"Electronic Dance Music Festivals Fraught With White Privilege"

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107. Electric Forest is pretty bland pop music with a strong electronic sound

my daughter goes every year and I try (emphasis is on "try" lol) to keep up.

The festivals like Electric Forest that's mentioned in the OP are typically held at a large state park or campground which make them hard for the police to access unless they were specifically called. There's a very narrow checkpoint that everyone has to pass through to be searched and show their wrist band ticket, but which would also be hard for the cops to come in en masse.

Once inside it's mayhem with lots of sex, drugs and music - pretty much all of it out in the open. The festival organizers don't want the cops in there so they won't call. The festival goers have spent something like $300 or more to go in and party. No way they're calling.

So a band (and fans) of any color could and does play unmolested by police in a music festival.

That said, festivals in city parks like Chicago, would be fair game for cops since its on city property. Then I'd guess all bets are off.