EDC Las Vegas mainstage to offer Hardstyle, House, Trance, and even Techno this year

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From inthemix.com: ​

​ “Especially on our largest stage, we’re going to have everything from hardstyle to house to dubstep to trance to techno,” Rotella told inthemix of the line-up."

“It’s going to be different. We’re actually going to have a hardstyle act play on our mainstage, which has never been done in the United States. We’re going to experiment.” In 2012, the line-up was revealed in April, so the EDC team won’t keep us waiting for long."

Great news for those that are yearning to experience a little something different at a major festival. Will the fans that are more accustomed to hearing big room sounds stick around on the mainstage to check out other acts outside their favourite EDM genre? Or will fans instead decide to pack smaller stages as Rotella puts on more experimental acts on the mainstage?

It's an interesting experiment from the Insomniac boss who promised a year ago to change things up by emphasizing the EDC experience rather than booking the biggest names.

Only 167 arrests were made during both UMF weekends

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Link. ​

Not bad at all considering 300,000 fans attended both weekends in Miami. Currently UMF organizers have only announced the March 28-30th weekend due to the Miami Commission holding veto power over the possibility of allowing a second weekend. But this low crime number could pave the way towards another 2 weekend long UMF festival in 2014.

(VIA @EDMslob)​

This is what a massive EDM event in Vancouver looks like

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On December 26th, Blueprint Events organized one of the largest events of the year in Western Canada called Contact that featured the likes of Deadmau5, Nero, Alesso, Chris Lake, and Lazy Rich. From the looks of the video, fans packed the massive BC Place to catch the action.

The official after-movie was just released and it looks great, check it out:

The next big ​Vancouver event will be held at the Pacific Coliseum this Saturday and will feature Calvin Harris, Nicky Romero, Michael Woods, and Burns. Click here for more information.

Are you ready for Bal en Blanc 19? (Set times and some friendly advice)

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Montreal will again play host to the yearly white party appropriately named Bal en Blanc, which will undoubtedly be the largest all-night EDM event in Canada this Easter weekend. The lineup is stacked and gives a little something to everybody from mainstream big room sounds, a huge trance presence, and even some techno to please the underground fans. The set times for both stages have been released, check it out:

​For many that attend Bal en Blanc this Sunday, it's going to be a fun filled marathon as fans will try to take in as many DJ performances as possible. A few words of advice: get plenty of rest prior to the event, wear your most comfortable shoes, stay hydrated, and take breaks. It's an all night party so if you want to last all night then plan appropriately. But most important of all, have fun, smile, and enjoy the experience!

There are still $149 tickets available, click here for full event information.