Three nights from dusk to dawn at a motor speedway outside Las Vegas — where the planning matters more than the line-up
The Electric Daisy Carnival, known as EDC, is a dance-music festival run by Insomniac Events. It is held in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, which has been its home since 2011.
The festival runs from dusk to dawn across nine stages, including the large Kinetic Field stage, and is widely described as the largest electronic dance music festival in the world. The scale is the first thing to plan for.
The 2026 edition took place on 15-17 May 2026 and marked the festival’s 30th anniversary.
For 2027, the organiser has announced a change. The festival will run across two weekends, 14-16 May and 21-23 May 2027, branded Dusk and Dawn, again at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Artist line-ups for 2027 are announced by the organiser, and a combined pass for both weekends is offered alongside single-weekend passes. The choice of weekend is now part of the plan.
Electric Daisy Carnival tickets are sold by the festival in three levels: general admission, GA+, and VIP. We do not resell tickets.
Electric Daisy Carnival VIP, according to the organiser, adds dedicated viewing areas, lounge spaces, a beauty bar, food trucks, photo areas, and a breakfast experience at Kinetic Field. The difference between the levels is largely comfort and position, not what is played. Camp EDC offers on-site camping, and hotel packages are also available.
Tickets for 2027 went on sale on 22 May 2026. Availability changes quickly, so we confirm it before anything else is arranged.
EDC runs from evening until morning, so the day around it matters. The Speedway is in North Las Vegas, away from the Strip, and moving 175,000 people at once is the real constraint. Arrival, departure, and the hours in between have to be designed, not left to chance.
The weekend works best when it is planned deliberately: sleep by day, arrive in the evening, keep the exit simple, and rest properly afterwards. The festival rewards guests who treat it as an endurance event.
Tell us the weekend and the ticket type, and we will arrange the rest around it
We help you choose the weekend and the tier, arrange transfers to and from the Speedway, and hold the stay and the dinners around it. We can also organise the nights in Las Vegas before and after the festival through our fine dining and nightlife service. If you are comparing festivals, our pages on Coachella and Tomorrowland cover the same ground in their own settings.
The organiser has announced two weekends in Las Vegas, 14-16 May and 21-23 May 2027, at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway
It took place on 15-17 May 2026 at the same venue, as the festival’s 30th anniversary edition
The festival sells general admission, GA+, and VIP levels. We do not resell tickets; we arrange the weekend around the access you choose
According to the organiser, dedicated viewing areas, lounges, a beauty bar, food trucks, photo areas, and a breakfast at Kinetic Field. Details can change each year
At the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, which has hosted the festival since 2011
