One of Chicago's biggest dance music festivals, now hosted in Soldier Field, started as a low-key club night headlined by Infected Mushroom and ATB. Things have changed a lot since then for Spring Awakening. Building off of Chicago's deep-rooted electronic music history, this video takes us through how Spring Awakening grew from that one night festival in 2009 to a two-day event culminating in Skrillex playing in the rain at Soldier Field in 2012 to a three-day gathering of all relevant DJs in 2014. Interested in making a mega-festival one day? Here's how to get it done.
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