orionstein t1_ja84o7q wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:38 PM

Echostage has really good acts if you're into the current edm festival scene

ChucktheUnicorn t1_ja9tk3b wrote on February 27, 2023 at 10:06 PM

The music venues in DC are pretty great. Lots of variety in genres and sizes.

Protip- buy tickets in-person the box offices to avoid "service fees"

erichinnw OP t1_ja866pq wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:48 PM

I saw DeadMau5 there on New Year's Day. It was awesome.

orionstein t1_ja88a08 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:02 PM

We were at that show too! We worried whether they would hold up, but it was still a pretty fun show. Kind of hilarious to see him looking bored and chainsmoking up on stage though!

We've been going far too often though. Going to the Excision show on Saturday.

We realized how good we had it when in just one week, they had Loud Luxury, Disco Lines, Benny Benassi, Nicky Romero, and Afrojack. We like dubstep and hardstyle (rip) more, but even that's not a bad lineup anywhere.

I tried to check out the scene in Atlanta and Philly when I visited, and it feels like a lot of other cities just don't have the names coming through that we do. They have smaller/more underground djs, but if you like the big name festival acts, Echostage is actually really good. So many acts that Steve Aoki is playing on a Wednesday!

sh-ark t1_ja9gv4k wrote on February 27, 2023 at 8:45 PM

they have incredible production, but they oversell shows so much it’s not that fun unless you can afford VIP imo. it’s just sooo crowded

orionstein t1_ja9i75w wrote on February 27, 2023 at 8:54 PM

Really it depends on the crowd. When we went to BTSM or Shaq it was overcrowded but the crowd had some really good vibes, and everyone was there for that, so we were happy and had a lot of fun. When we went to Meduza it was overcrowded but everyone was acting like they were out at a nightclub instead of a show, so it kind of sucked.