Sunburn to have stage made from recycled material

The Tenth edition of the EDM (Electronic Dance Music) festival Sunburn is set to have its main stage made from recycled materials this year.

The four-day festival, which will start here on December 28, will have stages with some interesting labels like District 808, Monstercat, Ray Ban, Shaan & Friends, Soma Project and Vinyl Ambulance, read a statement.

Artiste KSHMR will be creating the anthem for Sunburn and he will also be ending the grand finale on December 31. This is the first time Sunburn will see a culmination on New Year's Eve.

As the theme of the festival is inspired by nature, the venue will have a decor with a lot of greens and recycled material.

The artistes performing at the festival include names like Axwell Ingrosso, Armin van Buuren, Dimitri Vegas Like Mike, Afrojack and Krewella, Bass Jackers, Marnik, Tom Swoon, Nucleya, Arjun Vagale, Shaan, Zaeden and Anish Sood.

Sunburn will be introducing a new genre of music called the Hardstyle with artists like Angerfist and Miss K8. Other genres would include house, commercial, trance, deep house, psychedelic, trap, hardstyle, techno, progressive house, electronica, dubstep, drum and bass.

With over a 100 crore invested in the festival this year, Karan Singh, CEO, Sunburn, says that "We have grown by 25 percent this year. From a 120 crore property with 8,00,000 on ground attendance at Sunburn 9 to an estimated 155 crore property with on ground attendance crossing 1.2 million at Sunburn 10."

The venue will also have 30 food stalls, flea markets, fan village, adventure, camping and after-parties.

--IANS

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