Graham St John is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Dept of Social Sciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and an Adjunct Research Fellow in the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research, Griffith University, Australia. He is Executive Editor of Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture.

• Introduction: Dance Music Festivals and Event-Cultures, Graham St John, University of FribourgPart One. Dance Empires and EDM Culture Industry1. EDM Pop: A Soft Shell Formation in a New Festival Economy. Fabian Holt, University of Roskilde2. Stereosonic and Australian Commercial EDM Festival Culture. Ed Montano, RMIT University3. Searching for a Cultural Home: Asian American Youth in the EDM Festival Scene. Judy Park, Harvard CollegePart Two. Underground Networks and Transformational Events4. Boutiquing at the Raindance Campout: Relational Aesthetics as Festival Technology. Bryan Schmidt, University of Minnesota5. Harm Reduction or Psychedelic Support? Caring for Drug-Related Crises at Transformational Festivals. Deirdre Ruane, Goldsmiths, University of London6. Dancing Outdoors: DiY Ethics and Democratized Practices of Well-being on the UK Alternative Festival Circuit. Alice O’Grady, University of Leeds7. Free Parties and Teknivals: Gift-Exchange and Participation on the Margins of the Market and the State. Anne Petiau (trns Luis-Manuel Garcia)Part Three. Cosmopolitan Experiments and Electroniculture 8. Towards a Cosmopolitan Weekend Dance Culture in Spain: From the Ruta Destroy to the Sónar Festival. Paolo Magaudda, University of Padova9. Being-Scene at MUTEK: Remixing Spaces of Gender and Ethnicity in Electronic Music Performance. tobias c. van Veen, Université de Montréal10. Charms War: Dance Camps and Sound Cars at Burning Man. Graham St John, University of Fribourg

A welcome and valuable contribution to an expanding literature on the alternative festival phenomenon, offering numerous avenues for further investigation given an eager researchers’ capacity to fend off chain saw-wielding critics, party round-the-clock, and hunt for the most innovative of creative expressions wherever the transformational path may lead.

Graham St John is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Dept of Social Sciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and an Adjunct Research Fellow in the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research, Griffith University, Australia. He is Executive Editor of Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture.

• Introduction: Dance Music Festivals and Event-Cultures, Graham St John, University of FribourgPart One. Dance Empires and EDM Culture Industry1. EDM Pop: A Soft Shell Formation in a New Festival Economy. Fabian Holt, University of Roskilde2. Stereosonic and Australian Commercial EDM Festival Culture. Ed Montano, RMIT University3. Searching for a Cultural Home: Asian American Youth in the EDM Festival Scene. Judy Park, Harvard CollegePart Two. Underground Networks and Transformational Events4. Boutiquing at the Raindance Campout: Relational Aesthetics as Festival Technology. Bryan Schmidt, University of Minnesota5. Harm Reduction or Psychedelic Support? Caring for Drug-Related Crises at Transformational Festivals. Deirdre Ruane, Goldsmiths, University of London6. Dancing Outdoors: DiY Ethics and Democratized Practices of Well-being on the UK Alternative Festival Circuit. Alice O’Grady, University of Leeds7. Free Parties and Teknivals: Gift-Exchange and Participation on the Margins of the Market and the State. Anne Petiau (trns Luis-Manuel Garcia)Part Three. Cosmopolitan Experiments and Electroniculture 8. Towards a Cosmopolitan Weekend Dance Culture in Spain: From the Ruta Destroy to the Sónar Festival. Paolo Magaudda, University of Padova9. Being-Scene at MUTEK: Remixing Spaces of Gender and Ethnicity in Electronic Music Performance. tobias c. van Veen, Université de Montréal10. Charms War: Dance Camps and Sound Cars at Burning Man. Graham St John, University of Fribourg

A welcome and valuable contribution to an expanding literature on the alternative festival phenomenon, offering numerous avenues for further investigation given an eager researchers’ capacity to fend off chain saw-wielding critics, party round-the-clock, and hunt for the most innovative of creative expressions wherever the transformational path may lead.

Graham St John is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Dept of Social Sciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and an Adjunct Research Fellow in the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research, Griffith University, Australia. He is Executive Editor of Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture.

• Introduction: Dance Music Festivals and Event-Cultures, Graham St John, University of FribourgPart One. Dance Empires and EDM Culture Industry1. EDM Pop: A Soft Shell Formation in a New Festival Economy. Fabian Holt, University of Roskilde2. Stereosonic and Australian Commercial EDM Festival Culture. Ed Montano, RMIT University3. Searching for a Cultural Home: Asian American Youth in the EDM Festival Scene. Judy Park, Harvard CollegePart Two. Underground Networks and Transformational Events4. Boutiquing at the Raindance Campout: Relational Aesthetics as Festival Technology. Bryan Schmidt, University of Minnesota5. Harm Reduction or Psychedelic Support? Caring for Drug-Related Crises at Transformational Festivals. Deirdre Ruane, Goldsmiths, University of London6. Dancing Outdoors: DiY Ethics and Democratized Practices of Well-being on the UK Alternative Festival Circuit. Alice O’Grady, University of Leeds7. Free Parties and Teknivals: Gift-Exchange and Participation on the Margins of the Market and the State. Anne Petiau (trns Luis-Manuel Garcia)Part Three. Cosmopolitan Experiments and Electroniculture 8. Towards a Cosmopolitan Weekend Dance Culture in Spain: From the Ruta Destroy to the Sónar Festival. Paolo Magaudda, University of Padova9. Being-Scene at MUTEK: Remixing Spaces of Gender and Ethnicity in Electronic Music Performance. tobias c. van Veen, Université de Montréal10. Charms War: Dance Camps and Sound Cars at Burning Man. Graham St John, University of Fribourg

A welcome and valuable contribution to an expanding literature on the alternative festival phenomenon, offering numerous avenues for further investigation given an eager researchers’ capacity to fend off chain saw-wielding critics, party round-the-clock, and hunt for the most innovative of creative expressions wherever the transformational path may lead.