EDC Las Vegas In Top 3 Most Popular Festivals On Instagram

When EDC Las Vegas comes around every year, Southern Nevada residents brace themselves for a whole lot of crazy. Even though most of the traffic is in the north side of town around the Speedway, the sudden increase in population is felt throughout the valley. As AirBnbs and hotels get booked more and more, many of them months in advance.

Las Vegas is one of several locations for the Electric Daisy Carnival music festival. In different parts of the country and beyond, the event happens during different times of the year. EDC Las Vegas is a 3-day festival that occurs annually in May. And besides some of the hottest names in electronic dance music, EDC Las Vegas brings a whole lot of eye candy to attendees. Making the event one of the most popular on Instagram for fans to post about.

Music festivals in general are something people want to take pictures and videos of. There are famous artists, favorite songs and just a lot of fun to be documented. But the Electric Daisy Carnival takes that to a whole new level. Like in years past, the 2024 EDC Las Vegas was packed with some of the most photo-worthy scenes in town.

Data analysts at the sweepstake casino site Vegas Gems recently spent some time on Instagram collecting data about the most posted festivals. They looked for hashtags related to each festival and tallied them up. EDC landed in the top three.

There are a few reasons why people love posting about EDC Las Vegas and other Electric Daisy Carnivals around the globe. First of all, the costumes. At an EDC show, you'll see scantily-clad people in their underwear, others dressed like human jellyfish, and all kinds of neon colors meant to shine under a blacklight.

EDC Las Vegas posted a video on their Instagram page after this year's event to show all the creative costumes people showed up in.

Another thing that makes EDC Las Vegas so picture-worthy is the fireworks. Las Vegas isn't a stranger to a good firework show. The Strip and major off-strip casinos are all places to get a guaranteed show on New Year's Eve and the Fourth of July. Still, Vegas could learn a thing or two about fireworks from EDC. The firework shows at the event are unmatched and seem to get better every year.

Music festivals are also a popular event to post about because of the famous music artists you see at the shows. In fact, it's getting downright ridiculous how many phones you see out at a concert these days. From people trying to capture the magic of the show for their social media pages. EDC is no exception to that. This year's EDC Vegas had some of the biggest names in electronic dance music. Including Tiesto, Deadmau5, Diplo and Las Vegas local, Steve Aoki.

With so much high-energy music, bright colors and people coming to have fun, EDC Las Vegas was home to a whole lot of happy people at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. And people like to take photos and videos when they're having such a great time. So it only makes sense that EDC is one of the most popular festivals posted about on Instagram.

Other popular festivals also made the list of most Instagrammed. California's Coachella and Chicago's Lollapalooza were number one and two, respectively. EDC was number three. Michigan's Electric Forest Festival was number four and Tennessee's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was number five. But if you're looking for a music festival that has as much to see as it does to hear, definitely add the Electric Daisy Carnival to your bucket list.

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Electric Daisy Carnival, also popularly called "EDC" just ended the iconic three-day lineup at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

From Friday to Sunday, the motor speedway transformed into a technicolor dreamland of electronic music, physical psychedelic art and pure heaven for the vibrant souls of the world. Headliners for this year included Benny Benassi, Culture Shock, Dom Dolla, Kaskade, John Summit, DJ Snake, Excision, Steve Aoki and so much more.

EDC is more than a festival for people. It's a weekend where people can shed their "everyday skin" and transform into their true selves. It's where art, music and culture collide to create a beautiful temporary land of pure joy.

In 1997, a warehouse party in Los Angeles became the start of EDC. Since then, CEO Pasquale Rotella has grown the once-small warehouse party into a global dance music festival that also happened globally in Mexico, Korea, Japan, Brazil, China and so much more, according to the festival's website.

The company that organizes EDC is called Insomniac Events, and they're synonymous with throwing on huge, mind-bending raves such as Nocturnal Wonderland and Escape: Psycho Circus.

After bouncing around a few venues in California, Insomniac has finally made Las Vegas' Motor Speedway its home anchor for the annual EDC festival. Thus, EDC history continues.

"By incorporating carnival themes and attractions, cutting-edge stage production, world-class talent, and innovative art and technology," the website states. "EDC is more than an electronic music festival - it is an unparalleled multi-sensory experience unlike any other."

According to 8 News Now, an estimated 500,000 attended the huge rave. In fact, this is what's most likely causing a headache-inducing stream of traffic on the I-15 on Monday morning.

EDC is truly an iconic Las Vegas festival that brings people from all over the world together to dance in harmony. Let's take a stroll in

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