{"id":34620,"date":"2026-03-23T15:39:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=34620"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:15:41","slug":"okeechobee-music-arts-festival-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=34620","title":{"rendered":"Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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After disembarking our cruise ship Sunday morning at Port Canaveral, we headed south to Sunshine Grove<\/em> just outside Okeechobee, Florida just in time for Day 4 at Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Okeechobeefest <\/a>grounds are huge with ample space for 7 music stages plus acres for camping.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Okeechobee <\/em>is a mix of live bands and DJ sets. During our visit, we focused on the DJ’s playing there. This is the Aquachobee stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is the Here stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And this is the Now stage. It sits side-by-side with the Be stage which we never got a chance to visit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Located within this palm grove, the T-Lounge stage. The two other stages we never made it to were called the Incendia stage and the Jungle 51 stage. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sunday service began at 12:30PM at the Here stage. For the most part everyone was just laying both inside and outside the tent listening to the music.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Seated on a raised mat, a super-Ambient set from Lightcode by LSDream (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Super chill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Everyone was either sleeping or meditating. Although we’ve seen DJ LSDream in Orlando before, this was the first time we’ve experienced a Lightcode set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The next set went on at the Aquachobee stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Lumia (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just a handful here at this early hour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Daily visitors are welcome at OMF <\/em>but most here are camping.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Or glamping!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back under the tent, that huge crowd for Lightcode had cleared-out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Up next, DJ duo Cut & Sew (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Tampa-based duo giving us a mostly House set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We first met them in 2021 at EDC-Orlando<\/em> as seen in this photo from the Blog <\/em>archives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The crowd was growing at this stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We met so peeps during our travels around the OMF <\/em>grounds. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Thank you everyone for your poses!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Around 4PM we headed back to Aquachobee (so-named because it has its own beach). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The power noise that is Dubstep had the crowd bouncing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Steller (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dubstep, Heavy Bass, Riddim. Over the years we’ve seen her play at EDC<\/em>, Forbidden Kingdom<\/em>, Countdown Orlando Invasion<\/em> as well as here at OMF<\/em>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fans of the heavier genres of Bass music will want to attend this year’s 2-day Forbidden Kingdom Music Festival <\/em>in Orlando on April 25-26 with information and advance tickets (including single day) here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At Okeechobee <\/em>there’s shopping.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dozens of food vendors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dozens of drink venues.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lots of art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A Logo store.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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But this ain’t EDC.<\/em> Only one carnival ride. You can get your EDC-Orlando <\/em>info and tickets here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My favorite set of the day came from within The T Lounge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the decks (on the right), DJ Maure (CO\/USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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House music all day long. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The setting within the shade from this sabal palm grove.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The music mostly House, at times with some Nu Disco mixed in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On a day with a lot of Dubstep, this was our happy place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Maure and his colleague DJ friend had the grove bouncing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It was absolutely packed when we returned to the Aquachobee stage!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ duo Smoakland (USA) was playing here at 5PM.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dubstep duo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The peeps at Okee<\/em> want Dubstep. Huge roar from the crowd at the end of their set when Smoakland announced “Fuck Donald Trump and Fuck ICE”. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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They were immediately followed by DJ Mary Droppinz (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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When she played in Orlando last year she delivered a mostly Breaks set but that was not to be yesterday as she stuck with the theme of this stage, Heavy Bass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As the old saying goes, give the people what they want.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And she did.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great vibe. It was a very 60’s\/70’s Hippie crowd with short shorts, bell bottoms and bare feet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Around 6:30PM, the Here stage was overflowing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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For duo Know Good (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This was as close as we got to a band set yesterday as the Houston-based duo (who are cousins) played electric guitar and electric drums. Their set consisted of a lot of old Top 40 and Hip Hop hits, remixed into Dubstep.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It was packed. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After our dinner break we visited the Now stage to see DJ Zingara (USA). They should have given her a stool because she was hard to see.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Her set a mix of Trap and Heavy Bass but she was difficult to photograph.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Big crowd for her set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Although we originally planned to stay later, we called it quits around 10PM. A hot shower to remove all that dust was just minutes away.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After three nights on that “party” ship followed by our full day at Okee<\/em>, we had finally maxed-out. But it was a super fun event and we have to say, a good time was had by all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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