Monster Massive

Monster Massive
Monster Massive
Location(s) Los Angeles, California, United States
Years active 1998–present
Founded by Go ventures[1]
Date(s) Weekend of or weekend prior to Halloween night
Genre Trance Music
House Music
Dance Music
Electronic Dance Music
Techno
Drum and Bass
Website Official website

Monster Massive is an annual electronic music festival held the weekend of, or the weekend prior to Halloween night. The festival is Halloween themed and many of the attendees dress in costume. Monster Massive is held annually in Los Angeles, California at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. Sources say that a sold-out Monster Massive in 2008 drew well over 60,000 guests, making it one of the biggest dance festivals in North America.

Monster Massive is host to some of the biggest names in electronic dance music, which has included Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren, Deep Dish, Hernan Cattaneo, Carl Cox, John Digweed, Sasha, Felix Da Housecat, Armand Van Helden and many others.

Other similar festivals in the same area include Together As One, Nocturnal Wonderland and Electric Daisy Carnival.

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History

The first Monster Massive was held in 1997 and all subsequent events have been held at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. Monster Massive of 2008 and 2009 had a reported 65,000 tickets sold. 16,000 attended in 2010. The event was limited to ages 18+ due to the death from water intoxication of Sasha Rodriguez in June 2010 at Electric Daisy Carnival. In 2011 the event was announced as cancelled by the online ticketing outlet, GrooveTickets (Flavor.us), and other artists scheduled to perform; Armin Van Buuren [2], Nero, and Erick Morillo.

Talent

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Artists who have performed at Monster Massive in previous years are listed below.

Classixx

References

  1. ^ Go Ventures Archives
  2. ^ http://www.arminonly.com/2011/news/for-immediate-release-cancelled-show-announcement/
  3. ^ http://monstermassive.com/2006/

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