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This was my second EDC. I had a good time but it felt significantly more crowded than 2025. And 2025 was no picnic. It was just way too crowded at times to feel enjoyable.

I came upon a British podcast today where they say the crowd at John Summit was dangerously overcrowded and came close to crowd rush. Listen from about 56min mark. Is this accurate?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16JvHYHLvr0

They also talk in detail about a guy being thrown (dangerously) down into GA from the elevated VIP balcony by bodyguards. I see this was discussed briefly on reddit here at the time:
https://www.reddit.com/r/electricdaisycarnival/comments/1tg7jve/guy_thrown_from_vip_balcony_during_john_summit/

Also, was the livestream for John Summit really taken down because the crowd was getting out of control?

I was thankfully at Bunt at this time (great set, not crowded). I had heard Summit was overcrowded but this sounds way worse that I thought.

Am curious is this hyperbole or is the podcast accurate in its description?

I really hope next year they reduce capacity meaningfully for each weekend as they say they plan to. It should be at least 20% less in my opinion.

EDIT - Video of JS crowd as taken by podcast creators. Skip to 1hr1min mark:

https://youtu.be/MgI23wLKtYY?si=82688UB3y_G6H1Ls

EDIT2: EDC is an amazing festival and everyone should go. I will be there both weekends next year. I just think the over-crowdedness - at peak times - spoils the experience a little. Insomniac say they are reducing capacity next year to address this so let's hope they do so in a meaningful way.

I am gay and brought my boyfriend to his first EDC this year. He loved it - apart from the over crowdedness at times.

One comment he made was that he was (pleasantly) surprised by how many gay people were there. I know roughly the history of raves and how it relates to the gay community so it makes sense but I thought it was interesting that this was something that surprised him.

Do people here agree that EDC and raves in general have a higher number of gays than the average population, or than other music festivals?

Or are gays just more obvious at EDC because of rainbow totems and the shirts off haha

Would it be crazy to guestimate that EDC is as much as 25 or 30% gay/queer?

EDIT: The responses here remind me how lucky I feel to have discovered the EDM/raver community. Where everyone is truly welcome no matter who they are, as long as they show love and respect to each other. If only the entire world could be like this.

Dangerously Overcrowded at John Summit?

What percentage of EDC ravers are gay (estimate)?