Music Festival B.C.

The infamous Creamfields Festival began in 1998 in Winchester, England but was moved the following year to Liverpool where it stayed until 2006 when it moved to Daresbury. Creamfields has become an iconic music event over the last decade that drives people to travel from all over the world to attend.

The biggest names in electronic music around the world, especially from the UK fill up the stages over the weekend-long festival. Names like Deadmau5, David Guetta, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, Sasha, Judge Jules, and a plethora of the biggest names in the industry are commonplace at this weekend of amazing electronic musical ingenuity. Some of my all time favorite free music downloads came from live sets broadcasted on British radio during past festivals.

Ticket prices do tend to be pretty high for Creamfields, with a weekend camper ticket for both days reaching around 100 British pounds, or 185 pounds for access to more areas throughout the campgrounds. Of course, if you cannot attend the festival, you can listen to the events live streaming from different online sites or live radio broadcasts on BBC. You can look at all the event info including dates, lineup, prices, etc. on their cool website here: Creamfields. I found a cool promo video from their 10th anniversary in 2008:

Creamfields has spread into other countries now as well, giving the festival lover a better chance at attending the mayhem. Recently it has debuted in Australia for the first time with shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth. Although smaller than the UK version, it was considered a success and one that will be repeated.

The other international locations that Creamfields ventures to? Check out this list! Currently there are Creamfields festivals in Andalucia, Abu Dhabi, Australia, Chile, Brazil, Ukraine, Buenos Aires, Central Europe, Loule, and Malta! That’s massive! I would love to hear about these first hand from someone who’s been to one of these destination festivals. If you or anyone you know has been, please post comments and inform me! Meanwhile I’ll be sulking in envy.

The original Love Parade took place back in 1989 in Berlin, Germany with a menial crowd of about 150. However, since then it has grown to be possibly the longest running, highest attendance holding music festival in history. The parade festival stayed exclusively in Berlin until 2000 when BBC Radio One held a simultaneous parade in Leeds in the United Kingdom. That year crowds were approximately 1.3 million strong in Berlin; 300,000 in Leeds. The largest attendance recorded in the Berlin parade’s history was in 1999 with about 1.5 million people. However, as other cities picked up the trend, in 2008 the recorded attendance was 1.6 million in the city of Dortmund in Germany’s west.

Several cities around the world have had their own version of the Love Parade, even if other cities were hosting one that same year. In 2008 there were four recorded Love Parades: Dortmund, San Francisco, Caracas, and Rotterdam.

Although Berlin has not seen its own creation since 2006, it has been announced that there will be a demonstration on July 17th this year. There are rumors that the event will highlight acts like Tiesto and David Guetta.

Love Parade is unique and separate from other music festivals around the world. Foremost, it’s free music; perhaps the main reason it draws crowds the way it does. Secondly, it started as a demonstration back in 1989 as Europe was changing shape. Especially for Germany, where the Berlin Wall demolition occurred four months after the very 1st Love Parade. It was a demonstration of peace and expression through music that showed people from all over the world can come together.

Hopefully Love Parade continues to march on in many international cities including its original host Berlin. It is a unique experience for all who attend and demonstration of a unity of mass proportions.