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The 10 Best Concerts in Phoenix This Weekend

By Phoenix New Times Music Writers
Apr 26, 2019

There's more to do this weekend than watching Avengers.
10 Best Pools in Metro Phoenix

By Phoenix New Times Staff and Lauren Cusimano
May 12, 2018

Dive in, get wet and slippery.
Everything You Need to Know About Alt AZ's Band Splash at Big Surf

By Benjamin Leatherman
Apr 28, 2018

'Tis the season for pool parties.
Everything You Need to Know About Wet Electric 2018

By Benjamin Leatherman
Apr 26, 2018

For real, everything.
Diplo is Coming to Wet Electric 2017

By Benjamin Leatherman
Feb 10, 2017

Been wondering who’s performing this year’s Wet Electric festival? Yeah, us too. We’ve finally got an answer for you – and it’s definitely one of the bigger names in the dance music world: Diplo. The ultra-popular DJ/producer behind Mad Decent, Major Lazer, and scores of hit dance tracks from the...
10 Things We Learned at Wet Electric

By Phoenix New Times Staff
Apr 29, 2015

When the promoters of the annual Wet Electric at Tempe's Big Surf Waterpark touted the event as the "biggest pool party in North America," they weren't lying. After all, the two-day electronic dance music festival on Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26, took place within the confines of the...
A Field Guide to Wet Electric 2015

By Amanda Savage
Apr 23, 2015

Wet Electric, Arizona's annual EDM-tastic water park festival, returns to Tempe this weekend. A long list of producers, including Tiesto and Dillon Francis, will hit Big Surf Waterpark on Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26. To those who have attended the event in the past, this year promises major...
The Phoenix Music Scene Bucket List

By Phoenix New Times Staff
Feb 2, 2015

You know, this city gets a lot of hate. And it's not just from the outside, either. Recent transplants to Phoenix notice a trend when talking to the residents about their new home. The people who most often ask why a new resident would ever think to move here? Or...
9 Things We Learned at Wet Electric 2014

By Benjamin Leatherman
Apr 30, 2014

Whatever deity runs the universe -- be it Yahweh, Ganesha, Mother Nature, or even the Flying Spaghetti Monster -- we're starting to wonder if they might have a beef with EDM festivals held at Big Surf in Tempe. Three years ago, during the first-ever Soundwave, it rained cats and dogs...
The 50 Most Beautiful People at Wet Electric

By Benjamin Leatherman
Apr 28, 2014

If you got it, flaunt it. That certainly seems the be the case at Wet Electric every year, as the EDM festival and ginormous pool party features hordes of the skinny, stylish, or bodacious bodies wearing revealing swimwear. Such was the scene during either of the two-day Wet Electric this...
Wet Electric: A Field Guide to This Weekend's Event

By Benjamin Leatherman
Apr 25, 2014

It's time to drop a little knowledge on y'all: According to the eggheads of acoustic science, sound waves tend to travel much more efficiently through water than through air. And the practical upshot of this particular factoid? If you somehow wind up underwater at either of the this weekend's two...
Wet Electric @ Big Surf and Talking Stick Resort

By Benjamin Leatherman
Apr 24, 2014

It's time to drop a little science on y'all: According to the eggheads of acoustic science, sound waves tend to travel much more efficiently through water than through air. And the practical upshot of this particular factoid? If you somehow wind up underwater at this weekend's Wet Electric pool party...
Four Acts to See at Wet Electric This Weekend

By Amanda Savage
Apr 23, 2014

Wet Electric, Phoenix's original water-park festival returns this weekend for two days at two locations: Saturday, April 26, at Big Surf in Tempe, and on Sunday, April 27, at Talking Stick Resort and Casino in Scottsdale. As always, the lineup includes everything from dance music heavyweights to local legends. If...
25 Must-See Phoenix Concerts in April

By Phoenix New Times Staff
Apr 9, 2014

The month of April is packed wall-to-wall with concerts. Check that, it's packed wall-to-wall with great concerts. Some of the bigger hitmakers and tastemakers in pop and indie rock -- Lorde, Bastille, Lana Del Ray, Grouplove, Phantogram, Chvrches ... just to name a few -- will all perform around the...
5 Must-Attend Spring Pool Parties in Metro Phoenix

By Benjamin Leatherman
Apr 4, 2014

It's pretty safe to say that you can't believe everything you read online. For instance, a few websites claim that Arizona has some cockamamie law banning -- of all things -- the act of singing in public places while wearing a swimsuit. Good thing it's complete B.S. (we checked), which...
Phoenix Bucket List - 100 Things to Do Before You Die: Prickly Pear, Gammage, and Chris Bianco's Mom's Chocolate Cake

By Amy Silverman
Jan 27, 2014

Welcome to the Phoenix Bucket List. Robrt Pela and Amy Silverman -- two New Times contributors and longtime Phoenicians -- have put together a list of 100 things to do in this city before you die. Each week we're presenting another 10; in March we'll wrap it all up in...
Vintage Phoenix Business: Big Surf Waterpark in Tempe

By Valerie Hoke
Oct 22, 2013

Phoenix is a resort town in many ways, with one important exception: There's no beach. That (more or less) changed in 1969, when the Big Surf wavepool opened at 1500 North McClintock Drive in Tempe, providing Phoenicians with the closest alternative to real sand and giant waves...
Flux Pavilion: I Don't Care About What's Cool; I'm Just Doing What I Love

By Taylor Moon
Oct 4, 2013

Tooting your own horn isn't always a good thing. In moderation, though, what's the problem? It's just a way of telling others you're happy or proud about something--and there's nothing wrong with that, right? Assuming that you answered "Right!" or "No, not at all," I guess it's okay for me...
Wet Electric @ Big Surf

By Benjamin Leatherman
Oct 3, 2013

Just because Mother Nature's dialed down the blast furnace and summertime is officially over doesn't mean that the pool party season is done quite yet. Nope, it turns out that there's one final water-wing wingding to enjoy before hanging up your swimsuit to dry. The promoters and EDM fiends behind...
Sound Wave Music Festival Holding DJ Battle for Opening Slot at Event

By Benjamin Leatherman
Sep 24, 2012

Attention DJs and EDM artists of the Valley: If y'all are adept at pulling a Rumpelstiltskin and are able to spin up some gold, the promoters of this weekend's Sound Wave Music Festival and have a hankering to hear your stuff. They're currently conducting a massive statewide DJ battle and...
Calvin Harris Announced as Headliner for Sound Wave Music Festival

By Benjamin Leatherman
Jul 18, 2012

See also: Club Candids: Calvin Harris at Myst See also: Sound Wave Music Festival 2012 Announced for September When Scottish electopop producer and vocalist Calvin Harris appeared in Scottsdale in January, he nearly caused a riot. Thousands of club kids and EDM fans jammed into the now-defunct Myst to watch...