So to commemorate Memorial Day, ILTC – San Diego is giving away 1,000 free tickets to military personnel in the area.  It is first come, first serve and Wednesday was the first day for the giveaway so hurry up and get yours!  Tickets are available via the USO or for Navy through Single Sailor Liberty Centers located on various bases throughout San Diego.

For non-military personnel, ILTC – San Diego tickets can be purchased HERE.

For those of us that have been loyally attending this event for years, those four words conjure up lots of smiles and even more fond memories.  Those four words bring us back to our roots and they get us out on a school night (even those that claim to be “retired” make it out for this event).

Tonight is the night!

Buy your tickets now, buy them HERE.

5. Who: Tiesto

When: Friday, May 25th, 2012

Where: XS @ Encore

Why: Start your Vegas MDW off right with EDM legend, Tiesto, as he takes the stage at XS nightclub in the Encore hotel. If a Tiesto show alone isn’t enough to make you go ape-shit off the hinges, the added environment and intimacy of one of Vegas’ hottest clubs sure will. Few Vegas nightclubs come close to the avante-garde style and elegance of XS, so dress accordingly.

BUY TIESTO TICKETS HERE

4. Who: Deadmau5

When: Sunday,  May 27th, 2012

Where: XS @ Encore

Why: Deadmau5 . . .Vegas . . .MDW . . .In a club? Sign me up! Aside from his few festival appearances in North America each year, Deadmau5 isn’t your average touring DJ who hits the road year round. So, given the opportunity, one must take advantage when Deadmau5 performs. Take Deadmau5′s infamous LED mouse headgear and his emotion-filled music and add it to the chic atmosphere and intimate setting of XS and you have yourself a party!

BUY DEADMAU5 TICKETS HERE

3. Who: Skrillex

When: Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Where: Tryst @ Wynn

Why: Regardless of how you feel about Skrillex and his meteoric rise to the top of the EDM scene, one thing is for certain, he always delivers a high energy set. The sloppy switch-overs, clipping, and suspect beat matches are a thing of the past, and a club setting on MDW in Vegas might just be Skrillex’s shining moment. Not to mention a Skrillex crowd is the closest thing to sheer pandemonium since the L.A. riots of 92′.

BUY SKRILLEX TICKETS HERE

2. Who: Armin van Buuren

When: Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Where: Marquee Nightclub @ The Cosmopolitan

Why: Anytime DJmag’s number one DJ four out of the last five years hits a club stateside, attendance should be required. Here’s why: perhaps no other DJ is better than Armin at reading a crowd and delivering a set that always lives up to the moment. So, MDW in Vegas with Armin promises to be one of the heaviest, mind-blowing experiences of your life.

BUY AvB TICKETS HERE

1. Who: David Guetta and Avicii

When: Monday, May 28th, 2012

Where: XS @ Encore

Why: If you survive the weekend, make sure you have a little left in the tank for this gem of a show. Considering that David Guetta is speculating about retirement, it’s quite possible that this is the last chance you have to see Guetta stateside in a club for many years to come. Given that and the fact that over the last year Guetta has delivered some of his best sets ever, and you have yourself a doozy. Now add Avicci, and you have yourself the number one nightclub event in Vegas for MDW 2012.

BUY GUETTA/AVICII TICKETS HERE

Here is a list of the recent announcements regarding I LOVE THIS CITY – San Francisco (May 25 & 26):

• Due to production challenges surrounding the Lot at AT&T Park, the I LOVE THIS CITY San Francisco will now take place at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA.

• Hours have been extended to 11:30 pm each night.
• Age is now 16+.
• Afrojack and Sebastian Ingrosso will now join Tiësto, David Guetta, Laidback Luke, Steve Aoki, and more than 40 of the best artists in EDM.
• There will be a free charter bus service from The Lot at AT&T Park to and from Shoreline Amphitheatre provided throughout the day on both Friday and Saturday and a reservation service for those shuttles has been set up at www.ilovethiscityfestival.com.
• Anyone who currently holds a ticket from The Lot will be given a wristband upon arrival at Shoreline that gives them priority access to the reserved seating areas and special side stage viewing areas at Shoreline Amphitheatre.
• All VIP ticket holders for I LOVE THIS CITY will be given access to the VIP Terrace and VIP Accommodations at Shoreline Amphitheatre
• New lawn ticket options are now available and priced as follows:

FRIDAY Single Day general admission lawn ticket = $50.00

SATURDAY Single Day general admission lawn ticket = $60.00

TWO DAY General Admission lawn ticket = $99.00

Reserved seating for both days is now sold out.

BUY TICKETS HERE

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festivalZOO is giving away tickets to I LOVE THIS CITY festival in San Diego. I LOVE THIS CITY is hitting the dance music festival scene for the first time in 2012 and hopes to leave its mark at Cricket Wireless Amphitheater in Chula Vista on May 27th.  Having Skrillex as the headliner is certainly going to help make a grand first entrance!

Here are the details:

WHAT WILL I WIN?

Two people will win a pair of General Admission tickets to I LOVE THIS CITY San Diego on May 27th.

HOW DO I ENTER TO WIN?

It’s simple! Visit our Facebook page and find the post regarding this contest. Reply to the post with the artist that you are most looking forward to seeing at I LOVE THIS CITY San Diego on May 27th and you are entered to win.  Multiple posts do not increase your chances of winning. Click here to go to our Facebook page.

HOW ARE THE WINNERS SELECTED?

Two (2) names will be randomly selected from all those that post a reply and both people will win a pair of GA tickets to I LOVE THIS CITY San Diego.  Winners will be selected on Monday, May 21st at 6PM PST.

Good luck! Now go enter…and tell your friends, too!

Yesterday, I sat down with Gary Richards to discuss the artists he booked to perform at the HARD SUMMER Music Festival this year. He told me about artists he’s excited to have on the bill, as well his curatorial vision for the 5^th edition of LA’s largest music festival.

DB: Overall, what were you trying to accomplish with the HARD Summer line up? Is there a particular audience that you were trying to please?

GR: I don’t think there was any particular audience that we were trying to please. The goal was to give a diverse line up that would make for an amazing event over two days. So it was booked in a way to space out each individual area with their own theme. The HARD stage will have the biggest electronic artists and live music. The HARDER stage on one night is all the big techno dudes and then dubstep on the next. The Discotheque on one night is funk and disco, and the second night is disco and house. And the last stage is broken out into the Fool’s Gold Clubhouse and the OWSLA Tent. So, it’s really booked in a way to give people different styles in different areas over two days.

DB: The headliners are a very diverse group of artists. Which ones are you most excited to have on the bill?

GR: Well that’s a loaded question, dude. I’d have to say all of them. Hahaha.

Well, definitely we’re very excited to have Miike Snow play live. We’ve never had them live. We’ve only had them DJ. And their live show is what I really am most excited to have at HARD. They’re great DJs, and then their live show is just next level. It’s the perfect blend of band and dance. No one does it better.

And Bloc Party obviously. They haven’t played in the United States in 3 or 4 years and they’re a very special band. We’re glad to have them as their first show back in the US. They’ve never played HARD so it’s very special.

DB: What about Squarepusher? I can’t remember the last time he performed in LA.

GR: Squarepusher! Definitely! We’re very lucky to have him. He has a new record coming and new production. And he’s been one of my favorites for a very long time. To see him back in 2012 and people being excited about it is very exciting. I’ve never seen him, but I know his tunes from Warp records from back in the day. I love his music. He does something completely different than everyone else in electronic music. I think it will be a treat for people who go to HARD and have no idea who he is (the guy plays a sick bass, too) and I think some of his fans will come to see him and get turned on by some of the new shit. So I think it’s a good marriage.

DB: Other than the headliners who are you most excited to have on the bill?

GR: There’s a lot of them. Definitely DJ Antention. He’s a guy I’ve tried to get here for a long time. I’m pretty excited for Smims&Belle as well. Lets see what those guys from Foster can do. Light Year, Kill Frenzy… all of them. I booked them.

DB: Can you tell us more about some of these smaller artists?

GR: DJ Antention is a guy that I really don’t know who he is, or what he is, or where he is. But apparently he has been sending me tracks from Russia for the last year and a half, and I’ve been playing them at all of our events. So whenever you hear me play all these crazy mental tracks — the most mental tracks you hear me play — and ask ‘what the fuck was that?’ … well that’s DJ Antention. So, I hunted the guy down,  and we signed him to do a couple EPs on our record label Nitrus.  He just keeps on delivering blistering tracks but they still have a groove to them. He’s the only guy who does hardcore that has a groove that I can still work into my set. So I figured this guy is next level shit and we have to bring him. And now he’s coming.

I’m also excited for Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team (a duo comprised of Teki Latex and DJ Orgasmic). I got to see Teki Latex DJ a couple years ago at WMC. The guy was out at the pool in a speedo. Bald head. He was just killing it. It was the middle of the afternoon. Dude didn’t give a fuck. His sound is very similar to what I play. Kind of like what the Dirty Bird dudes play. More housey/tech-house, whatever you want to call it. I really like his vibe and the vibe of his crew. They’re like the new Frenchies who I have to have on the bill.

Justin Martin. Really excited for him. His sets and Craze’s sets on HOLY SHIP! were big highlights for me.

Joey Beltram. What can you say about Joey Beltram? Most of the younger generation probably have no idea who he is. In 1991 and 1992 he was THE GUY. THE GUY who made the best tracks. THE BEST heavy techno tracks around.  All of the heavy sounds you hear in the Bloody Beetroots records, that is the Joey Beltram sound. I think the call those synth sounds hoovers. If you’ve never heard the songs, check out “Dominator,” and “Energy Flash.” I played with Joey Beltram in 1992. So twenty years ago we were on bills together.

DB: Do you foresee any of these smaller acts being potential HARD headliners one day?

GR: Oh yeah. Lots of them can be. They all make great tracks. We just need to educate people about them.

Light Year is rad. Everything I’ve heard from Light Year is solid. Lots of people have told me good things about him. When I went over to Australia for the Stereosonic festival last year, everyone told me I have to book Light Year. The four or five tracks I’ve heard by him are amazing. I’m looking forward to seeing what he does and how that works out. I’ve never seen him live, but I assume that based on his taste and the music he makes that he must be good.

**Here you can find the Spotify Playlist  that HARD created featuring HARD SUMMER 2012 artists.

The venue itself is a sight to see. When people come to Vegas for the pool party experience, the Marquee Dayclub is EXACTLY what they are looking for.  Brand new to the dayclub scene last summer, The Cosmopolitan Hotel quickly became one of the industry leaders when Marquee Dayclub opened it’s doors in 2011.  The space goes on for days and includes multiple pools, various bars, a DJ booth front and center complete with cryo guns and a gigantic video screen above it, casino tables in the back, cabanas and day beds in every possible nook and cranny and every other amenity you could need – and even those you didn’t know you needed!

You were hard pressed to find any space in the pool, never mind the dance floor. In fact the pools, daybeds, pedestals and stairs had all become makeshift dance floors. Everywhere you looked there were party people having the time of their lives and, as you can imagine, that is the ideal atmosphere for a Sunday pool party in Vegas.

And don’t think for one second that just because the sun goes down that the dayclub is done for the day. Rather once Marquee Nightclub opens for more sin city revelry, the dayclub space becomes an extension of the nightclub (not like it needs the extra space).  It transforms into an open air area for nightclubbers to catch their breath, cool off or carry on a conversation without the need to scream at one another.

In short, if you want the ultimate Vegas pool party experience, go directly to Marquee.  You can thank us when you see us there because we will most definitely be back for more!