The Big Event

The Motor City is the site of the three-day Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Meanwhile, Miami holds the ginormous Ultra Music Festival during the annual Winter Music Conference. And jolly old England hosts a half-dozen turntablist throwdowns, including the Global Gathering and Creamfields. Could The Big Event at Firebird Lake, 20000...
By Benjamin LeathermanJuly 23, 2009
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The Motor City is the site of the three-day Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Meanwhile, Miami holds the ginormous Ultra Music Festival during the annual Winter Music Conference. And jolly old England hosts a half-dozen turntablist throwdowns, including the Global Gathering and Creamfields. Could The Big Event at Firebird Lake, 20000 South Maricopa Road in Chandler, on Saturday, July 25, become the Valley’s version of said international EDM extravaganzas? Its organizers are certainly pulling out all the stops and have booked a slew of big names for headlining gigs at the all-night outdoor event, including DJ Dan, Dieselboy, DJ Irene, and Wolfgang Gartner. They’re also planning five stages, huge waterslides, beer gardens, and other madcap musical fun.

Sat., July 25, 7 p.m.-4 a.m., 2009

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music and nightlife. He joined New Times in 2003. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

benjamin.leatherman@newtimes.com

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