HARD HAUNTED MANSION PRESENTS: DAY OF THE DEAD Celebrates Its Most
Successful Event Yet With 35,000 Fans
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This past
Saturday, November 3, HARD Events
celebrated the traditional Day of the Dead holiday with HARD
HAUNTED MANSION PRESENTS: DAY OF THE DEAD, a blowout extravaganza
of high-profile performances and state-of-the-art staging with a
sold-out crowd of 35,000 fans at Los Angeles State Historic Park
downtown.
Boasting enhanced production like no other HARD event, the
festival featured over 30 acts across four specially-themed music
areas: the HARD Stage, Knife Party presents EARSTORM Stage,
Moombahton Massive Stage and Red Bull Music Academy Discotheque, as
well as carnival-sized amusement rides and premier food trucks.
The soundtrack for the night was provided by an exciting lineup
of the hottest names in electro, techno, moombahton and other EDM
genres:
JUSTICE (LIVE) / KNIFE PARTY /
MAJOR LAZER
ZEDS DEAD / DIPLO / TOMMY TRASH / JACK
BEATS
KILL THE NOISE / DILLON FRANCIS /
CROOKERS
MAYA JANE COLES /
GESAFFELSTEIN
ARAABMUZIK / ZANE LOWE / SOUL CLAP /
DESTRUCTO
NADASTROM / PARA ONE / FOREIGN BEGGARS / BRO SAFARI
CLOCKWORK / BAAUER / UZ / HEIDI / TITTSWORTH
JWLS / J. PHLIP / SABO
The event garnered great reviews in the press:
"The success of the HARD franchise suggests the fests are
must-see events in themselves, beyond any particular lineup that's
playing. This year's Day of the Dead, an update of the popular HARD
Haunted Mansion series, sold out to the tune of 35,000
tickets."
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times (11/5/12)
"I run like a maniac from stage to stage, greedily wanting to
see bits of every act to follow. I give Major Lazer one song before popping over to the
Earstorm stage for a good half hour of Kill The Noise, who goes
through the tracks off his new EP that drops on OWSLA (Skrillex's
label) on Tuesday. Sonny himself is spotted side stage,
cheering him along. I miss Nadastrom (couldn't do it all!) but
manage to see Maya Jane Coles for a
mere three minutes. Knife Party sucked me in for almost their
entire set; I find myself in a dubstep mood and it's too good to
walk away. Then I'm off to Dillon
Francis, who was the favorite at HardSummer. I don't
recognize his new platinum blonde "do" but am grateful that I made
the connection because he drops some ridiculous beats and I work
off my sweet potato fries in his audience."
– Nicole Pajer, LA WEEKLY
(11/5/12)
"With views overlooking the Los
Angeles skyline and convenient public transportation, the
Los Angeles Historic Park could be in the running for the best
venue in the Los Angeles area to
host a music festival. Combine the location with amazing music
spanning multiple genres from American dubstep to modern day
electro; let's just say the festival went off with a bang."
–Kevin Camps, deathandtaxes (11/5/12)
View the DAY OF THE DEAD official trailer at:
http://youtu.be/Z7JoGehpaHk.
www.harddayofthedead.com
www.hardfest.com
www.facebook.com/HARDfest
www.twitter.com/HARDfest
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