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List of electronic music festivals
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<table><tbody><tr><th>Contents</th></tr><tr><td>1800–1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · 2000s · 2010s</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following is an incomplete list of music festivals that feature electronic music, which encapsulates music featuring <a href="/facts/Electronic_instruments/dQSuuYtF">electronic instruments</a> such as <a href="/facts/Electric_guitar/yNL6qSw4">electric guitars</a> and <a href="/facts/Keyboard_instrument/zVUA9QNG">keyboards</a>, as well as recent genres such as <a href="/facts/Electronic_dance_music/5KDaMNG8">electronic dance music</a> (EDM). Many of the festivals in this list take place in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> and <a href="/facts/Europe/DTAtrKfh">Europe</a>, though every year thousands of electronic-focused music festivals are held throughout the world. This list generally excludes multi-genre festivals with only a partial focus on electronic music (<a href="/facts/Glastonbury_Festival/FMdmt8Q7">Glastonbury</a>, <a href="/facts/Summer_Sonic_Festival/bFSIhk6r">Summer Sonic Festival</a>, and <a href="/facts/Big_Day_Out/qW7qUFwg">Big Day Out</a>) and festivals that have added EDM stages in later years. </p><p>Since the early 1900s there have been music festivals that featured electronic instruments, as electronic sounds were used in <a href="/facts/Experimental_music/JbfA3Tg7">experimental music</a> such as <a href="/facts/Electroacoustic_music/EUNo602A">electroacoustic</a> and <a href="/facts/Tape_music/EUNo602A">tape music</a>. The use of <a href="/facts/Live_electronic_music/rfImIL4S">live electronic music</a> greatly expanded in the 1950s, along with the use of <a href="/facts/Electric_guitar/yNL6qSw4">electric guitar</a> and bass. With the advent of new technologies in the 1960s, electronic genres such as <a href="/facts/Electronic_rock/8XabyT03">electronic rock</a>, <a href="/facts/Electronic_jazz/DpmnRBxR">electronic jazz</a>, <a href="/facts/Disco/BQu4rHxV">disco</a>, <a href="/facts/Computer_music/2bS14C3D">computer music</a>, <a href="/facts/Synthpop/ejVwqcNb">synthpop</a>, <a href="/facts/Psychedelic_rock/gI1vhFHj">psychedelic rock</a> and <a href="/facts/Ambient_music/QNnE3krK">ambient music</a> followed, with large <a href="/facts/Free_festival/jasDfLtm">free festivals</a> showcasing the sounds into the 1970s. There has been a significant change in the capabilities of <a href="/facts/Amplifiers/pnRgxncC">amplifiers</a>, <a href="/facts/Music_sequencer/VhLzSPhr">sequencers</a>, and mixing <a href="/facts/Synthesizers/NrmdVrPa">synthesizers</a> since 1980, as well as computers and <a href="/facts/Digital_audio_workstations/suXVXzKT">digital audio workstations</a>. This has given electronic musicians and DJs the ability to mix elaborate and complicated music in forms such as <a href="/facts/Techno/BBqWRxmt">techno</a>, <a href="/facts/Electronica/clnaT6vm">electronica</a>, <a href="/facts/Trance_music/hTgTGn2P">trance</a>, <a href="/facts/House_music/2UFwER68">house</a> or <a href="/facts/Industrial_music/Ua77gRPB">industrial</a>, all of which have large festivals, <a href="/facts/Rave/1cBwPCEJ">raves</a>, <a href="/facts/Technoparade/x82NKx6X">technoparades</a>, <a href="/facts/Algorave/YUdHjpqT">algoraves</a>, <a href="/facts/Doof/YpeG3WjF">doofs</a>, or <a href="/facts/Teknival/o2m9jCyD">teknivals</a> in their sole dedication. </p>