Epic Dance Win

Stereo Sonic - so large it won't fit on this page

One of the greatest things about living in the biggest City of Australia is that all the big name performers stop by on their world tours.  Sydney is known for its epic summer music festivals which take place during the months the rest of the world is quietly hibernating through the dark "Northern Winter".  These festivals usually involve any and all types of electronic music which are typically considered non-mainstream in the States but are extremely common amongst our peers in other nations around the world.  And I must say its good to be in a country that appreciates the outrageousness that is Electro/House/Trance/InsertGenreHere.

In case you couldn't tell, Stereo Sonic is the LARGEST of these electronic music festivals, is located at Sydney's Olympic Park and runs from noon-midnight.  Knowing that this day was going to be huge, Ryan, Nate and I started the day off right with big American Pancakes and an egg and sausage scramble!  We then color coordinated our shirts to be a loud and proud Red, White and Blue*.  Afterwards we caught the train to the station and quickly noticed that we weren't the only ones making our way to this popular event.

As most of our favorite artists were performing on the main stage - we headed there straight away.  The place quickly filled up, however, and we had to make a decision to either stay at this stage and see all the artists who are performing here or leave the stadium and accept not being allowed back in.  We stayed :) and the following line-up made the next 8 hours of standing/dancing/fist bumping "totes" worth it.

Avicii - I was most excited to see him.  I'm a huge fan of his and he went from no-name to headliner in only a year.

Afrojack -  Of all the performances I really enjoyed Afrojack the most.  I had no idea what to expect from him and he really pulled it off with great music that had everyone singing along and rocking out

Benny Benassi - Legend. No comment necessary

LMFAO was definitely the biggest crowd-pleaser; apparently Aussies are all about California Party-rocking, and LOOK! Hok from So You Think You Can Dance is apparently on tour with them as one of their dancers.  Go him.

Armin van Buuren.  Not being a huge fan of Trance, I wasn't exactly sure what to expect from him.  Whatever doubts I had though were quickly washed away by fluid sounds that take you for a ride.  Armin has a way of making everything around you seem... perfect.  The people, the place, the moment - everything was just perfect.

That was the list of the Line-up that evening and I only covered the best of the biggest.  I must admit however, that when it was time to head back home my feet were extremely thankful for getting the chance to relax.  I truly feel like I had a once in a lifetime opportunity here and it was definitely one worth writing home about :)

*We didn't actually coordinate but we did realize our comical coincidence while being loud Americans on the train.