This year, Spring Awakening Music Festival will be held in Addams/Medill Park instead of the usual Soldier Field.
This is a three-day festival and the musical lineup has just recently been released. If you are a big electronic dance music fan (EDM), this is your chance to hear some of the big names play in Chicago. Borgore, Chainsmokers, Steve Aoki, and Deadmau5 are on that list, just to name a few.
Over here at Genie, we are very big fans of the festival and we figured we would help you out and give you a guide with details and a how-to on surviving the entire weekend. For the full lineup, scroll to the bottom of this article. To purchase your tickets, visit their website springawakeningfestival.com
Entry and Security
You have to be 18 or older to attend the festival and everyone is searched thoroughly upon entry. Buy your tickets as far in advance as possible. Waiting until the last minute to buy tickets will most likely result in you standing in a HUGE line to wait for your wristband the day of. DO NOT DO THIS. Wristbands are mailed out starting May 15th , and ticket sales go up the longer you choose to wait to purchase them.
Weather
If you live in Chicago, you already know how unpredictable the Chicago weather can be. Last year, Spring Awakening was rainy and muggy all weekend. As of now, the forecast for this year’s festival will be 70° for Friday and Saturday. The forecast states that there will be rain on Sunday, June 12th (the festival will take place rain or shine).
What to Wear
If all goes as planned, Friday and Saturday should be great shorts and tank top weather. Sunday will be a little trickier because umbrellas are not allowed in the festival. Your best bet would probably be to wear a jacket or sweatshirt with a hood. Feel free to also wear a raincoat or a poncho if that’s what you’re into.
There is a list of items that are prohibited from the festival on SAMF’s website. Check out the list before going to the festival. We have included ticket details as well as the full lineup below!
Tickets
3-Day GA Wristbands
General: $189.00 plus fees
Final sale will be $199.00 when General sells out
3-Day VIP Wristbands
Presale: $299.00 plus fees
General and Final sale prices are TBA
Festival Dates & Times
Friday, June 10, 2016- Doors open at 1:00PM
Saturday, June 11, 2016- Doors open at 1:00PM
Sunday, June 12, 2016- Doors open at 1:00PM
Spring Awakening Music Festival Lineup
DJ Stage Electronic Stage
Above & Beyond A-Trak
Borgore Crystal Castles
Carnage Deadmau5
Chainsmokers Flux Pavilion
Dada Life Flying Lotus
Dash Berlin Gesaffelstein DJ set
Dillon Francis Gramatik
DVBBS Jamie xx
Kaskade Madeon
Nicky Romero RL Grime
Showtek Zeds Dead
Steve Aoki Hippie Sabotage
3LAU Jai Wolf
Cash Cash REZZ
CID TROYBO!
Tritonal The Knocks
Branded Stages
Claude Vonstroke: The Birdhouse Bass Kitchen
Nicole Moudaber DATSIK
Simian Mobile Disco (DJ Set) Feed Me (DJ Set)
Danny Daze Alison Wonderland
Catz N’ Dogs Getter
Bear Grillz
Trance Arena
ATB Body Language
Aly & Fila Klingande
John O’Callaghan The Magician
Ben Nicky Claptone
Autograf Darious
All Gone Pete Tong
Maya Jane Coles
Green Velvet DJ
Pete Tong Borgeous
Moon Boots Morgan Page
Golf Clap Chuckie
Ephwurd
Ghastly
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