This year, one of my college friends who went to EDC last year invited me to come along. As a big EDM fan, and someone who “raved” in the 2000s, I was instantly attracted to the idea. After watching the Netflix documentary “Under the electric sky”, I had high expectations, but what followed is a mind blowing experience and the best event/concert I could have ever gone to.

PLUR culture and dress

The culture is very friendly at EDC. People high five you randomly and offer you free gum. A lot of people carry fans because it is extremely hot, they will sometimes fan you when walking through.

People are in bigger groups of 6–20. They often have a totem poll that a person hold up to keep the group together.

Both men and women tend to wear less clothing, the heat is definitely one reason. Furry and outlandish costumes are the norm. For guys, the most popular look is tank tops and shorts. For women, the most popular look is a booty short and bras top. Camelpak is a stable as everyone is trying to stay hydrated. The plethora of flowers is reminiscent of WoodStocks.

People in front of circuit grounds

Neon Garden

One of the buildings in the EDC “town”

Overlooking EDC on the Jaeger House

The music

Bang for the buck wise, there are a lot of EDM DJs playing at EDC. A lot of popular DJs such as Chainsmokers, DJ Snack, Tiesto, and Zedd. At any one time there are 7 DJs playing at once. Each DJ has about a 1 1/2 hour slot to play. The music is way more different than a DJ’s commercial stuff and is a blended continous performance rather than “songs”.

Brief 40 second video of the tiesto set at EDC

Stages: lasers lasers lasers

There are 5 major stages around EDC. Each of them have different theme and plays different music. I took some videos and photos of the ones I visited.

Kinetic fields

This is the main stage. Two Egyptian owl head, man body statue erects a gate in the very front. On the stage there is a giant electric sconce with giant LED screen behind it. The amount of lasers when it goes full cronk is insane.

The lasers on the stage activated during the show

Kinetic field laser + fireworks video

Cosmic Meadow

Cosmic Meadow stage is in front of a giant meadow

There are bleachers in the back which makes this the largest stage

Circuit grounds

Neon garden

Architecture/Sculptures/drinks