Long Pond, PA, USA-Elements Music & Arts Festival (https://www.elementsfest.us/) in Long Pond, PA is an EDM festival, and its stages are themed after the four elements- Air, Earth, Fire, and Water. It is in Long Pond, Pennsylvania and is part of The Poconos. The drive into the festival is one of natural beauty all around. This festival is held at the Poconos Raceway, and it is a wonderful experience. Once to camping area, which is neat to camp in the middle area of a speedway (not on the raceway itself but literally in the middle) is a beautiful way to check out a raceway. Arriving on Friday after beautiful drive and setting up camp to experience a weekend of great music!
Roast Coffee Company from Milwaukee, WI (https://roastcoffeecompany.com/) is at the Elements Music and Art Festival. Meeting two lovely ladies, Jenna and Fish, and getting a Brown Sugar Lavender iced Coffee which was excellent, exchanging a small hair piece with Zach, and bracelets, this makes the festival fun and the P.L.U.R. Energy alive. A great night of music is happening late into the overnight. Levity took the fire stage, and it was lit. His performance with the pyro and the beautiful graphics being used on the screens made wonderful memories for all who attended. Levity’s set list included a great rendition of ‘Fly like an Eagle’(originally by Steve Miller Band) is a definite highlight of this Friday night.
Tape B hit the Fire stage next and hit it off the Earth with their unique beat sound. Sullivan King B2B Kayzo took the Earth stage by storm, but in a good way. Their song set list included an energetic performance of Last Resort (originally by Papa Roach). This song had the audience hyped up and singing Along.
In between walking from stage to stage one will find porta-potties/lous. If one is lucky one can stumble upon one and a hidden Speakeasy. This Speakeasy is The Balding Beaver and offers a variety of drinks, playing a game of pool, music and dancing bartenders. After the Speakeasy it is back out to rave the night away with Illinium performance on the Earth stage is an experience that is made of dreams. This setlist included Zombie (originally by The Cranberries) including the infinite crowd singing along. Illinium song All that Really Matters and the audience went wild. A fantastic and excellent performance from Illinium. Later into the night early morning after party performances included Pretty Lights. A beautiful, exciting, and wonderful first day, let’s see what Saturday Day 2, brings to this beautiful community.
After a few hours of sleep, it is time to explore different areas. Being able to walk around a raceway track for exercise in the morning is a nice way to get a day started. They have a group camping area that is called the Vibe Village which one go enter, in GA there is different area names too. For example, cowboy or monkey. This is just a fun way to find one’s camp.
More exploration throughout Elements in the afternoon, finding peacefulness in the Neon Forrest, experiencing a variety of small market festival shops, and checking out the stages without any distractions. A calming afternoon. After a good rest, walking back through the festival gates for a great night of music!
Upon entering the area of Bizarre and Fun House, an entertaining show titled “Trashing Fashion Show” is on stage. This is a fun raunchy show that is funny and witty. This is also the time that a performer named Squeak becomes Miss Elements 2025. Beginning to feel hungry after the show, I came upon Carmelo’s Mobile Wood Fire Brick Oven Catering (https://www.carmelosbrickovenpizzas.com/) and had pizza for dinner -and this is a great pizza (especially for festivals).
After eating and walking around through the Neon Forrest, went to the Earth Stage to see AlleyCVT whose performance was full of energy even with the small amount of tech issues. This energy would last throughout the night at all stages. It was all good. On the Water Stage Layz kept up the fun vibes and so did Max Styler on the Fire Stage.Mau P brought the energy onto the Fire Stage and DeathPact took the Water Stage with a storm of energy.
This night is filled with lazers, lights, pyro, and fun. Good vibes throughout the night into the early morning. Motherwort took the Bizarre stage to a happy audience. DJ Diesel (AKA Shaq) had the Earth moving on the Earth Stage while the night ended with the beats from Zeds Dead coming up from the Earth Stage. Dancing the night away!
Waking up in the tent after dancing the night away, getting up and ready for the last day. Walking through the festival gates the afternoon is spent enjoying the sounds of Baby Kush on the Water Stage with a nice energy. Rem Siman was on the Air Stage making the beats that make people happy. J. Santi was on the Fun House stage for a fun afternoon. Walking back to camp, decided to rest and get ready for another night of music and dancing. Before walking up to festival gates, decided to pack up to leave after performances tonight. The Air Stage had N2N performing in the nature of the Neon Forest. This evening is relaxing in this forest area, just enjoying nature and good music. The Earth Stage offered the musical stylings of Moon Hooch while the Fire Stage had Elements B2B. The Bizarre Stage hosted Mecha Sonic and Hot Fix takeover to a fun and happy audience. This evening going on into the night had the beats of Pretty Lights on the Earth Stage and a hot set from Claude Vonstroke on the Fire Stage.
Probably the most exciting and anticipated performer of the weekend, Tipper, took the Fire Stage to a very large audience. Tipper is making the crowd go crazy with beautiful hypnotic visuals and scratching. The audience is wild for Tipper.
The Earth Stage is dancing mecca with Sunsquabi. The surprise artist for the Earth Stage is Barkley Krenshaw, who admitted to having only 4 hours to prepare, but his show was great. Later into the night the Fire Stage was host to Malaa X Malaa (alter Ego) who made the night light up with fireworks. A beautiful night so far and more still to come all night.
The roar was deafening from an audience as DeadMau5 took on the Fire Stage. Deadmau5 began his set with ghost and stuff. The show was incredible! Pretty Lights took over the Earth Stage and it was beautiful. The dancing went on throughout the night.
After a long night, left and stayed at Spark Hotel by Hilton (https://www.hilton.com/en/brands/spark-by-hilton/) in Wilkes-Barre, PA for a shower and a good night’s sleep. Nice staff and nice room. The drive back was just as beautiful as going to the festival. The beauty of nature will never be tiring. Overall, this festival is wonderful experience for anyone. Check out information here: https://www.elementsfest.us/
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