[PHOTOS] All night, all neon: Take a look back at îLESONIQ 2025

From euphoric stage drops to sweat-drenched dance pits, here are our visual dispatches from îLESONIQ’s 10th anniversary blowout.

Par The Main11 août 2025

[PHOTOS] All night, all neon: Take a look back at îLESONIQ 2025

There’s no such thing as pacing yourself at îLESONIQ. | Photograph: Eva Blue / @evablue

There’s no such thing as pacing yourself at îLESONIQ. You show up, sunscreen already sweating off, with bass in your bones and glitter on your eyelids, and hope you survive the drop. This year marked the festival’s 10th anniversary—ten years of beat drops, crowd surges, pyrotechnics, and pure electronic mayhem at Parc Jean-Drapeau. From house to dubstep, from melodic to menacing, this was a weekend where every second was synced to BPM.

And no one had a closer view than Eva Blue (@evablue). Between the strobes and the smoke cannons, through packed crowds and into late-night afterparties, they caught the chaos in high definition. These are the moments they brought back from the edge.

Day 1

Saturday, August 9: Maximum Voltage, Zero Chill

îLESONIQ came out swinging with Saturday’s stacked roster. From early sets at the NEON stage to crowd eruptions under the OASIS tower, the island was fully activated by 3 p.m. LP Giobbi dropped a set laced with funk, glitter, and feminist fire, while BUNT. brought sun-soaked joy straight from Europe. Over at the Mirage stage, Kaskade’s sunset set was a full-blown serotonin surge—smooth, lush, and cinematic.

But it was Steve Aoki who took the whole thing nuclear. Cake? Thrown. Bass? Shattered. Shirtless fans? Everywhere. By the time Illenium’s headlining set hit, you could feel the entire island vibrating, his melodic storytelling crashing into dubstep breakdowns as fireworks lit the sky. It wasn’t just a set—it was a gut-punch wrapped in goosebumps.

Then came the afterparties. Sullivan King unleashed metal-infused madness at Le Studio TD while Stereo pulsed till sunrise. If you had anything left in the tank, you didn’t for long.

Eva Blue:

Day 2

Sunday, August 10: Bliss, Basslines, and the Big One

Sunday started slower—bodies sore, voices hoarse, hydration critical. But îLESONIQ doesn’t believe in cooldowns. Ludo Lacoste sparked things off at the OASIS stage with hometown energy, while the Mirage stage cooked with early sets that sent even the bleary-eyed faithful into motion.

Max Styler and Chase & Status delivered the most high-impact tag-team of the day, bouncing from house grooves to DnB chaos. Somewhere between fog bursts and laser grids, the main stage morphed into a raver’s cathedral.

And then John Summit. Pure charisma, sweat-drenched swagger, and hooks that turned strangers into soulmates for 90 minutes. He didn’t just headline the 10th anniversary—he baptized it in four-on-the-floor euphoria.

Afterparties roared again across the city—Newspeak’s sold-out secret B2B session pushed things into underground territory, while Guillaume Michaud and guests gave dancers their final release at Stereobar.

Eva Blue:

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