EDC Week

EDC Week 2026 is seven days when Las Vegas stops being a city and becomes the world's largest outdoor nightclub. From Wednesday May 13 through Tuesday May 19, every nightclub on the Strip competes for the 400,000+ EDC attendees and music fans descending on the destination. The scale of talent booked for EDC Week rivals or exceeds any music festival in the world — the Strip nightclub lineup alone features more than 60 headliner-level DJs across seven nights.

The key distinction for EDC Week first-timers: the festival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway (May 15–17) and the Strip nightclub events are completely separate. You do not need an EDC ticket, wristband, or festival pass to attend the Strip events. Each venue books its own independent lineup, sells its own tickets, and operates on its own schedule. The festival runs 7 PM to 5:30 AM at LVMS north of downtown. The Strip venues open 10:30–11:30 PM and run until 5 AM. Many attendees attend the festival on Friday and Saturday but spend Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday entirely on the Strip.

Wednesday, May 13 opens the week with some of the highest-demand bookings: Ray Volpe and Adventure Club headline Bassrush's takeover at Zouk, Chris Lorenzo brings his Lowkey in the Library concept to Marquee Nightclub, Mau P — fresh off CosmicMEADOW at the festival — headlines EBC at Night, and Dom Dolla-affiliate Deorro takes over Marquee Dayclub for a pool party start to the week. The Wednesday pool party circuit is smaller than Thursday–Saturday but less crowded, easier guest list access, and more intimate than the peak weekend nights.

Thursday, May 14 escalates significantly. Above & Beyond take Palm Tree Beach Club for a daytime pool party set, Porter Robinson (DJ Set) headlines TAO Beach, and Alison Wonderland fronts Bassrush's pool party at AYU Dayclub at Resorts World. After dark, Charlotte de Witte — one of the biggest names in techno globally — headlines Hakkasan in what will be one of the most technically demanding sets of the week. Armin van Buuren heads to OMNIA Nightclub. Diplo with special guest Alec Monopoly plays XS. James Hype and Meduza close out Zouk. Dom Dolla headlines LIV Nightclub. Knock2 brings the heat to LIV Beach in the afternoon.

Friday, May 15 is EDC Night 1 at the Speedway and the busiest Strip night of the week. During the day: FISHER headlines OMNIA Dayclub's grand opening (the most in-demand pool party ticket of EDC Week 2026), Zedd plays Palm Tree Beach Club, Gryffin headlines Encore Beach Club, Noizu and Bolo take AYU Dayclub, Lost Frequencies brings Beatport Fridays to Marquee Dayclub, and DJ Snake headlines TAO Beach with support from RØZ. At night: Tiësto headlines LIV Nightclub on EDC Night 1 (Friday), then headlines circuitGROUNDS at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Night 2 (Saturday) — making him the rare EDC Week artist to headline both a Strip venue and a festival stage across the weekend. Steve Aoki takes OMNIA Nightclub, NOTD plays Marquee Nightclub, Wax Motif closes Zouk, and Hugel anchors XS.

Saturday, May 16 is EDC Night 2 and the peak day for dayclubs: Calvin Harris headlines Encore Beach Club (his annual EDC Week tradition), David Guetta plays LIV Beach, Alesso takes Palm Tree Beach Club, RÜFÜS DU SOL bring their atmospheric DJ set to OMNIA Dayclub for the grand opening weekend's marquee set, Timmy Trumpet takes Marquee Dayclub, and Mathame headlines AYU. After dark: The Chainsmokers close XS, Chris Lake headlines OMNIA Nightclub (the same night he's set for a festival appearance), DJ Vice plays Marquee Nightclub, and Murda Beatz takes Hakkasan.

Sunday, May 17 is EDC Night 3 and the emotional peak of the week. Marshmello headlines Encore Beach Club for the Sunday pool party finale. John Summit closes the dayclub circuit at LIV Beach for his EDC Week bow. Martin Garrix headlines OMNIA Dayclub alongside Justin Mylo for the grand opening weekend's final day. Chris Lake plays Palm Tree Beach Club for his second EDC Week appearance. Steve Aoki brings his Dim Mak Takeover to TAO Beach. The Insomniac Records Pool Party at Marquee Dayclub closes the pool party circuit for the week with OMNOM, CID, and Jackie Hollander.

Monday, May 18 offers a lower-intensity continuation for those extending the trip: NGHTMRE opens Marquee Dayclub in the afternoon, then David Guetta heads to LIV Nightclub, DJ Snake plays a hip-hop set at Marquee Nightclub, and Kaskade closes XS in what often becomes one of the most intimate big-name sets of the week as the crowd thins out after the festival weekend. Tuesday, May 19 features Martin Garrix with Justin Mylo at OMNIA Nightclub — the final headline event of the official EDC Week calendar.

Guest list strategy for EDC Week: sign up at least 72 hours in advance for peak nights (Friday and Saturday), earlier for the most in-demand bookings like OMNIA Dayclub's grand opening. Arrive at venues during the first hour of operation — lines form quickly on festival nights. Women consistently get free entry with guest list all week. Men get free or significantly discounted entry Wednesday through Friday; Saturday entry is often reduced but not free for men at top venues. The guest list is the single biggest money-saving move of EDC Week — nightclub covers during EDC Week run $50–150 per person walk-up, versus free or $20–40 with a confirmed guest list spot.

Getting between venues on the Las Vegas Strip during EDC Week requires deliberate planning. The Strip spans 4.2 miles from MGM Grand to Encore, and the highest concentration of nightclub venues sits in a 1.5-mile stretch between ARIA and Wynn. Walking this core zone takes 20–30 minutes per venue-to-venue leg and is often faster than rideshare during peak hours (midnight to 2 AM) when surge pricing reaches $40–70 for a half-mile trip. The practical rule: walk if the distance is under 15 minutes, rideshare for everything beyond that. Venues on the same hotel property — OMNIA Nightclub and OMNIA Dayclub at Caesars Palace, Marquee Dayclub and Nightclub at The Cosmopolitan, LIV Beach and LIV Nightclub at Fontainebleau — are your most efficient day-to-night transitions. The Las Vegas Monorail connects key Strip properties including MGM Grand, Bally's/Paris, and Sahara and runs until 3 AM on most nights during EDC Week. For post-festival transportation from LVMS at 5–6 AM, EDC operates official shuttle passes from multiple Strip drop-off points — far more reliable than rideshare during the post-festival surge when thousands of people leave simultaneously.

Dress code at Las Vegas nightclubs and pool parties operates independently of EDC festival rules. What you wear to the Speedway — costumes, rave fashion, LED accessories, kandi — is explicitly not acceptable attire at Strip venues. Nightclub dress code for men: collared shirt or fitted top, no shorts, no athletic wear, no sandals, no hats. Women: dresses, skirts, or stylish tops. At pool parties the dress code is swimwear with cover-ups acceptable at entry. The practical schedule if you are doing both in the same day: arrive at the pool party in swimwear, change into nightclub-appropriate attire at your hotel in the late afternoon, pack a separate outfit for any post-festival nightclub plans. Venues enforce dress code strictly during EDC Week because they are at capacity and have full discretion at the door. A dress code rejection means losing your guest list spot — plan your wardrobe accordingly and never go from festival to nightclub without changing.

Combining a pool party and a nightclub on the same day is the signature EDC Week experience — up to 16 hours of music with the festival in the middle for those attending both. The timing works like this: pool party at opening (11 AM to noon), spend 2–3 hours at the dayclub, return to the hotel around 3–4 PM to eat, rest, and change, then depart for the Speedway or nightclub around 7–10 PM. Pool party venues with on-site nightclub counterparts make the transition seamless — Marquee Dayclub feeds directly into Marquee Nightclub, OMNIA Dayclub connects via bridge to OMNIA Nightclub, and LIV Beach is in the same Fontainebleau complex as LIV Nightclub. If you are attending the festival, the nightclub is an optional add-on for Wednesday and Thursday pre-festival nights rather than the main event. On festival nights — Friday through Sunday — most serious EDC attendees choose between the festival and the nightclub, because attempting both on the same night typically means missing headliner sets at one or both venues.

For groups of six or more, EDC Week requires a different booking approach than a couple or small group. Venues during EDC Week apply the even gender ratio rule strictly — groups with heavily skewed male-to-female ratios may be denied or split at the door. Submit your full headcount for both women and men in a single guest list request. Mixed groups do well because venues prioritize balanced parties. Bottle service is worth the premium for large groups wanting guaranteed seating and a consistent meeting point across a long night — a $4,000 table split among 10 people is $400 each, which often costs less than buying individual tickets plus drinks separately. For groups where not everyone has festival tickets, splitting into a Speedway team and a Strip nightclub team is common; designate a meeting venue for a nightcap after the festival ends around 5 AM. Text or submit your group details through NoCoverVegas for group-specific logistics across multiple venues and nights.