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Goldrush Music Festival 2018 Was Pure Gold

By Benjamin Leatherman

Monday, October 1, 2018 at 9:11 a.m.

Benjamin Leatherman Welcome to this year's Goldrush Music Festival. 1/51

Benjamin Leatherman Born Dirty performs on The Hideout stage. 2/51

Benjamin Leatherman The Pioneer Peak stage during Blossom's set. 3/51

Benjamin Leatherman Yes, they had a Ferris wheel there. 4/51

Benjamin Leatherman All aboard. 5/51

Benjamin Leatherman Showing off his two-steppin' skills. 6/51

Benjamin Leatherman Gordon Ramsay makes an appearance at Goldrush. 7/51

Benjamin Leatherman Local artist Spawk paints a mural at Goldrush. 8/51

Benjamin Leatherman Stevie-C raps during his performance on the Wagon Wheel stage. 9/51

Benjamin Leatherman A painting for sale at a vendor tent. 10/51

Benjamin Leatherman DJ duo Animate performs at the Wagon Wheel stage. 11/51

Benjamin Leatherman Deadmau5 performed atop a giant cube. 12/51

Benjamin Leatherman That's not the real Deadmau5. 13/51

Benjamin Leatherman Tripping the light fantastic. 14/51

Benjamin Leatherman Showing some love for Deadmau5. 15/51

Benjamin Leatherman This is what headbanging looks like at an EDM festival. 16/51

Benjamin Leatherman Deadmau5 headlines the first night of the 2018 Goldrush Music Festival. 17/51

Benjamin Leatherman An attendee of the Goldrush Music Festival gets a photo. 18/51

Benjamin Leatherman Hip-hop artist Vincent Staples helps wrap up the first night of the Goldrush Music Festival. 19/51

Benjamin Leatherman A huge crowd gathered for Vincent Staples' set at Goldrush. 20/51

Benjamin Leatherman She's feeling the music. 21/51

Benjamin Leatherman Vince Staples performed many of his hits, including "Norf Norf" and "Blue Suede." 22/51

Benjamin Leatherman Alternative hip-hop artist JPEGMAFIA gets the second day going on Sunday. 23/51

Benjamin Leatherman JPEGMAFIA busted out with a very active set. 24/51

Benjamin Leatherman JPEGMAFIA really got into his performance. 25/51

Benjamin Leatherman Fans got to experience JPEGMAFIA up close as he took his performance into the crowd a few different times. 26/51

Benjamin Leatherman JPEGMAFIA put on one of the most memorable sets of the festival. 27/51

Benjamin Leatherman JPEGMAFIA threw a lot of energy into his set. 28/51

Benjamin Leatherman Riding high. 29/51

Benjamin Leatherman Trippy. 30/51

Benjamin Leatherman One of the many costumed attendees of Goldrush. 31/51

Benjamin Leatherman A silhouette of EDM artist/producer TOKiMONSTA. 32/51

Benjamin Leatherman TOKiMONSTA handed out dozens of rabbit masks to the crowd during her set. 33/51

Benjamin Leatherman TOKiMONSTA does her thing. 34/51

Benjamin Leatherman A fan of EDM trio Black Tiger Sex Machine. 35/51

Benjamin Leatherman Two of the three members of Black Tiger Sex Machine during their set. 36/51

Benjamin Leatherman BTSM fans show the love. 37/51

Benjamin Leatherman Nicholas D. Miller, better known as Illenium. 38/51

Benjamin Leatherman Illenium's set was big on energy. 39/51

Benjamin Leatherman A huge crowd at the Golden Gorge main stage. 40/51

Benjamin Leatherman Illenium laid down a mix of trap, future bass, and hip-hop during his set. 41/51

Benjamin Leatherman Rich the Kid's set got off to a bit of a late start, but the rapper made up for it with a great performance. 42/51

Benjamin Leatherman Rich the Kid was on fire during his set. 43/51

Benjamin Leatherman Rich the Kid released his debut album, The World is Yours, back in March. 44/51

Benjamin Leatherman Steve Aoki was all about the energy during his headlining set on Sunday night. 45/51

Benjamin Leatherman If you say so. 46/51

Benjamin Leatherman One of the many costumed dancers that performed onstage at Goldrush. 47/51

Benjamin Leatherman Entertainment was everywhere at Goldrush, including juggling. 48/51

Benjamin Leatherman The crowd at the Golden Gorge stage during Steve Aoki's performance. 49/51

Benjamin Leatherman Rapper Kevin Gates had the honor of performing the final set of the weekend at Goldrush. 50/51

Benjamin Leatherman Kevin Gates doing his thing. 51/51

Goldrush Music Festival 2018 Was Pure Gold

One of the Valley's biggest music events of the fall took place on Saturday, September 29, and Sunday, September 30, when Goldrush Music Festival 2018 took over Rawhide Western Town in Chandler. The two-day event features a treasure trove of hip-hop and electronic dance music with over-the-top performances by such gems as Vince Staples, Deadmau5, Illenium, Deorro, Kevin Gates, TOKiMONSTA, Rich the Kid, and JPEGMAFIA.

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