A new electronic dance music festival is coming to downtown Syracuse.
Zash Global Media and Entertainment Corp., a local startup that’s aiming to become the next TikTok and more, will present the first-ever Dandelion Music Festival on Oct. 2, from 4-11 p.m. in Clinton Square.
Admission to the all-ages event is free, but attendees must RSVP for free tickets at eventbrite.com.
The Dandelion will be headlined by two big-name DJs, Nicky Romero and Deorro, and feature EDM artists like Andrew Moore, also known as Kryoman; the EC Twins; Tadeo Fernandez; Talia Eisset; and the mysterious masked producer SVNF8. All are world-touring musicians and producers known for house, trap and other genres.
According to a press release, the fest will feature food trucks, beer, wine, a massive laser show, trampoline artists from Cirque du Soleil, the Burning Man art installation “The Pool” by Jen Lewin, and experienced crew members from the Ultra Fest in Miami. Aspiring musicians can also record a demo at Lomo booths on site for a chance to be reviewed by music executives at Lomo Records.
The concert will also be live-streamed on the Lomotif app, a free TikTok-like video-editing service owned by Zash with more than 31 million monthly users.
Zash Global was started in December by owner Ted Farnsworth, a Mohawk Valley native who previously was chairman of MoviePass and recently agreed to pay $8.5 million to buy the Greater Syracuse Soundstage, formerly known as the nano film hub in DeWitt. The company aims to make movies, TV shows, educational programming and record albums in Central New York.
Romero is a Dutch DJ with 5.7 million monthly listeners on Spotify and is known for tracks like “I Could Be the One” (with Avicii), “Toulouse,” and “I Need You to Know” (with Armin van Buuren). He’s also produced songs for Britney Spears and Rihanna, plus remixed songs by David Guetta, Martin Garrix, Afrojack, Kygo and Steve Aoki.
Deorro, an L.A.-based DJ and producer whose real name is Erick Orrosquieta, is best known for the 2017 Chris Brown collaboration “Five More Hours,” which has nearly 600 million streams on Spotify. His credits also include “Perdoname” (with DyCy and Adrian Delgado) and “Bailar” (with Elvis Crespo), plus remixes of Laidback Luke, Seve Aoki, Timmy Trumpet and Chuckie.
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