VELD, Canada's Biggest Electronic Music Festival, Announces 2024 Lineup – Billboard

Eric Prydz, Alesso, Marshmello, Martin Garrix, Kaskade and FISHER are make up the first phase of artist announcements for the festival at Toronto's Downsview Park.
Eric Prydz's HOLO
VELD Music Festival, billed as Canada's biggest electronic dance music festival, just announced the first phase of its 2024 lineup. Now in its 11th year, the festival will take over Toronto's Downsview Park from August 2-4.
Six artists have been announced for the produced festival so far, and they're all among the biggest names on the big-stage dance music circuit.
Swedish DJ Alesso, who's also playing an upcoming Super Bowl party, has had some high-profile collaborations recently, including a remix for BTS star Jung Kook.
Eric Prydz, meanwhile, is bringing his HOLO show to VELD. A dance world music phenomenon, it's become a head-turning spectacle at a number of festivals including Coachella, Sonar, Tomorrowland and more. Prydz plays behind a screen, while cutting-edge holograms form images of space and nature.

Kaskade was recently on the cover of Billboard for KX5, his team-up with Canadian EDM star Deadmau5. He's billed solo on the VELD poster, but it's best to keep an eye on Deadmau5's schedule that weekend.
Marshmello plays VELD during a period of transformation. The helmeted DJ recently put out his first Latin album, Sugar Papi, and remixed one of 2023's biggest breakout songs, South African artist Tyla's track "Water."
Australian producer FISHER had one of the biggest dance hits of the 2010s with "Losing It," and he's making some history for VELD too. He's billed as the festival's first-ever house music headliner.
Dutch DJ Martin Garrix has also been a dance/electronic and Hot 100 chart mainstay over the past decade, and he'll round out the list of VELD 2024 phase one headliners.
Check out the full poster below:
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Pre-sale tickets will soon go on sale here.
As the Online Streaming Act is implemented, streaming services with over $25 million in annual revenue and no connection to a Canadian broadcaster will have to pay 5% of those revenues as base contributions, generating an estimated $200 million in funding for "areas of immediate need," according to the CRTC.
The Canadian government has made a major announcement about the implementation of the Online Streaming Act, with implications for artists and music companies at home and abroad.
The CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) revealed today that foreign streaming services with significant revenues will have to make base contributions to Canadian content. Streaming companies with no affiliation to Canadian broadcasters and over $25 million in annual contributions revenues will have to pay 5% of those revenues into specified funds.
Those contributions will be used to boost Canadian content in the music, news and film industries, generating altogether an estimated $200 million in increased funding.

The decision comes after a consultation process that included public hearings last fall, as well as over 360 written submissions.
The announcement is welcomed by the Canadian Independent Music Association. "This decision by the CRTC is good news for the Canadian music sector," said President Andrew Cash. “As we look towards the future of music in Canada, this decision lays the groundwork for a dynamic partnership with digital platforms where Canadian talent can thrive both domestically and internationally."
Major streaming companies are less keen on the decision. "Today’s discriminatory decision will make it harder for global streamers to collaborate directly with Canadian creatives and invest in world-class storytelling made in Canada for audiences here and around the world," Wendy Noss, of the Motion Picture Association — Canada, which represents platforms like Netflix and Disney +, told The Canadian Press.
The government specifies that these contributions will go towards "areas of immediate need," prioritizing already existing funds in order to expedite the delivery process. Those funds include FACTOR and Musicaction, which industry groups like CIMA and the Canadian Live Music Association have been highlighting as in need of increased funding.
The audio contributions will be distributed as follows:

As industry members have debated and speculated over how the government would decide to implement the Online Streaming Act — Music Canada published an overview of possible approaches in April — today's announcement brings some clarity for the industry going forward. The new contributions requirements will take effect in the 2024-25 broadcast year.
Find more information about the announcement here.

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