{"id":292490,"date":"2026-04-30T03:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T03:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/292490\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T03:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T03:20:16","slug":"from-crowds-of-80k-to-fresnos-rainbow-ballroom-no-difference-for-star-edm-dj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/292490\/","title":{"rendered":"From crowds of 80K to Fresno\u2019s Rainbow Ballroom. \u2018No difference\u2019 for star EDM DJ"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s a bit of Dillon Francis<\/a> lore.<\/p>\n

The first time he played Fresno as a DJ was opening for the Backstreet Boys. \u201cMy friend Christian TV (now known as JMSN<\/a>) was opening for them, and I was his DJ,\u201d Francis told The Bee via email, likely referring to the boy band\u2019s 2010 tour stop at the Save Mart Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would warm the crowd up the first five minutes before we performed,\u201d he says, talking in advance of a stop at the Rainbow Ballroom on Friday. \u201cWas an insane tour to be on because of all the venues we played.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was before the 38-year-old became a name in the EDM scene, before he had a major label deal or got a nod from Rolling Stone for best electronic album (for his 2014 debut<\/a>). It was before he was rocking stages at mega festivals like Bonnaroo, Coachella and Stagecoach<\/a>, where last weekend he performed with trap-music pioneer Flosstradamus (and also Waka Flacka Flame).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe turned stagecoach into ragecoach,\u201d per Francis\u2019 posting on Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSee you on tour!\u201d<\/p>\n

Dillstradamus at the Rainbow Ballroom<\/p>\n

That tour, dubbed Dillstradamus for the obvious combo of Dillon Francis and Flosstradamus, hits the Rainbow Ballroom on Friday, further cementing the venue as a hot spot for DJs (see Steve Aoki<\/a>, Pauly D).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s actually a throwback to a thing the pair did back in the early 2010s. Those shows, known as Dillstradamus back2back, started as one-off after-party sets (and then its own full tour) They were notorious and \u201cshorthand for a very specific style of mayhem,\u201d according t0 the website EDM.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe hadn\u2019t done a Dillstradamus back2back since 2016,\u201d Francis says. But then, the pair reconnected at a concert-after party in France last year, \u201cand it was so fun. So we decided to run it back on tour.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while the Rainbow Ballroom isn\u2019t some massive festival grounds fit for a crowd of 80,000 people, the scope of the venue won\u2019t change what fans get from Francis. \u201cNo difference for me,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust gonna rock up and do my ttthhaaannnggg.\u201d<\/p>\n