screencap via youtube.comMusic / NewsScrew Coachella, I'm going to the Bitcoin Music FestivalThe first cryptocurrency music festival in New York promises dogecoin, EDM and souvenir T-shirtsShareLink copied ✔️April 15, 2014MusicNewsTextThomas Gorton Missed out on Coachella or didn't get tickets to Glastonbury? Don't worry – now you can combine your love of music with your love of cryptocurrency with the world's first Bitcoin Music Festival. Organised by the Bitcoin Centre NYC (once described as the "New York Stock Exchange" of Bitcoin), it's heading to Manhattan in May. In a promo video below, BTC enthusiasts dance around to EDM and sport T-shirts with the slogan "I accept bitcoin". There's a dogecoin shirt and a digital doge wallet in there, for good measure. "This event is about freedom," said festival organiser Ross Mintzer said in a statement. "In music we have freedom of expression. Bitcoin gives us that same freedom in finance, but I believe that’s only the beginning. I want people to have an amazing time at the festival and hope to create a platform for digital currency enthusiasts to bond." Are people gonna take bitcoin pills and dance to EDM? Who's gonna play? So far, the only act announced so far is a DJ set from Ross Mintzer, who remixed a Nicki Minaj song (terribly). Maybe Casual should lobby for a slot – the Oakland rapper just dropped a song called "My Bitcoin". Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREK-pop has an AI problemCoals are kickstarting Poland’s dream pop sceneOnMeet the creatives turning up the heat in Lagos with Burna Boy and OnEvilgiane’s camera roll from his tour with Snow StrippersFinnish alt-pop star Pehmoaino: ‘Art helps us survive this dark country’10 great albums you may have missed in the last three monthsLamb is making ‘electronic lyrical’ music that sounds like no one elseArabic shoegaze duo Kiss Facility speak a language deeper than words‘Nazis can’t dance’: Photos from London’s House Against Hate protest rave5 tracks you can’t miss from March 2026ADL: The best and worst tracks on Yeat’s new album‘A cig in one hand and an inhaler in the other’: Fcukers know how to partyEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy