ASOT Comes to LA and Calvin Harris Adds Forum Night 2

Two of the biggest names in dance music just gave Los Angeles something to plan around, and tickets for both drop on the same Thursday morning.

A State of Trance LA: the first ASOT festival in North America

Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance is coming to LA as a full festival. ASOT and Insomniac will take over Ace*Mission in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12, 2027. It's billed as ASOT's first multi-day, multi-stage festival in North America.

Here's what's confirmed:

• Three stages: classic and uplifting trance, psytrance, and melodic techno.
• Afterparties on site: EDMTunes reports an indoor warehouse stage that doubles as the home of the official afterparties, so you don't have to leave the venue for the late sets.
• An ASOT Hotel Experience with its own programming for the weekend.
• 18+: the official festival page lists it as an 18-and-over event.
• No lineup yet. Pre-registering puts you among the first to get it.

This is a big step up from ASOT's last LA visit. In April 2022 the brand played Banc of California Stadium for one night to celebrate its 1,000th episode. According to Insomniac's announcement, as reported by EDM.com, Armin and Insomniac founder Pasquale Rotella spent years developing the festival. In a March interview cited by EDM.com, Armin said he wanted the U.S. event "to be a home for the trance fans."

His timing is good. On Monday, 1001Tracklists named Armin van Buuren the No. 2 producer of 2026, his best finish ever (full story). His Armin van Buuren & Funk Tribu – Nirvana is No. 5 on 1001TL trending this morning.

Tickets: presale starts Thursday, Oct. 22 at 10 AM PT, and the general sale follows at 11 AM PT. Pre-register on the official ASOT LA page.

Calvin Harris adds a second Kia Forum night

Calvin Harris announced his first North American headline tour on Oct. 13 with 18 arena dates. It's already up to 20. One of the new shows is a second night at the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Friday, May 28, 2027, right after the Thursday, May 27 show that was supposed to close the tour. The other is a second night at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on April 10.

There's a third SoCal option too: Harris plays Viejas Arena in San Diego on Friday, May 21. The tour opens April 1 at TD Garden in Boston.

The demand makes sense. Live Nation says more than 100,000 fans saw his two sold-out hometown shows at Glasgow's Hampden Park this summer, and his Australian headline tour sold more than 330,000 tickets across 11 dates. He's also on the Ultra Miami 2027 Phase 1 lineup.

Tickets: the general sale opens Thursday, Oct. 22 at 12 PM local time at calvinharris.com. Live Nation's page for the May 28 Forum show lists a presale starting Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 12 PM PDT.

Your Thursday morning, Oct. 22 (Pacific time)

• 10 AM: ASOT LA presale
• 11 AM: ASOT LA general sale
• 12 PM: Calvin Harris general sale, including both Kia Forum nights and San Diego

Why it matters to fans

ASOT LA gives trance fans a whole weekend in LA built just for them, not one stage at a bigger festival. And a second Forum night means more chances to catch Calvin Harris's first North American headline tour close to home.

Want to know what Armin and Calvin are playing right now? Search the library, submit an ID from a set you caught, or check today's charts.

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