Electric Daisy Carnival Organizers Place 18 and Over Policy For All Events; Will Ultra Follow?

Insomniac Events, organizer of the Electric Daisy Carnival in Los Angeles, released a statement today saying all its future events would be strictly enforced as 18 and over."Effective immediately, Insomniac has also established an '18 and older' policy for all of the company's dance music festivals until such time as...

By Jose D. Duran

July 15, 2010

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Insomniac Events, organizer of the Electric Daisy Carnival in Los Angeles, released a statement today saying all its future events would be strictly enforced as 18 and over.

"Effective immediately, Insomniac has also established an '18 and older' policy for all of the company's dance music festivals until such time as Insomniac implements IAG's recommended standard operating procedures. Insomniac has purchased handheld ID scanners, which will be used at all future '18 and older' Insomniac events."

We already made our comparisons with Electric Daisy Carnival and Ultra Music Festival, and while the rave hysteria hasn't reached Florida, we contacted Ultra's organizers to ask if they were planning to follow Insomniac's lead. We are still awaiting response.

Honestly, we wouldn't see why they would. There is no pressure from city or county leaders, and there hasn't been any logistical problems with Ultra being all ages. If organizers change the age policy it would purely be as a preemptive strike.

And really, they have bigger problems to worry about, like will Ultra 2011 even be taking place at Bicentennial Park?

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Jose D. Duran is associate editor of Miami New Times where he primarily oversees the arts and culture and music beats. Jose joined the New Times staff in June 2008 but has been covering Miami culture since 2005. His work has also appeared in publications likeVice, Billboard, and Spin. He’s earned numerous accolades including placing first for Weekly Newspaper Contest: Business Reporting from the Florida Press Association in 2020; placing third for the Writing: Light Feature from the Florida Press Club in 2019; and placing third in Weekly Newspaper Contest: Best Obituary from the Florida Press Association in 2015. Jose holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Florida.

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