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Dive into the Beat: CRSSD Festival Spring 2025 Preview
Get ready to immerse yourself in a weekend of electrifying music and coastal vibes as CRSSD Festival returns for its Spring 2025 edition. Set against the stunning backdrop of San Diego’s Waterfront Park, this 21+ festival is scheduled for March 1st and 2nd, 2025. Location and Venue: Waterfront Park, located at 1600 Pacific Coast Highway,…
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Kappa Futur Festival Shines Bright: 2024 Preview
Are you ready to dive into a world of pulsating beats and an atmosphere charged with pure euphoria? If your answer is an obvious “YES,” then add Kappa Futur Festival to your itinerary for this July 5th through 7th, 2024! Location and Date:Kappa Futur Festival is set against the stunning backdrop of Parco Dora in…
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Seismic Dance Event 6.0 Recap
We aren’t sure how each edition of Seismic can be better than the last, but it happened again this past weekend at Seismic Dance Event 6.0. Each edition they bring new artists we haven’t seen before (that are top on our list of must-sees) and increase the production level. We were so happy that Real…
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Seismic 6.0: House & Techno Paradise
Seismic Dance Event returns for another stunning edition this November 10-12, 2023 at The Concourse Project in Austin, TX. We’re undoubtedly veterans of the festival at this point, and each year, we’ve been delighted by the new touches and refined details that Andrew, Kelly and their entire team have put so much energy into. Read…
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Drumcode Portal Opened at Sunbar Tempe
On Friday, March 24th, Sunbar Tempe served as a dark portal into house and techno by hosting an incredible Drumcode event, boasting a stacked lineup of Oscar L, Layton Giordani, and Bart Skils. Drumcode is Adam Beyer’s techno label, and Tempe was a lucky stop for us house and techno lovers here in the Southwest…
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Seismic 5.0 Recap
With memories of music festivals being non-existent still resurfacing every so often, there was so much gratitude in the air on the festival grounds at Seismic 5.0 this past weekend. As always, the talent brought incredible energy, the art installations created a magical atmosphere, and the crowd (minus whoever stole Claudia’s phone Friday night) was…
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Seismic 5.0: The Premier Boutique House & Techno Festival
After attending the past two editions of Seismic Dance Event, the festival has easily become one of our favorites. There’s something so special about a boutique festival that caters to a tighter range of genres for the music lovers most passionate about them. We hardly have to twist any arms when convincing our friends to…
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Seismic 4.0: Return of the House and Techno Vortex Squid
Before I dive in, a little about my history with all things EDM. Until last year, I had been to one single EDM show in my life. Thankfully, Backpacks and Beat Drops founders, Casey and Claudia, happened to be visiting my home base of Austin last year during Seismic, and they smoothly convinced me to…
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Round Two at Seismic Dance Event 4.0
What if you got to go to your favorite music festival twice in one year? Well, we’ve got some great news – Seismic Dance Event will be back for another edition this year in Austin, Texas, from November 12th to 14th. This time, the event will take place at Austin’s newest and hottest venue, The…
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ARC Music Festival Makes House Music History
Looking back on this past weekend, the first inaugural ARC Music Festival feels like a dream. Between the lineup, the production, and the afterparties, next to nothing could have been better. As the birthplace of house music, Chicago was in desperate need of a festival like this, and we can only imagine more success for…
