Sunburn Festival

Sunburn Festival

Sunburn Festival Goa
Genre Electronic Dance, Trance, House, Dubstep, Tech house, Future House, Trap music, Progressive house, psychedelic trance
Dates 27th to 30th December
Location(s) Vagator, Goa
Years active 2007 - Present
Website
sunburn.in

Sunburn is a commercial EDM (electronic dance music) Festival held in the beach and party destination Vagator, Goa. It was previously in Candolim, Goa, India every year. It is Asia's largest music festival. The festival is an amalgamation of Music, Entertainment, Food and Shopping, and was ranked by CNN in 2009 as one of the Top 10 Festivals in world .[1] The Festival is organized by Percept company owned by Shailendra Singh (singer) . Spread over 4 days, the festival has multiple stages with artists playing simultaneously.[2]

History

Electronic music parties/events/festivals are not new to Goa and much earlier pioneers of free party's/events/festivals with live DJ's mixing, art,craft's and food stalls started in the late 1980s and continued through all of the 1990s into the early 2000s where they played Goa trance, Psychedelic trance, and Techno and were held at Vagator Beach, Anjuna beach and Arambol beach. The arrival of commercialized events such as Sunburn arrived in Goa when mainstream EDM gained more widespread popularity within India.

Sunburn Goa 2007

In 2007, Nikhil Chinapa; the godfather of dance music in India, organized the first International Dance Music Festival in Goa, India. Sunburn Goa 2007 was sponsored by Smirnoff and took place on December 28–29 at Candolim Beach. In its first year Sunburn included performances from Carl Cox, Above & Beyond and Axwell as headline acts. Other acts included John 00 Fleming, Pete Gooding, DJ Pearl, Jalebee Cartel, Super 8 & Tab, held on two stages with DJ's playing simultaneously. The festival was hosted by Nikhil Chinapa and Rohit Barker. The line-up announcement and early bird passes commenced during the end of October.

Sunburn Goa 2008

Sunburn Goa 2008 was held despite the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks which took place exactly a month prior to the festival. The festival was themed Electric Circus and was held on two main stages: "Banyan Tree" for Trance acts and "Circus Stage" for House music. The event also included a flea market and beach volleyball games. Having tied up with Defected Records in 2008, the label brought house DJ's Simon Dunmore, Shapeshifters, Copyright and percussionist Shovel playing. Headlining the festival were GMS, Gareth Emery and John 00 Fleming. The acts were Digital Blonde, Roger Shah, Pearl, Brute Force, Nawed Khan, Vachan Chinnappa, Jalebee Cartel, Sanjay Dutta, and Ma Faiza. The visuals were produced by Dan booth, Martin Robins, Vj Kaycee & Inferno. Sunburn Goa 2008 took place on 27–29 December at Candolim Beach Goa. The title sponsors of Sunburn Goa 2008 were Fly Kingfisher, Carlsberg and Force India.

Sunburn Goa 2009

Sunburn Goa 2009 had turnout of over 22,000 fans. It also saw the launch of "After Dark" parties which took place at club Butter from 10.30 pm until 5 am, making Sunburn a 24-hour festival. Sunburn brought DJ Armin Van Buuren, who headlined the festival along with Latin House DJ's Roger Sanchez and John 00 Fleming. Sunburn’s line-up also included tech house DJ Sultan and Trance DJ Sander Van Doorn. Previously in 2008, Sunburn had tied up with Defected Records, but in 2009 Sunburn tied up with UK clubbing company Gatecrashers. Acts included Jalebee Cartel, DJ Pearl, Ma Faiza, Nawed Khan and Designer Hippies. The festival was hosted by Nikhil Chinapa and Rohit Barker. In addition to the previous year’s attractions, Sunburn Goa 2009 included a rock climbing wall and Thai foot masseurs.

Sunburn Goa 2010

Sunburn Goa 2010, took place on 27–29 December at Candolim Beach. The festival was sponsored by Tuborg. The headliners of the 2010 festival were Paul Van Dyk, Ferry Corsten and Axwell along with Sultan & Ned Shepard with Nadia Ali(Live), Richard Durand, GMS, Pete Gooding, Aly & Fila and DJ's Pearl, Ma Faiza, Anish Sood and Sanjay Dutta.

For the 2010 festival, Precept ran a "Sunburn Anthem Contest"[3] for potential audio and visual producers, with participants in the visual category allowed to make a visual for a B.R.E.E.D track which is then submitted to a panel of judges. Participants in the audio category are asked to make a fresh remix of Nadia Ali’s ‘Love Story’ which is the Anthem of the festival.

A fashion show was organized on 27 December at Club Butter. Sunburn passes went live on 5 November 2010 with the early bird passes and pre-booking sale passes being sold out in 22 minutes.[4]

Sunburn Goa 2011

Sunburn Goa 2011 was held on 27–29 December at Candolim Beach. The main attraction was Above & Beyond, Axwell, Infected Mushroom, Spartaque

Sunburn Goa 2012

Sunburn Festival 2012 was held in Candolim, Goa, India during Dec 27, 28 &29th.[5] Headlining acts in 2012 were by Sander Van Doorn, BT, Fedde Le Grand, W & W, Paul Van dyk, Roger Sanchez. After-parties for Sunburn 2012 were held at LPK( Love Passion Karma ) and Sinq .

Sunburn Goa 2013

The 7th Edition of Sunburn at Goa took place in Vagator witnessed around 120 Artists and over 200 hours of Music. it had over 10,000sq.m,of exotic festival area with 7 massive stages.headline DJ's were Afrojack, Axwell, Pete Tong, Ummet Ozcan and many more Over 1 Lakh participants were expected.[2]

Sunburn concerts in IITs, NITs, IIMs & Other Colleges

Many IITs,NITs IIIT and few AIIMS also witnessed numerous Indian and International artists. BITS Pilani Goa Campus was the first college to ever host the sunburn on campus. This strategy by Sunburn helps grow the craze of Electronic Dance Music in teenagers and it also shows a new modern trend evolving in colleges throughout India.NIT Caliut hosted Sunburn in October 2013((ft.DJ Clement)) as a part of their Annual Technical Festival Tathva.Thakur College of Engineering & Technology- Mumbai hosted Sunburn in September 2013 (featuring DJ Candice Redding and NDS & BLU) additionally, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus also successfully hosted Sunburn during Oasis 2014, the annual cultural festival of BITS PILANI. Annual cultural fest of LNMIIT Vivacity was first to host sunburn festival in Rajasthan in 2015. Candice Redding along with DJ Shaan had performed in the second edition of Sunburn at Vivacity 2016. This was the only time when passes of Sunburn was free of cost. NIT Trichy hosted Sunburn (featuring DJ Candice Redding) during Festember '14, their annual cultural festival.[6] IIIT-Bhubaneswar also successfully hosted Sunburn in ADVAITA 2014, Annual Cultural festival if IIIT Bhubaneswar. IIM Kashipur also hosted Sunburn in January 2015 as a part of their Cultural Fest Agnitraya 2015, other premier Institute like Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra also hosted Sunburn in March 2015 as a part of their Annual Fest Bitotsav. IIT Indore hosted sunburn in Fluxus 2016 .

Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology ,Guna (MP) hosted Sunburn in D'Equinox 2016 include Sunburn festival with Ankur Sood ,Progressive Brothers and Candice Redding. MBM engineering college ,Jodhpur also hosted sunburn in April 2016 as a part of their fest vigour2k16.

Sunburn Goa 2014

The 8th edition took place in Vagator on 27th, 28, 29th and 30th Dec 2014 and for the first time the festival was extended for an extra day and was performed by World no 2 Dj then Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and witnessed around 150 DJ's. Known artists includes Knife Party, Sander van Doorn, Sasha, Krewella, Baauer, Danny Avila, Head Hunterz, Deniz Koyu, Dubvision, Paul Oakenfold, Matthew Koma, MAKJ, Michael and Tarzan Woods performed at the festival.

Sunburn Goa 2015

The 9th edition is another 4 day event at Vagator, Goa. On November 20, 2015 Sunburn Goa's international ticketing partner, Viagogo, announced that the festival has become one of the largest international music festivals in Asia,[7] with people from more than 42 countries buying tickets on the viagogo platform. On November 24, 2015, the management of Sunburn Goa also released a statement citing this fact and proving to fans in India that they did not need to travel half way around the world to get the same experience as Festival Tomorrowland. Sunburn Goa 2015 is expected to draw the largest crowds since its inception.[8] This year's artist lineup will be equally lavish with over 120 artists like Sam Feldt, KYGO, Seth Troxler, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Martin Garrix,DJ SMITH, Kshmr, David Guetta, Dyro, Felix Jaehn, Zaeden and Art Department taking the stage.

Overview

Sunburn Festival 2007 2008 2009 2010 2015
Attendees 10,000 20,000 35,000 86,490 350,000
Artists 36 45 66 92 120
Local audience 1,500 3,500 5,00010,200
National audience 5,500 10,000 18,00022,215
International 3,000 6,500 12,00022,075
Fan Base 3,000 6,500 12,00030,000
Activities
Stalls 10 30 65 90 30
Flea Market Yes Yes Yes Yes 20
Fire Jugglers Yes
Volleyball court Yes Yes
Massage centre Yes
Spa Yes No
Rock climbing Yes Yes Yes
Mechanical bull Yes
Digital photo zones Yes
Moonwalker Yes
Makeover lounge No
Sunset lounge Yes
Slippery football No Yes
Slippery volleyball Yes
The Shacks Yes
Experimental Stage Yes
Brands 20
Digital Impressions per 4 days 1 crore
Peak facebook page visit per day 2 million [9]

Artists line-up

Line Up In 2007 Line Up In 2008 Line Up In 2009 Line Up In 2010 Line Up In 2011 Line Up In 2012
Above and Beyond GMS Armin Van Buuren Paul Van Dyk Above and Beyond Fedde le Grand
Carl Cox John 00 Fleming & Digital Blonde Roger Sanchez Ferry Corsten Pete Tong Sander van Doorn
Axwell Shapeshifters Sander Van Doorn Axwell Gabriel & Dresden Paul van Dyk
John ganta 00 Fleming Pearl Sied Van Riel Aly & Fila Skazi Roger Sanchez
Pearl Richard Durand Nick Rafferty Pearl Jalebee Cartel Hilight Tribe
Midival Punditz Roger Shah John 00 Fleming Sultan & Ned Sheppard Funk Agenda Simplicity
Sergio Flores Midival Punditz Gordon Edge Richard Durand Pearl W & W
Super 8 & Tab Norman Doray Norman Doray Jalebee Cartel Jerome Isma-ae Richard Durand
Pete Gooding Jalebee Cartel Sultan Nadia Ali John 00 Fleming Norman Doray
Gordon Edge Shiva Soundsystem Jhonny Deep + Simon Sax Ma Faiza Ma Faiza AN21
Jaytech Ma Faiza Baba Robji GMS Anil Chawla & Dale Anderson James Zabiela
Tuhin Mehta Kris Correya Shy-o John 00 Fleming Liquid Soul funkagenda
Jalebee Cartel Simon Dunmore Domino Sanjay Dutta Perfect Stranger The Japanese Popstars
Anil Chawla Sanjay Dutta Pearl Ritkam & Bansi Laughing Buddha Sunnery James Ryan Marciano Spartaque
Simon Dunmore Tatva Kundalini Inferno Xerox & Illumination Sanjay Dutta Showtek
Sanay Dutta Shovell Ritesh Gonsalves Pete Gooding Lost Stories Paul Thomas
Mayaadh Mahir
Arno Cost & Norman Doray Order of the Essence Vachan Chinnappa Protoculture RAE Spektre
Shaair n Func Vachan Chinnappa Jalebee Cartel Vachan Chinnappa Brute Force Joof
James Grant Ajit Mmat B.R.E.E.D Nawed Khan Filterheadz
Stephen J Kroos Sashanti Freeaatmah Shaan Jes (live)
Aldrin Karan Third Eye D Siren Anil Chawla & Dale Anderson Albin Myers
Nawed Khan Nawed Khan Greg Pidcock Tuhin Mehta Dirty Vegas
Karan Third Eye Charlee Ajit Nawed Khan KillerWatts (live)
Dj Ajit Maarten Klein Sanjay Dutta Clement Arnej
Clement Reji Ma Fiaza Karan Third Eye Pearl
Shetty Kris Correya Tuhin V-Shall Avalon
Janux Tatva Whosane! Ma Faiza (live)
Shy-o Dj Hiren Janux Sanjay Dutta
Pereira Jayant Luthrq Inferno Mash Anil Chawla
Dj Siren Voodoo XP Baba Robijn DJ Ajit
Janux Rohit Barker Anish Sood
Whosane Lost Stories Clement
Rohit Barker Phi Degrees Marcelo Vasami
James Harcourt Bay Beat Collective Jitter
Nasha Anish Sood Kohra
Vijay Chawla & Dominic Ras Ajit Sashanti (live)
Bay Beat Collective Funkagenda Rohit Barker
Clement DJ Kerano RAO Vinayak Bhai
Nawed Khan Talamasca Armando
Dj Dale Lost Stories
Designer Hippies V-Vek Dewdani
BoomBaba Janux

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