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Toss a couple Dramamines into your party-time pill pack.

On January 4, 2013, the second annual edition of Hard's Holy Ship!! electronic music cruise will set sail from Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades for three nights of brain-busting beats. Tickets sold out in only 28 hours and now the hotly anticipated lineup has finally been announced.

Strap on your neon life jacket and get your face melted by for Justice, Boys Noize, Diplo, and 33 others while bobbing across international waters.

Check out Holy Ship!! 2013's full lineup after the cut.
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Experience Exzakt at the South Florida EDM Fair.

There's no question that Miami is a bustling electronic dance music hub. We've got the three-headed beast of Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival each year, plus a club scene that never sleeps. But let's face it, the vast majority of artists headlining all these parties are from out of town. So what about our own homegrown talent?

Mike Hecked of Miami DJ duo MonStars On Broadway thinks it's about damn time we gave our locals some love and an opportunity to shine. That's why he's partnered up with Brian Perez of the Spirit of Sound Gathering to launch the first South Florida EDM Fair at The Awarehouse in Wynwood during the second weekend of June.
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Waka Flocka Flame.

Just three days after the United States turns the big 2-3-6, BlackPlanet Radio, the U.S. Army, and other sponsors are throwing a post-Independence Day bash in Miami-Dade County featuring performances by some of America's biggest rappers.

It's called the Radio One Fest and it'll be going down Saturday, July 7, at the Klipsch Amphitheater at Bayfront Park.

From an Atlanta-based superstar to a 27-year-old Maybach Music Group representative, check out the first five acts scheduled to perform at the Radio One Fest.
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Since the mid-'90s, Miami Beach has welcomed some of hip-hop's biggest names during Memorial Day Weekend for an alcohol-fueled, four-day throwdown, commonly referred to as Urban Beach Week.

It began as a South Beach fashion event and eventually became an intercity celebration of black culture, complete with comedy shows and music festivals, including the Best of the Best concert.

Hosted by Funkmaster Flex, this year's Best of the Best at Bicentennial Park on Sunday, May 27, will feature performances by some of the rap game's biggest talent and reggae's brightest stars. The following five MCs, however, are our favorites.
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Catch Torche at 2012's summer fests.

Constant intrascene belly-aching aside, a few local (and local-ish) acts are managing to squeeze out of South Florida geographical isolation this summer for big stages.

A number of major national festivals are featuring homegrown talent on the bill. And rightfully so.

Here's a quick rundown of South Florida (and SoFla-related) bands playing this year's summer festival circuit.
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Who's in the mood for a music festival? We are!

Thankfully, we don't have to wait long 'cause Sunfest kicks off tomorrow on the sunny West Palm Beach waterfront, running through the week till Sunday, May 6.

The line-up boasts 51 artists bringing everything from rock to hip-hop, reggae, punk, and dance. Basically, everything you'd want to hear at the beach. But here are our top picks for must-see sets at SunFest 2012.
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We be jammin' the high seas.

Who's ready to get dressed up like a six-foot Rastafarian puppet, suck down some lukewarm Corona, and absolutely not do any drugs while cruisin' across the Atlantic Ocean aboard the MSC Poesia?

That's right ... We're talking about Jam Cruise, every South Florida hippie music junkie's favorite floating vacation.

This annual jammin' bonanza on a boat and its long-haired, sandal-wearing, hot-tub-loving guests will set sail for Turks & Caicos and the Bahamas on May 7, 2013.

And just today, Jam Cruise 11 announced its five-day, 40-act itinerary, including trippy tuneage by Galactic, Big Gigantic, Femi Kuti, Steel Pulse, and Lettuce. See the cut for the full lineup, dates, and ticket details.
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Headbang on a boat with Machinehead and the Mayhem Cruise 2012.

Caution: If you're an old lady looking for a relaxing weekend of easy listening on an ocean liner, you may as well kill yourself. The Mayhem Cruise 2012 is pure brutality.

This inaugural Atlantic-bound metal fest will crush, punish, destroy, and burn down every other music cruise's lineup. And when the Carnival Imagination sails from the Port of Miami to the Bahamas and back on an ocean of blood and squalls of glory, it will reign supreme as the heaviest, most extreme, most headbanging vacation to ever hit the high seas.
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Hippie lady putting mini-umbrellas and other crap in a Juke member's hair.

For years, everyone has told me, "You guys gotta play it, man! Juke would be perfect."

We're talking about the annual Wanee Festival, a three-day, 30,000-strong, hippie jam extravaganza in Live Oak, Florida.

It mostly specializes in "bluesy" acts like The Allman Brothers.

And this year, my band finally went to Wanee.
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Eric Prydz headlines Identity 2012.

Perhaps the third time's the charm?

When the Identity Festival set out on its inaugural summer tour across the United States last year, Miami was left out after the threat of a hurricane that never hit. Organizers tried to reschedule the show at a later date. But it proved too difficult to accomplish.

That left us wondering if ID Fest would be willing to give Miami another shot this summer, considering that the same thing could very well happen again. Thankfully, though, it seems organizers are willing to risk another 'cane, announcing the festival's tour schedule including a Miami date at the Klipsch Amphitheater at Bayfront Park on August 4.
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