VELD Music Festival
| VELD Music Festival | |
|---|---|
deadmau5 at 2016 VELD | |
| Status | active |
| Genre | EDM, Hip hop |
| Date(s) | 3-day weekend In late July or early August |
| Frequency | Yearly |
| Venue | Parc Downsview Park |
| Location(s) | Downsview Park Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Country | Canada |
| Years active | 2012-present |
| Founder | INK Entertainment |
| Previous event | August 2-4, 2024 |
| Next event | August 1-3, 2025 |
| Attendance | 216,000 (2023, 3 days total) |
| Capacity | 72,000 (all stages combined) |
| Activity | Music Festival |
| Sponsor | Red Bull, Bud Light, Jack Daniels, Government of Ontario. |
| Website | veldmusicfestival |
VELD Music Festival (commonly referred to as VELD) is the largest annual electronic dance music festival in Canada, held at Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario. Since its inception in 2012, the festival has had a number of notable acts, including deadmau5, Martin Garrix, Armin van Buuren, Hardwell, Steve Aoki, Zedd, Illenium, and Tiesto.
The music festival has three concert stages: the Main Stage, the Bass Stage (formally known as the Rémy Martin Stage), and the Sirkus Stage. The Bass Stage features dubstep, trap, riddim, and other sub-genres of electronic dance music, while the Sirkus Stage hosts mostly house music, such as bass house and tech house.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 editions of the event were cancelled.