Sun City Music Festival
| Sun City Music Festival | |
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| Dates | Labor Day Weekend |
| Location(s) | El Paso, TX, United States |
| Years active | 2011-present |
| Founders | SMG Events Disco Donnie Presents |
| Website | www.suncitymusicfestival.com |
The Sun City Music Festival is an annual electronic music festival held over Labor Day weekend in El Paso at Ascarate Park. In its opening year, the festival was held at Cohen Stadium. The festival represents all genres of electronic music, bringing top international DJs and live acts from multiple countries along with local producers and radio personalities to three stages, one of them being the Beatport Stage.[1]
History
In its inaugural year in 2011 an estimated 20,000 people attended to see artists Armin van Buuren, Afrojack, Wolfgang Gartner, Martin Solveig, and many others. In 2012, SCMF, as it is commonly known by attendees, moved to Ascarate Park.[2][3]
2011 Lineup
- Afrojack
- Ambivalent
- Andy C & MC GQ
- Armin Van Buuren
- Chris Lake
- Chuckie
- Cookie Monsta
- Cosmic Gate
- Crystal Castles
- Dusty Kid
- Exceed
- Feed Me
- Funkagenda
- Gabriel & Dresden
- High Contrast
- Joachim Garraud
- LA Riots (DJ)
- Martin Solveig
- Nero
- Paul Van Dyk
- Sander Van Doorn
- Sidney Samson
- Showtek
- Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano
- Sub Focus
- Wolfgang Gartner
- Zedd
2012 Lineup
- David Guetta
- Zedd
- Flux Pavilion
- Knife Party
- Dada Life
- Above & Beyond
- Nicky Romero
- Dillon Francis
- Sander van Doorn
- Modestep
- John Dahlback
- Kill The Noise
- Morgan Page
- Gesaffelstein
- Downlink
- Joris Voorn
- Dirtyphonics
- Umek
- Brodinski
- Riva Starr
- M.A.N.D.Y
- Alvin Risk
- Crizzly
- Stefano Noferini
- Lucky Date
- Destructo
- Revolvr
- Audrey Napoleon
- Dirty Audio
- Gina Turner
- Kevin Focus
- Funk Agenda
- Nick Fanciulli
2013 Lineup
- Armin van Buuren
- Tiesto
- Steve Aoki
- Alesso
- Adventure Club
- Baauer
- Borgore
- Brodinski
- Candyland
- Cassy
- Crizzly
- Danny Avila
- Deniz Koyu
- Deorro
- Dillon Francis
- Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
- Droog
- Eats Everything
- Flosstradamus
- French Fries (DJ)
- Gesaffelstein
- GTA
- John Digweed
- Just Blaze
- Kill Paris
- Le Castle Vania
- Markus Schulz
- Ookay
- Scuba
- Sebastien Leger
- Seven Lions
- Stefano Noferini
- TJR
- Zomboy
2014 Lineup
- Tiesto
- Martin Garrix
- David Guetta
- Above & Beyond
- Carnage
- Showtek
- W&W
- Aly & Fila
- Amin Edge & Dance
- Andrew Rayel
- Arnej
- Bryan Kearney
- Candyland
- Cash Cash
- Chris Lake
- Cosmic Gate
- Deorro
- Dubfire
- Headhunterz
- Hobo
- Hot Since 82
- Loco Dice
- Luminox
- M4SONIC
- Nicole Moudaber
- Ookay
- Orjan Nilsen
- Otto Knows
- Party Favor
- Paul van Dyk
- Sian
- Slander
- Spektre
- TJR
- Thomas Newson
- Zomboy
2015 Lineup
On May 20th of 2015 it was reported that the lineup would consist of house, techno, trance, electro house, and other genres. [4]
- Armin van Buuren
- Hardwell
- Adam Beyer
- Audien
- Borgore
- Borgeous
- Cashmere Cat
- Chris Liebing
- Dash Berlin
- Dubfire (Live)
- DVBBS
- Hot Since 82
- GTA
- NERVO
- Odesza
- Robin Schulz
- TJR
- Yellow Claw
- Zeds Dead
- Bixel Boys
- Botnek
- Brillz
- Claptone
- Coone
- Destructo
- Galantis
- Felix Cartal
- Jack Bass
- Jauz
- Kayzo
- Ida Engberg
- Lane 8
- Liquid Todd
- Morten
- Flower and The Snake
- Hector
- Oliver Dollar
- Riot Ten
- Shiba San
- Slander
- Trippy Turtle
See also
References
- ^ https://www.discodonniepresents.com/the-beatport-stage-returns-for-sun-city-music-festival-2015
- ^ http://borderzine.com/2011/10/the-rave-is-all-about-music-but-some-seek-ectasys-to-enhace-the-dance/
- ^ http://usatrancemovement.com/home/2011/08/20/sun-city-music-festival-2011/
- ^ http://www.musictimes.com/articles/39097/20150520/sun-city-music-festival-2015-lineup-armin-van-buuren-hardwell.htm