(CBS DETROIT) – Summer festival season is here and Detroit’s Movement Music Festival is among the best in the US when it comes to happiness.
According to a report from Casino.com, the event is among the top five happiest music festivals of 2024. The top festival is Burning Man in Nevada, followed by Lollapalooza in Chicago, Coachella in California and the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas.
The report tracked beats per minute and stated that “music at a tempo of 90 to 150 beats per minute (BPM) generates more positive emotions, such as happiness and joy, while also decreasing negative emotions.”
The report shows that five genres are considered the happiest: techno (160-120 bpm), rock (140-110 bpm), house music (135-118 bpm), pop (130-100 bpm) and hip-hop (115-118 bpm). 85).
According to the report, the Movement Music Festival has a bpm range of 160-120 for techno.
The annual event returns to Hart Plaza from May 25 to 27. The full line-up of the 2024 festival includes Richie Hawtin and Solomun as headliners before joining Fatboy Slim.