bottles and camel packs. This efficiency meant they could handle the crowd without a line forming, which is a huge improvement on the other festivals I have attended.

Art: The art at EDC is unbelievable. You can tell the organizers go to Burning Man because based on the creativity and quality of the art installations spread across the event. There are so many performers that are roaming the fairgrounds that you will soon find yourself out of battery or memory on your camera from all the pictures you want to take. They even bring in art cars so it’s not uncommon to see mobile dance parties moving across the fairgrounds.

I will also add that the EDC firework display is the best I have ever seen. It goes off every night of the weekend and lasts at least 20 minutes (or possibly 30).

Rides: Along with incredible stages and art, EDC gives you dozens of carnival rides to go on for free. They have four Ferris wheels, bumper cars, roller coasters, free fall drops, and every other kind of ride you can imagine. If you can't have fun at EDC - something is wrong with you.

Overall: This is an easy one. EDC gets 5 stars. If you like electronic music, you will have an absolute blast at this festival. The fact that it goes from 7pm-6am makes it incomparable, and EDC’s commitment to every last detail will make this one of your favorite weekends of the year.