Here in the Triangle, we’ve gotten spoiled by having an electronic music festival to dance our way into each spring. Now that Durham’s Moogfest is no more, Nightlight is valiantly stepping up to fill the gap with Rise from Your Grave.

The new electronic music festival debuts in Chapel Hill April 9-12 with a long weekend of both live and DJ sets and the club’s distinct underground stamp.

Nightlight started to announce headliners in mid-February, including Detroit techno mainstay Claude Young Jr. and tape magician Aaron Dilloway (formerly of Wolf Eyes). It also announced cool stuff like a collaboration with Immaculate Taste’s NO VISA party to bring in Kampire, from Uganda’s flourishing Nyege Nyege collective, whom you doubtless remember if you caught her Party Illegal set at The Pinhook in October.

Today, Nightlight announced the full bill. Amid the visitors, it’s a who’s-who of stalwart locals and near-locals in stripes of electronic music from classic house to far-flung experimental: Gudiya, Binky, Mamis & the Papis, Housefire, Party Illegal, Governance, the Floor, Hanz, Raund Haus, MARV, current INDY cover-story subjects Maison Fauna, the list just goes on and on. Dive into the full lineup here.

The club put a first wave of wristbands on sale today. They’re $75 and admit you to the whole shebang at Nightlight Bar & Club, Local 506, The Northside District, and The ArtsCenter. They’re available at the Rise from Your Grave website (with a limit of one pass per purchase) or cash-only at All Day Records in Carrboro, Bull City Records in Durham, and Sorry State Records in Raleigh (with a limit of two passes per person).

A second wave of wristbands will eventually follow; the staggered approach is meant to prioritize locals. But if we were you, we’d get on it now, because there isn’t anything else like this in the Triangle, and what else are you going to do on Easter?

Contact arts and culture editor Brian Howe at [email protected]. 

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