Welcome back to Rave Culture Cast! In this week's episode, we're juggling a few topics to kick off summer festival season 🥳 My friend Grant Rogers, a freelancer in festival operations, joins me to chat summer festival prep, tips for attending shows at the Gorge, juggling multiple festival trips in a year, and his thoughts on his first Lightning in a Bottle experience!
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Connect with Grant 💙 https://www.instagram.com/grantsjourneys/ Track of the week (Dom Dolla - girl$) - https://open.spotify.com/album/5a9XC3rwRYjos3SaTRM1uc

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TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 1:00 Loop Earplugs ad 2:40 Podcast updates 4:21 Track of the week 5:17 Grant Rogers intro 11:11 Getting a job in the festival industry 15:00 Personal growth in the rave scene 18:30 The LGBTQ rave community 23:05 Lightning in a Bottle review 29:50 How to juggle multiple festivals a year 32:17 How to prepare for summer festivals 36:02 Tips for the Gorge 43:17 Common festival mistakes 50:33 Grant's summer festival lineup

Save 15% off the Loop Link + Tomorrowland bundle OR 2 or more Loop x Tomorrowland Experience earplugs w/ discount code LOOPXEMMATML 💸 https://bit.ly/3V9MLzN This week on Rave Culture Cast I'm excited to share my recap & review of my 8th EDC Las Vegas! Every EDC is unique and special in it's own way and this year was no different. This year I attended EDC on behalf of BeatBox Beverages and also hosted some artist interviews with Insomniac Radio 🎙️ I'll be sharing some behind-the-scenes stories on my experiences at the festival and Hotel EDC PLUS my thoughts on the new festival layout, art installations, crowding, water refill stations, and more hot topics. Enjoy 🥳 Connect with Rave Culture Cast 💙 https://beacons.ai/raveculturecast

TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 2:04 Loop Ad 4:05 My EDC 2024 Backstory 8:10 Hotel EDC Review 13:48 Transportation Options 17:20 New EDC Layout 22:09 Art Installations & Production 24:46 Water Refill Stations 27:56 VIP Areas 34:53 Food & Drink Options 36:45 Security & Medical Situations 41:34 Crowding/Traffic 44:26 Insomniac Tickets 45:05 Daily Recaps

Who doesn't love love? In this episode, I'm sharing our listener's incredible memories from being married at EDC Las Vegas over the years! We're celebrating love in the rave community in all forms 🌈 I'll also be sharing my plans for EDC this year as well as what meetups I'll be hosting!See you under the electric sky!

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