Spadaronews The 2024 international calendar of festivals starring the electronic music takes more and more shape. In every part of the world the proposals on the subject are excellent and abundant and as we have already had the opportunity to underline, these festivals are an excellent excuse for a holiday where you can combine the DJ sets of the heavyweights of the console with cultural, food and wine and sporting digressions. Here are some events scheduled for the next few months, from March to the end of May.
SXM Festival – something truly unique and special, which combines like few other festivals in the world music, art, culture, good food and the opportunity for a Caribbean holiday. In Saint Martin in mid-March, console heavyweights and emerging talents will alternate in a series of dream locations such as beaches, dancefloors in the rainforest, elegant villas, boats and beach clubs: a very dense program full of alternatives, from sunset to dawn and vice versa.
lineup: Cassy, DJ Three, Culoe de Song, Konstantine Sibold, Manda Moor, Doc Martin, Oxia, Robag Wruhme, Vintage Culture, Wally Lopez and many others
when: 11-18 March 2024
where: Saint Martin
place: sxmfestival.com
Whims – after the record-breaking twentieth edition last year, Caprices Festival is ready to face the next ten editions in the best possible way. The next one is scheduled for two consecutive weekends, from Friday 29 to Sunday 31 March and from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 April 2024, as always at high altitude in Crans-Montana, in the Canton of Valais (French Switzerland) and as always with many news, new stages, cutting-edge productions, breathtaking scenery, the possibility of practicing winter sports and learning about local cuisine. All accompanied by a line up with the best of world electronics.
lineup: ARTBAT, Ben Klock, Chris Stussy, Fleur Shore, Folamour, Honey Dijon, Kink (live), Seth Troxler, Tini and many others
When: 29-31 March / 5-7 April 2024
where: Crans Montana, Switzerland
website: capricesfestival.com
Time Warp – On Friday 5 and Saturday 6 April 2024 the Time Warp festival will celebrate its 30th anniversary at its traditional home, the Mainmarkt in Mannheim, Germany. Friday 5th three stages, 11 hours of music and 19 artists; Saturday 6th, 6 stages, 19 hours of music and 39 artists are scheduled. For such a special occasion, Time Warp has thought of an extraordinary program, the best way to celebrate a one-of-a-kind story, thanks to a very rich line up, a new design for its stages and many, many other surprises.
lineup: ARTBAT, Adiel, Ben Klock, I Hate Models, FJAAK, Jamie Jones, Jayda G, Joseph Capriati, Laurent Garnier, Loco Dice, Patrick Mason, Sven Väth and many others
when: 5-6 April 2024
where: Mannheim, Germany
place: time-warp.de
Terminal V – Voted best Scottish festival in 2022 and 2023, ninth among the Anglo-Saxon ones in the Top 100 Festivals of the DJ Mag magazine and recently winner in the Best Festival category of the Best of British Awards also by DJ Mag, Terminal V has always attracted electronic music fans from all over Europe. An authentic essential event in the world calendar of music festivals, thanks also and above all to a very well-curated line up, with artists who tackle techno in its most varied modalities.
lineup: Hannah Laing, DJ Daddy Trance, Nico Moreno, 999999999, Sara Landry, Charlie Sparks, Indira Paganotto, blk., OGUZ, Franck and many others
when: 13-14 April 2024
where: Edinburgh, Scotland
place: terminalv.co.uk
Medaina – After the great successes obtained with festivals of the caliber of Echoes from Agartha in Cappadocia (Turkey) and Labryinto in Guanacaste (Costa Rica), its co-founders Tithorea, Shahin Mani and Sherif Koyess announce the first edition of Medaina, scheduled for 5 days in two different locations in a unique location like the Kingdom of Jordan. Spectacular sites such as Petra and Wadi Rum will be the venues for a cutting-edge and sustainable music festival.
lineup: announcement soon
when: 22-27 May 2024
where: Petra & Wadi Rum, Jordan
place: tithorea.com
Sea star – The first announcement of the line up of the Sea Star festival, scheduled in Umag, Croatia, a few kilometers from the Italian-Slovenian border, from Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th May 2024, is decidedly powerful. The first headliners announced? Artbat, the most requested electronic duo in the world, Iniko, among the best exponents of the new musical generations, the famous British deejay and producer Hot Since 82, the world techno star Deborah De Luca and the regional heroes Joker Out and Buč Kesidi.
line up: Artbat, Iniko, HS82, Deborah De Luca, Joker Out, Buč Kesidi and many others
when: 23-26 May 2024
where: Umag, Croatia
website: seastarfestival.com
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