Groove Cruise

The Groove Cruise is a floating electronic dance music festival held aboard a multitude of cruise lines, occupying 23,000 passengers every year. It sails from either Miami, FL in January, or Los Angeles, CA in October of each year. 2016 will mark 12 years of cruises since its beginnings in 2004, and also its first five-day cruise, sailing out of San Diego, CA. Each event starts with a pre-party the night before embarkment in the city of departure, featuring DJs that will sail with the music cruise for 72-120 hours of nonstop partying the following morning. The event is put on in partners with Redbull, AB InBev, Perrier, , Bacardi, Carnival, Celebrity Cruises, Vita Coco, Coronoa, MSC Cruises, Popchips, American Eagle Outfitters, Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean International, and Bud Light.
Itinerary
Groove Cruise Miami
Groove Cruise Miami leaves out of the Port of Miami and travels to Grand Turk, in January for four days of beach and pool parties, as well as themed extravangazas, and onboard events in correlation to music festivals around the world. Previous cruises have included travel to Jamaica, Great Stirrup Cay, Cozumel, and Nassau. After 96 hours, the ship returns to the Port of Miami, ending the event with a sunrise party on the pool deck of the ship.
Groove Cruise LA
Groove Cruise LA leaves out of the Port of Los Angeles and travels to Catalina Island and Ensenada Mexico in October. Beginning in 2013, it was the first fully chartered EDM festival in the history of west coast, taking its second year in 2014, with its most recent embarkment in 2015.
Groove Cruise Cabo
Groove Cruise Cabo leaves out of the Port of San Diego in October, with overnight stops in Cabo San Lucas. The ship returns to the Port of San Diego after five days of embarkment, making it the World’s Longest Electronic Floating Festival aboard the Norwegian Sun cruise liner.
In addition to music, all events host a DJ submission contest, where music producers and aspiring DJs have the chance to submit a track prior to embarkment, in turn earning them a spot on board as an artist, giving them the chance to play alongside another artist on board as well. They can do so through a remix contest or track submission. Past winners include Dean Mason, KSF, Keith Christopher (MANPRETTY), J. Worra, and Scottobahn. Guest judges have included Dirty South, Eric Morillo, Sydney Blu, EC Twins, and Chuckie.
Past Groove Cruises have upwards of 50 artists performing on 9 different stages. Previous artist talent has included Deadmau5, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Nervo, Benny Benassi, Fedde Le Grand, New World Punx, Chuckie, Borgeous, Oliver Heldens, Markus Schulz, Erick Morillo, MAKJ, Arty, ATB, Morgan Page, Cedric Gervais, Gareth Emery, Roger Sanchez, Ferry Corsten, Sidney Samson, Thomas Gold, Aly & Fila, Will Sparks, Tritonal, Cosmic Gate, Firebeatz, Rebecca & Fiona, Mark Knight, Sander Van Doorn, EDX, TJR, Dirty South, , Hook n Sling, Swanky Tunes, Sick Individuals, John Dahlback, Deniz Koyu, Michael Woods, Project 46, Hard Rock Sofa, Victor Calderone, Sharam, LA Riots, Robbie Rivera, Bad Boy Bill, Chus & Ceballos, Boris, Feenixpawl, Moguai, Chris Lake, Max Vangeli, Darude, Donald Glaude, Jonathan Peters, DJ Dan, , EC Twins, Lee Burridge, Stacey Pullen, Crazibiza, Pirupa, Coyu, Supernova, Gabriel & Dresden, Rony Seikaly, Adrian Lux.
Non-Profit Division
Whet Travel gives back to each destination in Florida, the Caribbean, and Mexico, all visited through Whet Foundation’s program Destination Donation. Everyone on the ship is asked to bring school supplies, clothing, and other items generally for an orphanage or a local charity that works with underprivileged children.
History
GC Miami 2016
Dates: Jan 22-26
Vessel: Norwegian Pearl
Ports: Miami, Jamaica
Lineup: Dash Berlin, Dada Life, Bingo Players, Sander Van Doorn, Markus Schulz
GC LA 2015
Dates: Oct 23-26
Vessel: Carnival Inspiration
Ports: Los Angeles, Catalina Island
Lineup: Dirty South, Guy Gerber, Ferry Corsten, DVBBS
GC Miami 2015
Dates: Jan 28-Feb 1
Vessel: Norwegian Pearl
Ports: Miami, Great Stirrup Cay
Lineup: Thomas Gold, Gareth Emery, Markus Schulz, Chocolate Puma, Roger Sanchez, Oliver Heldens, New World Punx, Cedric Gervais
GC LA Oct 2014
Dates: Oct 2-5
Vessel: Golden Princess
Ports: Los Angeles, Catalina Island & Ensenada Mexico
Lineup: DJ Vice, Sydney Sampson, Eric Morillo, Sultan + Ned Shepard, Deniz Koyu
GC Miami 2014
Dates: Jan 29-Feb 2
Vessel: Norwegian Pearl
Ports: Miami, Cozumel Mexico
Lineup: John Dahlback, Cosmic Gate, Tritonal, Rebecca & Fiona, Adrian Lux, EDX, Rony Seikaly, Funkagenda, Gabriel & Dresden
GC LA Sept 2013
Dates: Sept 22-25
Vessel: Carnival Inspiration
Ports: Los Angeles, Catalina Island & Ensenada Mexico
Lineup: Fedde Le Grand, Markus Schulz, Morgan Page, EC Twins, Chuckie
GC Miami Jan 2013
Dates: Jan 25-28
Vessel: Norwegian Sky
Ports: Miami, Great Stirrup Cay
Lineup: Nervo, Mark Knight, Prok & Fitch, Ferry Corsten, Borus

GC Miami Jan 2012
Dates: Jan 23-27
Vessel: Norwegian Sky
Ports: Miami, Nassau
Lineup: Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Thomas Gold, Funk Agenda, Roger Sanchez, Darude
GC Miami Jan 2011
Dates: Jan 21-24
Vessel: Norwegian Sky
Ports: Miami, Great Stirrup Cay, Nassau
Lineup: Dirty South, Funk Agenda, Boris, Oscar G, Sydney Blu, Mind Control, Anthony Attalla
GC NY 2010
Dates: Aug 5-9
Vessel: Carnival Glory
Ports: New York, St. John Canada
Lineup: Boris, Chus & Ceballos, Jonathan Peters, Mind control, Tom Stephan, Anthony Attalla, Denny Tsettos, Dev Bhandari, Dimitri, Kenny Summit, Lee Kalt, Lex, Louie Corrales, Nathan Scott, Oscar P, Pushkin, Rik Santiago
GC Miami Jan 2010
Dates: Jan 29-Feb 1
Vessel: Norwegian Sky
Ports: Miami, Nassau
Lineup: Benny Benussi, Steve Smooth, Cato K, Manufactured Superstars, Kalends, Boris, Oscar G, Sydney Blu, Mind Control, Anthony Attalla, Greg Bauer, Shannon Williams

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