It’s been nearly 10 years since we last went to a “massive rave” and surprisingly, the scene as we remembered it, hasn’t changed much. In the past, we’ve attended the Electric Daisy Carnival, Monster Massive and countless others. Fast forward almost a decade later and we found ourselves finally attending the 3rd annual HARD SUMMER festival (day 2) at Los Angeles’ Historic State Park located in Chinatown.
As we walked around Los Angeles Historic State Park, we checked out the stage setup and saw the usual groups of attendees sitting Indian-style on the floor. Back in the day, we’d call this, “flooring it.” (For those unaware, the scene, like in the past, tends to come with party favors that allegedly enhance the EDM experience and “flooring it,” as simple as it sounds, feels good to those who’ve taken said party favors aka E, molly, ecstasy, etc.)
Then, closer to the stage, we saw cliques of people dancing together wearing furry hats with ears attached, as well as males and females wearing sunglasses at night.
The demographic at this particular festival definitely skewed younger, making my groups of friends and I feel old… as dirt. (Mind you, we’re in our late 20’s).
As for the music, we caught the Bloody Beet Roots on the main stage and hundreds of festival goers danced their asses off to the electronic, deep tight bass and synth heavy beats.
The neighboring tent consisted of Dillon Francis dressed in a suit, looking quite debonair. This particular tent was packed with attendees dancing and partying throughout the set, which consisted of light flute synths and mid-tempo global-bass beats.
For more photos of HARD SUMMER and for full coverage, check out our slideshow below:
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Have you attended the HARD SUMMER festival before? What’d you think? Let us know in the comments section.
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