Elements Fest Hits The Bronx This Weekend: What You Need To Know

BRONX, NY — Elements Music & Art Festival returns to New York City with a bang this Saturday. Thousands will converge on the Bronx waterfront for headliners like Bassnectar, Emancipator, Desert Dwellers, Snakehips, Jade Cicada and Dirty Bird Players: Justin Jay at the New York Expo Center.

If you’re 18 or older and electronic music is your thing, you can still snag a spot for this weekend’s shindig. Here’s what you need to know:

Tickets

Final tier general admission tickets are still available for $99 plus fees, with VIP passes for sale at $169 before fees.

All tickets will be scanned on site at the festival box office. Both printed and mobile tickets are acceptable forms of admission.

Entry

The festival gates open at 2 p.m. Saturday for this rain-or-shine event. Music ends at 1 a.m. early Sunday morning.

Parking And Transportation

No on-site parking is available at the New York Expo Center, located in The Bronx at 1110 Oak Point Ave. on the border of Hunt’s Point and Port Morris. All attendees are encouraged to arrive by train or carpool.

Those who take an Uber or other car service to the event should know that the festival’s designated pick-up and drop-off point is located adjacent to the venue at 1140 Oak Point Ave as some streets will be closed for festival foot traffic.

What You Can Bring

Totems, hula hoops, empty Camelbaks and water bottles, as well as parasols and non-professional cameras are allowed.

Besides the obvious — guns, weapons, drugs, glass or fire — no flyers, stickers, posters or laser pointers are permitted inside the festival grounds. Click here for more information on prohibited items.

What’s New This Year?

Returning to the Bronx for the second straight year, this daylong festival stays true to its name with four element-inspired stages: Earth, Water, Fire and Air, “curated and designed to embody the genre of music performed on each stage,” said festival organizer BangOn!NYC on the event website.

“This year will have a new focus on emerging technology, immersive art, interactive performers to create a world unlike anything before seen,” BangOn! said via YouTube.
The 11-hour experience includes fire breathers, aerialists, spectacles, art installations and an interactive theater, plus projections, programmable LEDs and motion capture technology throughout each of the stage areas.

BangOn! reminds all festival goers of its “leave no trace” policy. Refrain from littering and throw away all trash.

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