{"id":22501,"date":"2023-06-11T14:04:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T18:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=22501"},"modified":"2023-06-11T16:33:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T20:33:37","slug":"forbidden-kingdom-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=22501","title":{"rendered":"Forbidden Kingdom Music Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Whether you call it Bass, Heavy Bass or Dubstep, Forbidden Kingdom Music Festival<\/em> is fully dedicated to that popular genre and an impressive DJ lineup had us out here for Day 2 of the event. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Taking place at the Central Florida Fairgrounds<\/em>, the Insomniac <\/em>event featured 5 stages of music.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We began our wanderings in this covered area named the Mystic Stage<\/em>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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While indeed the entire festival was dedicated to the hard stuff, this stage on Day 2 was dedicated to the fast stuff: Drum & Bass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An opening DnB set from MC Dino and DJ Fury (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Out of eleven Electric Daisy Carnival – Orlando<\/em> events over the years, we counted that they’ve played at 8 of them, the most of any artist. We counted them in this article here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Forbidden <\/em>main stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Artixi (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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First time seeing this quite-lively guy play.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The festival grounds opened around 12:30PM and would take awhile to populate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Shade was always a popular place to hang-out. Both Florida’s summer sun and famous summer humidity were in abundance. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Often called the Orlando Warehouse<\/em>, this indoor space was home to the Dragon’s Den<\/em> stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It was dark…..and air conditioned!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nice looking early crowd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Atlanta-based DJ Kroniik (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Besides the A\/C, this spot also offered something else. We used to call them electrical outlets but I believe the more-modern term is “charging stations”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Also known as the Orlando Amphitheater<\/em>, this large outdoor stage was titled the Cyberian Stage<\/em> for this festival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nice looking crowd here too under the scorching mid-afternoon sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Audio + Energy = DJ Audigy (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Scorching beats too! DJ Illenium (USA) will be doing an evening show at this stage on July 8th with advance tickets here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The fifth and final stage at FKMF <\/em>was way in the back and appropriately-named the Hide & Seek Takeover Stage<\/em>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just a few had gathered around 1:30PM.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Raaket (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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First time seeing him as well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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He definitely has a following though.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Two weeks ago at Sunset Music Festival<\/em> we had seen several machines spewing out a cooling mist. Yesterday, we saw robots spewing out a cooling mist!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There were lots of vendors at Forbidden Kingdom<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There was always a long line to get into this booth for “body marbling”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just some of the many food and drink booths.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Clothing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Scummy Bears!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A double dutch bus!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We had seen the Beatbox <\/em>crew at Sunset <\/em>a couple weeks earlier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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GA+ and VIP had access to real restroom facilities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Meanwhile WC’s for the rest of us, lol!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The open-sided Mystic Stage<\/em> was covered and often had a cooling breeze blowing through it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And the Drum & Bass made it my spot to hang-out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Airglo (USA) had taken over while it looked like MC Dino remained.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back to the main stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Getting crowded!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Dirtysnatcha (GB)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Followed by the mostly-masked DJ OG Nixin (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Quick, needed some air conditioning!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hard to capture in the dark, DJ Fieldz (USA). We’re really not commenting on the music being played on these stages because except for the DnB at Mystic<\/em>, it was all Dubstep\/Heavy Bass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in the field: DJ Derek Fereal (USA) & Kristin. (They actually spotted me since I generally walk-around obliviously!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in VIP: Sarah P. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sarah is so popular she has to walk around with her own Security detail. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We met lots of new peeps at Forbidden<\/em>. Thank you everyone for the poses!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back under the awning…..one of only a few female DJ’s playing on Day 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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First time seeing DJ Skellytn (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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She reminded me a lot of Reid Speed (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Skellytn is based in Los Angeles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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If you weren’t dancing, this shady place was a great place to cool down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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IMO, Drum & Bass is the fastest-growing genre of electronic dance music. Insomniac <\/em>has definitely been supporting it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of the Insomniac <\/em>animation teams coming through.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Moving directly into a DJ Slippy (USA) set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Good crowd for another L.A. based DJ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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He seemed to crossover into Hardstyle at times!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Giving up the shade to go back over to Hide & Seek<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of our favorite Dubsteppers, DJ Steller (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We had last seen Steller at Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival<\/em> back in March as shown above.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Always great to see her!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Photo op!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the side of Orlando Warehouse,<\/em> more great spots for photos and selfies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Home to a sloping grass lawn great for laying and listening, the Cyberian Stage<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Rated R (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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He was quite animated last night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We had last seen Rated R on the CircuitGROUNDS Stage<\/em> at EDC-Orlando<\/em> in 2021 as shown in the file photo above. BTW, the next EDC-Orlando<\/em> is happening November 10-12 with the lineup to be posted soon. You can get advance tickets here<\/a> and keep in mind Florida is in the middle of a sales tax holiday on event tickets right now meaning you can get tickets for less than normal overall so don’t delay!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At Mystic, crowded in the back!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crowded in the front!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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That masked man had arrived!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Reaper (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It made me feel good to see so many “youngsters” experiencing Drum & Bass, often for the first time. Some came in for the shade but it was suddenly like “OMG, what is this?” and then bouncing to it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Took my union-mandated dinner break at this time and got to hear all of Reaper and the beginning of the next set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Grafix (GB)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Afterwards, headed back into the Warehouse <\/em>for a cool-down. I wasn’t alone; jammed in the back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jammed in the front.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hard to see in the dark: DJ Dejavu (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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You can never go wrong with Go Go girls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Share (USA) coming on next.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mustaches are back, guys! Saw a lot of them out there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back at the main stage, a huge name in the Dubstep world, DJ Borgore (IL).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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He’s played Orlando numerous times but first time seeing him.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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But right in front of me a circle was cleared-out and some heavy duty Raging began. So I backed away to let them have their fun without being dragged-in, lol.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As darkness arrived, we saw more pyrotechnic effects being displayed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nothing like the main stages we’ve seen at EDC-Orlando<\/em> over the years but it still had some cool features.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The sky got dark and I felt a few raindrops so I headed inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Devowr (USA) was on. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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He was borderline House at the beginning of his set before delivering the expected Heavy Bass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Initially it wasn’t crowded but apparently it was raining hard outdoors and a number of wet people arrived to sit near me. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And then they had to enforce a ground stop on all stages due to the lightning and rain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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They recommended everyone evacuate but coming outside, the storm had already cleared and it was sunny again. They just needed to wait until any lightning strikes were a certain distance away for a half hour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The grounds were soaked though.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The next few acts I had on my list to see were Rusko (GB) and a Pendulum (AUS) DJ set, both taking place here under the Mystic <\/em>awning. But the entire middle section contained at least an inch of water. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The ground stop lasted until a little after 8PM and then the show would go on. We cut-out at this point though. It was a great concert and a good time was had by all. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2012],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festivals"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSCN7391-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7OlZE-5QV","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22501"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22617,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22501\/revisions\/22617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}