Kinetic Field of Dreams

For most Headliners, EDC Las Vegas is a three-day affair filled with music, art, discovery, and lots and lots of dancing. But for the many couples who have said their vows to one another at the festival’s wedding chapel—including 70 legal unions performed just last year—it also represents the first step in a lifelong dance together.

Andrew and Peach have never bought into customary marital clichés, so they forewent the typical chapel service in exchange for one set against the backdrop of kineticCATHEDRAL in 2014. 

“She’s the same as me,” boasts Andrew. “She doesn’t like the whole traditional wedding, white dress, get the whole family together kind of thing.” Even at their wedding shower, they kicked nuptial norms to the curb. “We had a kandi party,” explains Peach. “I had friends make me kandi I could wear at the wedding, and we made Andrew kandi, too.”

“Hopefully someday we’ll get a house, as opposed to an apartment, so we don’t have to worry about bothering our neighbors with our bass music.”

The couple first met at Audiotistic 2010. After feelings of attraction started to build, Andrew mustered the confidence to ask Peach on their first date: EDC Las Vegas 2011. It was there—in the midst of the earth-shaking sound and immersive experience—that the sparks started to fly. 

With their romantic roots based in EDC, it only made sense that they tie the knot—and celebrate their honeymoon—Under the Electric Sky. Since tickets were sold out before they could make any arrangements, they showed up at the Speedway on their big day with only each other, relying instead on the thousands of festivalgoers to fill in as their wedding party—because ravers always take care of their own.

“I brought my own bouquet, but I didn’t have any lights on my outfit,” says Peach of last year’s ceremony. “His jacket had lights on it, so people gave me some glowsticks and put them in my bouquet and put them on my kandi belt. It was just a cool moment for me.”

Like many of the ravers who make the pilgrimage to EDC each year, Andrew and Peach lead a modest, normal life behind closed doors. Remove the kandi and strip  away the tutu, and you’ll find a pair of hardworking citizens who are doing all in their power to make ends meet. 

“I’m working as a manager at a Jamba Juice and trying to work on my résumé so I don’t have to be there forever,” Peach explains. “I might go back to school, but I’m not sure yet.” 

Andrew is between jobs, but he refuses to roll over and let the life get the best of him. “It sucks not having a job, but then I found this weird thing on Amazon doing surveys and stuff,” he explains. “I’m still making enough money to pay the bills. It could be worse.”

Accompanied by their two cats, OJ and Perry Winkle, they are currently taking up in a one-bedroom apartment in Davis, CA. But once things pick up in the employment department, they have full intentions of becoming full-fledged homeowners. 

“Hopefully someday we’ll get a house, as opposed to an apartment, so we don’t have to worry about bothering our neighbors with our bass music.” Peach asserts. “We’ll have a doggie, and I might have a garden. It would be really awesome to grow some of my own veggies and fruits. I really want a fruit tree.” 

Although the budget is tight, the couple is more than content filling out the days between festivals with new hobbies like archery. Peach got Andrew to take up yoga classes, and in return, he’s indoctrinated her into the world of professional wrestling. But more than anything else, they find a common ground in dance music. 

“We listen to it everyday,” says Peach. “I used to listen to mainly punk, ska and metal, but when I met Andrew, I started listening to [dance music] a lot more.”

The couple has made all the necessary preparations to make it out to EDC Las Vegas this year—their one-year anniversary—and can’t wait to set foot on the same dancefloor where they eternalized
their love. 

“Somewhere along that nine-hour drive to Vegas, all the stress and responsibilities of day-to-day life just melt away,” says Andrew. “By the time we get to Vegas, the only thing that really matters is having fun, and I feel like that’s echoed in the attitude of the other attendees. I’ve been to a lot a shows, and I’ve yet to encounter a happier group of people. EDC brought us together and started our relationship. It will always hold a special place in our hearts.”

Photos By Ariya Behjat

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