Sparked Magazine by Mario Miotti

21/02/2023

https://www.sparkedmag.com/fest-preview-envision-festival-2023-costa-rica/

Envision Festival - Costa Rica - Uvita, CR - IS BACK! After a 2 year hiatus, Envision is returning to its blissful home in Uvita, Costa Rica next February 27th - March 6th, 2023.

31/05/2022

31/05/2022

Super lineup, lots of Canadians!

31/05/2022

12/06/2021

M**A Could Be New Trick To Beating PTSD

The New York Times found a study utilizing M**A as an assisted form of therapy for severe PTSD. Coupled with talk therapy, this could prove beneficial.

11/06/2021

Music Feeds More than the Soul: Improve Performance Through Music

They say that music feeds the soul. That may very well be true, but the right tune can also strike a chord in the brain.

11/06/2021

An Urgent Call for Harm Reduction in EDM: How to Keep You and the Rave Alive Post-Pandemic

The promise of dancing together is on the horizon—but the safety of festival-goers has never been more dubious.

10/06/2021

Ibiza Rocks Announces Summer Residencies for 2021

The island is healing and pool parties are returning.

09/06/2021

Tune In, Log On, and Participate ~ 2021 Virtual Burn Tickets Are Now Available!

Buckle up — the Virtual Burn is back for 2021. With another year of digital co-creation under their sparkly belts, independent teams of Burners and digital creators from across the known Burner-verse are hard at work building Virtual Burning Man...

08/04/2021

Ready To Rave? 90% Say Yes!

And! Kate Nash Speaks Out, Everywhen Festival Denied, Tomorrland's 1 Month Long Festival, What Festival Look Like in 2021

04/04/2021

Tomorrowland Plans 2022 Comeback With a Month-Long Festival

Call that the mother of all comebacks, literally! After taking 2020 off and a potentially delayed return in 2021, Tomorrowland is ready to make up for lost time in 2022. The festival announced plans to host a month-long Tomorrowland in July of 2022. July 2022 starts on a Friday, so the festival will...

04/04/2021

Are You Ready To Go Back To Raving? 90% Say They Are

Festicket took a survey of 140,000 people and their thoughts on going back to raving. 90% said they felt confident and would attend more than two. Would you?

01/04/2021

Glastonbury Fayre: Music, Mysticism, Peace & Love

On the heels of director Michael Wadleigh’s Woodstock, released in 1970, there arrived a number of music documentaries following in its footsteps. As we find ourselves half a century forward from the early seventies, one can look back at standout films that sought to accurately capture the music.....

31/03/2021

Festivals criticised for male-dominated line-ups

31/03/2021

Festivals Are Back: Imagine Music Festival Announces Official Lineup for September 2021

After a long, festival-less year, we’re all ready to dance again — and the fine folks that organize the Imagine Festival have heard the call. By Kari Eisenhardt On March 23rd, Imagine Festival organizers announced the return of the Southeast’s largest camping electronic dance festival for Sept...

30/03/2021

Wasteland: The Mad Max Festival That Makes Burning Man Look Lame

Chaos is the norm at Wasteland, the "world

30/03/2021

Burning Man Organizers Retitle Festival's 2021 Theme Due to "Colonial History" Links

The original name was changed due to 'implicit biases' and 'default perspectives' connected to colonial history.

29/03/2021

Joe Conyers III, Crypto.com's Head of NFTs, on the "World-Building" Intersection of Digital Art and Music

'One of the things I love about technology over time is that it eventually just turns into magic.'

28/03/2021

Miami's III Points and LA's Secret Project Join Forces for Two-Day Festival With Black Coffee, Eric Prydz, More

The joint festival we needed after a brutal dry spell.

26/03/2021

Music Festivals 2021: Where Are We Headed?

And! 2021 Packed into 2 Weekends, Tech & Festivals, Misogyny in EDM, Burning Man Possible? Tomorrowland Moves Date

26/03/2021

Government hearing discusses concerns that festival uncertainty could lead to more drug deaths

A parliamentary hearing has discussed concerns that the uncertainty surrounding this summer

26/03/2021

Burning Man Tells Camps To Start Planning for Possible 2021 Event

It’s not an announcement or confirmation, but the Burning Man Project has sent a “gentle nudge” to the biggest camps to start planning, and giving deadlines for those wanting prime placement.

25/03/2021

Three ways technology can help revive the music industry

As concerts and festivals have disappeared, how can IoT technology rejuvenate this cornerstone of the music industry? Read more here.

25/03/2021

Why Underplayed is an important but flawed documentary on misogyny in EDM

Stacey Lee’s debut feature-length documentary provides essential evidence of sexism in electronic music scenes, but leans on over-simplified solutions.

24/03/2021

Tomorrowland Receives $1.8 Million Euros From Government

Tomorrowland receives 1.8 million euros as an advance from the Flemish government to hold its event this year, despite rescheduled rumors.

24/03/2021

Burning Man Issues "Gentle Nudge" to Campsite Organizers, Spurring Speculation of 2021 Event

Not all hope is lost for Burning Man in 2021.

23/03/2021

Sad Predictions for Concert Goers in 2021: More Festivals Postponed or Cancelled

Festival season was a write-off in 2020 and unfortunately it looks like a lot of events will also have to be cancelled this year, while many acts are also postponing scheduled concerts. In many countries around the world, it is simply not realistic to be holding concerts and festivals right now due....