Category: Festivals
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Entertainmment, Creativity and Community: A Secret Dreams Preview
As time ticks by, we draw closer to the event that altered my course for the better. A little more than a week away, unless you’re pre-partying, Secret Dreams is set to engage its third iteration. This year’s edition is set to improve on the past episodes in every single capacity. Awesome venue? Legend Valley,…
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Electric Forest Approaches: Magic, Music, and More…
Electric Forest is nearly upon us, only two weeks away. Is it too late for a preview? Nah, brah. It’s the perfect time to share what I’m looking forward to experiencing with this year’s iteration. Top-notch music and presentations upon incredible stage designs. Art displays and artistry guaranteed to impress and inspire my mind. Vendors…
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Summer Camp’s Evolution: The Meaning of Solshine Reverie (Part 2)
*Continued from part 1. Illumination Woods was my absolute vibe all weekend long. Everyone who performed this stage was a musical maestro presenting originality in forms I’m happy I discovered. Here’s a fun fact from Al Schierer, 20twenty was the twentieth artist to appear on the Illumination Woods stage. Me and the homies are hanging…
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Summer Camp’s Evolution: The Meaning of Solshine Reverie (Part 1)
This past weekend, I made my way to the memorable grounds of Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, IL. This has long been the home of Summer Camp Music Festival, since its inaugural two-day event in 2001. Fast-forward to 2024, and Summer Camp is going through something of a rebranding. Now, it’s Summer Camp Presents: Solshine…
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Solar Tide Celebration: Effects Not Limited to the Earth and Moon
It’s never too late to reflect on a lively and lovely affair; a little over two weeks ago, I attended Solar Tide, a two-day event held at the Patio Theater in Chicago, IL on May 10+11. I had an excellent feeling about this occasion, and largely because of my previous experience at Lunar Tide Music…
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Rendezvous, Oui? Conversations about Community, Creativity, and Compassion (Part 2)
*This piece is a dedication towards collaboration within this community that I adore. It features components of conversations and interactions with attendees, like myself, which I intend to reverberate outwards and impactfully inspire others on their journeys. If I can use my verbosity and insight from others to help your progression, and show you some…
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Rendezvous, Oui? The New Getaway for Next-Gen Glitch//Trip-Hop (Part 1)
*There is so much for me to describe from the weekend that was Rendezvous, I have elected to do it in two parts. The first will mainly focus on performers and action in the amphitheater while the second will serve a more personal account of my time amongst the campground, vendors, community, and artistry. Trust…
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Lunar Tide Music and Arts Festival (Day 2)
The events of day one impressed in such a way that I harbored high hopes for day two’s entertainment. I would not be disappointed. From the moment I entered the building shortly after 8pm Saturday night, energy surged throughout. I could tell tonight was going to be special. As I made my way to embrace…
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Lunar Tide Music and Arts Festival (Day 1)
I imagined Lunar Tide as a dojo where three orders of sound, Elements, Funktion, and Hennessy, would square off in a display of technique. I was not far wrong. However, this isn’t combat. It’s a celebration. Any sparring is metaphorical, and for the benefit of entertainment. There is a friendliness between crews, as the personnel…
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Detroit’s Techno Movement
On the outside, Detroit is a city like many others, but venture inside, and you’ll find it’s quite different. Friendly, resolute, soulful. There’s a lot of hardworking folk that refuse to let Detroit discontinue. This city has been innovating and reinventing itself for decades, music constantly at its center. There’s a reason Detroit dubs itself…
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The Magic of Wakaan
Simply put, Mulberry Mountain in Arkansas, as the site of the Wakaan Music Festival is something extraordinary. Once again, for the third iteration from September 27th-30th, 2023, vibrant collectives fostered environments of creativity to encourage and influence one another. Through engaging characteristics of talent and uniqueness, entertainment poured through. Inspiration, delicious. Within this framework, you…
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What Secret Dreams are Made of
In an Ohioan valley within the settlement of Thornville, legends are confirmed and new ones created. The Secret Dreams community reassembled for the second iteration in full support of its prized imagineers. Across three stages and beyond, varieties of musicians displayed stylish brands of melodic culture. Beneath cumulus-dappled skies with energizing sunshine overhead, psychedelic visionaries…
