The World Electronic Music Festival (WEMF) was an electronic music event held annually in various locations across Southern Ontario over a period of three days. It was created and run by Destiny Productions out of Toronto. In summer of 2008 Destiny put on what was said to be their last WEMF in Madawaska, however the event returned in 2011 for 2 more years.

History

This festival was developed in 1995. At that time it was named "The World Trance Festival" which 2 years later was changed to The World Electronic Music Festival or WEMF. The festival ran from Friday through Sunday on an annual basis from 1995 to 2008 with attendance reaching 25,000 at its peak. With the popularity of dance music waning in the late 2000s, the festival took a 2-year hiatus in 2009 & 2010 to focus on CEMF but returned with a bang in 2011 and sold out its visually stunning but remote 5,000 person venue. While there have been many rumours of a WEMF reunion of some kind, Destiny has stayed quiet on the subject while still throwing events in downtown Toronto to this day.

Past Headliners

WEMF 1996 - The first festival was held in association with the UK's Outer Limits. Headliners included Paul Edge, Platipus Records, Colin Favor, Brenda Russell. WEMF 1998 featured 6 main stages of music WEMF 1999 featured 6 main stages of music: WEMF 2000 featured 6 main stages of music: WEMF 2001 featured 8 main stages of music: WEMF 2002 featured 6 main stages of music: