Spring Awakening Music Festival (SAMF) is proud to announce the 2017 dates and location for the sixth installment, taking place June 9-11. This summer, the largest all-electronic music festival in the Midwest will return to its beautiful new location at Addams/Medill Park in Chicago, IL.
Having attended all 5 Spring Awakening Music Festivals, I can honestly say it has been exciting to see the festival grow from its infancy, to what is now THE EDM festival to attend in Chicago. React Presents’ other festivals may have been around longer, or shorter, but none offer more in terms of EDM than Spring Awakening. A quick search of the hashtag #SAMF16 on Instagram solidifies this claim, as people from all parts of the US attended this year’s festival.
It seems that most large EDM style festivals in Chicago have to deal with politics and neighborhood drama. Spring Awakening was no different, with its several location changes. Instead of focusing on this year’s challenges let me roll right into why this year’s festival was bigger, better and more organized.
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As the countdown to this year’s 5th anniversary Spring Awakening Music Festival comes to an end, I thought I’d share with you my TOP 5 memories from the past 4 years of the festival.
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