also included 1,000 rendering hours, 17 4K ultra HD cameras and zero in-person attendees.<\/span><\/p>\nThe New Year\u2019s Eve event could be considered an encore of sorts. In July 2020, Belgian-bred Tomorrowland produced its first all-virtual festival, Tomorrowland Around the World, which drew over one million ticketed viewers. The two-day digital experience was an online alternative to the in-person event and featured eight different stages and over 60 artists.<\/span><\/p>\nAs large in-person events were canceled in Belgium, including the 16th edition of Tomorrowland, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, festival producers began organizing weekly livestreams for the fan community. \u201cWe saw immense success and engagement, reaching more than 25 million active viewers. After the fourth week, we thought, \u2018Why not organize a real digital festival and not a livestream?\u2019\u201d explained Debby Wilmsen, press coordinator and spokesperson for Tomorrowland.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In July 2020, Tomorrowland produced its first all-virtual festival, Tomorrowland Around the World, which drew in over 1 million ticketed viewers.<\/span><\/p>\nPhoto: Courtesy of Tomorrowland<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cTomorrowland 2020 was not a traditional livestream event with DJs in a studio or at their homes and viewers in a chat box,\u201d Wilmsen added. \u201cLogistically, this means that we had to research quite a bit on the latest technologies on one hand and available studios on the other hand where we safely worked with each artist to bring the concept to life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nThe producers even released a behind-the-scenes look into the making of the event with a documentary called \u201cNever Stop the Music\u2014the Creation of Tomorrowland 2020.\u201d The short film features testimonials from EDM artists that performed at the festival, along with shots of the green-screen production.<\/span><\/p>\n