# FESTS:   Colorado’s Sonic Bloom electronic dance music festival is entering the metaverse

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2022/06/colorados-sonic-bloom-electronic-dance-music-festival-is-entering-the-metaverse/
- Published: 2022-06-02T14:22:02-04:00
- Author: Max Hammer

The festival will offer versions of its real-life elements through new virtual realms
when the event returns from a two-year COVID-19 hiatus this month
 _by Angela Ufheil
for 5280.com _

The best music festivals are worlds unto themselves. Burning Man, for example, feels
like a Mad Max–esque fever dream, while Coachella is a celebrity-studded carnival.

Since it started in 2006, **Sonic Bloom**, one of Colorado’s biggest electronic 
dance **music festivals**, has cultivated a techno-psychedelic summer camp vibe—
and, this year, a trip into the metaverse will solidify that brand.

For the uninitiated, the metaverse is a developing network of 3D worlds that exist
on the internet, à la Ready Player One. Like the characters in the 2018 sci-fi film,
users can don goggles and explore virtual realms, where they interact with others.

The ever-expanding metaverse has long fascinated Annie Phillips, a Denver artist
who, in 2019, designed metaversal replicas of her RiNo digital-art gallery, IRL 
Art, so customers could virtually peruse the exhibition space on different platforms.

“People look at the metaverse as checking out of reality,” Phillips says, “but it’s
a cool way to still experience art and feel connected to a community.”

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