Celebrating a Decade of Decadence Arizona [Event Review]

Arizona’s largest New Year’s Eve gathering, Decadence Arizona invited festival goers to celebrate a ‘Decade of Decadence‘ on December 30 & 31 at the Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. The 10-year anniversary festival introduced a new theme, Age of Indulgence and elevated the event grounds with embellished stages, art installations, and performances from EDM’s most notable acts.

Decadence hosted musical performances across two main stages, Grand Palace and Royal Ballroom, along with smaller stage setups like the Beatbox Playhouse, Quiet Quarters Silent Disco, and The Bazaar. The two-day festival presented a shining lineup of talent including dance music tastemakers, deadmau5, Deorro, Dom Dolla, Eli & Fur, Excision, John Summit, Mau P, Svdden Death, Troyboi, Tchami x Malaa: No Redemption, and more.

Day one of the festival commenced by exploring the venue and all of the activities and activations being offered. We started the night with a quick photoshoot in front of the gold glistening Decadence sign, stopped at the on-site “post office” to send off postcards to our besties, and danced our way to the three-channel silent disco that served up an indulgent treat of genres. Next door to the disco was The Bazaar, an interactive space with DJ’s on the decks, old school arcade games, a glamour station, and many brand booths. and sightings of the Weird & Wonderful cast.

Our first set of the night was from the London-based duo, Eli & Fur at the Royal Ballroom. They brought elegance and warmed up the stage with their melodic house and techno. The remainder of the ballroom lineup was dedicated to bass with fan-favorites taking the stage, Wooli, Eptic b2b Space Laces, and Svdden Death.

Grand Palace shined with back to back performances from dance music’s most notable acts including the return of Tchami and Malaa’s No Redemption collaboration, deadmau5, Dom Dolla, and closing artist, Excision. deadmau5 was our top artist of the night as he upped the production with his

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We’ve been attending Decadence since its inaugural year in 2014 and watched the festival grow from a single-day and single-stage event inside of Frontier Hall at Rawhide Event Center to now a full-fledged music festival with multiple stages, event activations, top-level production, and a brand-new location.

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