Virtual Music Festival, Decentraland, Returning With NGHTMRE, Mat Zo and More

Decentraland and its blockchain-powered beats are returning in 2024 by virtue of another edition of the metaverse company’s virtual music festival.

Decentraland Music Festival is one of the world’s leading virtual fests. Since its launch in 2021, it has attracted users from 159 countries and featured performances by high-profile artists like RÜFÜS DU SOL, deadmau5, Björk, Soulja Boy, Alison Wonderland and Ozzy Osbourne.

However, this year’s lineup is focused solely on electronic dance music, with headlining performances by NGHTMRE, San Holo, Mat Zo, BLOND:ISH, 33 Below and WHIPPED CREAM, among others.

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Founded in 2020, the immersive Decentraland touts itself as the “first decentralized, community-driven virtual world.” Scheduled for November 20-23, its branded virtual festival runs through a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), a member-owned community that allow platforms to operate devoid of a corporate leadership structure.

Organizers are also planning a slew of metaverse-based experiences, like music industry expo booths and discussions with top electronic record labels and brands. Those include the iconic drum & bass label Hospital Records as well as Audius, Beatport, LabelRadar and LANDR.

Festival attendees can also collect virtual merch and wearables featuring the branding of its headliners.

Bay Backner, head producer at Decentraland, said the festival’s interstellar theme is at the heart of this year’s virtual experience.

“We also see Decentraland as a ‘third space’ for music experience,” Backner told Billboard. “It bridges the community fans find at live EDM festivals, like Tomorrowland and Ultra, with the accessibility and immediacy of streaming music at home. It is as easy to enter from your computer, but you’re simultaneously sharing an important, creative, transient experience with others from around the world. And importantly, Decentraland Music Festival is free and open to all.”

You can find out more about Decentraland Music Festival and discover its full schedule here.