Monster massive

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Monster Massive


location = Los Angeles, California, United States
years_active= 1998–present
dates = Weekend of or weekend prior to Halloween night
founders = Go ventures
genre = Trance Music, Dance music, Electronic dance music, House music, Drum and bass, Techno
website = [http://www.monstermassive.com/ 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 2006 drew well over 30,000 guests, making it one of the biggest dance festivals in Southern California and 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, Carl Cox, and many others. Monster Massive has also had a tendency to book strong house music producers such as Todd Terry, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Felix Da Housecat, Armand Van Helden and many others.

History

The first Monster Massive was held in 1997 and all subsequent events have been held at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. Monster Massive 2006 was counted at 30,000 in attendance but 50,000 attended due to the closure of Giant Festival.

Talent

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

*Paul Van Dyk
*Armin Van Buuren
*Judge Jules
*Markus Schulz
*Infected Mushroom
*Felix Da Housecat
*Fischerspooner
*Sub Focus
*Ak 1200
*Chase & Status
*Deep Dish
*London Elektricity
*Richard Vission
*Benny Benassi
*Adam Freeland
*DJ Reza
*Behrouz Nazari
*Aphrodite
*Carl Cox
*Christopher Lawrence
*Steve "Silk" Hurley
*Mark Grant
*Jesse Saunders
*Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes
*Armand Van Helden
*Tall Paul
*Derrick Carter
*Junior Sanchez
*Funk D Void
*Misstress Barbara
*LTJ Bukem
*DJ SS
*Anne Savage
*Derrick May
*Kevin Saunderson
*DJ Funk
*Roger Sanchez
*Todd Terry
*Dan the Automator
*DJ Spooky
*DJ Swamp
*Pete Tong
*Junior Jack
*Antoine Clamaran
*Olav Basoski
*Robbie Rivera
*Nic Fanciulli

References

* [http://www.goventures.com/archives/ Go Ventures Archives]

External links

* [http://www.monstermassive.com/ Official Website]