As the last beats banged from the Middlelands festival stages each night, Headliners headed straight toward a brand-new feature at our campground: sound camps. There they found the ultimate after-party…

One of Middlelands’ most beloved characters was the purple hip-hop unicorn puppet that performed several times a day in and around the fairgrounds’ Globe Theatre. Paragon—as he’s called by his…

With reporting from Alexander Dias and John Ochoa. We’ve been waiting for this weekend since we first announced Middlelands last year, and its much-anticipated debut went absolutely off. At Insomniac,…

Dance music has always been an environment set aside almost exclusively for people who know how to have fun. Regardless of what goes on away from the warehouse, club or…

Three days of dragons, knights, lords and ladies. Three nights of magic, wonder, good music and awesome people. Headliners, you brought your full awesomeness to the kickoff of Middlelands, and…

Music festivals bring out the best in all of us, and day two of the first-ever Middlelands brought out even more awesome people. Your costumes and totems are brightening the…

Knights. Wizards. Thieves, pirates and barbarians. The adventurers and explorers of fantasy realms long past (or that never really happened) have more things in common with the modern-day raver than…

Day one of our highly anticipated festival extravaganza, the first-ever Middlelands, has come to a close, and we’re only just getting started with this fantastical quest. From medieval makeup to…

Fresh out of our Insomniac merch labs, we’ve crafted new styles and brand-new, high-quality festival threads for the first-ever Middlelands, including our custom Middlelands camo print and tartan plaid. Whether you’re…