Every year in the spring and fall, some of the EDM scene’s brightest stars descend upon downtown San Diego. Founded in 2015, CRSSD Festival now draws an average of 30,000 fans for two days of sunlit dancing at Waterfront Park. This spring’s event, taking place March 1 and 2, brings a lineup topped by luminaries like the elusive, masked German DJ Claptone and Ukranian techno duo Artbat. Need help planning out your festival schedule? Here are eight artists to catch at CRSSD.
Fisher
Sunday headliner Fisher is a man of many talents—the Aussie producer spent time on the pro surfing circuit before pursuing a music career full-time in 2012. A Grammy nominee for his 2018 song “Losing It,” Fisher dropped the sunny, feel-good single “Ocean” with electro duo AR/CO late last year.
Justice
French electronic music duo Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, known together as Justice, remixed tunes for Britney Spears, Daft Punk, and other heavy hitters before garnering fame (and a spot on Pitchfork’s top albums of the year list) with the 2007 debut Cross. The pair’s latest work, 2024’s Hyperdrama, is a diverse, ambitious lineup of tracks that pull in elements of prog rock and disco.
LP Giobbi
A co-founder of Femme House, an org that bolsters musicians underrepresented in the production side of the industry, Leah “LP Giobbi” Chisholm studied jazz piano at UC Berkeley before falling in love with EDM. Don’t be surprised if her Saturday set includes a few Jerry Garcia hits—raised by Deadheads, Giobbi pays tribute to the band in a number of jubilant remixes.
Chris Lorenzo
In the December 2024 release “U Should Not Be Doing That,” the corrosive, punk-rock vocals of Amyl and the Sniffers frontwoman Amy Taylor meet Chris Lorenzo’s booming bass house. It’s not the first successful collab for the 36-year-old Englishman, who’s worked with Skrillex and Steve Aoki.
Jungle
Known for frothy, disco-inspired songs and joyous, single-shot music videos, Jungle (British producers and childhood best friends Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland and multi-instrumentalist Lydia Kitto) will flex their DJing prowess on the The Palms stage at CRSSD on Saturday.
Linska
2024 was a big year for British producer Linska—the tech house up-and-comer played her first fest (Palm Springs’ Splashhouse) and hit one million streams on her first single in August. She’s poised to become one of the scene’s next big stars, so catch her on Sunday at CRSSD ahead of her May 2025 stop at EDC in Las Vegas.
François X
François X solidified his gritty, propulsive sound with a 2012 residency at Concrete, the now-defunct (but never forgotten) house venue situated in a barge on the Seine in Paris. The French DJ is known for unearthing underplayed techno tunes, so listen for a new favorite discovery on Saturday.
&friends
Now based in Dubai, Sean Thomas, known professionally as &friends, grew up in San Diego. &friends’ Sunday CRSSD set—full of high-energy club songs marrying the beats of Arabic house with Western hits—will be Thomas’ first hometown show.
