EDM Guide : Memorial Day Weekend 2013 (NY To Las Vegas)

Memorial Day Weekend is upon us. For all of us here on US soil, MDW is the official kick off to summer, the moment when it is officially acceptable to wear white pants, and for many a celebration of months and months without snow, sleet, or ice. From coast to coast, Dancing Astronaut has your partying needs covered. Click through to see what is going on in the party capitals of New York City and Las Vegas next weekend.



For those of us on the East Coast HQ Beach Club and Nightclub bring the Vegas pool party atmosphere into our backyard with 4 action-packed days at HQ’s brand new Beach Club who will also be celebrating its grand opening this Memorial Day. With a strong selection of talent and not a single conflict our recommendations for the weekend are simple – book a room, buy tickets to every event and enjoy a Vegas atmosphere without the 6-hour plane ride.

Friday, May 24th

Featured Day Event
EC Twins at HQ Beachclub, Atlantic City, NJ  | Purchase Tickets

Featured Night Event
Wolfgang Gartner and Congorock at HQ Nightclub, Atlantic City, NJ | Purchase Tickets

Saturday, May 25th

Featured Day Event
Manufactured Superstars, Sultan + Ned Shepard and Bambi at HQ Beachclub, Atlantic City, NJ | Purchase Tickets

Featured Night Event
Manufactured Superstars at HQ Nightclub, Atlantic City, NJ | Purchase Tickets

Sunday, May 26th

Featured Day Event
Armin van Buuren at HQ Beachclub, Atlantic City, NJ | Purchase Tickets

Featured Night Event
R3hab at HQ Nightclub, Atlantic City, NJ | Purchase Tickets

Monday, May 27th

Featured Day Event
Boris and Victor Calderone at HQ Beachclub, Atlantic City, NJ | Purchase Tickets

Featured Night Event
Laidback Luke at HQ Nightclub, Atlantic City, NJ | Purchase Tickets


Las Vegas is the Memorial Day Weekend destination. As always, the heart of American nightlife and the catalyst for the EDM boom is rife with Memorial Day Weekend conflicts. We’ve selected our tops picks for a weekend spent in the City of Sin; but always remember – what happens in Vegas ends up on Facebook.

Wednesday, May 22nd

Featured Night Event
Knife Party at Surrender | Purchase Tickets
If you make it out to Vegas for Wednesday night be sure to swing by Surrender for Knife Party, who will undoubtedly spin “Power Glove” and “LRAD” off their latest Haunted House EP. What better way to kick off a weekend of savage debauchery than with the heaviest electro and dubstep in the business?

Thursday, May 23rd

Featured Night Event
Laidback Luke at Hakkasan Nightclub | Purchase Tickets
More Events:
Cedric Gervias presenets “Le Show” (Miami Edition at Surrender) | Purchase Tickets
An21 and Max Vangeli at Tryst | Purchase Tickets

Friday, May 24th

Featured Day Event
R3hab and Tommy Trash at Wet Republic | Purchase Tickets
More Events:
Dirty South at Encore Beach Club | Purchase Tickets
Arty at Marquee Dayclub | Purchase Tickets

Featured Night Event
Eric Prydz at Surrender| Purchase Tickets
More Events:
Tiesto at Hakkasan | Purchase Tickets
Avicii at XS | Purchase Tickets
RL Grime at Tryst | Purchase Tickets
Armin van Buuren and W&W at Marquee Nightclub | Purchase Tickets

Saturday, May 25th

Featured Day Event
Steve Angello at Encore Beach Club | Purchase Tickets
More Events:
Tiesto at Wet Republic | SOLD OUT
Gareth Emery at Marquee Dayclub | Purchase Tickets

Featured Night Event
Calvin Harris at Hakkasan | Purchase Tickets
More Events:
Porter Robinson at Surrender | Purchase Tickets
Afrojack at XS | Purchase Tickets
Lil Jon at Tryst | Purchase Tickets
Kaskade at Marquee Nightclub | Purchase Tickets

Sunday, May 26th

Featured Day Event
Avicii at Encore Beach Club | Purchase Tickets
More Events:
Calvin Harris at Wet Republic | SOLD OUT
Kaskade at Marquee Dayclub | Purchase Tickets

Featured Night Event
Steve Aoki at Hakkasan | Purchase Tickets
Deadmau5 unhooked at Hakkasan (afterhours) | Purchase Tickets
More Events:
Above and Beyond at Surrender | Purchase Tickets
David Guetta at XS | Purchase Tickets
Benny Benassi at Marquee Nightclub | Purchase Tickets

Monday, May 27th

Featured Day Event
Deadmau5 unhooked at Wet Republic | Purchase Tickets
More Events:
David Guetta at Encore Beach Club | Purchase Tickets
Sander van Doorn and Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano at Marquee Dayclub | Purchase Tickets

Featured Night Event
Hardwell at Hakkasan | Purchase Tickets
More Events:
Steve Angello and Afrojack at XS | Purchase Tickets
Dash Berlin at Marquee Nightclub | Purchase Tickets

Credit : Dancing Astronaut

Memorial Day Weekend On Miami Beach Is a Gangsta's Paradise

Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. In this special edition of his column, Luke explains the new security measures for Memorial Day Weekend on Miami Beach.

This is a public service announcement to all the African American visitors coming to Miami Beach for Memorial Day weekend. There are a few things you need to know when you cross over the causeways to party in the city that doesn't really want you there, but wants to take your money. Here are the new rules you will have to abide by unless you want your black ass to end up in Dade County Jail:

• You cannot walk the streets with an open container of booze. Typically, the city doesn't enforce public drinking laws, but we all know you black people can't handle your liquor. Dozens of police officers from multiple agencies will be enforcing a "zero tolerance" policy up and down Fifth Street, Ocean Drive and Collins and Washington avenues, so watch your back.
• Don't even think about coming to South Beach if you are faded, have an expired tag or a suspended driver's license, an outstanding bench warrant, or owe your baby momma child support. In addition to DUI checkpoints on the MacArthur Causeway on Friday and Saturday, the cops are also going to use license plate scanners to track just about every car coming from the mainland to snatch your ass.
• Forget about using the Venetian Causeway to dodge the police because it's off limits to black people who don't live on Miami Beach.
• Racial profiling is in full effect.
• Price gouging is legal. So don't complain when the valet charges you $100 to take your car, the nightclubs charge you $50 to get in and $1,000 for a bottle and a table, and the hotels make you pay $1,000 per night.

All these rules will be thrown out the window and everything will go back to normal once all the African-Americans have left Miami Beach on Monday. But, for those of you who haven't booked a room yet, you are better off partying in Miami, Fort Lauderdale or the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood. Save yourself the hassle of going to Miami Beach and having your civil rights violated.

These measures are just a dog and pony show by the city's government to make the residents think they are doing something to crack down on the partying that goes on during Memorial Day Weekend. See, the city refuses to take ownership of Memorial Day Weekend with an organized event like the Essence Festival in New Orleans where you have a mix of hip-hop, R&B, and jazz. But the hotel and the nightclub owners don't want that because they need the reckless thugs who spend money without blinking and ruin it for the law-abiding visitors.

The city of Miami Beach wants to create a gangsta's paradise.

 

Credit : Miami New Times