MUMBAI: Sunburn, one of the world’s biggest music festivals, has just announced its new venue ‘Sunburn Hills’ – a privately owned 90 acre land at Kesnand on the Pune-Ahmadabad highway. India’s leading electronic music brand bids farewell to Vagator, Goa as and is all set to move to a new address in Maharashtra.
Hold on, dates of Sunburn 2016 have also changed, 28-31 December 2016.
Sunburn CEO Karan Singh spoke to Radioandmusic.com one week ago.
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The phase 1 headliners include some of the biggest names from the dance music scene including EDM powerhouse Armin Van Buuren, Axwell ^ Ingrosso, Afrojack, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and the recently voted best LIVE act KSHMR, The power packed also line includes supporting artists like AJJA, Angerfist, Dannic, Eats Everything, Mattn, Nucleya, Tom Swoon among others.
The venue provides great scenery to celebrate the decade-long power of brand Sunburn, say the organisers. Not only is it nestled amidst nature, but also has an out of this world view of the city of Pune. Also, it is well-connected to the main city with a drive time of three hours. The venue will also offer a greener and pollution free environment that is perfect for the Sunburn experience, they say. The new venue is complete with excellent infrastructure along with health and safety amenities. The festival experience will be curated and programmed by various industry experts, they add.
To top it all off, ‘Sunburn Hills’ will have one of India’s biggest campsites that will give every camper a true festival feel complete with after parties, marketplaces, workshops, flea markets, movie screenings, karaoke sessions, bowling among a host of other activities. Campout packages will be live on partner website cleartrip.com.
As a part of the 10th year celebration, Sunburn will provide added incentives including a cashless experience with the tech-equipped Sunburn Smart Band which will allow them to avail entry into the festival zone, purchase Food, Beverages and merchandise at the festival without the hassles of credit cards or cash. In addition, fans can expect a world class experience with on-site camping options, the fan village, an extensive array of food courts, 40+ experience zones, flea markets, chopper rides, after parties among others.
To ensure fans and dance music aficionados have a seamless experience, Sunburn has also got in strategic partners like cleartrip.com and Ola who would provide lodging and travel services which would be customised for the attendees. Booking from Cleartrip.com will offer Sunburn fans a variety of hotel rooms in all price ranges very close to the festival venue. Fans can also avail pick up and drop facilities making the Sunburn experience a hassle free one.
Sunburn CEO Karan Singh states, “Sunburn introduced the concept of Dance Music to India and we are a brand that has been given birth locally and we have now gone global. A truly global brand always happens when you foremost follow the mantra of “for the fans”, by the fans, of the fans. Over the last nine years, we’ve evolved from being a music festival to an inspirational brand with millions of loyalists. Our move to Maharashtra is a part of that evolution. Our fans have been our first priority and Sunburn hills turned out to be the perfect destination to give our fans a larger than life experience in the 10th edition of Sunburn. We started our season with a bang bringing down the top-ranked DJs and hope to really close the year on a high with Sunburn 10. We are thankful to the tourism of Maharashtra for extending their help in making the move possible. A massive festival like Sunburn takes months of preparations, and we’re going in all guns blazing to make it big.”
Sunburn 10 is all set to take the dance music experience to the next level with its 10th anniversary at Sunburn Hills, Kesnand, Pune.
Early bird phase 2 tickets are now live with GA tickets pricing at Rs 7750/- and VIP at Rs 13500/- onwards.
Domestic bookings are open on bookmyshow and international fans can book their tickets on viagogo.com.
Sunburn 10 is co-presented by Renault and Gionee in partnership with Kingfisher drinking water, Smirnoff experience and Ola and associate partners including Sky bags, Spice Jet, Ray Ban, Cleartrip, Ola and styled by fbb.
Sunburn 10 is supported by media partner including PVR, Radio Mirchi, CashUrDrive and 9XO.
