Dancing With Darcy: The Eerie Urban Legend at the Heart of the 2024 BOO Seattle Festival

There aren't many music festivals that quicken the pulse quite like BOO Seattle. 

Insomniac's Halloween-themed festival annually invites the Pacific Northwest's electronic music community to rave to the grave, but 2024 has the feel of something entirely different.

A lot of themed festivals crumble under the weight of their own ambition, but with a tenured brand like Insomniac at the helm, attendees can expect a full-blown exorcism of the mundane. And this year, an eerie storyline is propelling BOO Seattle like a haunted hayride gone haywire.

The story follows Darcy, an otherworldly spirit inspired by an urban legend of a girl who once disappeared into the forests around Lake Washington.

"It is said one night she felt called into the moonlight’s embrace, but was led astray somewhere along her journey and vanished into the night," reads the festival's website. "Sometime later, she was summoned back to our world by ghost hunters in her shadowy new form—reborn as Seattle's descendent of the dark. To this day she roams the city at night, seeking the force of light that she lost so many moons ago."

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Frights aside, BOO Seattle, one of EDM.com's top Halloween festivals of the year, features a massive lineup in 2024.

The two-day fest will feature performances by Kaskade, Rezz, ILLENIUM, Afrojack, Crankdat, SLANDER, Zomboy and Ray Volpe, among other influential electronic music acts. Other can't-miss sets will come from surging house artist Odd Mob, bass music virtuoso Hairitage and EDM.com Class of 2024 star Hedex.

These artists will perform across three unearthly stages: Dark Forest, Den of Darkness and The Lighthouse. Attendees can also expect a spate of onsite experiential activations and "paranormal activities," per Insomniac.

BOO Seattle returns to the WaMu Theater October 25-26, 2024. Tickets to the 18+ festival are on sale now.

In the meantime, check out the festival's official playlist below.