Galt Gardens will come alive with the sounds of electronica, during the first annual LEMF Lethbridge Electronic Music Festival. So get ready to dance.
“We’ll have nine Djs from out of town and 15 local DJs,” said organizer Jose Streeter.
They will be performing on two stages— in the amphitheatre and on a side stage on the grass. The festival takes place from 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Aug. 18. They are working on having a beer gardens, but the event is designed to be family friendly.
DJs include Deeps, MissDVS, Dom G, Fat Pat, Squalid Squad, MC Twist, D2, Bass Charger and Dubcepticon from out of town, some from a s far away as B.C. and a lot of local DJs.
Streeter noted there are as many types of electronic music as there are genres of music between classical music and rock and roll.
“There are a huge variety of sounds. Electronica music is as different as classical music and rock and roll. But it is a really under-appreciated style of music,” Streeter said adding electronica music has exploded since it hit the mainstream in the late ’90s. It has gained popularity in Lethbridge.
“A lot of the local DJs we know from working with Bassworks,” Streeter said a adding there are other local DJs as well.
“I’ve been wanting to get something like this going ever since I moved here,” Streeter said.