Festival Pass: Insomniac goes to the…
Festival Pass: Insomniac goes to the drive-thru; NYE livestreams to watch at home
Plus: How drive-in shows will evolve in 2021
Insomniac's Electric Mile drive-thru experience will feature scenes from the company's biggest festivals including Beyond Wonderland, EDC and Nocturnal Wonderland. The experience will run during select time slots Jan. 1-3 and 7-10 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. (Photo by Gabriel Tiano)
By Vanessa Franko | vfranko@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise
PUBLISHED: December 31, 2020 at 10:41 a.m. | UPDATED: December 31, 2020 at 10:41 a.m.
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We made it. I feel like Gloria Gaynor telling 2020 to just go, to walk out that door, because let's be honest, it's not welcome anymore. I know 2021 isn't going to be immediately better, but I am somewhat hopeful that I will get to see a concert from a location that isn't my couch in the next 12 months.
Speaking of couch concerts, there are a TON of livestreams happening for New Year's Eve, including from drive-in shows by Deadmau5 in San Bernardino and Kaskade in Norco.
Since we're talking about drive-in concerts, Kelli Skye Fadroski looked into a crystal ball with some live entertainment experts to find out how they'll evolve in the coming year.
Also coming up, Insomniac will debut its new Electric Mile drive-thru experience on New Year's Day.
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Roll on through
Promoter Insomniac jumped into livestreams and drive-in shows early on, so it's no surprise that the company is innovating again with a new drive-thru experience at Santa Anita Park. Kelli Skye Fadroski talked to Insomniac founder Pasquale Rotella about Electric Mile, which channels some of the company's most beloved festivals.
CBF Productions' Concerts In Your Car produced dozens of drive-in style concerts at both the Ventura County Fairgrounds and Del Mar Fairgrounds with acts like Third Eye Blind, Sublime with Rome, Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Randy Houser, Chris Janson, The Beach Boys and more. (Photo by Eric Scire)
Driving into 2021
Some Southern California concert promoters pivoted to drive-in events months after the coronavirus pandemic stopped live entertainment. Reporter Kelli Skye Fadroski talked to them about what they've learned and how they'll move forward in the new year.
Andrew McMahon performs during a drive in concert hosted by City National Grove of Anaheim on Friday, July 10, 2020. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Reporters Kelli Skye Fadroski and Richard Guzman teamed up to recap the 10 best socially distanced events of 2020, from drive-thru experiences to drive-in concerts and comedy shows.
In this Aug. 31, 2013 file photo, Deadmau5 performs during the Made in America Music Festival in Philadelphia. The artist will do multiple shows at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, two of which can be streamed on Electronic Dance Music promoter Insomniac's website. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Deadmau5 from your couch
Good news! If you missed your chance to buy a ticket to see Deadmau5 in San Bernardino for NYE, you can watch the livestream from Insomniac. He will also do another livestream this weekend with his Testpilot project. And there are still tickets available for the Jan. 3 Deadmau5 drive-in show, too.
Musical group BTS perfroms onstage during the 2018 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
ICYMI: NYE ideas
Don't forget that there are multiple virtual Southern California NYE happenings going on, including Steve Aoki in L.A. and the grape drop in Temecula. Also, our Bay Area colleague Jim Harrington compiled a bunch of streaming options for New Year's Eve, including performances from BTS, Kiss, the Avett Brothers, Bob Weir and Lucinda Williams.
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Vanessa Franko | Digital Director of Entertainment and Features
Vanessa Franko is the Digital Director of Entertainment and Features for the Southern California News Group. Vanessa graduated from Boston University with a journalism degree and her first newspaper job was in her home state of Maryland working at The Capital in Annapolis, where she was a general assignment and breaking news reporter. Vanessa became the pop culture reporter at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside in 2006 and later took on the music and casinos beats prior to becoming the Features Editor and then Assistant Managing Editor overseeing features and sports. She has reported on everything from the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to the MLB All-Star Game as a reporter, photographer, videographer and on-camera personality. In June 2019, Poynter wrote about Vanessa and the Southern California News Group Entertainment Squad's approach to covering local entertainment journalism. She's seen shows at every major concert venue in Southern California, but most special was when Paul McCartney played the high-desert roadhouse Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneertown for a couple hundred fans in October 2016.
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