Imagine Festival 2021: Can you imagine anything better?!
BY Matthew Demarko
Atlanta! Our hometown festival is about to shine. We get one of the biggest festivals in the country, in one of the most beautiful landscapes possible. Could you imagine anything better?
Imagine Festival 2021 is just weeks away from opening the gates to the hallowed grounds of Chattahoochee Hills. For those of us who grew up with Imagine, this is a magical moment. We’ve travelled from Old Fourth Ward and the Masquerade (RIP) to the expansion of the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Now the aquatic adventure is going woodland - growing in landscape, stage count, and just about everything metric and experience possible (just as it has every year we’ve attended).
This line from their press release rings truer than ever: “Livestreams and virtual debuts filled the gap temporarily, but a new chapter for Imagine nears.” And we are lucky enough to help write the pages of this chapter.
Atlanta EDM’s own editor, Cat Martinez, had this to say about the venue:
“Something I've always loved about music festivals hosted in the middle of the forest is the immersive experience it gives. It makes you feel like you're on a different planet completely separated from reality…I attended Counterpoint and all of the Tomorrowworld's hosted at Chattahoochee Hills, and this is is why I'm 100% camping at Imagine this year. There's a sense of pure magic that comes with these grounds and I am so excited to experience Imagine in what I believe will be their best, most immersive year yet.”
With hills outstretched for what we are certain are miles, Imagine will now be hosting 6 stages and 70+ artists over the festival weekend. A quick perusal of this lineup is momentous, but a careful combing is even more impressive.
An immediate unexpected highlight that pops out for us is the Kaskade Pool Party on Saturday! The Imagine Festival pool was the source of life during the sweaty Speedway days, and we can’t wait to see how it looks surrounded by forests blessed by Kaskade himself. One difference this year is the need to purchase Pool Party tickets ahead of time, however we think it’s well worth the extra cost to splash wildly amongst the madness.
With us being so close to the highly anticipated event, make sure you’ve secured all your tickets, early entry passes, and camping passes to max out your epic return to festivals in Atlanta. To close it out, let’s hear from Imagine’s own founder, Glenn Goodhand, on how he’s feeling leading up to the fest:
"The excitement we feel as it nears the time to welcome fans onsite is only be matched by the artists who have not been able to perform and have new music to showcase regularly. We cannot think of a better venue to welcome fans back to music than Imagine."
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