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Sarah Hopkin <\/p>\n Sarah Hopkin <\/p>\n
Igloofest<\/a>, the outdoor winter EDM festival, debuted in Edmonton on March 12\u201314. The festival has deep roots in Montreal, where it launched in 2007 in the Old Port and built a reputation as one of the coldest \u2014 and most committed \u2014 electronic music events in the world.\u00a0The setup at Fan Park in the ICE District stuck pretty close to the original formula.<\/p>\n The festival even leaned into that mindset with its unofficial \u201cdress code,\u201d encouraging attendees to balance warmth with their rave fits. This year\u2019s \u201cparty animal\u201d theme showed up exactly how you\u2019d expect. There was neon, faux fur, and ski suits that probably haven\u2019t been worn since the early 2000s.<\/p>\n For a debut year, the line up was ambitious, with artists like Alison Wonderland<\/a>, Disclosure<\/a>, and Deadmau5<\/a>. All figures with long-standing influence in electronic music. However, the bill wasn\u2019t all out-of-town names. Some Edmonton talent being featured as well, including local DJs like Mikey Wong<\/a> and Kosmix<\/a>.<\/p>\n