Electric Love

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Electric Love Festival
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Main stage in 2018
Genre
Datessecond weekend in July
Location(s) Salzburgring, Plainfeld, Austria
Years active2013-present
Attendance100,000+
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Electric Love is an electronic dance music festival held annually since 2013. [1] [2] It takes place at the second weekend in July at the Salzburgring in Plainfeld, Austria. Headliners have included Armin van Buuren, Hardwell, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, David Guetta, Martin Garrix, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, Tiësto. According to Technoton Magazin, the 2014 festival attracted over 100,000 attendees. It is operated by Revolution Event GmbH. [3]

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According to EMF Magazine, the festival is "Austria's leading electronic music festival". [4]

Concept

Location

The venue of Electric Love Festival is the Salzburgring, a race track opened in 1969 between Koppl and Plainfeld near Salzburg in the lake district of the Salzkammergut. Between 2001 and 2008, the Frequency Festival with 45,000 visitors per day according to the organizers already took place on the grounds. Surrounding cow meadows provided by farmers serve as camping areas. [5]

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location overview

Stages

Mainstage: The main stage is located in the paddock of the race track.[10] Headliners from various EDM genres perform here.

Club Circus: This is the largest indoor stage. Since 2016, it has been hosted by the Dutch label Pussy Lounge on one day. In 2022, Blacklist, a series of events at Cologne based club Bootshaus, took over hosting the stage for one day for the first time. [6] Also, the pre-party has been held here since 2015. [7]

Harder Styles: The stage was hosted by Dutch label Q-Dance from 2015 to 2019. It is the second largest stage. [8] Since 2022, the stage has been planned by the organizer itself and has since been called Hard Dance Factory.

Heineken Starclub: A club on the festival grounds where hip-hop and rap-artists perform. [9]

Honeycomb: A techno stage which was used in 2019. [10]

Shutdown Cave: In the "Shutdown Uptempo Cage - BPM Deluxe" the Harder Styles from 200 bpm are played. The name derives from the Shutdown Festival, a hardcore event in Zwentendorf.

Organics Beach: For the first time in 2022, an area on the beach of Fuschlsee opens before the festival. It is a separated event and offers activities such as yoga and creative sessions. [11]

Almhütte: a traditional Austrian après-ski hut with two floors.

Opening Ceremony

Traditionally, the festival is opened by Electric Love resident Felice, who is accompanied by a local choir and orchestra. [12] In 2019, street performers from all over Europe were part of the show. [13]

Summary

DateStagesMottoLine-Up
Jul 12 – Jul 14, 2013Main, Club Circus#FeelTheLove David Guetta, Steve Angello, Chuckie, Hardwell, Steve Aoki, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Krewella, W&W, Nicky Romero, Nervo, Showtek, Dyro, Moonbootica, Joachim Garraud
Jul 10 – Jul 12, 2014Main, Club Circus, HardBase.FM#MakeItBigMain: Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Hardwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, Nicky Romero

Club Circus: Flux Pavilion, Robin Schulz

Jul 09 – Jul 11, 2015Main, Club Circus, Q-Dance, Heineken Starclub, Stonehenge#TheNextStepMain: Alesso, Armin van Buuren, Axwell Λ Ingrosso, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Steve Aoki, Tiësto

Club Circus: Deorro, R3hab

Jul 07 – Jul 09, 2016Main, Club Circus, Q-Dance, Heineken Starclub#CelebrateMusicMain: Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Axwell Ingrosso, Deorro , Hardwell , Jack Ü, Nicky Romero, The Chainsmokers

Club Circus: Borgore, MAKJ, Zomboy, Camo & Krooked, Sigma, Nero, Subsurface, Chris Liebing, Sam Paganini

Jul 06 – Jul 08, 2017Main, Club Circus, Q-Dance, Heineken Starclub, Almhütte#FiveYearsTogetherMain: Alan Walker, Armin van Buuren, Carnage, Dash Berlin, Dirtcaps, DJ Snake, Hardwell, Krewella, Kryder, KSHMR, LNY TNZ, Marshmello, Martin Garrix, Shapov, Tchami, Timmy Trumpet, Yellow Claw, Zedd, Project One, Chuckie

Club Circus: A-Trak, Chase & Status Dj Set, The Prophet, Dubfire, Flux Pavilion, Subsurface, Paul Elstak, Paul Kalkbrenner, Pendulum (DJ Set), Technoboy, Umek

Jul 05 – Jul 07, 2018Main, Club Circus, Q-Dance, Heineken Starclub, Almhütte#DiscoverYourStoryMain: The Chainsmokers, Deorro, Salvatore Ganacci, W&W, Marshmello, Armin van Buuren, Steve Aoki

Club Circus: Dr Phunk, Paul Elstak, Kölsch, Felix Kröcher, San Holo, Subsurface

Jul 04 – Jul 06, 2019Main, Club Circus, Q-Dance, Heineken Starclub, Almhütte, Honeycomb, Shutdown Uptempo Cage, Roller Disco#FreshFruitsOldRootsMain: Afrojack, Axwell , Diplo, DJ Snake, Eric Prydz, Marshmello, Oliver Heldens, Tiësto, Timmy Trumpet, Arty, Chocolate Puma, Maurice West, Kill The Buzz, W&W, KSHMR, Tchami x Malaa, Slushii, Shippo

Club Circus: Cesqeaux, Garmiani, Jauz, Netsky, Subsurface, Paul Elstak, NGHTMRE, Salvatore Ganacci, Snails

Honeycomb: Felix Kröcher, Klaudia Gawlas, Pan-Pot, Sven Väth, Umek

Jul 09 – Jul 11, 2020 (cancelled) [14] Main, Club Circus, Q-Dance, Heineken Starclub, Honeycomb, Shutdown Cage#ColorfulPlaygroundMain: Armin van Buuren, Kygo, Don Diablo, KSHMR, Gigi D’Agostino, Alan Walker, Paul Kalkbrenner, Robin Schulz, Timmy Trumpet

Club Circus: Fisher

Jul 08 – Jul 10, 2021 (postponed) [15] Main, Club Circus, Q-Dance, Heineken Starclub, Honeycomb, Shutdown Cage#EditionOne
Aug 26 – Aug 28, 2021Main, Harder Styles, Heineken Starclub#BoutiqueMain: Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Tungevaag, Martin Garrix, W&W, Toby Romeo

Harder Styles: Brennan Heart, Headhunterz, Paul Elstak, Aftershock, Da Tweekaz, Ran-D, Sefa, Sub Zero Project, Warface, Wildstylez

Heineken Starclub: Kasimir1441, Jamule

Jul 07 – Jul 09, 2022Main, Club Circus, Harder Styles, Heineken Starclub, Shutdown Cage, Organics Beach#ColorfulPlaygroundMainstage: Armin van Buuren, Don Diablo, Kygo, Timmy Trumpet, Toby Romeo, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Fedde Le Grand, Gigi D’Agostino, Kygo, Paul Kalkbrenner, Steve Aoki, Yellow Claw

Club Circus: Fisher, Solardo, Charlotte de Witte, Kayzo, Krewella, Luude

Harder Styles: Headhunterz, Brennan Heart, Aftershock, Coone, D-Block & S-te-Fan, Da Tweekaz, Devin Wild

Heineken Starclub: Finch

Jul 06 – Jul 08, 2023Main, Club Circus, Hard Dance Factory, Heineken Starclub, Shutdown Stage#10x11Mainstage: James Hype, Hardwell, Timmy Trumpet, Toby Romeo, Charlotte de Witte, Scooter, Maddix

Club Circus: Luude

Hard Dance Factory: Headhunterz, Miss K8, Angerfist, Dr. Peacock

Jul 04 – Jul 06, 2024

Due to COVID-19 pandemic the festival got cancelled in 2020 and postponed in 2021 to Aug 26 – Aug 28, 2021 with a special concept of only 10.000 Festival attendees per day.

Awards

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