Paradiso Festival

Paradiso Festival was an annual electronic dance music (EDM) festival held at The Gorge Amphitheatre located on the Columbia River in George, Washington, United States. Founded by USC Events and Live Nation Entertainment in 2012, Paradiso was billed as the “largest Electronic Dance Music event ever staged in the Pacific Northwest”, with the 2012 attendance exceeding 29,000 people. The 2013 event saw performances by Kaskade, Porter Robinson, Tiesto, and more.[1]

For the rock venue, see Paradiso (Amsterdam)
Paradiso Festival
GenreElectronic dance music
Location(s)The Gorge Amphitheatre, Quincy, Washington, United States
Years active2012–2019 rip
Founded byUSC Events, Live Nation Entertainment
Attendance20,000+
WebsiteParadiso Festival website

On January 28, 2020 Insomniac filed a lawsuit against USC Events alleging that USC refused to account for $2 million meant for artists and vendors at the 2019 festival. [2][3] Insomniac has expressed interest in having a summer event at the Gorge which will likely replace Paradiso. [4]

Camping

Attendants of the Paradiso Festival have an option to camp at The Gorge Amphitheatre. While the festival itself is two days long, camping starts a day before the festival starts. At the 2017 festival, camping was open to everyone at 1 p.m. PST. There are four types of camping an attendant can buy. Standard Camping, Premier Camping, Gold Camping, and Terrace Camping. The Standard Camping pass is the cheapest while the Terrace Camping pass is the most expensive. Each camp ground has its own perks and the perks get better as you get a more expensive camping pass. Campers only get one car per campsite and six people per camp site. There are vendors for food and misc. items and showers towards the middle of the camp grounds. There are Porta Potty/ Handwashing stations along with garbage cans everywhere.

Culture

The people there are generally nice and attendants can expect to see costumes and outfits that is catered to the EDM industry. Such as vibrant colored clothing, etc. Some people there are also big on the PLUR movement. Which means Peace, Love, Unity, Respect. It isn't specific to the Paradiso Festival, the PLUR culture extends beyond EDM and festivals. Art is also a big theme at the festival. In the festival itself attendants can find all sorts of artwork everywhere. The music is obviously a big part of the culture itself too. People mainly listen to EDM, but within the genre itself there is a wide spectrum of sounds that get categorized into a subgenre. Such as house and trap, they are in the same genre of EDM, but different categories.

The Festival

Attendants can expect to be searched and patted down upon entry to the festival for illegal substances and alcohol. In the actual festival area, attendants can find vendors for food and drinks. Other vendors sell accessories, clothing, and misc. items. There are carnival rides and carnival games for those who are interested. Hydration stations and Porta Potties are setup almost everywhere within the area. There are also people who walk around looking out for those who need help. They are called the "Conscious Crew". There are medical tents for those in need. There are three stages total with three artists playing at the same time so attendants typically choose which artists to go to or go back and forth between artists until their set is over. However, at night, the mainstage is typically where major artists play. Such as, Yellow Claw or Marshmello, in the 2017 festival. Attendants can expect to see lights and lasers at night.

Line-Ups
2017 Line-Up 2018 Line-Up 2019 Line-Up
Alan Walker AC Slater 1788-L
Alix Perezdick Armin Van Buuren Alison Wonderland
Andy C Audien ARMNHMR
Anna Lunoe AutoGraF Bear Grillz
Baauer Axel Boy Benny Benassi
Barely Alive Brohug Bingo Players
Ben Nicky Captain Hook Blanke
Bijou Claude Vonstroke Borgeous
Billy Kenny Dada Life Born Dirty
Black Tiger Sex Machine Daktyl Coone
Bleep Bloop Darren Styles Dateless B2B Lucati
Boombox Cartel Darrius Delta Heavy B2B Dirtyphonics
Breathe Carolina Deadmau5 Doctor P
Camo & Krooked DJ Snake Elephante
Chris Lake Drezo Eli Brown
Darrius Droeloe Emok
Doctor P Ekali Fury + MC Dino
Dyro Elephante Gammer
Flux Pavilion Eptic B2B Must Die! Getter
Fury Feed Me GG Magree
Gammer Fury + MC Dino Goldfish
Gareth Emery G Jones Habstrakt
Getter Gabriel & Dresde Herobust
Griz Ganja White Night i_o
Gryffin Gramatik Illenium
GTA Graves Infected Mushroom
Johnny Monsoon Grum Kaskade
Joyryde Hal-V & Spacecase Kayzo
JSTJR Hotel Garuda Keys N Krates
K?D Jake Crocker Klingande
Kayzo Justin Martin Kuuro
Keys N Krates Jvmpkicks Lick
KSHMR Kai Wachi Low Steppa
Lane 8 Kidnap Markus Schulz
Le Youth Lady Faith Morgan Page
Lost Kings Louis The Child Noisecontrollers
Marlo Matroda Oliver Heldens
Marshmello Medasin Omnom
Mija Megalodon B2B Krimer Opiuo
Oliver Heldens Midnight Trannosaurus Phantoms
Omnia Minnesota B2B BuKu PhaseOne
Ookay Moksi Riot Ten
Porter Robinson Monxx B2b P0gman Rusko
Prince Fox Moon Boots S.P.Y
Quix Netsky San Holo
Rabbit In the Moon Noisia Shades
Sam Feldt Party Favor Shiba San
SayMyName Paul Van Dyk Skrillex
Seven Lions Pendulum Slumberjack
Slander Planet of the Drums SNBRN
Snails Rezz Tails
SNBRN Said The Sky Taska Black
Space Jesus Snails Tokimonsta
Spag Heddy Sonny Fodera Troyboi
Sub Focus Subset Feat. Ammo Two Friends
Tiësto Subsonic Drops Volac
Troyboi Tchami x Malaa Walker & Royce
Tydi The Crystal Method What So Not
Vini Vici Tollefson Whethan
Virtual Riot Troyboi Zeds Dead
Wax Motif Um.. Zhu
Will Sparks Valentino Khan
Yellow Claw Virtual Self
Zeds Dead
Zomboy
gollark: I WILL recurse anyway.
gollark: The game is worrying me. The soundtrack just seems to be low-level ominous noise?
gollark: Just deploying our bee neuron intelligences against this would be boring.
gollark: No, I won it.
gollark: I don't understand it and I seem to be losing.

See also

References
  1. "Lineup". Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  2. "Lawsuit over Paradiso payment and branding could change future of annual Gorge music festival". KING. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  3. "Insomniac Holdings LLC v Conscious Entertainment Group Wawdce-20-00137 0001.0 | Common Law | Justice". Scribd. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  4. "Insomniac CEO Hints Beyond Wonderland Coming To The Gorge To Replace Paradiso". Your EDM. 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
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