To an outsider, it may seem like Los Angeles-based DJ and noted record producer Kaskade has done it all.
Some of his most recent milestones include opening and selling out the brand new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood in 2021. Last year, he teamed up with fellow DJ, Deadmau5, for the Kx5 project, which broke a record for the largest single-day event headlined by an electronic music act in North America when the duo played the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in December. According to Billboard, it was the biggest ticketed global headliner dance event of 2022.
This flurry of activity was “a wild yet enjoyable breeze,” as he described it during a recent interview. Though he’s received numerous accolades, topped the music charts and headlined major festivals around the world, he said there is one thing he still hasn’t done.
Kaskade has never headlined Insomniac’s HARD Summer Music Festival.
He’ll be there this year, topping the bill on the first evening of the two-day event, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary on Aug. 5-6. HARD Summer will take place in multiple venues and across several stages set up at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Exposition Park and BMO Stadium (formerly Banc of California Stadium) in Downtown Los Angeles. Kaskade will also be sharing the stage by doing a B2B set and splitting the decks with fellow DJ John Summit.
“If you can believe it, this is actually the first time I’m playing HARD Summer, which is crazy because I feel like I’ve played at every massive event in California that exists,” he said with a laugh. “I’ve always looked at HARD as the ‘cool guy,’ so I’m happy to be invited. They’ve always been super progressive in who they booked, and it’s the perfect platform for me to finally play a cool back-to-back.”
The popular Southern California EDM fest is returning to Los Angeles for the first time since 2010 and will also serve as part of the LA Coliseum’s centennial anniversary celebration….
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