But as a wet-behind-the-ears neophyte, you undoubtedly and naturally have many questions regarding the festival. How you’ve made it this far is a mystery best left unsolved. But I digress. You’ve found your way to the wook wranglers, where we specialize in twenty-six dollar cigarettes and the bloody Mary with the dirt/ash rim. Your number one etherweb source for festival news and U.S. Farm Report and grain commodity analysis. With a festival of this size, one might be tempted to just hang out under the canopy and get the big eyes listening to STS9 on your phone’s speaker. This is not the way. There is a world of surprises just waiting to be discovered at Elements. We’re going to take a look so just sit back and let us drive. It’s all better now. This is what we do.

Pocono Raceway is a Goliath of a space with a plethora of immersive activities in every direction. The campsites are outside the venue so there’s plenty to see on your way to the show. Here’s a short list of a few of our wrangler favorites. Don’t miss out grasshopper.

Six Things Not to Miss at Elements Music and Arts Festival “24

• Fire Stage: This is the big boy. The home of thrill-seekers who thrive off moments of spontaneous, nebulous fun. Ignite your soul in the arms of the goddess of light, whose flames burn brightest at peak moments of the night. Fire takes center stage as the dance floor where all of the Elements family can get down together as one heartbeat to the groove. High energy tunes with dirty bass drops, funky rhythms, and beats that make you wiggle.

• Air: This temple of melodies tucked deep in the Elements forest, designed for those who seek to reawaken their soul. Retreat to a mystical landscape of dreamcatchers, treehouses, and disco balls where your spirit can refresh. Take a deep breath and feel your heart bloom as you get lost in a fog of grooves. Techno, House, Afrobeat, Ambient, and all that takes you throughout the long night.
• lespecial: Not sure how this hard-driving, rock band ended up at all the hippy festivals, but it works well and the wranglers have been at the receiving end of this exchange for many shows. lespecial is redefining the term “power trio”. The multi-instrumentalists from Connecticut continue to push the boundaries of what a three-piece band is capable of both live and in the studio. The band’s signature blend of “heavy future groove” combines headbanging metal riffage and surgical rhythmic precision with bone shaking 808s, sub synths and ethereal vocal stylings for a dance floor that welcomes moshing, dancing and hip swaying alike. Listeners are taken on a journey to the musical netherworld through esoteric soundscapes punctuated by raw, primal power.

• Bagdalini’s Sack of Wet Surprises: Happy Friendiversary. Ooooohhh yea. Don’t make it weird but some things can’t be unseen. Stop by Kamp Happiness and sign up for the free tick check with inappropriate comments included at no extra cost. Welcome to your own personal struggle puddle. Lucky is the guest who gets to realize the broad strokes of the double-wide paintbrush. The White Ninja is here to make all your dreams come true.
• Marvel Years: Cory Wythe, the producer and guitarist better known as Marvel Years, is much more than your average DJ/producer, Marvel Years incorporates electric guitar in his live performances. His approach to blending electronic beats and shredding soulful guitar on his original tracks and remixes creates a sound that is a unique hybrid. Get ready to get all the way down to Chinatown. 

• G Jones: Greg Jones is the artist behind the enigmatic G JONES moniker. A lauded master of electronic music production and highly sought after performer, G JONES is a collaborator of legendary artists such as Amon Tobin, Eprom, and DJ Shadow, who called Jones “the most gifted Ableton beatmaker I’ve ever seen.” Rolling Stone touted him as a “studio wizard.”  That’s what listening to G Jones will do. It’s a mental minefield of sudden drops and stutters, bass lines that open holes under your feet and send you shooting sideways to some warped mystery land.
• The Circle K? Hagglin’ Post: As always, be on the lookout for Pedro’s trading table. Bring your treasures and find bargains aplenty at any hour of the day. This week’s special is colored ping pong balls and “gently used” pine cone fetish plug. (Ed. bonus)

Visit the Elements website and like their social media channels on Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube. Visit the wook wranglers channels and remember all of our content is written by spunions, not AI. I mean, if you’ve watched the robot vacuum cleaner get tangled up in the shag rug then you already know that machines aren’t yet ready to take over.

Double down with Kamp Happiness as we launch a frontal attack on FloydFest and witness the cacophony of adventure that comes with mountain folk. It’s about to get all Appalacianny. 808s and paper plates yo. Who knows, maybe there will even be a Chris Bitchell sighting. One can only hope. Look for the wrangler media team onsite. Expect both the expected and the unexpected. It’s all been talk up till now. This is where the rubber meets the road.

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New highlight additions include Subtronics (performing two sets), Fly With Us (Chris Lorenzo B2B AC Slater), Green Velvet B2B Patrick Topping, The Disco Biscuits, The Blessed Madonna, G Jones, Sara Landry, Kasablanca, Hamdi, Max Styler, Odd Mob & OMNOM present HYPERBEAM, and more as listed below.

Speaking on the new round of additions, Elements Co-Founder Timothy Monkiewicz says, “We tried to go out of the box and worked hard to bring fans some fresh house & techno artists as well as some rare b2b sets for phase two. We are excited to add your most requested Jam band and Pennsylvania royalty, The Disco Biscuits! This well-rounded lineup gives something for everyone and we can’t wait for you all to enjoy it.”

These additions join an initial lineup that already featured some of the most electrifying names in dance music, from chart-topping stadium-filling superstar Illenium, to a Redux set from pioneering GRAMMY-nominated DJ and producer Kaskade, the darker shades of forward thinking producers Liquid Stranger and LSDREAM, and the head-splitting sounds of Excision among several others.

Festivalgoers can also explore a magical playground complete with Burning Man style art cars and rows of Vibe Villages, which are decorated theme camps created by guests. Elements will additionally showcase 3D video projection mapping, interactive performances, and large-scale art installations, plus a Health & Wellness lineup with yoga, aromatherapy, dance, comedy, sound baths, and multidisciplinary workshops.

Elements has grown rapidly into an immersive multi-day camping experience, along the way becoming a staple of the festival circuit. The move to Long Pond has aided in this growth, with Elements now hosted in the woodlands adjacent to the raceway. The venue is powered by an onsite solar farm, further assisting Elements in its long-term sustainability goals.

Elements Music & Arts Festival 2024 – Phase Two Lineup

AIMMIA, Fly, Fly With Us (AC Slater B2B Chris Lorenzo), G Jones, Green Velvet B2B Patrick Topping, Hamdi, Kasablanca, LYNY, Max Styler, NHII, Night Tales, ODD MOB & OMNOM: HYPERBEAM, Player Dave, Sara Landry, Space Bacon, Splintered Sunlight, Subtronics (Performing Two Sets), The Blessed Madonna, The Disco Biscuits, The Illustrious Blacks

Regional Acts

BB808, Bendito, Berger & Beezy, Cuppa T, DCal, Eddie Propane, isded B2B Nnämba, Krook, Lhor, Oba & Flip, Raudra, Sky So Young

Elements Music & Arts Festival 2024 – Phase One Lineup

5am Trio, Ahadadream, Austeria, Azzecca, Barclay Crenshaw, Blanke: ÆON MODE, BLOND:ISH, Bob Moses (Club Set), Boogie T, Boogie T.Rio, Canabliss, Chris Lake b2b Cloonee, CloZee, Cool Customer, Desert Hearts, Dimension, Disco Lines (Sunset Set), Dr. Fresch, Eli Fola (Hybrid Set), Excision, Golden Pony, Illenium, INZO, It’s murph, Justin Martin, Kaskade (Redux Sunset Set), Lee Reynolds, Lespecial, Lightcode, Liquid Stranger, LSDREAM, Marbs, Marvel Years, Matroda (Sunset Set), Mikey Lion, Of The Trees, Porky, Rome in Silver, Saka, Slander, Slander Presents: Before Dawn, Space Wizard, Sub Focus, Sullivan King b2b Kayzo, SunSquabi, Tape B, The Floozies, Township Rebellion, TroyBoi, TVBOO, VNSSA b2b Nala, Walker & Royce, Wreckno, Zingara

Regional Acts

9B49, Dice Man, Earth Signs, Koopmusik, Lady Harley, Lauchness, Max & Dana, Milan, Miller, Papyon, Ziata

Visit the Elements website and like their social media channels on Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube. Visit the Believers of Elements “23 from the wrangler archives. Stay tuned as we head back to Legend Valley and Secret Dreams with a quick turnaround to mountain insanity at FloydFest.

Namaste beetches.

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Lineup additions include standout back to backs from Late Checkout party starter Chris Lorenzo and Night Bass label head AC Slater as Fly With Us, plus seasoned house favorites Green Velvet B2B Patrick Topping. Fans will also be treated to two unique sets from bass behemoth Subtronics, live jam band stalwarts The Disco Biscuits, unifying dance figure The Blessed Madonna, high priestess of hard techno Sara Landry, enigmatic production mastermind G Jones, and live electronic duo Kasablanca. Additional highlights include in demand next generation risers like Odd Mob & OMNOM present HYPERBEAM, Hamdi, and Max Styler.

Speaking on the new round of additions, Elements Co-Founder Timothy Monkiewicz says, “We tried to go out of the box and worked hard to bring fans some fresh house & techno artists as well as some rare b2b sets for phase two. We are excited to add your most requested Jam band and Pennsylvania royalty, The Disco Biscuits! This well-rounded lineup gives something for everyone and we can’t wait for you all to enjoy it.”

These additions join an initial lineup that already featured some of the most electrifying names in dance music, from chart-topping stadium-filling superstar Illenium, to a Redux set from pioneering GRAMMY-nominated DJ and producer Kaskade, the darker shades of forward thinking producers Liquid Stranger and LSDREAM, and the head-splitting sounds of Excision.

The depth continues with GRAMMY-nominated melodic bass pioneers Slander, a back to back from Black Book Records head Chris Lake and Hellbent Records boss Cloonee, hard hitting versatile trap producer TroyBoi, a back to back throwdown from Sullivan King and Kayzo, plus D&B favorites like Sub Focus and Dimension. Heavier leaning sonics will also be well represented by the likes of Claude VonStroke’s iconic Barclay Crenshaw project, multi-talented French artist and Odyzey Music label head CloZee, bass producer Of The Trees, and multi-faceted rapper and producer Wreckno.

The four primary stages at Elements are aptly named to each represent one of the key elements that define not only the event’s experience, but the very fabric of the natural world it celebrates. Fire is the home for thrill-seekers who thrive off moments of spontaneous fun, while Earth presents a psychedelic paradise of neon trees, galactic mushrooms, and airborne jellyfish. Air offers a temple of melodies tucked deep in the forest, while the sunshine playground known as Water is where acrobats, pirates, and clowns are ever abounding and swimsuits are heavily encouraged.

Festivarians can also explore a magical playground complete with Burning Man style art cars and rows of Vibe Villages, which are decorated theme camps created by guests. Elements will additionally showcase 3D video projection mapping, interactive performances, and large-scale art installations, plus a Health & Wellness lineup with yoga, aromatherapy, dance, comedy, sound baths, and multidisciplinary workshops.

The yearly Art of Change program is a key facet of the festival’s community driven ethos, which was created to amplify marginalized voices. The 2023 edition focused on the LGBTQIA+ community while featuring workshops on Queer history, sexual orientation, and the essence of Drag, onwards to a Pride Parade. The festival’s Drag Brunch event donated funds from each drink sold to The Trevor Project, who provide crisis support for the community. More details and applications for The Art of Change program will be shared closer to the festival, while applications for Vibe Villages, Art & Visual Artists, Performers, and more are available now.

Elements has grown rapidly into an immersive multi-day camping experience, along the way becoming a staple of the festival circuit. The move to Long Pond has aided in this growth, with Elements now hosted in the woodlands adjacent to the raceway. The venue is powered by an onsite solar farm, further assisting Elements in its long-term sustainability goals.

Tier Three GA and VIP passes are currently on sale through the official Elements Festival website. Elements also offers a variety of options related to accommodations, which range from car camping to on-site glamping, nearby hotels, and preset RVs and tents for those seeking an elevated experience. Shuttle passes will also be available for those looking to avoid driving, which provide rides from a variety of major cities throughout the Northeast.

Elements Music & Arts Festival 2024 – Phase Two Lineup
AIMMIA, Fly, Fly With Us (AC Slater & Chris Lorenzo), G Jones, Green Velvet B2B Patrick Topping, Hamdi, Kasablanca, LYNY, Max Styler, NHII, Night Tales, ODD MOB & OMNOM: HYPERBEAM, Player Dave, Sara Landry, Space Bacon, Splintered Sunlight, Subtronics (Performing Two Sets), The Blessed Madonna, The Disco Biscuits, The Illustrious Blacks

Regional Acts
BB808, Bendito, Berger & Beezy, Cuppa T, DCal, Eddie Propane, isded B2B Nnämba, Krook, Lhor, Oba & Flip, Raudra and Sky So Young.

Elements Music & Arts Festival 2024 – Phase One Lineup
5am Trio, Ahadadream, Austeria, Azzecca, Barclay Crenshaw, Blanke: ÆON MODE, BLOND:ISH, Bob Moses (Club Set), Boogie T, Boogie T.Rio, Canabliss, Chris Lake b2b Cloonee, CloZee, Cool Customer, Desert Hearts, Dimension, Disco Lines (Sunset Set), Dr. Fresch, Eli Fola (Hybrid Set), Excision, Golden Pony, Illenium, INZO, It’s murph, Justin Martin, Kaskade (Redux Sunset Set), Lee Reynolds, Lespecial, Lightcode, Liquid Stranger, LSDREAM, Marbs, Marvel Years, Matroda (Sunset Set), Mikey Lion, Of The Trees, Porky, Rome in Silver, Saka, Slander, Slander Presents: Before Dawn, Space Wizard, Sub Focus, Sullivan King b2b Kayzo, SunSquabi, Tape B, The Floozies, Township Rebellion, TroyBoi, TVBOO, VNSSA b2b Nala, Walker & Royce, Wreckno, Zingara, Regional Acts, 9B49, Dice Man, Earth Signs, Koopmusik, Lady Harley, Lauchness, Max & Dana, Milan, Miller and Papyon, Ziata.

About Elements Music & Arts Festival

Elements is best described as an escape unlike any other, a four-day music, art and camping festival and creative getaway designed for all those who wonder. What started as a humble one-day event in 2013 on the Brooklyn waterfront has grown into an immersive camping experience and staple of the North American festival circuit.

Now moving into its seventh year, growing into its new prodigal home of Long Pond, PA, the fiercely independent event has remained true to its ethos of interactivity and connection, showcasing world-class electronic music amongst mind-blowing stage designs, large-scale art, roaming performers, culture and wellness forward programming, and boundless surprises. It is this creative spirit and forward-thinking experiential curation that fuels the brand’s ethos of consistent progress and evolution. Visit the Elements website and like their social media channels on Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube. Visit the Believers of Elements “23 from the wrangler archives.

Keep up with the wranglers as we head to Shaky Knees in Atlanta, down to Rockville in Daytona, sliding over to Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores and then, the beast, Solshine Reverie in Chillicothe, Illinois. It’s coming fast now. Welcome to the portal.

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It was their first time at Elements and Pocono International Raceway. They met up with The Repairman at the entrance whereby he promptly snatched up their parking pass. They would be forced to follow him in using the Hurt Locker special, “I’m with him” ruse.  They built camp while The Repairman enjoyed a lunch of Spaghettios diluted with ranch dressing, henceforth known as Spaghettos. His clothes in the trunk smelled like they’d been soaked with tiki torch fuel and he was ready to burst into flames at any time. No fumar por favor.

He was a Dollar Tree man tying to make it with a Family Dollar lady. His ex had been a Dollar General kind of girl and it was just a matter of time before that imploded. It was like dating a girl with a Christian radio station bumper sticker on her car. If she believed in God then she could believe in angels. If she believed in saints then she could believe in the nephilim. And if she believed in God, then there’s always the devil. For a non-believer, a relationship like that would promise to be as durable as a flea market lighter leash. No matter how long her legs were, it would be just a matter of time.

The Repairman was always shopping for a hippy girl and luckily found one parked adjacent to Kamp Happiness. She definitely had a dirty cuteness about her but she believed in ghosts and for him that was a definite red flag. He knew from years of experience that someone who believed in ghosts was liable to believe in anything, no matter how ludicrous.

But it was cool. Most people believed in something that not everyone believed in. Like ghosts. Or dragons. Invisible dragons. And invisible ghosts that they could talk to. “Yo bro, you are sitting on my dead mother but don’t worry, it’s not your fault. You didn’t know that was her favorite chair.”

He did not enjoy being expected to believe in invisible shit. Unless it was like gravity. His father had fallen from a ladder once so gravity seemed to make perfect sense. Just ask any rigger. But there were plenty of invisible that that otherwise sensible folks bought into. Like interdimensional beings that only some people could see or communicate with. Yes, apparently they were everywhere.

She was into fortune telling with tarot cards, palm lines, tea leaves, head bumps, Ouija boards, fortune cookies, numerology and playing cards that would tell the future depending on one’s birthday. She also believed in astrology, the power of the zodiac, Venus in retrograde and the rising of Saturn. From where he was standing, she appeared to have a real keen idea about the future.

Or what about aliens flying around in their cookie shaped spaceships? In that regard, she promoted a strange dichotomy. She believed in God but not space exploration by humans. For that matter she didn’t believe in outer space because nothing exists outside of the firmament which rockets routinely smash into and plummet back to the flat earth. Go figure.

He still was willin’. At least she didn’t believe in Bigfoot, or the Loch Ness monster, or yetis or abdominal skunk apes. No telekinesis, telepathy, Chariots of the Gods or The Secret.

The only potential deal-breaker was her voice. As they walked into the venue to catch Ganga White Night her voice sounded like Martha Raye denture wearer as a morning show DJ laughing at her own jokes. The sound of her laugh was so obnoxious it made him not want to be clever. It reminded him of the tearing of an old rag or water going down the drain. Red flags were rapidly turning into deal-breakers.

He met a girl in VIP at Rezz who didn’t believe in climate change or decreased carbon footprints but she did feel it was high time to be concerned about sea water temperature increase. Someone, somewhere had mentioned to her that the Gulf Stream was about to stop pumping. Disconcerting to say the least but at least the Holocine had been a good run.

At some point Ferdy, got turned around in the forest and ended up at the Frick Frack Blackjack table. All he had on his person was a tiny glow-in-the-dark rubber duck so he would have to start small and grow. Lessons from Panajachel. Future Joy was leading the get down on the stage and even lent the saxophone to the Baldfest barber show. This was a perfect place to get lost. The production and art installations offered plenty to enjoy and partake.

Somehow his powdered Pedialyte had mixed in with his Michigan dry wall, yet no one was the wiser. It’s good to work with professionals for a change. As it rained Saturday night they all huddled close together and spaced out to the primordial on old Soundtribe.

They lost Greggorio sometime around Doom Flamingo. He believed in something called electroculture which was definitely a concept one couldn’t see but his kale was growing so fast the evidence was apparently clear. Something about grabbing loose electrons from the air??? Sciency to be sure.

Ferdy believed in the power of the festival and what he could learn from it. He’d reached a point where he looked forward to working them and got reasonably bored when he wasn’t. All of his friends worked festivals so the evolution of the species was apparent. Real love, real work, real fun.

Thank you to Elements Music and Arts Festival for inviting the wranglers to join the maze and thanks to the photographers who contributed to this article. Keep up with Kamp Happiness as they head back to the high country for Front Porch Fest then it’s back at Legend Valley for Lost Lands. October takes care of itself with Major Malfunktion and the turn back south to Live Oak and the 10th Anniversary of Hulaween. So that’s happening.

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