Moonrise Festival is an annual electronic dance music (EDM) festival held in

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. In 2013, the festival was scheduled to be held on June 8 and 9 in

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. However, the festival was cancelled due to event organizers failing to get the necessary city permits. In 2014, the festival was held at

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and was considered an outstanding success with over 30,000 in attendance. The 2015 and 2016 festival were held at the same location on August 8–9, and 6-7 respectively with headliners such as

Bassnectar Lorin Gabriel Ashton, better known under his stage name Bassnectar (born February 16, 1978), is an American DJ and record producer. Biography Ashton grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Bellarmine College Preparatory. He initiall ...

The Chainsmokers The Chainsmokers are an American electronic DJ and production duo consisting of Alexander "Alex" Pall and Andrew "Drew" Taggart. They started out by releasing remixes of songs by indie artists. The EDM- pop duo achieved a breakthrough with the ...

Zedd Anton Zaslavski (russian: Антон Заславский; born 2 September 1989), known professionally as Zedd (), is a Russian-born German disc jockey, DJ, record producer, and songwriter. Zedd grew up and began his musical journey in Kaise ...

, and

Tiësto Tijs Michiel Verwest (; born 17 January 1969), known professionally as Tiësto ( ), is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda. He was voted "the Greatest DJ of All Time" by '' Mix'' magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, he was ...

. The 2017 festival returned to Pimlico on August 12–13 with headliners Zeds Dead,

Pretty Lights Derek Vincent Smith (born November 25, 1981), known by his stage name Pretty Lights, is an American electronic music producer. Pretty Lights was originally a music project consisting of Smith and Michal Menert, who left after the release of their ...

, Carnage, and Dillstradamus. The 2018 edition of the festival took place on August 11–12 with the headliners list including the likes of

Marshmello Christopher Comstock (born May 19, 1992), known professionally as Marshmello, is an American electronic music producer and DJ. His songs "Silence", "Wolves", "Friends", " Happier", and " Alone" have been certified multi-platinum in several ...

Diplo Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD with ...

, and

Cashmere Cat Magnus August Høiberg (born 29 November 1987), known professionally as Cashmere Cat, is a Norwegian DJ, record producer, songwriter and musician. He is best known for producing songs for artists including Kanye West, The Kid Laroi, Selena Gomez ...

. The festival returned to the same location on August 10–11, 2019, headlined by

Illenium Nicholas Daniel Miller (born December 26, 1990), professionally known as Illenium, is an American DJ, record producer, and songwriter. He has released four studio albums, his most recent being '' Fallen Embers'', released in July 2021. It earne ...

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. In 2020 Moonrise announced a move to a 3-day festival. But the COVID-19 pandemic ended up canceling both the 2020 and 2021 occurrences. Moonrise announced a returned to Pimlico again in 2022 with no mention of an extension to 3 days as originally planned for 2020. This would be the first iteration of the festival since the Glow brand had been brought under the Insomniac parent company. On Aug 6–7, 2022 Moonrise returned with headliners including Tiesto,

, and Rezz. Moonrise 2023 has been announced to return to Pimlico again Aug 12–13, 2023. VIP tier 1 ticket prices increased $50, to $275 per person vs Project Glow in DC April 29–30 or the 2022 edition of Moonrise.

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