The biggest winter music festival of its kind in the country, the Contact Winter Music Festival usually happens at BC Place Stadium at 777 Pacific Boulevard in Vancouver. In a typical year performances take place on two different stages and they usually start at around 5 pm and end at midnight each day. This 2-day festival highlights some of the biggest names in EDM (i.e., electronic dance music) as well as some up-and-coming Canadian artists. At the event the venue is packed full of thousands of teenagers and young adults, with many in varying degrees of sobriety, and a fair number dressed as if at the beach in the summer (i.e., expect to see lots of skimpy clothing, bikini tops and guys without their shirts). It’s quite the party! (For an idea of what it looks like, Google “Vancouver Contact Winter Festival photos”.)