Music Circus 2016

As most of you know, I’m an avid concert go-er. I usually go to about 3 or so big ones a year. I kind of went to this one on a whim. This was actually my second time to go to Music Circus festival. I also went to the 2014 one. Steve Aoki headlined that time, too. To be honest, since I had already seen Steve Aoki, there wasn’t anyone in particular I really wanted to see, but it had been a while since I went to a concert, and I was getting the itch. Plus, this year it was on a beach which excited me because I had never been to a beach concert before, and since a few of my friends were going, I knew it would be a blast to drink, dance, and enjoy the music with them. I love EDM music.

The concert started at 11 am and went until 9 pm. Since going there all day would be exhausting, I decided to get there at about 4pm. Plus, I’m super prone to sunburn, so I thought it’d be better to go later. All the DJ’s I am interested in didn’t start until 5 pm anyway.

The great thing about this concert was how cheap it was! It was ¥9,000 for the whole day which may seem like a lot, but there were two stages with DJ’s playing the whole time. Also, FOUR DRINKS were included in the ticket price! You get little drink tickets at the entrance. Since a drink was like ¥700, a good third of the ticket price went to drinks which is awesome in my opinion because I would drink nonetheless at an EDM concert.

The concert was sponsored by Red Bull and Jose Cuervo, so all the drink stands were either tequila or Red Bull vodka. I haven’t been into tequila lately because of too many bad experiences with it, but drinking Red Bull vodkas is too filling, so I sucked it up and drank tequila after one Red Bull vodka. The shots were vile, but they had different flavored frozen margaritas which were awesome! I just ended up dumping most my shots into my margaritas lol. Did I mention this concert was on a Sunday and I had work the next day? :P

Despite drinking a good amount, the dancing and sweating made the alcohol wear off quicker than usual, and since I didn’t want to miss any of Steve Aoki’s set, I stopped drinking at like 7:30 when he went on. Also, the venue was far away and I didn’t get home until like 11:30 pm. By that time I was sober and ready for work the next day.

So anyway, let me tell you a little about the concert! First, the beach setting was awesome. The fashion and people at this particular event were super different and cool! I got a lot of my enjoyment just out of looking at everyone’s outfits! Dressing up crazy to go to concerts is kind of a thing in Japan.

My clubbing buddy.

The first DJ I watched was O-man on the smaller stage. He is a local Osaka DJ that I had seen at Club Joule before. I like his mixes. Then, on the main stage, I watched the famous, Turkish DJ Ummet Ozcan. This is when the booze really started kicking in, and I started dancing like crazy with my friends. It was incredible to me how fast time was passing. The unfortunate side of drinking is needing to pee. When I don’t drink, I can watch a whole concert uninterrupted, but at this event, I had to pee like 3 or 4 times due to drinking! The toilet lines were super long and annoying. There were no actual bathrooms. It was all porta-potties which was disgusting…but when you have to go, you have to go.

DJ O-man.

Ummet Ozcan.

After Ummet Ozcan, Blasterjaxx went on. That was probably the height of my buzz, and all I can remember is just dancing, dancing, dancing! When Steve Aoki went on, it was dark, and everyone was all lit up with lights and glow in the dark items. So cool! Steve Aoki’s set was awesome, as expected. Half way through, I started to feel the comedown and exhaustion but stuck it out until the end. One of my friends got too tired and left.

Blasterjaxx.

Party crew!

Glow-stick bracelets.

Steve Aoki.

One cool thing about Japanese music festivals is that there are usually fireworks at the end. After watching the fireworks and seeing Steve Aoki up close, we made the long journey home. The trains were crowded with sweaty people. When I got home, I showered, ate something, and went to bed. I would consider it to be a successful night!

Fireworks.

Steve up close.

Taken from Steve's Instagram.