16th edition of Asia’s biggest electronic dance music festival Sunburn Goa from Dec 28
MUMBAI, Aug 13 (The CONNECT) - Grammy Award winner Afrojack and World #5 DJs Dimitri Vegas Like Mike are the first two headliners of the 16th edition of Asia’s biggest electronic dance music festival, Sunburn Goa.
Festival goers can look forward to an eclectic mix of artists such as MORTEN, Otnika, Lost Frequencies who will ramp up the energy levels to an all-time high and have the crowds bouncing.
Sunburn, a Percept Intellectual Property, is Asia’s Premiere Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Festival, and is ranked amongst the world’s biggest music festivals. Started in 2007 as a 3 day music festival in Goa, Sunburn has grown to become an aspirational lifestyle brand boasting an eclectic mix of music, entertainment, experiences and celebration that has seeded music tourism in India.
With an underlying theme of ‘The Future Is Now’, Sunburn Goa 2022 will showcase a spectacular three-day live event imbibing the best of electronic dance music, state-of the-art technology and high-octane entertainment from the 28th to the 30th of December this year at Vagator, Goa. The festival will follow all government permissions, guidelines, and best practices to ensure fan safety, and is subject to government permissions.
Dutch DJ Afrojack said, “I am excited about visiting India to perform at Sunburn 2022. I love the energy and vibe of the country and am looking forward to meet my India fans.”
“India has always been one of our favourite countries to visit, as we get such amazing love from our fans all over the country. We cannot wait to come back this December for what will be one of Sunburn’s biggest events ever,” said Belgian duo DVLM
Karan Singh, CEO, Sunburn Sunburn is aiming to become an even more progressed and edgy brand in the coming decade, and “we are heavily investing in state-of-the-art technology while lining up some of the biggest names in the music industry for the upcoming Festival”.
The much awaited annual mega festival will feature over 120+ international and home-grown acts across 7 stages. Befitting the futuristic festival theme, the festival this year will focus on a genre that is the future of EDM supported by world class production featuring high quality best in-class acoustics, laser, SFX and hi-tech pyrotechnics to offer fans a surreal experience.
The mega festival will have a specially curated F&B village and a Flea Market offering enough and more. The activities will include a sunset point, an open-air cinema, bungee jumping, zip line, ferris wheel, and several other games and engagements. Fans can also enjoy camping across the sprawling grounds at Vagator as Sunburn will offer the best in-class camping facilities to make for a comfortable accommodation.
The festival will also host multiple After-Parties with leading International and Indian acts. This year there will also be an opening party on December 27 and a closing party on December 31.
Sunburn has engaged the services of Artist Manager Sanjeeta Khullar based in Los Angeles to curate novel international artist line-ups this year. Sanjeeta, an expert in her field, has worked as Artist Manager and A&R at Grass Fed Music and Deep Cuts publishing (JV with Warner Chappell music) in LA where she liaised with renowned artists, producers & songwriters including Sabrina Claudio, Sad Money, Kaveh Rastegar, Nolan Lambroza, Simon Says and DJ Lenno. Earlier at White Rabbit Records in LA she discovered Talent in partnership with Milk & Honey Music, founded by Lucas Keller. She has been working closely with Sunburn to source and curate innovative artist line-ups for Season 16. Her knowledge of the music landscape and intuition around artist's needs has proven invaluable.
Tickets are live on bookmyshow.com with prices starting at INR 6,000/- upwards.
Sunburn Goa 2022 is co-powered by Croma and Tuborg Zero Packed Drinking Water.
