Spinning sounds around the Electric Daisy Carnival.Riding the ears
By Carlin Nguyen
The 13th annual Electronic Daisy Carnival was something of a marvel to check out. A lot of fanatics with light glow sticks, loud music everywhere and, of course, shouts and screaming everywhere you go at EDC.
This year’s EDC was the first to be spanned out in a two-day format. There were as many as seven concert spots to find the right type of music any event goer would crave for.
According to festival producers, on the first night, as many as 45,000 people attended the event. On the second night, the attendance went up to about 90,000. As evident by one fan who was down at Cosmic Meadow (outside in front of L.A. Coliseum logo), the DJ announced to the public that this year’s EDC became the largest music festival in North America..
Along with the music, no carnival is complete without such rides as the carousel, Ferris wheel, and bumper cars. Unfortunately there was always a waiting line. Also, there were assortments of food booths ranging from Mexican food to Asian food.
Getting from point-to-point was difficult. I advised anyone against trying to walk through the standing room pit stands of Kinetic Field (inside L.A. Coliseum). On one occasion my colleague and I tried to leave the pit stands but knew we both could easily lost in the crowd.
The event was capped off by arrays of fireworks at Kinetic Field. Such artists as David Guetta whom his set mixes consisted of the late Michael Jackson were marvelous for everyone to witness. And then there was Paul Van Dyk who closed out the event. His music was awesome. As soon as he finished his set, he took the opportunity to take photos and sign autographs with the public afterwards at closing.
