Birth of EVOL Afters: The Origin of Electric Forest's Largest Afterparty
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Published 2024-06-16
Looking back now, it is hard to believe what this party has become, the kind of artists that have performed at these afters, and the impact that this has had on Electric Forest as a whole.
Here we dive into Electric Forest 2016 and both weekends of Electric Forest 2017 to see how they helped shape what EVOL Afters is today.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:07 Preparing for Forest 2016
4:23 Electric Forest 2016
6:51 The Unlikely Quest
8:55 The Renegade Afterparty of 2016
11:52 Preparing/Arriving - Forest 2017
15:48 EVOL Afters 2017
17:40 Electric Forest 2017 - Weekend 2
21:11 Arrival of the Surprise Guests
23:39 Didn't See That Coming
24:33 Outro
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To the Forest Fam: Thank you for supporting us and believing in us!! Thank You for dancing with us until Sunrise!! Nothing brings us more joy than looking out into the sea of smiling faces. We love you ❤️ Happy Forest 🫶⚡️🌲
And a special thank you to all the collaborators who have put in so much heart and effort and have helped make this after party into something that is truly unforgettable! Thank you for your dedication and your hard work!!! We couldn't have done it without you
All Comments (21)
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Dude! Thanks so much for telling your story. We had so much fun at the afters this weekend. I hope everyone is okay & Can't wait to catch you at the next one
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What a trip down memory lane! Insane to see the growth over the years. Couldn’t be more proud of our team 😊
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Like moths to a flame, follow the lights to the semi!! ⚡️🌲🔊Ommmmg I’m still dying at the “two idiots one credit card”!! 😂😂🤦🏽♀️
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Can’t wait to rage with the crew 🎉
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I'll never forget that Saturday night bro. I'm about to go into my cabin to go to bed and I hear a honk honk from a golf cart - Pasquale in the driver's seat, with this girl (my now good friend) Haley in the back. "What are you doin, we gotta go party man! hop on!" I had Pasquale chauffeuring me around the GA campgrounds between random campers afters setups until we roll up on Gene and Misha, where we spent the next several hours until the sun was up. He then took us over to Cereal Sundaes at the GA vendors for breakfast before we headed back to the cabins for bed. Best night ever.
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Dude I had so much fun working with you guys at Electric Forest this year !!!
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Ahhh incredible story time! Loved to hear about how Evol afties was born!! ⚡️😎🎧🌲🔊 we need a part 2!!!
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This is freaking legendary dude hahaha. I always looked for and found the truck! Long live house music!!!!
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Your story is inspirational. We all started as sprouts and are growing into trees that make up the beautiful forest, Evol Chicago is just growing a little bit taller :)
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I remember when it was just some kids some from my high school with a bus and now it’s this official thing. Crazy how time flies. I miss the 2010s
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I absolutely love that this wasn't an originally planned thing, it just started with taking a semi to Forest and putting lights on it which attracted people to see if there was anything else to it. Please make a few more videos because the Evol stage is a staple at Forest nowadays and I'd love to know how you eventually got way bigger acts to play on the stage. Anyways man, enjoy your forest!
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my first year was 2018, cant wait to see whats in store for 2024!
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Awesome video! Cant wait for part 2! Had a blast at the Evol afters.
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Love you dude!!! Can't wait for the years to come!
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Always an insane time! I love watching the sunrise with you guys, dancing until my feeet bleeeeedd!!! Bahah!
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Dope story especially seeing how far you guys have come
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Truly inspiring! Love getting a look behind the curtain, trying to get something grassroots like this going myself with local festivals (more focused on bass music though) :) Really interested to learn more about your sound setup and how it evolved over the years...
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Yes I love Chicago house 🏠 I’d love to go to forest next year 😊🎉looks epic af!! Great video
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This is such a sick story dude! Cant wait to experience my first forest this week and definitely gonna turn up till the sun comes up with EVOL😎
