Last Saturday, My first roommate, Alycia and I headed down to Met Life Stadium to experience the Electric Daisy Carnival. For those of you who don't know what EDC is, it's an Electric Dance Music Festival. It was a blast despite the weather...it rained at the start of Cash Cash's set. Before we left home, we said that we would dance through the rain but it started to rain so hard that we couldn't see a thing. It cleared up after about an hour and the dancing ensued!
Here is a few things I took away from EDC:
Make Kandi Kid Bracelets:
Trade them with people who you like, start a conversation with, etc...you can be as creative as you want and put anything on them. You can't however just take a bracelet off and it give it to someone. You have to do the "peace, love, respect, unity" handshake and transfer during the unity part. Sounds a little silly but it's a tradition.
The Stages are Serious:
Everything at EDC is visual from the lights to the decor on stage to the screens. This stage was no exception. The owl moved and the eyes lit up and changed colors and pupils.
Fireworks!!!
The Fireworks were also serious and did not disappoint. It was quite the production and lasted a while. Totally worth taking the time and watching! The picture below doesn't do the show justice.
You get to be a kid!!
Like any good carnival, there are several rides you can get on for free! The lines are ridiculous though so be sure to get there a little early if you want to take advantage of them!
Get Dressed up!
You can literally, and I mean literally, dress however you want. You can be as creative as you want (flowers in your hair, face paint, etc) and wear as little as you want. We were some of the most dressed people there and that was fine. There is no judging at EDC. ALSO WEAR COMFORTABLE SHOES! There is lots of dancing and in many cases lots of walking between places (prior to getting to EDC-catching trains and what not). It doesn't matter what they look like. We wore neon Nike running shoes and I am more than sure my feet would have fallen off if I wore something different. DO NOT WEAR SANDALS/FLIP FLOPS...you are welcome in advance.
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| Alycia and I in our garb-We Came, We Raved, We Loved <3 |
The line up was pretty good. I get to see lots of the DJs I listen to on a regular basis. Tommy Trash blew everyone out of the water with an on point set. He was so good that we didnt leave to see Martin Garrix (you know, Animals....it's on the radio). He played my favorite song "Reload" that he did with a member of Swedish House Mafia (RIP)...it was amazing! Martin did come out during Afrojacks set that made up for everything.
Such a great time! Can't wait to go back next year and in the mean time, ELECTRIC ZOO!!!
