Spring Awakening Music Festival

Not to be confused with Spring Awakening (musical) or Spring Awakening (play).
Spring Awakening Music Festival
Arty at Spring Awakening in 2014
GenreProgressive house, Dubstep, Electro house, Techno, Trance, Trap
Location(s)Soldier Field, Addams/Medill Park, Sears Centre, United Center
Years active2008–2019, 2021
Organized byReact Presents
Websitewww.springawakeningfestival.com

Spring Awakening Music Festival (SAMF) was an annual electronic dance music (EDM) festival held in Chicago. The festival started at a theater in 2008, moved to Soldier Field in 2012–2015, and to Addams/Medill Park in 2016–2018. In 2019, the festival moved to the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival was not held in 2020,[2] and the 2021 event was held in October at Addams/Medill Park.[3] The 2022 festival was scheduled to be held at the United Center on July 8–10,[4] but was subsequently cancelled.[5]

  1. ^ Spring Awakening Statement on Location on facebook
  2. ^ Long, Zach. "Spring Awakening Music Festival has canceled its 2020 return to Chicago". Time Out Chicago. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  3. ^ Swartz, Tracy. "Spring Awakening Music Festival to return to Chicago in October; Riot Fest adds Nine Inch Nails". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  4. ^ "Spring Awakening Is Coming To The United Center In July 2022". Block Club Chicago. 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  5. ^ Brooks, Dave (2022-06-02). "Spring Awakening 2022 Was Sacrificed for Profitability, Owners Say". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-06-03.