Special Guests 21 Savage & Kid Cudi

One of the biggest festivals of the year is HARD, a long-running festival that started in 2007 to highlight alternative and electronic acts and has been going ever since. This year, however, it’s making some big changes, moving to a new Los Angeles venue and further expanding its horizons, adding hip-hop acts like 21 Savage and Kid Cudi as special guests after Megan Thee Stallion and Lil Uzi Vert were brought in last year.

HARD Summer 2023 returns to Los Angeles, the festival’s birthplace, for the first time in 10 years on August 5th and 6th, leaving the San Bernardino NOS Event Center for the Exposition Park area near downtown to which both the Colosseum and BMO Stadium (formerly Banc Of California Stadium).

And while there are a few other rap names in this year’s lineup, including Fat Joe and Ludacris, HARD is mostly keeping things the same, with headliners Kaskade and Skrillex joining a lineup that includes standouts like Four Tet, Diplo, Black Coffee, Dillon Francis, Oliver Tree and more. There also appear to be some surprise artists on the bill, likely to be announced as the festival draws closer. And don’t rule out the possibility that Drake, who worked with Black Coffee last year Honestly forget it, could also appear. Never forget who started EDM in the first place.

Advance ticket sales begin on Friday, March 10 at 10 a.m. Visit the official website for more information.