Electric Daisy Carnival

This article is about the music festival. For the album, see Electric Daisy Carnival (album).
Electric Daisy Carnival
Marshmello playing the main stage of EDC in Mexico City, 2018
GenreEDM, dubstep, house, techno, trance
Location(s)Flagship:
Las Vegas, Nevada
Current:[1]
Orlando, Florida
Mexico City, Mexico
Suzhou, China
Phuket, Thailand
Former:
Years active1991–1993 (first incarnation)
1997–present (Insomniac)
FoundersInsomniac
Next eventEDC Las Vegas - May 16~18, 2025
Attendance525,000 over 3 days (2024)
Capacity70,000 (2016)
Websiteelectricdaisycarnival.com

Electric Daisy Carnival, commonly known as EDC, is an electronic dance music festival organized by promoter and distributor Insomniac. The annual flagship event, EDC Las Vegas, is held in May at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and is the largest electronic dance music festival in North America as of 2024.[2]

The event features electronic dance producers and DJs, and incorporates a variety of electronic music, including house, techno, drum and bass, and dubstep.[3] In addition to the music, event goers experience three-dimensional superstructures, colorful glow-in-the-dark environments, and LED-lit flora and fauna.[4] There are also interactive art installations throughout EDC, free-roaming carnival performers, and carnival rides.[4]

Since its inception, other EDC events have been held in other states and abroad, including Mexico, Puerto Rico, the UK, Brazil, Japan and India. Currently, EDC is held annually in Orlando, China, and Mexico, along with the main Las Vegas event.[5] Sponsors of the most recent EDC events include Corona, Smirnoff, Uber and Tinder.[6]

In 2009, EDC became a two-day event, and in 2011, a three-day event. In 2024, it had a total attendance of 525,000 over three days.[7] In 2018, EDC Las Vegas expanded the festival to include an on-site camping experience. The festival has eight stages, each catering to different genres of EDM,[8] with the largest, Kinetic Field, being able to accommodate 70,000.[9] It also has 18 carnival rides, four ferris wheels, and a staff of more than 5,000 people.[10] In 2019, access to purchasing tickets to EDC was expanded to mobile phone apps for convenience. In 2017, EDC won the Festival of the Year award at the Electronic Music Awards.

  1. ^ "Upcoming Events". insomniac.com.
  2. ^ "Electric Daisy Carnival". insomniac.com.
  3. ^ Petersen, George (2015). "Electronic Daisy Carnival Las Vegas". Front of House: 38–39.
  4. ^ a b "The World of EDC – EDC Las Vegas 2019". lasvegas.electricdaisycarnival.com. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "Electric Daisy Carnival". insomniac.com. Insomniac.
  6. ^ "Amenities & Services – EDC Las Vegas 2019". lasvegas.electricdaisycarnival.com. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
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  8. ^ "Stages- EDC Las Vegas". lasvegas.electricdaisycarnival.com. Insomniac Events.
  9. ^ Mac, Ryan. "Behind The Construction Of Electric Daisy Carnival's $3 Million Main Stage". Forbes. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  10. ^ "The EDC Story". trance.news. Trance Hub.