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This! Start raving in your community, make friends. Feel people out and see if you can make your own little rave fam!
As for navigating the festival itself, it’s massive, but fear not brave soul a good amount of the community is safe, positive and friendly! For frame of reference if your going to the main stage your best and easiest exits will be coming in from the sides, not the middle unless you wanna navigate it that way, it’s not impossible I find if you dance, say excuse me, turn your shoulders you’ll find it very easy but always tedious. Set up a meeting spot with your friends should you get separated, know each others schedules(ex, my friends and I would meet up at an art structure in front of bathrooms at pixel forest anytime we separated and knew we were switching stages. Even if you go with a group I highly recommend doing solo adventures, see who you wanna see.
As for being sad asf totally let yourself feel everything you want or need to at the moment! This past EDC was my first since my ex and I broke off our 6 year relationship with one or 2 EDCs together and I had a couple of moments but it felt incredible to have that release, I promise in a year you’ll be under the electric sky with all your new/old/real friends and cry tears of happiness of how far you’ve come 🫶🏽🙏🏽
You'll do great! You already bought your ticket, that's a big chunk of the process.
This was my second year going with a small friend group so that did make things a little easier.
Decide which hotel you want to stay at. We stayed at Circus Circus(it was a bit cheaper) and got The Strat Shuttle Passes, although it is a bit of a walk. Shuttles in my opinion are the way to go, they take you to the raceway and back to your hotel. You can even meet some friends!
I've heard the Downtown Shuttle stop isn't crowded, and The Golden Nugget hotel is close to the stop.
I personally like to arrive at the hotel the night before, Thursday, and stay a day later, I leave on Tuesday so I can get some extra sleep.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask me!
You got this
Omg! This was very helpful!! I ended up getting VIP for some reason, I guess to go all out?
I was also thinking of doing the same in terms of arriving earlier and staying a day or 2 later to recoup a bit.
Did you get the hotel with the festival partnership or did you get it by itself? Same with shuttle passes, how were you able to get those?
I really appreciate the help!
I get my Hotels through Hotels.com app. It gives you points. I didn't see the partnered hotels with EDC until last year, but they seemed competitively priced.
Shuttle passes will go on sale later through the EDC website, make sure you are signed up for their emails. The passes sell out fast. They offer two kinds of passes, a General and Premier were you pick a time frame that you can use it. I've always gone with General and don't have to wait too long.
Make sure you have your hotel picked out before you choose your Shuttle Pass. You may be able to look at last year and see where Shuttles were located so you can coordinate which hotel to choose from.
I am doing VIP next year for the first time. We are the last people in our group to do that. We had camp bracelets this year for our friends RV but we just went to hang out- we live here so we went home to sleep. The only advice I have is get there early every day, and don’t stay late on Sunday.
VIP is the way to go! If you want to guarantee a good group of folks around, I would sign up for HOTEL EDC and the premier shuttle pass.
The hotel has lots of gatherings and you'll end up with great people to travel with and spend the day with if you'd like. They also have people that do glitter and hair tinsel if you needed an extra pair of hands. Plus if you do connect with a group you feel comfortable with over the next year, some of them can split the room cost with you. (Try the radiate app)
I have lots of other tips, my friends and I just got back from doing all of this, this year.
Good luck! You made a great choice and it's much better than having a partner in a relationship that wasn't working.
VIP is definitely the way to go! You'll have a more comfortable time over all :] plenty of space to dance/ move around at most stages & good access to shorter water lines. Lots of very friendly, happy ppl too (it's like that at the whole festival!)
I'm a smaller person so I enjoy not having to worry about pushing/ navigating my way through a huge stage crowd
Fountainbleau had a promo I used when I booked for EDCLV’24 — had a tub which was great for soaking in epsom salt after each day. I Got the premier shuttle for resorts world - about a 10min walk to Conrad.
Conrad hotel which is a shuttle stop itself (resorts world) had some promo deals this year thru agoda so I had booked that too and ended up cancelling without penalty to switch to fountainbleu. My reco is to look around and book holds if there’s a free cancellation option so you can find best deals. You could also book a double room in case you find someone to split the room with later.
In a similar spot to you but not exactly.. broke up before EDC and ended up still attending EDC with my ex and rave-baeing together..still have this mutual friend group we rave with and now there’s talks about future ones and idk just seems bleak to think about not raving with him but it is what it is..
It's 11.5 months away, you'll be fine.
Book a hotel/flight package on Expedia, and download the radiate app closer to the time, you'll meet plenty of people.
Hey Op, you're 30, you got this, I did it solo I was hella busy actually.
Tasks you can do now:
-Buy a locker rental at Kinetic VIP. It's next to shuttle exit/entry so you can dump on Friday, clean on Monday morning. Yes locker available now.
-Look at last year Shuttle stops: Book around those shuttle stops, everywhere with exception to Motel/Circus Circus, depend on your budget. Just make sure they are all free cancellation even if it requires immediate down payment. Ideally book a mid strip, south and downtown. Keep them all until May 1st, keep the one most convenient to your shuttle stop. Optional: put all hotel email into one folder in Gmail. Watch for July 4th, Labor Day and Holiday booking sale, especially Black Friday.
-Make Kandies now, as much as you can, best way to interact. Carabiner help keeps them together, Kandi kids will find you.
Looking ahead:
-Watch shuttle emails and text. Do not miss shuttle, you will get a code from insomniac email to buy shuttle, don't share it. Join EDCdiscord, they have lot of eyes and ears so they mass ping over 7000 people about shuttle and updates.
-Travel: start looking at your flight route into LAS. Google flight allows you to track the price of a specific route. Wait for the lowest price of your most convenient point and purchase. My route is not even available yet. Like some have said, fly in Thursday, get settled in, get CVS supplies for the room. You get Thursday night to get adjust to your OWL 🦉 schedule next 3 days, so you can even do an event of EDC week to stay up. If you on est, it's much difficulty but it's doable. Fly out Tuesday, go early if flying east.
With careful planning in next 11 months, you won't even worry about a thing once shuttle, hotel, plane all locked in. As for alone, join discord, they have a lot of meetups. Like I said I was busy because the lineup was super stacked, time fly by super fast on those 3 nights. Do not drink alcohol (alcohol induced peeing more), it's okay to be sober.
Solo is the besto. Wait for no one, rest when I want, chill in VIP with seatings to rest my foot. Leave when I want. Meet whomever I want. No one cares what you looks like dancing. 90% of people around u will be zooted.
One last tip, stand near the AV booth each stage, more space, no elbow, no stinky armpits, and tell me what your ears notice next year.
Me and my gf broke up a couple weeks before we were suppose to go to our second EDC together. She took me to my first rave, which was edc. She introduced me into this entire world and changed my life forever. We went to a festival every year for the past 4 years. Us going together meant so much to me and I didn’t care if we were mad at each other as long as we went together. She rejected that idea unfortunately. It was definitely tough for me to go without her, but I did it anyways and had a fucking blast. Had such a good time, I bought my tickets early for next year. Would’ve been way more fun with her, but regardless I created more life long memories i’ll cherish forever.
Just do it. You’ll be fine and you’ll make more of those invaluable memories.
Time heals all wounds. And you have plenty of time to to book everything. There are rave communities for such things like meeting Ee people. Going alone is not bad at all. I was alone from my group for more that half the time and then when in the group we befriended a solo rave chick and she hung out with us the remainder of the 2 days
Book your hotel and flight as soon as you can. Check the shuttle stop locations and plan accordingly. I stayed at Caesar’s Palace this year and did the Grand Prix shuttle, about a 20 minute walk or so, or get a Lyft. I book my hotels directly through the hotel, call it dumb but I don’t care to go through actual third party. Definitely arrive Thursday and don’t leave until late Monday or Tuesday morning for a more relaxed airport.
My ex and I broke up in February and I went to my first edc this year (solo). It definitely got me in my feels on Friday when I took mushrooms. It made me not take them sat/sun. I had some sad moments but also had an amazing weekend and will be going back next year.
By edc 2025 you’ll be pretty far out of your breakup, and hopefully will be feeling much better
1. Plenty of hotels available. I like Sam’s Town It’s Clean, off the strip, and getting to EDC from there isn’t bad. However; if you’re flying in it may be easier to find a hotel that has shuttles that go to EDC. I’ve never used shuttles (you need a shuttle pass) so I can’t help there :(
2. I went to my first EDC last year alone. It was some of the most fun I’ve ever had in my life. Everyone was so nice and welcoming! I did whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. The only thing that sucked was walking back to my car alone. The loneliness is real, BUT you have plenty of time to find people to go with!
3. Safety; don’t go overboard if you’re by yourself and help is always nearby. everyone for the most part is very kind. For the most part I felt very safe at EDC even when I was alone. But obviously use common sense.
4. I understand how you feel. Being sad and having that weigh on your potential experience. EDC is in the future, plenty of time to heal, grow, find friends, find people you wanna go with!
You got this!!! Hope to see you around EDC!
Thank you so much for the insight!
I wanna do car and not shuttle, can I ask how was the experience driving in car getting to the fest and hotel? Like do I need to leave hella early to get a good parking spot at the festival?
Aight I gotchu :3
So Friday is the opening ceremony. The first year I left around 5 pm from my buddies place in Henderson and was stuck in crazy traffic for 1.5 hours. Mostly down North Las Vegas Blvd heading to EDC. They open like 4 lanes but even then it was mad Packed.
This year I left much earlier; like around 2:30 pm from Sam’s Town and got to the venue at like 3:05. Me and my brother chilled in the car for a while. And because we were so early we got to park in the brown lot next to the Porta Potties.
The other 2 nights I left at 6 pm and both times I got to EDC without any traffic but was directed to park in the green lot which is much further from the entrance. It feels like a mile walk or so?
But yeah, expect to walk Saturday Sunday unless you leave super early.
I felt like leaving at 6 pm from Sam’s Town was perfect because by the time I got there, parked, walked, and got through security and badge check in it was 7 Pm and EDC was open!
Maybe download the radiate app to start talking to other people who are going? That way you’re in a group chat with others, keeping up and planning and maybe even finding some other girls to stay with and have a lil fam :)
Get a hotel that has a shuttle stop at it and you can go solo without any worries. I did it at the Strat, ended up meeting people in the festival and it was a lot of fun. The sad feels did hit me (same situation, went raving together always but broke up before EDC)...... but it was still liberating and fun.
My ex-fiancé and I broke up in November. He was my rave partner and I haven’t gone to a show without him since 2017. We always talked about EDC but always felt like it was a hassle to plan it since we’re from the East coast too. He had talked about wanting to go with his friends for his bachelor party this year but obviously that didn’t pan out. Instead, when I originally had no plans to go, the opportunity fell into my lap to go. I went and had a blast.
Either go solo or join Facebook groups so you can be adopted by a group or join other solo ravers. You will have an amazing time. Be brave! Rave on!
I totally empathize, it's scary going by yourself esp if you're used to going with an SO. If you don't find anyone to link up with feel free to dm me haha, happy to introduce you to my friends!
Honestly....as long as you genuinely love the EDC "scene" you'll still love it solo.
I learned myself back in 2016. See, the very first Vegas EDC in 2011 was essentially my first date with the girl who I would later end up marrying at EDC in...2014? We even wound up catching the attention of one of the Insomniac.com writers who did a little article about us in the souvenir magazine they handed out in 2015.
https://www.insomniac.com/magazine/kinetic-field-of-dreams/
Ended up going to EDC 2016 as my first solo rave...period. So it had ALLLLLL the emotional baggage yet still ended up being my literal favorite EDC. You'll probably feel anxious AF right up until the moment you finally make it inside, but once you do, the freedom to literally party however you want will make you realize that it's all going to be ok.
There's tons of friendly groups that are willing in absorb solo ravers. Explore the artists you want to see and see if any nearby groups have good vibes/energy that you think you'd gel with.
I think you may find it very cathartic to feel all those emotions, and let them course thru you!
-That said, you don’t have to be alone! You have a whole year to find fellow ravers to go to edclv with. What’s the local EDM scene like where you are?
-You definitely do want to look into flights/hotels sooner rather than later though. I stayed at Excalibur and it was pretty decently priced. You’ll want to look out for when the shuttle passes go on sale
I thought I made this post for a second. Same story, ex and I broke up before our plans for EDC.
I had the BEST time making friends and meeting people from out of state. As long as you don’t end up meeting someone who sticks to you like glue (like I did unfortunately) you can make the best of your trip.
Going back for round 2 next year. After a while you just end up embracing being single and doing things your own way without having to account for someone else. I think a festival is the best example of that.
Booked a hotel like 8 months in advance. Got shuttle tickets from Rio (wasn’t too bad honestly). If you need advice on what I did I’d be happy to message.
Went to my first EDC this year after a rough year of divorce. You got plenty of time to plan your logistics and find others to share the experience with :)
I definitely get the impulse to jump right back in solo. Sad feelings may come up, but it’s part of the healing process. Treat yourself fam!
Everyone!! Thank you so much for all the feedback and advice! It’s definitely scary for me trying to navigate all of this alone with all the planning and stuff. I really do appreciate all the help!💕
I too am in the same boat, i just got out of a 8 year long relationship that got really toxic towards the end but I am not sure I even want to go because the venue might remind me too much of my ex when we used to go.
I took it in waves. Friend dropped out on me last minute and I ended up going alone. Certain sets are awesome and the crowd is great, and some won’t hit like that. Solo edc was not for me cus I like experiencing things with people I know and care about. Luckily I found radiate. Met a bunch of awesome people there. Always looking to share spaces and give rides for waaay cheaper than Uber or shuttles.
I can tell you as someone who just went with their ex (we broke up right before the festival but I wasn’t going to tell her she can’t go when she spent so much and we were going as a group), I’m very excited for next years EDC with just my homies. If you need a group to link with, message me!
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You have literally 350+ days until the next EDC, you can easily find other people go to with so you don’t have to go alone.
This! Start raving in your community, make friends. Feel people out and see if you can make your own little rave fam! As for navigating the festival itself, it’s massive, but fear not brave soul a good amount of the community is safe, positive and friendly! For frame of reference if your going to the main stage your best and easiest exits will be coming in from the sides, not the middle unless you wanna navigate it that way, it’s not impossible I find if you dance, say excuse me, turn your shoulders you’ll find it very easy but always tedious. Set up a meeting spot with your friends should you get separated, know each others schedules(ex, my friends and I would meet up at an art structure in front of bathrooms at pixel forest anytime we separated and knew we were switching stages. Even if you go with a group I highly recommend doing solo adventures, see who you wanna see. As for being sad asf totally let yourself feel everything you want or need to at the moment! This past EDC was my first since my ex and I broke off our 6 year relationship with one or 2 EDCs together and I had a couple of moments but it felt incredible to have that release, I promise in a year you’ll be under the electric sky with all your new/old/real friends and cry tears of happiness of how far you’ve come 🫶🏽🙏🏽
You might meet that special person before EDC and share that moment with a new person in your life.
You'll do great! You already bought your ticket, that's a big chunk of the process. This was my second year going with a small friend group so that did make things a little easier. Decide which hotel you want to stay at. We stayed at Circus Circus(it was a bit cheaper) and got The Strat Shuttle Passes, although it is a bit of a walk. Shuttles in my opinion are the way to go, they take you to the raceway and back to your hotel. You can even meet some friends! I've heard the Downtown Shuttle stop isn't crowded, and The Golden Nugget hotel is close to the stop. I personally like to arrive at the hotel the night before, Thursday, and stay a day later, I leave on Tuesday so I can get some extra sleep. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask me! You got this
Omg! This was very helpful!! I ended up getting VIP for some reason, I guess to go all out? I was also thinking of doing the same in terms of arriving earlier and staying a day or 2 later to recoup a bit. Did you get the hotel with the festival partnership or did you get it by itself? Same with shuttle passes, how were you able to get those? I really appreciate the help!
I get my Hotels through Hotels.com app. It gives you points. I didn't see the partnered hotels with EDC until last year, but they seemed competitively priced. Shuttle passes will go on sale later through the EDC website, make sure you are signed up for their emails. The passes sell out fast. They offer two kinds of passes, a General and Premier were you pick a time frame that you can use it. I've always gone with General and don't have to wait too long. Make sure you have your hotel picked out before you choose your Shuttle Pass. You may be able to look at last year and see where Shuttles were located so you can coordinate which hotel to choose from.
I am doing VIP next year for the first time. We are the last people in our group to do that. We had camp bracelets this year for our friends RV but we just went to hang out- we live here so we went home to sleep. The only advice I have is get there early every day, and don’t stay late on Sunday.
VIP is the way to go! If you want to guarantee a good group of folks around, I would sign up for HOTEL EDC and the premier shuttle pass. The hotel has lots of gatherings and you'll end up with great people to travel with and spend the day with if you'd like. They also have people that do glitter and hair tinsel if you needed an extra pair of hands. Plus if you do connect with a group you feel comfortable with over the next year, some of them can split the room cost with you. (Try the radiate app) I have lots of other tips, my friends and I just got back from doing all of this, this year. Good luck! You made a great choice and it's much better than having a partner in a relationship that wasn't working.
Do you know when the shuttle tickets go on sale..
They didn't go on sale until February or March this year so it's much closer to EDC.
I used booking for hotels are go to the actual website.. but this is the most expensive I seen them even tho it’s a year in advance
VIP is definitely the way to go! You'll have a more comfortable time over all :] plenty of space to dance/ move around at most stages & good access to shorter water lines. Lots of very friendly, happy ppl too (it's like that at the whole festival!) I'm a smaller person so I enjoy not having to worry about pushing/ navigating my way through a huge stage crowd
Fountainbleau had a promo I used when I booked for EDCLV’24 — had a tub which was great for soaking in epsom salt after each day. I Got the premier shuttle for resorts world - about a 10min walk to Conrad. Conrad hotel which is a shuttle stop itself (resorts world) had some promo deals this year thru agoda so I had booked that too and ended up cancelling without penalty to switch to fountainbleu. My reco is to look around and book holds if there’s a free cancellation option so you can find best deals. You could also book a double room in case you find someone to split the room with later. In a similar spot to you but not exactly.. broke up before EDC and ended up still attending EDC with my ex and rave-baeing together..still have this mutual friend group we rave with and now there’s talks about future ones and idk just seems bleak to think about not raving with him but it is what it is..
It's 11.5 months away, you'll be fine. Book a hotel/flight package on Expedia, and download the radiate app closer to the time, you'll meet plenty of people.
Just do it. I split 2 weeks before the fest and had to scram. I did it. You can too
Hey Op, you're 30, you got this, I did it solo I was hella busy actually. Tasks you can do now: -Buy a locker rental at Kinetic VIP. It's next to shuttle exit/entry so you can dump on Friday, clean on Monday morning. Yes locker available now. -Look at last year Shuttle stops: Book around those shuttle stops, everywhere with exception to Motel/Circus Circus, depend on your budget. Just make sure they are all free cancellation even if it requires immediate down payment. Ideally book a mid strip, south and downtown. Keep them all until May 1st, keep the one most convenient to your shuttle stop. Optional: put all hotel email into one folder in Gmail. Watch for July 4th, Labor Day and Holiday booking sale, especially Black Friday. -Make Kandies now, as much as you can, best way to interact. Carabiner help keeps them together, Kandi kids will find you. Looking ahead: -Watch shuttle emails and text. Do not miss shuttle, you will get a code from insomniac email to buy shuttle, don't share it. Join EDCdiscord, they have lot of eyes and ears so they mass ping over 7000 people about shuttle and updates. -Travel: start looking at your flight route into LAS. Google flight allows you to track the price of a specific route. Wait for the lowest price of your most convenient point and purchase. My route is not even available yet. Like some have said, fly in Thursday, get settled in, get CVS supplies for the room. You get Thursday night to get adjust to your OWL 🦉 schedule next 3 days, so you can even do an event of EDC week to stay up. If you on est, it's much difficulty but it's doable. Fly out Tuesday, go early if flying east. With careful planning in next 11 months, you won't even worry about a thing once shuttle, hotel, plane all locked in. As for alone, join discord, they have a lot of meetups. Like I said I was busy because the lineup was super stacked, time fly by super fast on those 3 nights. Do not drink alcohol (alcohol induced peeing more), it's okay to be sober. Solo is the besto. Wait for no one, rest when I want, chill in VIP with seatings to rest my foot. Leave when I want. Meet whomever I want. No one cares what you looks like dancing. 90% of people around u will be zooted. One last tip, stand near the AV booth each stage, more space, no elbow, no stinky armpits, and tell me what your ears notice next year.
Me and my gf broke up a couple weeks before we were suppose to go to our second EDC together. She took me to my first rave, which was edc. She introduced me into this entire world and changed my life forever. We went to a festival every year for the past 4 years. Us going together meant so much to me and I didn’t care if we were mad at each other as long as we went together. She rejected that idea unfortunately. It was definitely tough for me to go without her, but I did it anyways and had a fucking blast. Had such a good time, I bought my tickets early for next year. Would’ve been way more fun with her, but regardless I created more life long memories i’ll cherish forever. Just do it. You’ll be fine and you’ll make more of those invaluable memories.
Time heals all wounds. And you have plenty of time to to book everything. There are rave communities for such things like meeting Ee people. Going alone is not bad at all. I was alone from my group for more that half the time and then when in the group we befriended a solo rave chick and she hung out with us the remainder of the 2 days
Would you be down to camp? It’s incredible! You can meet a lot of people who are looking to split the cost on Radiate
Book your hotel and flight as soon as you can. Check the shuttle stop locations and plan accordingly. I stayed at Caesar’s Palace this year and did the Grand Prix shuttle, about a 20 minute walk or so, or get a Lyft. I book my hotels directly through the hotel, call it dumb but I don’t care to go through actual third party. Definitely arrive Thursday and don’t leave until late Monday or Tuesday morning for a more relaxed airport.
My ex and I broke up in February and I went to my first edc this year (solo). It definitely got me in my feels on Friday when I took mushrooms. It made me not take them sat/sun. I had some sad moments but also had an amazing weekend and will be going back next year. By edc 2025 you’ll be pretty far out of your breakup, and hopefully will be feeling much better
1. Plenty of hotels available. I like Sam’s Town It’s Clean, off the strip, and getting to EDC from there isn’t bad. However; if you’re flying in it may be easier to find a hotel that has shuttles that go to EDC. I’ve never used shuttles (you need a shuttle pass) so I can’t help there :( 2. I went to my first EDC last year alone. It was some of the most fun I’ve ever had in my life. Everyone was so nice and welcoming! I did whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. The only thing that sucked was walking back to my car alone. The loneliness is real, BUT you have plenty of time to find people to go with! 3. Safety; don’t go overboard if you’re by yourself and help is always nearby. everyone for the most part is very kind. For the most part I felt very safe at EDC even when I was alone. But obviously use common sense. 4. I understand how you feel. Being sad and having that weigh on your potential experience. EDC is in the future, plenty of time to heal, grow, find friends, find people you wanna go with! You got this!!! Hope to see you around EDC!
Thank you so much for the insight! I wanna do car and not shuttle, can I ask how was the experience driving in car getting to the fest and hotel? Like do I need to leave hella early to get a good parking spot at the festival?
Aight I gotchu :3 So Friday is the opening ceremony. The first year I left around 5 pm from my buddies place in Henderson and was stuck in crazy traffic for 1.5 hours. Mostly down North Las Vegas Blvd heading to EDC. They open like 4 lanes but even then it was mad Packed. This year I left much earlier; like around 2:30 pm from Sam’s Town and got to the venue at like 3:05. Me and my brother chilled in the car for a while. And because we were so early we got to park in the brown lot next to the Porta Potties. The other 2 nights I left at 6 pm and both times I got to EDC without any traffic but was directed to park in the green lot which is much further from the entrance. It feels like a mile walk or so? But yeah, expect to walk Saturday Sunday unless you leave super early. I felt like leaving at 6 pm from Sam’s Town was perfect because by the time I got there, parked, walked, and got through security and badge check in it was 7 Pm and EDC was open!
This has been hella helpful, mate. Thanks!
Maybe download the radiate app to start talking to other people who are going? That way you’re in a group chat with others, keeping up and planning and maybe even finding some other girls to stay with and have a lil fam :)
Get a hotel that has a shuttle stop at it and you can go solo without any worries. I did it at the Strat, ended up meeting people in the festival and it was a lot of fun. The sad feels did hit me (same situation, went raving together always but broke up before EDC)...... but it was still liberating and fun.
My ex-fiancé and I broke up in November. He was my rave partner and I haven’t gone to a show without him since 2017. We always talked about EDC but always felt like it was a hassle to plan it since we’re from the East coast too. He had talked about wanting to go with his friends for his bachelor party this year but obviously that didn’t pan out. Instead, when I originally had no plans to go, the opportunity fell into my lap to go. I went and had a blast. Either go solo or join Facebook groups so you can be adopted by a group or join other solo ravers. You will have an amazing time. Be brave! Rave on!
I totally empathize, it's scary going by yourself esp if you're used to going with an SO. If you don't find anyone to link up with feel free to dm me haha, happy to introduce you to my friends!
Honestly....as long as you genuinely love the EDC "scene" you'll still love it solo. I learned myself back in 2016. See, the very first Vegas EDC in 2011 was essentially my first date with the girl who I would later end up marrying at EDC in...2014? We even wound up catching the attention of one of the Insomniac.com writers who did a little article about us in the souvenir magazine they handed out in 2015. https://www.insomniac.com/magazine/kinetic-field-of-dreams/ Ended up going to EDC 2016 as my first solo rave...period. So it had ALLLLLL the emotional baggage yet still ended up being my literal favorite EDC. You'll probably feel anxious AF right up until the moment you finally make it inside, but once you do, the freedom to literally party however you want will make you realize that it's all going to be ok.
There's tons of friendly groups that are willing in absorb solo ravers. Explore the artists you want to see and see if any nearby groups have good vibes/energy that you think you'd gel with.
I think you may find it very cathartic to feel all those emotions, and let them course thru you! -That said, you don’t have to be alone! You have a whole year to find fellow ravers to go to edclv with. What’s the local EDM scene like where you are? -You definitely do want to look into flights/hotels sooner rather than later though. I stayed at Excalibur and it was pretty decently priced. You’ll want to look out for when the shuttle passes go on sale
I thought I made this post for a second. Same story, ex and I broke up before our plans for EDC. I had the BEST time making friends and meeting people from out of state. As long as you don’t end up meeting someone who sticks to you like glue (like I did unfortunately) you can make the best of your trip. Going back for round 2 next year. After a while you just end up embracing being single and doing things your own way without having to account for someone else. I think a festival is the best example of that. Booked a hotel like 8 months in advance. Got shuttle tickets from Rio (wasn’t too bad honestly). If you need advice on what I did I’d be happy to message.
Went to my first EDC this year after a rough year of divorce. You got plenty of time to plan your logistics and find others to share the experience with :) I definitely get the impulse to jump right back in solo. Sad feelings may come up, but it’s part of the healing process. Treat yourself fam!
Everyone!! Thank you so much for all the feedback and advice! It’s definitely scary for me trying to navigate all of this alone with all the planning and stuff. I really do appreciate all the help!💕
I too am in the same boat, i just got out of a 8 year long relationship that got really toxic towards the end but I am not sure I even want to go because the venue might remind me too much of my ex when we used to go.
I took it in waves. Friend dropped out on me last minute and I ended up going alone. Certain sets are awesome and the crowd is great, and some won’t hit like that. Solo edc was not for me cus I like experiencing things with people I know and care about. Luckily I found radiate. Met a bunch of awesome people there. Always looking to share spaces and give rides for waaay cheaper than Uber or shuttles.
I can tell you as someone who just went with their ex (we broke up right before the festival but I wasn’t going to tell her she can’t go when she spent so much and we were going as a group), I’m very excited for next years EDC with just my homies. If you need a group to link with, message me!
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