By Kaivan Adjedani. Electric Island is on the precipice of becoming both a staple event in Toronto and an internationally acclaimed electronic event. Over the past five years the summer concert series has grown from a local industry party to a must-attend event series bringing out dedicated techno fans and musical nomads from every corner…
Warm weather is great, Canada doesn’t get much of it though. It’s hard to rock cute flower crowns and layered crochet crop tops when you have to prepare for the possibility of a thunderstorm, heatwave, and cold temperatures all in one day. So how do you plan a festival when the entire country is covered…
By Kaivan Adjedani, Senior Editor. On Sunday May 15th, the Summerdaze concert series returned for it’s fifth season inside Toronto’s infamous Steamwhistle Brewery. Toronto has always held the highest standard standard when it comes to the planning and execution of summer events in the city, and Summerdaze was no exception. Toronto’s popular brewery felt more…
By Kaivan Adjedani, Senior Editor. Electric Island, Toronto’s most anticipated underground electronic event series, just released the line-up for their 2016 concerts. The acts seem to be catered to all genres of the electronic music spectrum, from the more mainstream-friendly tech house of Green Velvet all the way to the hardcore Berlin techno sounds of Ben…
By Kaivan Adjedani, Senior Editor. A handful of the best artists in the industry take flight to take over St.Martin in the Caribbean islands from for the SXMusic Festival, taking place March 9th to 13th. The festival lineup has been very carefully curated, and the DJs are all playing extended sets in very special locations.…
By Toni Rose Castillo. Photos by Winnie Surya. This year marked the third annual Toronto Urban Roots Festival (TURF) and it definitely did not disappoint. This year’s lineup featured artists such as The Pixies, Wilco, Cake, Of Monsters and Men, and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. I immersed myself in TURF’s relaxing atmosphere, partly thanks to a crowd that ranged…
The fall season is coming up which means festival season will shortly come to end. But do not fret, as the much-anticipated Toronto Urban Roots Festival (TURF) is approaching for its third year in a row and it features promising headliners such as Of Monsters and Men, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, and the…
Arguably the best music event(s) in Toronto, Electric Island the summer concert series comes to a close this Monday August 7th, with a showcase featuring Nitin, Frank & Tony, Loco Dice, Recondite, and Adam Beyer at Hanlan’s Point Beach, Toronto Island. Whether it was the amazing music, grand selection of great vendors, or just the…
IT’S HERE! Electronic music fans from across Toronto and beyond have been waiting for this weekend for months. Today and tomorrow Bud Light Digital Dreams Fest returns to The Flats at Ontario Place for a weekend filled with high profile bookings across a number of stages filled with thousands of people – and we couldn’t…
On June 12th and 13th, the original UK award-winning festival BESTIVAL made its North American debut right here on Toronto Island. A creative wonderland set upon the iconic and picturesque Hanlan’s Point Beach, and with a multitude of special attractions such as the Bestival Inflatable Church, Circus Troupes and Custom Party & Parade – and not to mention the…
