On Saturday, December 3, 2022, the joint party Rakastella, hosted by Life and Death and Innervisions, will return to Miami’s scenic and historic Virginia Key Beach Park with yet another unique and diversified musical offering. With performances by AceMoMA, Dixon, TSHA, DJ Boring, DJ Tennis b2b Seth Troxler, Sofia Kourtesis, Moodymann, Jennifer Cardini, Or:la, Trikk, Ashley Venom, Will Renuart, Coffintexts, Powder, Quest, Yu Su, and a very special guest, this passionate gathering features three tastefully eclectic stages covering a wide spectrum of international electronic music. Tickets are now available via Rakastella’s website.
Rakastella has been known throughout the world as a pioneer in environmentally friendly musical experiences because to its four prior editions. It is a 15+ hour celebration that brings together a sophisticated selection of artists from various backgrounds. This year, the festival’s diversity and the necessity of creating a secure environment that is welcoming to all are both in the foreground. This year, Rakastella will abandon VIP tickets so that all dancers are equal as one on the dance floor thus bringing back the original community-minded spirit of early dance music culture.
Rakastella 2022 lineup and artists
This year’s stage hosts include the independent and welcoming clubbing collective HE.SHE.THEY. It is a record label, clothing line, and event series featuring cutting-edge house and techno music for people of all races, genders, and sexual orientations. Where Are My Keys?, a Miami-based boutique underground brand that organizes distinctive international events with top-notch music, will also be hosting.
Have you ever listened to Innervisions while watching a sunrise in Rakastella? This is one moment you won’t want to miss this year with Dixon. The sun emerges and a powerful wave of energy sweeps over the crowd to bring everyone together. The entire party often feels like it is building up to this magnificent moment.
The setting itself, Virginia Key Beach, with its picturesque beaches and panoramic views of the bay, is one of the things that makes Rakastella so unique. Next to the area’s raw natural beauty, environmental art will also be nestled amongst the tropical shaded groves that border the sea.
This year, expect longer set periods so that performers may get comfortable and delve deeply into their sound. Headliners include AceMo and MoMA aka AceMoMA, whose futuristic blend of techno, footwork, and jungle has made them modern day heroes. Additionally, there will be intensely emotional house from Dixon, visceral techno from TSHA, a mix of Chicago and Detroit house, as well as trance and funk, from DJ Boring, a special collaboration between two legends with DJ Tennis and Seth Troxler, leftfield house from Peruvian producer, vocalist, and DJ Sofia Kourtesis, an electro masterclass from Jennifer Cardini, electro from unique Detroit legend Moodymann, and high-energy selections from Or:la, Inner
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Rakastella has put a lot of effort into giving you a better experience. In order to achieve this, they have implemented a number of measures, such as increasing the number of restrooms that will be continuously staffed for cleanliness, installing water refill stations so you can stay hydrated, and ensuring that bars have carefully selected virgin cocktail menus, freshly squeezed juices, and other healthy options that are available after 3 a.m. by law. Add in an ever-richer array of local food and you have all the fuel you need to last until that transcending sunrise moment.
A brand-new type of musical encounter that nourishes the mind, body, and soul is rakastella.
