New Years Eve 2014 Guide

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Wednesday 12/31/2014

8Fifty8 NYE 2015 $95 General aadmissionand table packages available here.
Castle The Ultimate New Years Experience Gold & Platinum packages still available. Follow the link for more information and tickets.
Castle Lair Vested ORIGINS NYE feat. Kerry Leva, RJ Pickens, Hummingbird, J. Worra, & Patrick Beatman $60 General Admission. Drink packages available. Follow the link for more information and tickets.
EvilOlive NYE Event feat. DJ Rush, Osunlade, Strictly Jaz, Unit Ticket and table information available here.
The MiD Mid NYE 2015 feat. local DJs Ticket and table information available here.
Primary Mostly Disco NYE Edition ft. Lancelot & Golf Clap $20 General Admission tickets/ table packages available here.
Roof on the Wit NYE Bash Reservations Call: 312-239-9588
Smart Bar The Mirror Ball: A New Years Eve Extravaganza $35 Advance / $40 Night Of / $80 Reserved Seats / $400 VIP Tables (Seats 4), $750 Diamond Table (Seats 6). Purchase tickets here.
Sound-bar Nova NYE $175 General Admission tickets are available here.
Spybar Spybar NYE fet. Anthony Attalla Tickets are available here.
Studio Paris New Years Eve feat. Afrojack $250 general admission/Table packages available. Buy tickets HERE. To reserve a table, please call 312.595.0800 or email studioparis@leye.com.
Time NYE 2014 feat DJ Viktor, DJ Mauricio $30 general admission tickets and table packages are available here.
The Underground NYE 2015 $65 General Admission tickets and table packages are available here.

 

Spring Awakening Music Festival 2014 [Recap]

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Marcin:
Over the years React Presents’ Spring Awakening Music Festival has grown exponentially: expanding from 2 days to 3, raising the stage production, bringing in some great artist and of course having more attendees. On paper all of this looks great, but in reality if wasn’t this year. The heavy hitters for the most part didn’t seem to bring their A game in terms of production or set arrangement. Some recycled sets from previous festivals and some didn’t do anything to make their sets memorable. I can’t say everyone was bad as Diplo, Knife Party, Benny Benassi and Kaskade all and good sets and are definitely my highlight.

There was good variation this year among the EDM sub-genres  with stages hosted by specific labels, but in my opinion the music was lacking as opposed to the last 2 years.

The larger crows created a logistics nightmare at the 2 entrances into the fest and having just 2 tents to divined up the will call and guest list lines was definitely not a good idea. It took people upwards of an hour if not longer to get through the lines and security just to get in.  That shouldn’t happen in Chicago’s only EDM festival which is becoming THE festival in Chicago besides Lolla that many will want to attend.  A third entrance would be highly suggested for next year.

The highlight of the entire weekend was meeting all of you. From our official meet up on Day 2 to just walking around the stadium, it was great to meet some new fans take pics trade kandi and even bump into fans that at this point have become acquaintances and friends. I’d like to thank YOU for that.

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To check out our entire picture gallery from Spring Awakening Music Festival 2014 FOLLOW THIS LINK!!!

Iza:
Last year’s Spring Awakening blew me away as far as production and artists. This year, I can’t say the same thing. Although the stages were changed up, I can’t say that I was wowed. The artists used minimal lazers, if any, and did not put a lot of effort into their sets. They were very overplayed and bland. The only artist that I will compliment is Diplo. His set was very lively and did not have any dull moments. He played a variety of his work as well as other popular tunes. Everyone looked like they were enjoying themselves finally.

Pricing of vendor alcohol did not change much from last year. This year, however, did have more options for food. This gave it a more festival feel. Port-a-potties were available throughout the festival. However, they were not clean and most of them had no toilet paper before the end of the night.

Although my 2013 SAMF experience was amazing, this year has shown me that I would have two options for SAMF 2015: VIP tickets or none at all. The fest is all ages, and that is a problem. Chicago teens do not know how to behave and can’t control themselves. I saw too many people get carried out on stretchers, heard too many people ask for drugs, and saw too many people get ditched by their friends at a time of need. I was disgusted with people.

We also had a chance to INTERVIEW Chicago local talent RJ Pickens, to read our entire INTERVIEW and check out one of his better sets of the year FOLLOW THIS LINK

Pictured from left to right, Cathy,Izabela, Rj Pickens and Marcin post interview after his Silent Disco set at SAMF14 at Soldier Field in Chicago.

Pictured from left to right, Cathy,Izabela, Rj Pickens and Marcin post interview after his Silent Disco set at SAMF14 at Soldier Field in Chicago.

We’ll be seeing you at North Coast

Don’t Be Shy, Just Stay Chi!

 

Wavefront Music Festival 2013 Wrap-Up

Wavefront Music Festival wraps a successful second year on Montrose Beach this past weekend, with 72,500 fans coming through the festival’s gates to enjoy the world’s top electronic dance music artists, hot summer beats, epic sunsets, fireworks, and much more. Expanded to three days this year, Wavefront brought even more stages and artists to Chicago’s only beachside festival, which was broadcast live to 40 million homes on AXS TV, and viewed by over 225,000 people in 144 countries on internationally recognized live streaming video platform BE-AT.TV.

Stay tuned for Wavefront Music Festival’s full after movie! Get ready for Wavefront 2014 dates and early bird tickets coming soon in August.

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Wavefront Music Festival 2013 Photo by Ruben Roche

Wavefront Music Festival 2013 Photo by Ruben Roche

Wavefront Music Festival 2013 Photo by Ruben Roche

Wavefront Music Festival 2013 Photo by Ruben Roche