Win 2 tickets to Escapade Music Festival in Ottawa!

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Escapade Music Festival is the National Capital Region's premiere EDM festival that will attract 30,000 fans to Lansdowne Park (new location) in late June for 2 days non stop music. Huge names like Above & Beyond, Tiesto, Steve Aoki, and Dada Life will be rocking the mainstage, while trance, bass, and underground artists will be on full display on the other 2 stages.

To mark Canada's 150th anniversary, Escapade has invited some of Canada's best artists to headline the festival including a rare festival appearance by Richie Hawtin, Montreal's bass king Snails who's getting his own stage on day 2, and Toronto's bass duo Zeds Dead will be delivering a headlining performance on the mainstage on day 1. 

EDM Canada is giving 2 GA tickets to Escapade Music Festival happening on Saturday, June 24th until Sunday, June 25th at Lansdowne Park y in Ottawa. To enter, simply log into the widget above (counts as an entry), and choose the various other ways to enter if you wish to do so. The contest starts now and will end on Friday, June 9th. You must be 16+ to enter - good luck!

Win 2 tickets to RÜFÜS DU SOL at Union Hall!

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RÜFÜS DU SOL, the Australian electronic group with memorable tracks like "You Were Right" and "Innerbloom", are coming back to Canada starting next week for another tour. They fuse a live setup complete with vocals with a electronic music base to make every show they do completely memorable and amazing. 

EDM Canada is giving 2 GA tickets away to a lucky winner for their show on Wednesday, June 7th at Union Hall in Edmonton! To enter, simply login to the widget above (counts as an entry), and use the various other ways to get more entries as an option. You must be 18+ to enter, and the contest starts now and will end on Friday, June 2nd at midnight. Enter now and good luck!

For ticket information to the June 7th Rufus Du Sol show at Union Hall - click here

Pemberton Music Festival cancelled, files for bankrupcty, with no automatic ticket refunds

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Festival fans received bad news yesterday as they learned that the Pemberton Music Festival has been cancelled. Even worse, Pemberton Music Festival filed for bankruptcy with a declaration that "no automatic refunds" will be given to current ticket holders of the festival. Fans who bought tickets can file a "proof of claim" as "unsecured creditors" at the Trustee's website which can be found here. 

Here is the full statement that appeared on Pemberton's main website: 

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If you are a current Pemberton Music Festival ticket holder, unfortunately it might be a long time until you get any sort of refund, if at all. If you bought your ticket via a credit card, please contact them immediately to see whether you can secure a refund. 

According to Global News, the festival owes $2.5 million to creditors. Organizers have "collected $8,225,000 in ticket revenue so far this year. The budgeted expenses stand at $22,000,000." 

Huka Entertainment, one of the main organizers of the event, had the following to say about the cancelation of Pemberton: 

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Pemberton was set to bring big back yet another huge lineup featuring Major Lazer, Marshmello, Zeds Dead, Deorro and more. This is a huge blow to the Canadian festival scene and a reminder to support your favourite festivals this summer as there is no guarantee that they will return in the future. 

WayHome, fresh off of offering FYRE Festival ticket holders a free GA ticket to their festival happening in July, have graciously extended their offer to all Pemberton Music Festival ticket holders. According the organizers, the response has "been overwhelming & incredible" and they will be replying to every request ASAP. For more information regarding the generous offer, click here.

WayHome won the award of "Best Major Festival" this year at Canadian Music Week and will feature a stellar lineup that includes Flume, Justice, Porter Robinson, Marshmello, and much more. Set at the picturesque Burl's Creek Event Grounds just outside of Toronto, WayHome will most certainly be a go-to festival of the 2017 summer festival season. Click here for more information. 

Update: Marc Geiger, head of music at WME, reacted strongly following the cancellation of Pemberton - Click here to read it now on Billboard.