Montreal will be getting its own EDM festival this August

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Looks like Montreal will finally be getting its own electronic dance music festival this August at Parc Jean-Drapeau, check out the video teaser: 

The backers of the ILESONIQ music festival are heavyweights within the industry. Evenko, the organizers behind Osheaga and many other events in Montreal, are one of the largest promoters within Quebec. They have teamed up with Electronic Nation Canada, the dance music division of Live Nation Canada, the organizers behind Digital Dreams in Toronto. Also joining them will be Ink Entertainment, one of the biggest nightlife entities in Toronto and organizers of Veld and Chasing Summer via Ink Promotions in Calgary. Put these three promoters together and you know that ILESONIQ will be something special. 

ILESONIQ will be taking place at Parc Jean-Drapeau from August 15th until August 16th, 2014. According to the official website, they will be announcing more details on May 21st. EDM Canada will keep you updated as more information is released. 

Click below for more ILESONIQ event information: 

Friday, August 15th - Saturday, August 16th - ILESONIQ Music Festival @ Parc Jean-Drapeau

Beatport: "We're not bluffing"

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In an effort to crack down on chart boosting services, Beatport delivered a strong message via their blog, here's an excerpt: 

"In response, we monitor our charts daily, looking for anomalies. We’ve built and continue to improve upon technology to prevent chart-boosting efforts. We’re not saying we’ve succeeded or will succeed every time, but we’re getting better at it every day.

When we spot a boosted record or track, we remove it from the store, and we’ll continue to do so. Our next step is to permanently ban the offending artists and labels. And we’re not bluffing." 

Well done, 100% support. 

To read the entire blog post, click here. 

What to do this weekend (Victoria Day edition)

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Here are all of the upcoming events posted for this weekend across Canada for this long Victoria Day weekend: (Click on the event link for full ticket information)

Ottawa

Friday, May 16th - The Parallax Tour w/ Konec + More @ Ritual

Friday, May 16th - Mark Sherry w/ Landry @ ERA

Saturday, May 17th - Paris & Simo @ Sotto Bar & Lounge

Saturday, May 17th - Thomas Newson @ ERA

The lineup for this year's Chasing Summer Music Festival in Calgary has been revealed

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The Chasing Summer Music Festival, set to take place from Friday, August 8th until Saturday, August 9th at Fort Calgary, has just revealed it's lineup: 

Bringing in the legendary Tiesto with Hardwell is a power packed combo that will attract big room fans from all over Western Canada. There is also a trance element to Chasing Summer this year with the addition of New World Punx (Markus Schulz & Ferry Corsten), Arnej, and Ilan Bluestone that will keep the trance family happy. 

Pre-sale tickets go on sale starting this Friday at 10:00 am and range from $109 - $149+ for general admission, and $189+ for VIP admission. Click below for more information: 

Fri, August 8th - Sat, August 9th - Chasing Summer Electronic Music Festival 2014 @ Fort Calgary