Electric Daisy Carnival
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 currently the largest electronic dance music festival in North America.
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Marshmello playing the main stage of EDC in Mexico City, 2018 | |
| Genre | EDM, dubstep, house, techno, trance |
| Location(s) | Flagship: Las Vegas, Nevada Current: Orlando, Florida Mexico City, Mexico Chiba, Japan Seoul, South Korea Shanghai, China Portimão, Portugal |
| Years active | 1991–1993 (first incarnation) 1997–present (Insomniac) |
| Founders | Insomniac |
| Next event | EDC Las Vegas - May 17~19, 2024 |
| Attendance | 520,000 (2023, 3 days total) |
| Capacity | 175,000 (all stages combined) |
| Website | electricdaisycarnival |
The event features electronic dance producers and DJs, and incorporates a variety of electronic music, including house, techno, drum and bass, and dubstep. In addition to the music, event goers experience three-dimensional superstructures, colorful glow-in-the-dark environments, and LED-lit flora and fauna. There are also interactive art installations throughout EDC, free-roaming carnival performers, and carnival rides.
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. Sponsors of the most recent EDC events include Corona, Smirnoff, Uber and Tinder.
In 2009, EDC became a two-day event, and in 2011, a three-day event that drew 230,000 people. In 2015, it drew more than 400,000 over three days (134,000 per day). In 2018, EDC Las Vegas expanded the festival to include an on-site camping experience. Recent iterations of the festival have featured eight stages, each with a unique set and specific genre of EDM. 18 carnival rides, four ferris wheels, and a staff of more than 5,000 people make up the event at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 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.