EDC Las Vegas 2026 opens May 15

Insomniac opened EDC Las Vegas on Friday, May 15, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, beginning a three-night edition that runs through Sunday, May 17. The company is billing the event as the 30th anniversary of EDC Las Vegas, and its official event pages list the festival as sold out. (insomniac.com) The 2026 edition follows a new World Party Parade on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, May 14, a free all-ages event that Insomniac said was created to mark “30 years Under the Electric Sky.” (press.insomniac.com) Friday’s launch comes with the usual overnight festival schedule and a parallel digital rollout. Insomniac’s YouTube presence and Insomniac Radio site both promoted live EDC coverage for the weekend, while EDC’s website published set times by day and stage. (youtube.com) The festival site also points fans to maps, guide information and stage breakdowns for the Speedway grounds. ### When exactly is EDC Las Vegas running this year? May 15, May 16 and May 17 are the listed festival dates on both Insomniac’s event hub and the official EDC Las Vegas site. Hotel EDC packages are listed separately as May 15-18, and Camp EDC is listed as May 14-18, reflecting the broader weekend footprint around the main festival. (insomniac.com) Las Vegas is also hosting EDC Week events from May 13 through May 19, according to Insomniac’s regional events page. That schedule includes club events, pool parties and other branded programming around the festival weekend. ### Who is on the bill once the gates open? (youtube.com) Insomniac said in its lineup announcement that EDC Las Vegas 2026 features more than 200 artists. The company’s lineup materials and set-times page show a mix of headliners and genre-specific bookings across the Speedway’s main stages and art cars. Friday’s posted schedule includes FISHER at Kinetic Field, Underworld at Cosmic Meadow, Peggy Gou at Neon Garden and Paul van Dyk at Quantum Valley. (insomniac.com) The same Friday listing also includes Charlotte de Witte, The Chainsmokers, Chris Lorenzo, Eli Brown, Joseph Capriati, Robert Hood and Avalon Emerson. (insomniac.com) The official stage guide lists Kinetic Field, Cosmic Meadow, Circuit Grounds, Neon Garden, Basspod, Wasteland, Quantum Valley, Stereo Bloom and Bionic Jungle, alongside roaming art cars. Insomniac describes those spaces as the festival’s core music hubs, with genre programming ranging from trance and techno to bass music, hard dance and house. (press.insomniac.com) ### What changed before opening day on the Strip? Thursday, May 14, brought a new World Party Parade on the Las Vegas Strip before the Speedway opening. Insomniac said the parade was scheduled for 6 p.m. Pacific time and would feature more than 30 art cars with sound systems, DJs and performers. (lasvegas.electricdaisycarnival.com) The company first disclosed the parade during its February “Music Through Music” lineup reveal and later described it as free and open to all. That made the parade one of the clearest new public-facing additions tied to the 2026 anniversary edition. (lasvegas.electricdaisycarnival.com) ### Where can people follow the festival without being there? Insomniac’s YouTube channels promoted EDC Las Vegas 2026 livestream coverage ahead of opening day, including stage-specific live streams. Insomniac Radio’s homepage also carried EDC Las Vegas live and replay programming tied to the weekend. (press.insomniac.com) The official EDC Las Vegas site is also serving as the central reference point for set times, maps, guide information and stage descriptions. Friday, Saturday and Sunday schedules are already posted there by stage. ### What happens next over the rest of the weekend? (press.insomniac.com) Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 17, are the remaining festival dates listed for EDC Las Vegas 2026. Insomniac’s posted schedules indicate the weekend continues across the Speedway’s main stages, while EDC Week events in Las Vegas run through May 19. Set times, livestream access and festival guide updates remain available through EDC’s official website, Insomniac’s YouTube channels and Insomniac Radio. (youtube.com) Friday’s opening is the first night of a sold-out, three-day run at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. (insomniac.com 1) (insomniac.com 2) (lasvegas.electricdaisycarnival.com)