All photos © Jason Hodgins 2015
Bud Light Digital Dreams 2015
June 27th and 28th - The Flats at Ontario Place
A Live Nation / INK Entertainment Event
Canada's biggest EDM festival started off with a bit of disappointment. Day 1 was cancelled due to heavy rain and high winds. Fans on social media were very upset with the cancellation. Many claiming the event should have gone on since it was a "Rain or Shine" event. Day 2 started 2 hours late, giving crews time to make repairs to the damaged stage caused by the high winds.
The delay didn't seem to put much of a damper on the mood of the crowd. Festival goers were in high spirits and full of energy. While there were people travelling between the 4 stages to see other acts, they were set up very far apart causing a lot of people to stay at one stage where they were able to see their favourites.
The largest crowd gathered at the Dreams stage. Artists on the Dreams stage included Amsterdam DJ trio Yellowclaw, Russian DJ Arty, Dutch brothers Showtek, Dutch DJ Sander van Doorn, Canadian electronic dance music duo Adventure Club, Dutch DJ Martin Garrix and headliner Russian-German musician, music producer and DJ Zedd. The second largest crowd gathered at the Echo Beach Stage featuring Claude Vonstroke, Pete Tong and Deep Dish among others.Then there was the Bacardi Untamable stage which featured such DJ's as Zomboy, Datsik, Flux Pavilion and Excision. While the fourth stage was called the Brita Hydrate featuring DJ's Giddy and Amtrac.
Overall fans were treated to a great day of music, carnival rides, midway games, great food and of course dancing. To finish off the night, Zedd played a high energy set which included pyrotechnics and fireworks as well as 30 extra minutes of music to dance to, ending around 11:30 pm.
Written by Bonnie Reynolds
