Electric Zoo to Take Place on New York's Randall's Island!!

One topic my friends and I come back to again and again is how New York doesn't have a proper electronic music festival. Detroit has DEMF. Montreal has Mutek. Europe has too many to name. But now, finally, New York has something!

Electric Zoo will be a 2-day, electronic/dance music event happening Labor Day weekend on Randall's Island. While I was at first a bit leery of the initial line-up, more and more acts (like Busy P, DJ Mehdi, and Tiga!!) have been revealed over the past few weeks and it looks to be a great weekend of electronic music and getting down outside (not to mention the closest thing New York's ever had to a proper electronic music festival). More acts are to be announced over the next month, but the current line-up along with more info is below:

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th
Armin van Buuren
Deadmau5
Benny Benassi
Danny Tenaglia
Roger Sanchez
Luciano
Robbie Rivera
Tiga
Ben Watt*
Francois K*
Busy P
Marco Carola
Chus & Ceballos
Kaskade
Steve Aoki
DJ Mehdi
Paco Osuna
Mark Ernestus (Rhythm & Sound)*
featuring Milton Henry*
Chris Lake
Speedy J
The Whip
Martin Buttrich
Cassy*
Yuksek
Seth Troxler*

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th
David Guetta
Ferry Corsten
Richie Hawtin
Markus Schulz
ATB
Special Disco Version featuring
James Murphy & Pat Mahoney
(LCD Soundsystem/DFA)
Felix Martin & Al Doyle (HOT CHIP) DJ Set*
Andy Butler (Hercules & Love Affair)
Frankie Knuckles
Lindstrom*
Prins Thomas*
Steve Bug
Audion
Josh Gabriel
Desyn Masiello
James Holden
Adam Beyer
Tom Middleton
Nathan Fake
Heidi
Guy Gerber - Live
Menno De Jong
Chateau Flight
Jason Jollins*

*New additions

The festival will take place from 12 noon until 11pm each day, and will happen across 4 stages in Randall's Island Park.

General admission single day tickets are $55 each, or $100 if you buy a ticket for both days.

VIP tickets are $120 per day, or $225 for both days. VIP passes include a separate VIP entrance, access to VIP lounge with private cash bar, exclusive viewing area at main stage, and access to VIP-only deluxe bathrooms.

Tickets are available here and everything you need to know about Electric Zoo is on the website. Also be sure to follow Electric Zoo on Twitter for info on what some of artists appearing at Electric Zoo have been up to lately, plus opportunities to win tickets to the festival. Mark your calendars...this should be awesome!!