Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) is one of the most iconic electronic dance music festivals in the world, known for its immersive production, neon‑lit stages, carnival attractions, and nonstop performances by top DJs across genres such as house, techno, trance, and dubstep. Organized by Insomniac Events, EDC began in the late 1990s as a warehouse party in Los Angeles and has since grown into a global cultural phenomenon that draws hundreds of thousands of fans each year.
In Ukraine, sound carries a different weight: the cautionary blurt of sirens, Shahed drones humming overhead, the concussive thwack of air defence interception and the subsequent explosion. But as well as the sounds of war, which continue three and a half years into Russia's full-scale invasion, music still plays, clubs remain open during the day (closing well before the midnight curfew), and electronic dance music remains an intrinsic part of many Ukrainian lives.