In Boom, Belgium last weekend, the biggest dance festival in the world celebrated its 11th edition. Fans from over 100 countries converged in the small village and were transported to the pastel-tinged fantasyland of their dreams as over 400 of the biggest DJs in the world dropped beats for three days and nights straight.
Fest300 was there, getting an inside look at all the madness. Here’s our visual tour of what went down on July 24-26 at Tomorrowland
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Ravers traversed bridges and meadows decorated like fairy tales to go from stage to stage.
The Barong Family Stage was a trapped-out ragefest.
This fantastical library stage hosted Jamie Jones’ Paradise and Sven Vath’s Cocoon Stages.
Fireworks lit up the night sky every evening, turning Belgium into a fantastical land of magic.
Over 100 countries were represented. This group came all the way from Zimbabwe.
Up on a hill by its lonesome, this small stage hosted some of the deepest dance music at the whole festival.
On a hill at the back of the main stage, the flags of the world gathered in a show of international unity.
The main stage was a tremendous, gothic spectacle, full to the brim every day and night.
A gentleman shows off the Northern European version of “the bass face.”
Flags of the world lined the whole festival, tied around people’s necks or hung up for all to see.
The colors, Duke, the colors!
Locals from all over Belgium came to party with international ravers.
The crowd was packed in to hear local hero Chuckie bring a sound he calls “Dirty Dutch” house.
Caught up in a blast of C02, this couple makes the best of it!
The creatures emerging from the water shot fire from their mouths as the V Sessions Stage rages in the background.
Fest300 weren’t the only photographers at Tomorrowland!
The Rave Cave was a tiny, unannounced stage tucked into a cave in a hill.
Upon seeing compatriots, kids would run up to each other and join flags.
The Mazda Island Stage was floating on a lake!
Despite the foreboding layer of clouds that hung all weekend, the whole world converged once again for Tomorrowland.