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Take a Virtual Tour of North America’s Longest Running Festival: Nocturnal Wonderland

The 23rd streak of North America’s longest running festival, Nocturnal Wonderland 2018, has long now come and gone leaving the ones of us who attended a euphoric state of mind after undergoing the immersive gathering.

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Nocturnal Wonderland 2018 attracted over 65,000 attendees to some transformed Glen Helen Regional Park.

We danced across a black-lit playground featuring everything you need to get lost into: the audio coming out of four fancy stages, whimsical costumed monsters, tons of luminous art installations including a 3D UV experience, live art, and a full experience in camping alone, paired together with performances out of around 60 artists. 

Listen to Nocturnal Wonderland’s Discovery Project 2018 Mix:

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Photo Credit — Nocturnal Wonderland 2018

Photo Credit — Nocturnal Wonderland 2018

As lovers wandered to set, each stage they stumbled upon was handcrafted to stick to this vibe it blasted.

Wolves’ Den stood 60-feet tall and 141-feet broad, featuring 81 parts of pyro and 8 capsules, fans gathered here for the amplifying noises of Boombox Cartel, Jai Wolf, Deorro, Slushii, Illenium, and much more. Even a 48-foot tall and 84-foot broad Labyrinth stage included eight flame heads, six capsules, also showered us with 36 pounds of confetti over the weekend while we got down to the looks of Bassrush along with NGHTMRE & SLANDER’s Gud Vibrations team. We raged to strong sets from Liquid Stranger, Space Jesus, Kill the Noise, Flux Pavilion, Said the Sky, and of course, NGHTMRE & SLANDER.

Photo Credit — Nocturnal Wonderland 2018

Photo Credit — Nocturnal Wonderland 2018

The return of Drift’s lighthouse was the highlight of our weekend, perfectly piled beneath the highest point of Glen Helen Regional Park, it beamed to the hippie in all of us; the black-lit stage included hammocks, and succulent gardens and interactive art pieces while the aerobeacon, once more, shined far through the festival grounds.

We could ’t even envision a better stage for those Sunken Garden vibeswe were so pleased to see it go back to host the looks of Nora En Pure, Lee Foss, Mikey Lion & Lee Reynolds, MK, and much more.

Listen to Mikey Lion reside at EF 2018: 

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Photo Credit — Nocturnal Wonderland 2018

Insomniac’s Boombox Art Car made its method flourishing through the crowds in camp and in the festival behaving as the stage for the camp pre-party on Thursday, we were afterwards able to get it tucked into a neon mushroom spot just over in the 3D Nocturnal Wonderland Experience. Performances from Fester, Oscar da Grouch, Simfonik, and much more had the audience noodling for the rest of the weekend.

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Nocturnal Wonderland also observed the return of three nights of RV, car, and tent camping under the night sky. We kicked off the weekend at the pre-party with bangers in Kayoh, Riot Ten, and much more at Moonlight Grove. Camping also featured nighlty Silent Discos with performers such as BIJOU, Morelia and also this season ’s Discovery Project winner. We also appreciated activities such as morning yoga, splashing from the waterpark, along with arts and crafts.

Listen to and download free of Riot Ten’s Nocturnal Wonderland mix: 

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Listen to DeeJay ShaGGy Live @ Camp OG — Nocturnal Wonderland 2018:

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Photo Credit — Nocturnal Wonderland

Photo Credit — Nocturnal Wonderland

Obviously this season ’s Nocturnal has been among the very best, we are so grateful to be a part of such an encounter that is enchanting. Exactly the same time next year? We cannot wait to return a year to do everything over again!

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Photo Credit — Nocturnal Wonderland

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