Identity Festival

The Identity Festival was an American annual music festival that featured popular electronic music artists. The festival toured various North American cities.

Identity Festival
Kerli performing at Identity Festival in 2012
Genre	Electronic-music festival
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Touring various cities in North America
Years active	Two
Inaugurated	2011 (2011)
Most recent	August 19, 2012, (in Phoenix, Arizona, Arizona, United States)
Website	idfestival.com

Conception

The talent agency William Morris Endeavor recognized the demand for electronic music and organized the festival and tour that promised fans of the genre a "full electronic music experience".

2011

Artist lineup

• Aeroplane
• Afrobeta
• Avicii
• Booka Shade
• Chuckie
• Datsik
• Disco Biscuits
• DJ Shadow
• Doorly
• The Eye
• Holy Ghost!
• Jessie and The Toy Boys
• Kaskade
• L.A. Riots
• Modeselektor
• N.E.R.D.
• Nero
• Nervo
• Pete Tong
• Pretty Lights
• Rusko
• Skrillex
• Steve Aoki
• The Crystal Method
• White Shadow

Tour dates and venues

• August 11: Indianapolis, IN @Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
• August 12: Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
• August 13: Pittsburgh, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion
• August 14: Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
• August 16: Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
• August 18: Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
• August 19: Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
• August 20: Boston, MA @ Comcast Center
• August 21: Wantagh, NY @ Jones Beach Amphitheatre
• August 23: Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
• August 24: Tampa, FL @ 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre
• August 25: Miami, FL @ Klipsch Amphitheatre @ Bayfront Park (canceled)
• August 27: Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
• August 28: Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion
• August 30: Albuquerque, NM @ Hard Rock Casino Presents: The Pavilion
• September 2: San Diego, CA @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
• September 3: San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
• September 4: Los Angeles, CA @ San Manuel Amphitheater – San Bernardino, CA
• September 5: Las Vegas, NV TBD
• September 10: Seattle, WA @ The Gorge

2012

Artist lineup

• Adrian Lux
• Arty
• Audrey Napoleon
• Bingo Players
• Cole Plante
• Datsik
• D3FF & AKTEC
• Doctor P
• DVBBS
• Eric Prydz
• Eva Simons
• Excision
• The Eye
• The Gaslamp Killer
• Hardwell
• Jdevil
• Kerli
• Le Castle Vania
• Madeon
• Mighty Fools
• Nero
• Noisia
• Paul Van Dyk
• Porter Robinson
• Showtek
• Static Revenger
• Stephan Jacobs
• Wolfgang Gartner

Tour dates and venues

• July 19: Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
• July 20: Detroit, MI @ Elektricity Festival Grounds
• July 21: Toronto, Canada @ Echo Beach powered by Rogers
• July 26: Mansfield, MA @ Comcast Center
• July 27: Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
• July 28: Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
• July 29: Philadelphia, PA @ Festival Pier at Penn's Landing
• August 2: Atlanta, GA @ Aarons Amphitheatre
• August 3: Tampa, FL @ 1-800 Ask Gary Amphitheatre
• August 4: Miami @ Klipsch Amphitheatre at Bayfront
• August 10: Dallas @ Gexa Energy Pavilion
• August 11: Houston @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
• August 17: San Francisco @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
• August 18: San Diego @ Cricket Amphitheatre
• August 19: Phoenix @ Pavilion Amphitheatre

See also

• List of electronic music festivals
• Music of the United States

External links

• idfestival.com, the festival's official website