For over a decade, Lights All Night (LAN)  has stood as the crown jewel of Texas’s New Year’s Eve circuit. It is a closing ceremony for the electronic music calendar and a glowing invitation for ravers to step into a brand-new year as one. The 2025 edition elevated the legacy with upgraded production, immersive art installations, thoughtful community-oriented activities, and one of the strongest line-ups Dallas has seen in years. As a long-time attendee and a reporter for the

For one night, Houston felt open, layered, and unmistakably alive. Houston Fest blurred the line between club night and full-scale festival, creating a fluid, multi-room experience where different sounds, scenes, and energies coexisted under one roof. Hosted at AFËR (formerly Fast Ferrari) in Midtown, Houston Fest marked the latest chapter from All Hours Records , which previously launched two Dallas Fest editions before expanding the concept south. The lineup featured mor

Some festivals feel like a party, and others feel like a portal. In this place,  sound, art, and human energy blend into something larger than ourselves. Hosted deep in the Texas Hill Country, Beyond Existence is one of those rare spaces. It’s about fostering community, igniting creativity, and experiencing that indescribable magic that happens when everyone shows up with an open heart. Photo Credit: Josh Coburger The gates opened to a sunlit morning, the Texas wildlife welc

SILO  once again outdid itself with an electrifying Halloween experience. On October 31, 2025, French DJ and Latin House pioneer HUGEL  lit up Dallas with a performance that transcended expectations. From the first beat to the final encore, his set pulsed with energy, rhythm, and pure joy.  The moment you stepped through SILO’s doors, the atmosphere hit you like a wave. Lights flashing, bass vibrating through the floor, and the crowd already lost in motion. Costumed ravers: w

The All Hours Records Festival exploded across Vice Park on October 3, transforming the nightclub into a vibrant, multi-level micromusic festival that defied Dallas’s traditional musical reputation. More than just a night of dancing, it served as a powerful showcase of Texas’s thriving EDM ecosystem, giving local and regional artists a massive platform. Headliners Goshfather and Airborne  anchored the event - together embodying the festival’s mission to amplify community, cre

There’s a kind of electric appreciation that happens when you’re dancing barefoot by the river as lasers slice through the Texas night. That’s the precise magic Sound Camp 2025  bottled. Held from September 26–28, the banks of the Guadalupe River in New Braunfels transformed into a vibrant playground of bass, community, and creativity, setting a new, high standard for what an underground festival can be. Setting the Vibe at Sound Camp 2025 I arrived just after noon, pulling i

For a moment, we felt beamed onto another planet: violet lasers sliced through the Bomb Factory’s smoky haze in Dallas and arced across...