I Tried to Watch Zedd & DJ Snake Headline EDC at the Same Time
They say the grass is always greener—especially if you’ve been jumping around on the Citi Field parking lot all day.
It’s Day One (May 14) of New York’s Electric Daisy Carnival, and at 9:45 p.m. DJ Snake steps up to the platform on the Main stage, red light pulsing over thousands of ravers. Big bass rumbles out from the monitors, making Snake’s entrance dramatic, letting us know we’re in for something epic. But then, just as Snake starts gaining momentum, we hear some booming coming from a few hundred feet away: Zedd has launching into his set one minute later.
It’s the common debate at most music festivals: choosing which headliner you want to commit to and then not feeling FOMO when you hear the echoes of the other guy looming from the other side of the festival grounds… except at EDC, the two headlining stages are right next to each other, with only a small VIP section separating them. I choose to stay with DJ Snake for a while, but Zedd’s bass taunts me from behind.
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