Tropical Dreams

10/31/2024

This week we'd like to take a moment to introduce a legend among legends!

Change is inevitable, and nowhere is this more prevalent than in the world of dance music. Analog gives way to digital, trends come and go, yet NYC’s DJ Joeski remains at the top of his game, and now, in the midst of his third decade as one of house music’s most sought-after stars, his momentum shows no signs of slowing.

Joeski’s trajectory can be traced back to 1991, when he burst onto the NYC house music scene as a founding member of The Chocolate Factory DJ collective. He delighted crowds at Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium and NASA, helped turn “Save The Robots” into a NYC afterhours institution and earned his first residency at “Together” parties at the legendary Roxy, playing alongside the likes of Danny Tenaglia, Louie Vega and Roger Sanchez.

Joeski’s touring schedule continues to be as prolific as his studio output, headlining clubs from Acapulco to Helsinki plus a booked-out week spent at Miami Music Week 2017. In March all three tracks from “Tribute to Obatala” simultaneously climbed onto Beatport’s Tech House Top 100, with Joeski ending the month as featured artist on John Digweed’s “Transitions” podcast.

Fueled by his genuine love of the music, there’s no doubt that Joeski will continue to evolve both behind the decks and in the studio, captivating new generations of club-goers and maintaining his place as one of dance music’s most enduring talents.

Catch Joeski at Tropical Dreams 2024 this December!

Tropical Dreams is a 5 room, multi-day musical conference and multifaceted event taking place at the Sturbridge Host Hotel in Sturbridge MA.

10/16/2024

Join us today to welcome DAG!

From the underground of Happy Hardcore DAG creates a space for everyone to be their true selves. From hard dance to hyperpop the Daddy vibes are thicc. Be True, Be You 💪

Catch DAG performing with Luna Skye at Tropical Dreams 2024 ✨️

10/03/2024

Formally introducing one of our 2024 headliners, Serial Killaz!

Serial Killaz first caught the attention of the drum and bass and jungle worlds when they remixed Tribe Of Issachar’s Junglist back in 2005 for Rebel MC’s Congo Natty label.

The duo have spent the past two decades earning a reputation as the genre’s remix producers of choice, with releases on heavyweight labels such as Def Jam, Ninja Tune, Souped Up, Congo Natty, Jungle Cakes, Dub Shotta, Suburban Base and Playaz they also manage their own Serial Killaz, Killa Kollective and Streetlife Recordings labels.

The duo have headlined stages at Boomtown, Glastonbury, Glade, Outlook, Northern Bass (NZ) and many more taking their brand of Jungle and Drum & Bass to club nights and festivals all across the globe including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Russia, Vietnam, the U.S. and all over Europe for twenty years now there's no sign of them letting up any time soon!

Catch them tearing up the decks at Tropical Dreams 2024 🥳

Tropical Dreams is a 5 room, multi-day musical conference and multifaceted event taking place at the Sturbridge Host Hotel in Sturbridge MA.

09/24/2024

On site hotel packages officially sold out late last week ✨️ we've got plenty of weekend admission tickets left, and there are a plethora of hotel options in the area so don't be discouraged! This year instead of selling off site hotel packages, we will be expanding our shuttle services to greater meet the needs of homies staying off site. More info to come soon!

~*time to get sappy*~

We can't lie to y'all, with the amount of competition and the crazy nature of the festival market, we were a little unsure of how things would go for us this year. There's still a long way to go, but we think this has the potential to be the best year yet!

We just wanted to take a minute to say thank you to everyone who has shown love and signed up for another year of dreaming with us! We're going to have some fun stuff coming your way later this week but for now we just wanted to remind you that we appreciate all of y'all and can't wait to share another year of Tropical Dreaming with all of our favorite dreamers 😊✨️🩵

09/18/2024

We hope you'll give a warm welcome to one of our new 2024 DnB headliners, ✨️

AnnGree brings an explosive mixing style and high-energy sets that have captivated thousands of followers across the globe. Originally hailing from Russia, though currently residing in the US, she started spinning in 2007 and producing in 2010.

As a worldwide headliner, she has toured Europe, Russia, South Africa and the United States, playing alongside heavyweights like Bad Company UK, Dom&Roland, The Sect, Tech Itch, Prolix, Serial Killaz, Dose, Raiden, Vicious Circle, EBK, Fierce, Trace, DJ SS, Kenny Ken, Dylan, Audio, Matrix & Futurebound, The Prototypes, Cooh and many more.

AnnGree is known for spinning Neurofunk, Neurotech and Techstep. She has held residencies on prominent radio stations like Jungletrain, Darkwax and DnB Radio.

With releases on acclaimed labels like Cause4Concern, Distorted Frequencies, Black Inferno, Suspect Device, Formation Records (UK) and others, AnnGree continues to establish herself as a leading force in the electronic music scene.

Catch her set at Tropical Dreams in out new styled out DnB room and make sure to show some love! See you all oh so soon dreamers ✨️

Book Tickets Online for Tropical Dreams 2024 in Sturbridge @ Sturbridge Host Hotel | The Ticketing Co.

09/11/2024

Salutations Dreamers! Today we're here to introduce one of our 2024 headliners in our bass music room, Emalkay.

Martin Knowles aka Emalkay is an English dubstep producer, composer, and DJ hailing from Birmingham.
Blending elements of grime, garage, reggae, and drum n bass, Emalkay has an extraordinary ability to infuse ominous melodic undertones, heart-stopping emotion, and booming bass into every set and track he touches.
Martin made his breakthrough with well known anthems ‘When I Look at You’ and ‘Fabrication’, both featured on his debut album “Eclipse” (2011). These emotive tunes have radiated throughout the years and can still be heard on any dance floor. Now, Emalkay is writing a new chapter for his career, continuing his
sonic journey by pushing the boundaries of the classics with a new school twist.

Show some love for our first hard hitting bass music spotlight of the year!

Book Tickets Online for Tropical Dreams 2024 in Sturbridge @ Sturbridge Host Hotel | The Ticketing Co.

09/10/2024

Now that we're getting closer, the line up has settled, and the excitement is building... it's time to turn up the heat on games and activities!

So we're coming to you to help us out again :) what were your favorite games from the past couple years? What was your favorite activity? Is there anything new you want to see us do this year?

We're looking forward to making this the most exciting year yet and we'd love your input, Dreamers ✨️

09/06/2024

When you've been dancing for 7 hours straight and realize that you need to EAT 🙃

Good thing we've got a whole bunch of awesome local places to eat :D

Some of our local favorites are BT's smokehouse right down the road, Thai Place accross the street, and Baba sushi and hotpot!

If you've got any recommendations that you LOVED from previous years, drop em below and spread the love!

09/04/2024

Happy hump day Dreamers! We're here today to introduce one of our absolute favorites and long time homie, DJ Delirium!

Ever since the early 90’s, DJ Delirium has been a forefront leader in the Hardcore Techno scene. He has appeared countless times at some of the worlds largest events like Thunderdome, Mysteryland, Defqon.1, Dominator, In Qontrol, Raving Nightmare, Ground Zero, EDC – Vegas, Earthquake and many more.

Anyone who’s ever seen DJ Delirium perform knows about his smooth mixing and tight scratching. His DJ skills have taken him all over the world including countries like Holland, Germany, Italy, Belgium, England, Hungary, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, Colombia and many more places over the years. He has rocked dance floors for crowds of over 30,000 people! DJ Delirium has brought the hits from the studio to the dance floor for the past 31 years, and there is no sign of stopping him so be prepared for the mantis to strike again!!!

You can catch DJ Delirium this year at Tropical Dreams 2024 absolutely crushing the decks in our hard dance room 🥳 show some love for DJ Delirium!

Coming fresh off the back of their annual lakeside festival, Hydrotechnics, The Mutiny and ECR are p

09/03/2024

LAST CALL!

We're almost out of on site hotel rooms! With fewer than 10 rooms on site remaining, if you wanna be with us all weekend at the host we'd recommend locking in 🫡

For those who still aren't sure, we will be releasing off-site hotel packages once we are out of on-site hotel rooms! Keep your eyes peeled for more options :D

Lots of love dreamers, we can't wait to make this the most magical dream thus far ✨️

09/01/2024

This one goes out to all the old school heads that really know how to rock the decks 🫡👌

Shout out your favorite OG that you know would go stupid on a set of these bad boys!

08/26/2024

We promised you contest winners today and we would be remiss to leave them unnanounced....

We are happy to say that Flo Fo Sho and Chris Gaffney have each won a ticket to Tropical Dreams 2024!

We want to thank everyone who participated in this contest, and we hope we still get to see so many of you at Tropical Dreams this year :) happy dreaming friends 🩵

08/26/2024

***edited for clarity***
Hi everyone,

Serious post time unfortunately.

During the hiring process for our events, we usually go through a brief background check, mostly googling for any history of arrest or unnacceptable behavior, of anyone we bring into the fold. We do this for everyone's safety, and to make sure the people we bring into our community are positive influences.

Unfortunately, this is no guarantee of safety. Sometimes things can fly below the radar, or in this instance, happen after services have already been established and not be reported or known to our team.

Unfortunately, we found out yesterday about the fact that one of the individuals we contracted was arrested and charged with absolutely heinous activities within the past year and a half. We first worked with this individual in 2022, before any of this took place and were unaware of any potential issues. In the interest of acting as soon as information is presented we are bringing you this post today in an effort to be transparent. We will no longer be working with "Hook U Photography" and we would like to formally address the fact that this individual should not be hired within the nightlife community. In spaces where people are in vulnerable places, safety is paramount and problems like this cannot be ignored.

We will continue to do background examination when hiring any new contractors, and will increase the level of scrutiny on existing contractors as well to ensure issues like this do not slip between the cracks in the future. It is our goal to create safe and inclusive spaces for everyone, and we will work harder in the future to ensure this.

08/24/2024

So many people have nominated their friends so far and we love the love! The contest will run until Monday, and winners will be announced Monday afternoon here on the page. If you haven't nominated anyone yet, check our the contest post on our wall 🥳

We hope you're all having a safe and dreamy weekend out there 🏝🏝🏝

08/23/2024

Salutations Dreamers! We're here today with a little giveaway for y'all- and a fun twist! We wanna see everyone spread the love this time around. We will be picking two people from this post to win free admission to Tropical Dreams 2024, but read carefully because there are some specific rules to this!

To enter this competition, you must be NOMINATED BY SOMEONE ELSE! Once someone is nominated, all they need to do is confirm they want to come under their nomination, and we will select two winners randomly from the submissions for free admission to Tropical Dreams!

So go on ahead and nominate the people who you want to see come to Tropical Dreams for free! Let's share some love today 🥰

08/15/2024

With no further ado, we bring to you... Our 2024 Tropical Dreams line up 🥳

Tickets are going fast @ https://theticketing.co/e/tropicaldreams2024

Who's your favorite this year? Let us know below 🥰

08/14/2024

No need for mystery, line up drops tomorrow.
Take your best guesses, maybe we'll give some hints 👀

08/12/2024

Just as a heads up for all the friends and homies......

Hotel rooms on site are 75% sold out 🥳 line up is finished and off to edit, and we are SO STOKED that you're all ready to join us for another year of Tropical Dreaming 🥰

Packages are available on layaway, and no need to worry because even if you don't get a room on site there are plenty of other options in the area! We've expanded the amount of tickets in our tier 1 category to make sure there are plenty to last until line up drops :)

We appreciate all of our dreamers, and we're so excited to make this year extra magical for all of you! Stay tuned for more info coming soon :D

08/07/2024

Hope y'all are ready for a whole new round of Tropical Dreaming, because we've been busy cookin on this one for a minute 😘

Tickets are now live for public sale, event page is now live, and we are SO ready to bring you another year of magic and music 🥰 Let us know what's got you pumped up for this year's show 😁

07/26/2024

We had fun at our summer party 😇 now it's time to get tropical :p

07/22/2024

For those who didn't see at Sunken Suite this past weekend 🫡🥰

Come join us for another year of dancing and dreaming 🩵

07/22/2024

While the next Sunken Suite is a year away, we've got more to look forward to much closer than that 🥰 stay tuned for more info!

07/04/2024