07 December 2016 13:58:14 IST

Sunburn to have stage made from recycled material

The festival’s theme this year is inspired by nature

The 10 th edition of 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 in Pune 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 create the festival’s anthem and will also end the same on December 31. This is the first time Sunburn will see a culmination on New Year’s Eve.

With the festival’s theme inspired by nature, the venue will have a decor consisting of a lot of greens and recycled material.

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

Sunburn will also introduce a new genre of music called Hardstyle, with artists like Angerfist and Miss K8. Other genres 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 of Sunburn, says, “We have grown by 25 per cent this year. From a 120 crore property with 800,000 on ground attendance at Sunburn 9, to an estimated 155 crore property with on-ground attendance crossing 1.2 million at Sunburn 10, we have come a long way.”