Time Out New York cited Electric Zoo as the festival that transforms Randall's Island into an Ibiza on the East River every Labor Day, and EDM Lounge called it the can not miss festival of 2012.[1]In its 2009 inaugural year, 26,000 people passed through the festival's gates to see artists including Armin van Buuren, Deadmau5, David Guetta and Ferry Corsten.