Toronto’s Electric Island is heading into its fifth season, and it not taking this anniversary lightly. Following the announcement of a second stage, which will be added to this year’s program, Electric Island is ready to take the festival world by storm with a season line-up that is fire.
Electric Island will be spread out over the course of five shows (Victoria Day- Monday, May 22, Canada Day – Saturday, July 1, Civic Holiday – Monday, August 7 and Labour Day weekend – Sunday, September 3 and Monday, September 4), Electric Island will proudly host the industry's most in-demand and forward-thinking musicians to help celebrate 5 years of island magic.
The full 2017 roster has been released including the incredibly humble and passionate Atish, Brooklyn's ingenious music duo Bedouin, the face of Berlin techno Ben Klock, dance music's contemporary spokeswoman The Black Madonna, Tel Aviv-born producer & Rumors artist Chaim, techno pioneer & CLR records founder Chris Liebing, Dirtybird boss Claude VonStroke, American modern-funk musician Dâm-Funk, Swiss techno producer Deetron, Innervisions front man Dixon, UK's most exciting electronic export Dusky, House music beast Eats Everything, the master of lush melodies Gab Rhome, Toronto's very own Techno guru Greg Gow, Numbers co-founder Jackmaster, Dutch sensation Joris Voorn, electronic music's innovative and experimental producer KiNK [Live], Britain's critically acclaimed downtempo act Leon Vynehall, dance music superstar and Ellum label boss Maceo Plex, Australia's fierce rising star Mall Grab, the melodic and emotionally-provocative Mano Le Tough, Techno trio My Favorite Robot, Russian techno vixen and трип (‘Trip') ambassador Nina Kraviz, No.19's co-founder Nitin, Kompakt-frequenter Rebolledo, the dark tranquil techno sounds of Berlin's Recondite, psychedelic electronic act Red Axes, Germany's left field techno professor Roman Flügel, Defected's Australian-born Sonny Fodera, Crew Love members and infectious music duo Soul Clap, world renowned electronic act and Cocoon boss ‘Papa Sven' aka Sven Väth, and Anjunadeep's Finnish producer Yotto. A Secret Guest will be announced for the Canada Day edition… stay tuned!
In Toronto's own backyard, local support will include: Addy, Alberto Jossue, Aleksander Kojic, Andrew Choe, Brian Johnson, Borzoo, Chris Larsen, Gera, Jeff Button, Jonathan Rosa, Jamie Kidd, Koki, Nadia, Nature of Music, Night Vision, Simon Jain, Talal & Zoi, and Terence Kissner.
GA TICKETS $50.00 + HST | VIP TICKETS $70.00 + HST
[PRICES GO UP TUESDAY APRIL 18 AT 10:00 PM EDT]
*FERRY BOAT NOT INCLUDED
2017 SEASON LINE-UP
ATISH
BEDOUIN
BEN KLOCK
THE BLACK MADONNA
CHAIM
CHRIS LIEBING
CLAUDE VONSTROKE
DÂM-FUNK
DEETRON
DIXON
DUSKY
EATS EVERYTHING
GAB RHOME
GREG GOW
JACKMASTER
JORIS VOORN
KINK [LIVE]
LEON VYNEHALL
MACEO PLEX
MALL GRAB
MANO LE TOUGH
MY FAVORITE ROBOT
NITIN
REBOLLEDO
RECONDITE
RED AXES
ROMAN FLÜGEL
SECRET GUEST TBA
SONNY FODERA
SOUL CLAP
SVEN VÄTH
YOTTO
