It’s the final countdown until Houston’s premier Halloween event! Something Wicked returns to haunt the Sam Houston Race Park on Saturday, October 26th. A couple months ago, we gave all you Wicked fans the chance to name Something Wicked’s trance stage. We’ve tallied all your ghoulish votes and we are excited to announce that Mystic Meadows will be the hosting stage to our world-renowned trance acts!

Congratulations to our randomly selected voter, Jackson Nelson, who will win two VIP tickets to the sinful affair this weekend. Thanks for helping us name our stage and we’ll see you all on the dance floor soon!

Tickets are still available, buy your tickets today!

Mystic Meadows Stage Schedule

• 10:30 PM – 12:00 AM ATB
• 09:30 PM – 10:30 PM Cosmic Gate
• 08:30 PM – 09:30 PM Aly & Fila
• 07:30 PM – 08:30 PM Sean Tyas
• 06:30 PM – 07:30 PM Shogun
• 05:30 PM – 06:30 PM Simon Patterson
• 04:30 PM – 05:30 PM Arnej
• 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM Liquid Todd
• 02:45 PM – 03:30 PM Wes Walz
• 02:00 PM – 02:45 PM Andrew Parsons

Holland based duo Firebeatz have made a reputable name for themselves in dance music. The Something Wicked duo consisting of Tim Smulders and Jurre van Doeselaar first stormed onto the music scene in 2008 and today, they continue to wow listeners with their innate musical chemistry.

Even before the inception of Firebeatz, the boys were always interested in music. Tim used to DJ drum and bass before taking up house music and Jurre learned music production on a Roland MC 505 before he started playing local clubs at 16. Their love of music would eventually bring them together in school. “We met each other at The School of Arts for Music Production. And that’s where we met and there was like an assignment to work together and yeah that’s where it all started. We made a track together and it worked really well and it got played by DJ’s and then got released, we were like well we should do something with this and that’s where Firebeatz started.”

In the summer of 2008, Firebeatz released their first single “Speak up” and shortly after, released “We’re Going Back.” With their unique sound of infectious bass hooks, grooves, compulsive beats and pristine vocals, the tracks received massive airplay on Dutch radio stations. “We started to make some tracks together and noticed that we had the chemistry going and we never stopped since and it worked out great. Somehow people like what we do and play/buy our stuff and book us, that’s how we can keep doing what we love to do.”

Though we love their originals, Firebeatz have a knack for remixing and collaborations too. Having produced official remixes for artists like Pitbull, James Blunt, Snoop Dogg, Freestylers, Flo-Rida, Timbaland and many more, the summer of 2012 brought a collaboration with Chocolate Puma for the track “Just One More Time Baby.” Receiving rave reviews from BBC Radio, “Just One More Time Baby” topped Beatport’s House chart for several weeks. Following that track’s success was one of their biggest collaboration to date, “Dear New York.” Featuring rising talent Schella, the single shot up Beatport’s main chart remaining the top 10 for several weeks.

This year continues to be an enormous success for the duo with club bangers like “Gangster,” “Ding Dong” and an exclusive remix of “Thinking About You” by Calvin Harris and Ayah Marar. Though their current tour schedule is full of festival gigs and performances around the globe, Firebeatz are making a stop in Houston on Saturday, October 26th at Something Wicked. Buy your tickets before it’s too late.

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Acquiring a taste for guitar and drums when he was growing up in Los Angeles, at the age of 14, Something Wicked artist Deorro started DJing at local gigs and house events. Formally known as Ton!c, Deorro turned his love for music into a career when he began to produce his own tracks.

Not long after he released his music on Soundcloud, Deorro began to garner a huge following. His music began to spread rapidly with releases like “Fire” and “Voodoo” having hit over one million downloads on the web. After this milestone, Deorro sold out two events in Australia, helping to solidify his position on the international DJ circuit.

Now 22 years old, Deorro has two sons and his dedication has turned into a remarkable lifestyle change for the better, “I never imagined it would be like this, traveling all days around the world. The thing that makes me very happy is that I can help my sons and my family. In my childhood, things were not very good but now that I have reach this success I think it’s time to give back to my parents and my people what they gave me. I’ll never stop working!”

With over 80,000 followers on Soundcloud, Deorro is one of the youngest international talents gracing the charts today. Dubbing his unique genre of electro house “Panda Funk,” Deorro’s EP Elevation reached the Beatport’s Top 20 electro house chart and even gained support from artists like Laidback Luke, Tiësto, Kaskade and Steve Aoki.

Although he’s released music on a variety of different labels like “Bounce” on Laidback Luke’s Mixmash Records, “Get Up” on Sidney Samson’s Rock The Houze Records and “Faster Horses” on Ultra Records, he’s also created his own label PandaFunk Records, an imprint showcasing his signature style.

Deorro’s music is a mixture of catchy melodies, big sweeps and hard breakdowns. Merging the two parts of his last name, the name Deorro is seemingly everywhere, releasing some top quality Dutch electro and progressive influenced bangers. But the styles that he’s influenced by don’t stop there. Still high off of his Elevation EP out on Dim Mak, Deorro seamlessly tied drumstep, house, dutch, trance, heavy electro, and even some moombahcore elements in the the release, expanding on a sound that is uniquely his own.

You can join the #PandaFam when he takes the stage on Saturday, October 26th for Houston’s Something Wicked. Tickets are still avialabel online, buy your tickets today!

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The Egyptian trance duo Aly & Fila were both born in 1981 and have known each other most of their lives. The Something Wicked duo built their first studio in 1999 where they began DJing and producing dance music. Full names Aly Amr Fathalah and Fadi Wassef Naguib, these two were initially inspired by the music of Paul Van Dyk, Steve Helstrip and Chicane. Fila says, “Actually, being born in Egypt, music is a very big thing growing up. Whether it is the oriental or Egyptian music, or the Western music. People love music in Egypt. It has a lot of meaning in the people’s lives. It was like that for Aly and me. We were growing up on music. Then we started listening to Western music when we were teenagers. People who would travel to Europe, we would get them to bring back CDs, since there was no Internet. It was very difficult to find out about electronic music. So all these people who would be coming back from Germany or England would be bringing us back CDs, so that is how we got exposed to that music.”

In 2003, Aly & Fila broke into the European market by signing with the German record label, Euphonic Records. Their first release “Eye of Hours” received the support from renowned artists like Armin Van Buuren, Tiësto and Paul Van Dyk. The track was eventually licensed to Fundamental Recordings and increased the boys’ exposure by climbing to the #4 position on the Dutch dance charts.

Subsequently launching their first label named Offshore after meeting Swiss producer Andy Prinz in 2009, they released their first single “Spirit of Ka,” which made its way onto numerous radio shows. The high-energy purveyors are no strangers to radio as the two host an internet show of their own every Monday called Future Sound of Egypt, showcasing their favorite upcoming talents from home.

Currently, the boys are celebrating their latest collaboration “Vapourize” with John O’Callaghan, which has already been deemed a Beatport “slam-dunk.” We can’t wait to hear the future sounds of Egypt when Aly & Fila take the stage on Saturday, October 26th for Something Wicked 2013. Buy your tickets before it’s too late.

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Over the next few days, we will be releasing the artist schedules for our stages at Something Wicked. Haunting the Sam Houston Race Park on Saturday, October 26th, this years event will be spread over three areas of sound. Use the schedule to find out when your favorite artists are playing so you don’t have to miss any awesome sets from our talented roster.

The Shadowlands stage will play host chock-full of world-renowned acts. The stage will feature names like Tiësto, Wolfgang Gartner, tommy-trash and our Mixify winner Vice Club!

To get a taste of what you might hear at the Shadowlands stage, check out our Beatport chart for 10 tracks from our talented lineup.

Tickets are still available to the celebration, so buy your tickets today and secure your spot on the dance floor!

Shadowlands Stage Schedule

• 10:30 PM – 12:00 AM Tiësto
• 09:30 PM – 10:30 PM Wolfgang Gartner
• 08:30 PM – 09:30 PM Tommy Trash
• 07:30 PM – 08:30 PM Dyro
• 06:30 PM – 07:30 PM Deorro
• 05:30 PM – 06:30 PM Firebeatz
• 04:30 PM – 05:30 PM Ryan Hemsworth & Cyril Hahn
• 04:00 PM – 04:30 PM Henry Krinkle
• 03:00 PM – 04:00 PM Surain
• 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM Vice Club

You don’t have to be a DJ, promoter or dancer to be a part of your local dance scene. Volunteering is a great way to get involved while helping the festival community – and there are lots of benefits for doing it too! If and when you volunteer at Houston’s premier Halloween event, Something Wicked, you’ll receive access to the festival, learn about operations at a major festival event and meet other Wicked souls like yourself with similar interests. If you’ve always wanted to get involved, but didn’t know how, here is your chance.

Though our Wicked volunteers won’t need a ticket, you’ll be asked to complete a specific amount of shift hours in order to gain access to the show. If you don’t fulfill your required hours, you will be charged for a single day ticket with the account information you have provided. Additionally, volunteers who do not show up for their shifts will be charged as well.

If you’re interested in volunteering and feeding your devilish side with Something Wicked, please email volunteers@somethingwickedfestival.com with your full name, email address, phone number, date of birth (to confirm that you are at least 18 years old) and attach your résumé. Once we have your application for consideration, we’ll contact you with more details.

Something Wicked duo Adventure Club have been rapidly ascending the dance music scene since they first got together in 2011. Hailing from Montréal, the duo formed while attending high school as a hardcore pop-punk band, but later decided to move onto the sounds of bass. The first song to put the duo on the map was their remix of Brand New’s song “Daisy” which increased their following exponentially after it was uploaded to the music aggregator site Hype Machine.

Influenced by the sounds of Tiësto, Flux Pavilion and Skrillex, the duo developed a signature style that merges high-pitched female vocals with heavy drops. “We were big into the hardcore scene and our friends showed us this remix album they had and Tech 1 did a remix of ‘Sleep with One Eye Open’ and it blended electronic and hardcore music together. We loved it so we started messing around with those kind of sounds.”

With a studio session early after their initial debut, the boys released a handful of tracks, catapulting them to fame. Remixes like “Crave You” or “Youth” by Foxes showcase Adventure Club’s characteristic blend of syncopated rhythms, emotional melodies coupled with emotive vocals, and smooth bass aligning each track. Some of their signature sound can also be attributed to the software Cakewalk SONAR that they use to produce their music.

Currently buzzing from their latest release “Gold” featuring Yuna, come get your dose of adventure this Saturday, October 26th as Adventure Club makes their way to Houston’s Something Wicked. There’s still time to buy your tickets online!

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A New York native now residing in Switzerland, Something Wicked artist Sean Tyas first burst on the scene in 2006 when Sander van Doorn selected him as the winner of the “Punk’d’ Remix Competition.” The Discover label later went on to sign up his early releases like “Lift” which grabbed the attention of many in the trance community.

As part of a new age of trance DJs, Sean has stood out among the rest by creating a recognizable trance style and sound. “Back in the late 90s, I started listening to sets from early Paul van Dyk, Tiësto, Ferry Corsten and Paul Oakenfold. I was previously into hardcore, gabber, jungle and drum and bass, so this was a huge change for me and a beautiful sound compared to the others. My all time biggest inspiration was Paul van Dyk. He began this specific type of trance and I don’t think anyone can deny that.”

With a pin point on his signature sound, Sean Tyas began to emerge as one of the most talented and in demand producers in the industry today, working with the likes of Armin van Buuren on “Intricacy” and requested remixer for “Suburban Train” for Tiësto, “Oceanic” for Above & Beyond and “Waiting’ for Dash Berlin.

Sean’s meteoric rise has been is reflected in various accolades such as being awarded “Best New Face” at the Trance Awards, “Best New DJs” slot on Mixmag’s list and also appearing on Beatport’s “One To Watch.”

Sean’s in demand sounds are backed by a genuine love for the music and a clear passion for his fans. Having toured the world performing at the most prestigious dance music festivals with his mixing style and a recognizable trance sound, we can’t to hear Sean’s intensely serene sounds when he takes the stage on Saturday, October 26th for Houston’s Something Wicked 2013. Buy your tickets today!

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We’ve only got 10 days until Something Wicked haunts the Sam Houston Race Park on All Hallows Eve. There is much in store for your devilish side, so come and join us – if you dare. Buy your tickets now!

For the days leading up to Houston’s premier Halloween event, we want to give some of you ghouls some treats, never tricks. Get Caught doing something wicked for the chance to elevate your experience on Saturday, October 26th. Winners of the contest can either upgrade their tickets to VIP or receive the Something Wicked Prize Pack, complete with our commemorative poster and t-shirt. You wanna Get Caught? Here’s how:

How To Enter:

• Upload the “I’m Going to Something Wicked” graphic as your default photo on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
• Post a status, tweet or photograph about Something Wicked, making sure to and tag Something Wicked’s respective accounts (Facebook | Twitter | Instagram)
• Every day, one winner who posted that day will be chosen to win their choice of a VIP Upgrade to the festival or the Something Wicked Prize Pack.
• Get Caught Doing Something Wicked will run up to the day of festival.

With less than two weeks remaining before we head out to the Sam Houston Race Park on Saturday, October 26th, Something Wicked will be here before you know it. As the fateful day draws closer, we’ve started releasing artist schedules by stage – do you know when your favorite bass acts are playing?

The trance stage will be hosting some of the pioneers and breakout successes of the genre. With artists from all over the world scheduled to perform like ATB, Cosmic Gate and Shogun, get ready for an intensively euphoric experience at the Halloween event. To get a taste of what you might hear at the trance stage, check out our Beatport chart for 10 tracks from our talented lineup.

Tickets are still available, buy your tickets today!

Trance Stage Schedule

• 10:30 PM – 12:00 AM ATB
• 09:30 PM – 10:30 PM Cosmic Gate
• 08:30 PM – 09:30 PM Aly & Fila
• 07:30 PM – 08:30 PM Sean Tyas
• 06:30 PM – 07:30 PM Shogun
• 05:30 PM – 06:30 PM Simon Patterson
• 04:30 PM – 05:30 PM Arnej
• 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM Liquid Todd
• 02:45 PM – 03:30 PM Wes Walz
• 02:00 PM – 02:45 PM Andrew Parsons

Vote for Your Favorite Stage Name!

A couple months ago, we gave you Wicked fans the chance to name Something Wicked’s trance stage. Here are the top 5 choices waiting on your votes. The name with the most votes wins!

• Spirit Realm
• Dreamer’s Domain
• Mystic Meadows
• Moonlight Labyrinth
• Aurora Dreams

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