Just left EF this last weekend and I am so stoked for Elements now. There’s so many little things that Elements does that takes care of us festival goers and I am so excited to be back. Obviously elements isn’t perfect, but Forest being run by Insonimic made me appreciate all the little things elements does so well for us.
36 days till one of the best Festival Lineups of the summer!!
I know Sunday was rough for everyone. Between the tragedy in the morning and the evacuation in the evening…this is not how anyone wanted the weekend to end. I thought LSDREAM did an amazing job closing out his set with his personal video montage of us Foresters throughout the weekend alongside his message with Pull Me Closer playing.
I wanted to take in the moment, but I got to capture the last minute and the people soaking in the moment. I feel like this is was a pretty amazing way to close out the weekend so I wanted to share here for everyone to enjoy. Thank you LSDREAM. Thank you Forest. I love you all and I can’t wait to see you guys again soon
Here’s some laser shots I got this weekend. Get home safe everyone 💚
I’m hoping since we have yet to receive a cancelled notification I am holding out hope for a 1:45-3 set time for LSDream, Wooli, and Illenium.
Cmoonnnnnn rain gods
Cmmooonnnnn forest. Please provide
Really disappointed in this honestly. My eno was hanging in the candlelight area and I came back later in the day only to find my hammock laying on the ground because someone took one of the straps. I left my hammock there on the ground with the hopes of maybe someone needed to borrow a strap for some time and they would come back and give me the strap back and hang my hammock as it was…but I came back around 3 and that was not the case.
If anyone has an extra strap they would be willing to sell or let my wife and i borrow for the day I would GREATLY appreciate it. Or if you know somewhere on the grounds where we could buy a new one please let us know. Thank you forest fam. Mods please keep this. I’m not trying to buy tickets or anything….just a strap to hang around one last day.
This is going to be an awful set. Please nobody show up. ;)
Hi everyone. HAPPY FOREST. This year my wife and I lost our sweet boy so sudden and unexpectedly. We expected to start our family around this guy…and all the sudden he was taken away from us.
You all know pets mean the world to us humans so go stop by and say hello to our boy. Write a little message on there too. We would love to see love being poured into him.
(He’s on the outside wall of the building that’s directly facing the honeycomb stage. We wanted to give him a view of the Levity set yesterday)
Were there fireworks at the charlotte show? Should I expect any at the DC show tonight?
Sorry for the odd question. My tism loves fireworks lmao
SO EXCITED for Forest in a week and half. I’m going to drop a couple of my favorite sets with Artists that will be at Forest this year and I would love if you all would share some of yours as well.
Goal here is to create a thread of sets that we can all enjoy leading up to Forest.
Effin - Hot Air Balloon
https://youtu.be/wu801rrpRtk?is=xfNXUiuITNPc2wMV
Daniel Allan - Lollapalooza 2025
https://youtu.be/dsA3N2vPP\_E?is=VKoTKtEmAhbOwWF9
Purple Disco Machine - Dresden 2025
https://youtu.be/yPs8SyTQtqg?is=QUyWa8QEiBCkKrPA
Whethan - Hollywood Palladium 2026
https://youtu.be/hM3vKINv5bM?is=fgToFX89jGpO8e-h
My wife and I are headed to our first Forest ever. We can’t wait! We are also going to Elements and Seven Stars this year as well.
Is anyone here going to Forest who is also going to either of those as well?! We would LOVE to meet up at Forest so we can reconnect again later this summer :)
Hey yall
My wife and I ordered a shirt and hoodie from the merch that came out yesterday. Will there be more merch/design options once we actually get there or generally is what they list online prior pretty similar to the options you get in person too?
Thanks!!!
Last time I posted this I got A LOT of feedback. You all gave me new recommendations from lower tiers to give a try. You also told me to lower my expectations on some artists I had on higher tiers. I also had all the “non EDM” tiered together, but you all made me realize they deserved to be ranked as well.
So. I present my updated list lol.
Still very much open to opinions or suggestions. If you see someone too low on here, let me know. Or if someone is too high….let me know. I’m new to the EDM scene so I tried to immerse myself with all the artists so I’m sorry if I misread an artist here or there.
I hope:
- to catch a killer daytime and nighttime set at Honeycomb. (Similar to levity 2024, Mindchatter 2025, Whethan 2025)
- a can’t miss B2B. A mix of two artists that we didn’t know we needed.
- Zeds Dead appearance. I know this is a long shot, but they have a show June 25th then nothing until July at Deadrocka. Would LOVE to see them before the hiatus.
- GREAT WEATHER ALL WEEKEND LONG
- A fun scavenger hunt / side quest to immerse myself in all weekend. This is my first forest so I want to experience so much more than the music
- TO MEET AND MAKE LIFE LONG FRIENDS.
So excited for my first Forest with my wife. Can’t wait to be there and meet everyone. Going to be such a special weekend.
My GA wristbands haven’t shipped yet so I am nervous about that part lol
Alright with Air Stage getting announced today this is what the weekend is shaping out to look like….one man team here so I’m sorry for anything I have wrong or missing!
Thursday:
Air: Chris Lorenzo, Ardalan, San Pacho, Jack What?
Water: Mersiv, Wankdat, Austeria B2B Sharlitz Web, Saka X Fly, Sunni D
Friday
Fire: Atliens, Crankdat, Excision, Ganja White Night, Mersiv, Zingara
Earth: Above and Beyond, Chris Lake, It’s Murph, Jigitz, Dirtwire, Kaleena Zander’s, Splinted Sunlight
Air: Boys Noize, Kettama, Dreya V, MCR-T, X-Club, Ammo Amor, Bardo, Gavin Blac
Water: Big Gigantic, Effin, GorillaT, Ivy Lab, Lumasi, Wonkywilla, jelly bean, Kattana
Saturday
Fire: Ayybo, Cloonee, Louis The Child, Matroda, Westend, 9B49, Alec B2B ECamp, Earth Signs
Earth: Clozee, Level Up, Of the Trees, Subtronics, Opiou, ProbCause, Skysia
Air: A-Trak, Biscits, Disicp, Linska, Roddy Lima, Papyon, Refrakt, Sirens
Water: Hedex, Holi!, MPH, Ray Volpe, Svdden Death, Nikita the wicked, Sippy, MLE,
Sunday
Fire: Charlotte De Witte, GRiZ, I Hate Models, Tiga, Azzecca
Earth: Daily Bread, LSDream, Porter Robinson, Tractorbeam, Know Good, Marvel Years
Air: Acraze, Walker & Royce, Golden Pony, Jackie Hollander, Will Clarke, Barz, Dr. Chaii, Luna Mar
Water: Sub Focus, YDG, CHYL, thought process, Koopmusik, pnther
Thoughts and Opinions?
Friday
Fire: Atliens, Crankdat, Excision, Ganja White Night, Mersiv, Zingara
Earth: Above and Beyond, Chris Lake, It’s Murph, Jigitz, Dirtwire, Kaleena Zander’s, Splinted Sunlight
Saturday
Fire: Ayybo, Cloonee, Louis The Child, Matroda, Westend, 9B49, Alec B2B ECamp, Earth Signs
Earth: Clozee, Level Up, Of the Trees, Subtronics, Opiou, ProbCause, Skysia
Sunday
Fire: Charlotte De Witte, GRiZ, I Hate Models, Tiga, Azzecca
Earth: Daily Bread, LSDream, Porter Robinson, Tractorbeam, Know Good, Marvel Years
Thoughts and Opinions:
- shocked Kettama isn’t on Fire or Earth. I guess water then?
- Effin at Air would be ELITE
- Nikita the Wicked would’ve been great at Fire. The Energy he brings at water will be amazing.
- Walker & Royce in the Forest at air 🔥
I’m trying to find new and upcoming DJs and COSTA might be my guy. I love his FK set he posted on SoundCloud
Hey family!
My wife and I are going to Forest for the first time ever this year (we are way too excited) and we have spent most of our recent nights on YouTube watching random vlogs or sets from previous years.
Share your favorite sets or vlogs or any kind of content that holds you over until the end of June!! Thank you everyone who shares in advance