îLESONIQ presented by Bell, Canada’s premiere dance music festival, celebrates nine years of moving the masses with a non-stop party featuring many of the world’s top DJs and performers, carefully selected, curated and scheduled to give festivalgoers an epic musical journey they won’t forget.
This year, the îLESONIQ team took great care to program a cohesive and diversified daily line up that appeals to lovers of many styles and subgenres within the dance world and keep them dancin’ all weekend. With so many amazing artists assembled at one festival, the idea is to spread out the acts so that fans of any particular genre won’t have to choose between their favourites, as schedule conflicts were a huge consideration when putting the puzzle pieces together.
Of course, the DNA of the festival remains steeped in EDM, so fans of massive mainstream bangers will be super served some of the biggest acts in the world on the enormous Bell OASIS stage. Saturday and Sunday respectively, the mainstage will be headlined by the incomparable DJ Snake and none other than the Godfather of EDM, Tiësto. Before the smorgasbord of lasers, video and pyro brighten the night on the festival main stage, Loud Luxury and Subtronics will both perform a memorable sunset performance on Bell OASIS. This is also where fans will be able to enjoy Zedd, Timmy Trumpet and Audien playing B2B with Jason Ross who will prove once more that “progressive house never died”.
As the festival has evolved, so have the stages and musical genres. So this year, for the first time, on Saturday the MIRAGE stage will host some of the best in underground house and melodic techno. Fans can expect an unbelievable lineup on that stage featuring Ukrainian DJ superstar Miss Monique – a very special act for Montrealers, who will no doubt remember her one-of-a-kind performance at our very own Biosphere in 2022 for Le Cercle. Actor and DJ Idris Elba will bring his superstar power to the MIRAGE stage as well. Underground house fans won’t want to miss Green Velvet and Patrick Topping’s exclusive back-to-back set.
With the famed Coca-Cola NEON stage surround sound system in place, acts like Paris-born Samplifire will get people’s faces melting, while Montreal favourite, Wooli will return with one of his triumphant sets.To close the stage that day, Sub Focus & Dimension will deliver a shot of heavy drum & bass that will shake the entire island – their only joint performance in North America.The MIRAGE stage on Sunday is where bass fans will be headed, to experience NGHTMRE meeting JAUZ for a loud and fiery B2B which will be tailored for îLESONIQ. If that weren’t enough chaos, MASTERHAND will make a festival appearance to close out the MIRAGE stage – the twisted DJ supergroup features 3 heavyweights from the dubstep scene: Space Laces, Eptic, and Svdden Death who will elevate things to ecstatic levels.
Sunday’s lineup at the Coca-Cola NEON stage will be a treat for fans of techno and house, with acts like Italian couple Giolì & Assia, Lilly Palmer, veteran Paul Kalkbrenner, and Space 92 x Popof present: TURBULENCES, a project that was conceived for the sole purpose of being an unforgettable live experience. Fans can also expect some special surprises with added production on the Coca-Cola NEON stage that will light up the performances and bring everything to the next level.
îLESONIQ will be taking place at Montreal’s Parc Jean Drapeau on August 10th and 11th! 2-day tickets are already on sale, and single-day tickets will be available starting March 19th at 11am! For tickets and information, click here!