Sun City Music Festival Directions and Parking Information
Sun City Music Festival is just days away now. Whether you’re traveling to the festival by plane, train, or automobile, some of you are making your way to the area from different parts of the country. We all know how difficult it can be to navigate through a city you aren’t familiar with, so to save you some time and trouble, we’ve created this quick reference guide so you can arrive at Ascarate Park worry-free.
Getting to Sun City Music Festival
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Ascarate Park
The third annual Sun City Music Festival returns to Ascarate Park this coming weekend. Disco Donnie Presents and SMG Events are excited to convert El Paso County’s largest public recreational park into a playground complete with three stages full of music, vendors, art installations, and so much more. At a whopping 448 total acres, Ascarate Park serves as the perfect backdrop to SCMF’s audiovisual experience.
Address: 6900 Delta Dr, El Paso, TX 79905
From I-10 East
Take exit Geronimo and turn Left at Geronimo. Turn Left on Trowbridge and Drive forward until Delta Dr. Make a left onto Delta dr. Continue to until you reach the second light. Turn left on Ascarate Park Road.
From I-10 West
Exit Trowbridge and turn Right at Trowbridge and Drive forward until Delta dr. Make a left onto Delta Dr. Continue to until you reach the second light. Turn left on Ascarate Park Road.
From TX-375
Loop East or West exit Fonseca Blvd and Proceed Northeast on Fonseca, make a right onto delta and Turn right on Ascarate Park Road.
El Paso International Airport (ELP)
El Paso International Airport (ELP) is the gateway to West Texas, Southern New Mexico and Northern Mexico. View more information on Commercial and Courtesy Shuttles, Airport Taxies and Car Rentals on the official El Paso Intl. Airport website.
- Address: 6701 Convair Rd El Paso, TX 79925
- Phone: 915-780-4749
El Paso Taxis
- Border Cab Co. 915-533-4245
- Sun City Cab Co. 915-544-2211
- United Independent Cab Co. 915-590-8294
Parking
There is a $5.00 fee for parking within the park and all parking will be available on a first come, first serve basis.
Important Isla Del Sol Fest Ticket Reminders
Another year of Isla Del Sol Festival is just days away, and in preparation with the upcoming event, we have a few ticket reminders to make sure you have a fun and carefree island experience.
If you haven’t bought your tickets to the festival yet, don’t fret! Online ticket sales will continue on through to the day of the event. Please beware of frauds and scalpers.
Ticket Warning
Isla Del Sol Fest urges our patrons to beware of fraud and counterfeit tickets, whether online or in the parking lot of the event. Please do not buy tickets from scalpers. To assure the authenticity of your ticket purchase, please only purchase tickets from authorized ticket outlets. Authorized ticket outlets include the IslaDelSolFest.com website, Eventbrite.com website, official Isla Del Sol Fest street team members, and Hermes Music Stores located in McAllen, TX and Brownsville, TX.
DO NOT REMOVE YOUR WRISTBAND. Tickets and wristbands will not be reissued under any circumstance and are not transferable, so please hold onto them.
Isla Del Sol Fest will take place rain or shine. The acts we advertise have confirmed their appearance, however acts are subject to change without notice. Please guard your tickets carefully. Prices will increase and tickets may sell out as allotments run out, so please buy early to get the best pricing.
Sun City Music Festival Artist Profile: Armin van Buuren
Sun City Music Festival talent Armin van Buuren is always on the move – whether through creating music in his studio, or on his way to the next club or festival around the globe. This year certainly falls in line with his enduring momentum. His fifth and latest studio album Intense, released on Armada Music, features hit single “This Is What It Feels Like” which is fervently climbing up Billboard’s Dance/Electronic chart and is even crossing over to top 40 radio. “It’s not just love for music, it’s my passion. It goes beyond liking, and beyond a hobby, it’s about a way of living. Music is essential to my life.” We couldn’t agree with you more, Armin!
For over 15 years, Armin has been building his international success. A Christmas baby born in Leiden, Netherlands, he grew up in a musical family which ignited Armin’s passion for music at an early age. He spent all the money he earned on his paper route on records. And when his mom won a computer when he was 10, it was all over with. “So as a little nerdy kid I was writing my own basic programs, and learnt about the technology from there.”
Always a man with a plan, Armin thought it was wise to have a back-up plan to his goal of creating music for a living. So he began studying for a law degree. The final year of his schooling had to be stretched out, however, because he had to juggle studies with a hectic touring schedule. It was around this time that his early remixes and originals were gaining popularity. Though it may have taken him three years to graduate, it is his determination that made him succeed. He now has his Masters in law, but his love will always be music. “I see it as my responsibility to promote trance as a genre and I want to support it in every way I can. Music should connect us. As long as the music keeps evolving like it is, I will continue and I don’t see any reason to slow it down.”
And why would he slow down? His albums 76 (2003), Shivers (2005), Imagine (2008) and Mirage (2010) have all reached gold status in The Netherlands. Armin is now the five-time winner of the #1 position on the critically acclaimed DJ Mag’s Top 100 poll – no doubt, as the result of his ingenuity in the studio and unmatched humility. Even with the pressure that comes with being the world’s most popular DJ, Armin has always kept his focus on the music. And that’s exactly what keeps him going.
Husband and father by day; world’s #1 DJ at night. Armin has been quoted to say, “Don’t be a prisoner of your own style.” You’ll get to see the legend close out our Sun City stage this Labor Day weekend for the return of Texas’s largest dance music event, Sun City Music Festival. Buy your tickets today!
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Something Wicked Artist Profile: Cyril Hahn
Cyril Hahn first came to our attention in 2012 with his sensational rework of Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name.” With down-pitched vocals and emotive synths, the Swiss-born Vancouver resident has racked in over two million plays on Soundcloud for the release, appealing to both the house and bass heads. Surprisingly enough, however, Cyril is new to the game. “I only started producing electronic music this year and yes, it definitely feels sudden. I just started producing for fun and had no clue people were going to respond to the songs the way they did.”
Though a newcomer, Cyril has had a love for music from a very early age. “I’ve always been into music, my parents let me pick up instruments when I was growing up, I did piano, guitar and I used to sing and stuff. [I’ve] always played with friends and tried to write my own songs but never really did it with electronic music until a year ago or so when I did the Mariah Carrey remix; that’s sort of how it started as an electronic music kind of thing.”
With a penchant for creating sexy, laid back originals and remixes, one would think that his etheric melodies were made on a vintage analog synths. “All I’ve used for my song[s] so far is a laptop and a midi keyboard. I think the warm sound comes from using a lot of vintage synthesizer sounds, but also the use of white noise/field recordings. I always liked the lo-fi aesthetic of the records I grew up with. Background noise or white noise was never something that bothered me on a recording. I think noise gives a song more character, a certain organic quality. That’s why I often include white noise or field recordings in my production. I don’t want my song to sound too sterile or mechanical. White noise is definitely a way to work against that.”
Currently signed to Disclosure’s PMR imprint, Cyril has had quite the breakout year. And with the help of his seemingly infinite amount of Soundcloud plays, the twenty-something has become garnered a fair amount of bookings around the world and just recently ended his first European tour.
With his Perfect Form EP due out October 7th, we’re excited to have this fresh new talent join Houston’s premier Halloween event, Something Wicked on October 26th. Buy your tickets today to save big!
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Sun City Music Festival Sound Clash: Deorro, Stefano Noferini
As the month of August powers on, Sun City Music Festival draws nearer and nearer. Going down at Ascarate Park in El Paso, Texas’ largest dance music festival makes its return on August 31st and September 1st. Have you bought your passes yet?
Today, were clashing the sounds of two of our house artists. Though one dabbles in the Dutch and big-room varieties and the other in the tribal and tech varieties, fans of Deorro and Stefano Noferini can agree that the two talents are machines when it comes to banging out chart-topping hits with their signature sound – no matter just how different those two sounds may be.
Deorro
Los Angeles native Deorro began his DJ career at the ripe age of 14, but it wasn’t until he was 17 that Deorro would begin producing his own tracks. His early productions were under the moniker Ton!c. After he began uploading his music to SoundCloud, he was deemed a sensation by the musical platform shortly thereafter, releasing albums Fire and Voodoo which have garnered over one million downloads online. In late 2011, Ton!c signed one of his most popular tracks “Big Fat” to BIP Records, expanding his fan base. The single made its way up Beatport’s Top 20 electro house chart, along with tracks like “Bounce,” “Get Up,” and “Faster Horses” have all seen high rankings on the infamous music retailer.
Now as Deorro, the panda bear loving artist is quickly turning into one of the fastest rising talents in the dance music industry. Releasing some top quality Dutch electro and progressive influenced bangers, Deorro is influenced by many styles like drumstep, house, trance, heavy electro, and even some moombahcore elements, creating a sound that is uniquely his own. You can join the #PandaFam when Deorro comes to El Paso for the third annual Sun City Music Festival. Tickets are available online, purchase yours today!
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Stefano Noferini
Sun City talent Stefano Noferini has a golden touch when it comes to choosing dance floor destroyers. That’s probably because the Italian artist has been building an arsenal of great music for quite some time now. He first began DJing in 1996 and his first production was released in the same year. He scored his first official debut on an Italian independent label a few years later and the rest, is history.
As his production library expanded over the years, so did his fan ship. Stefano played a pivotal role in Italy’s burgeoning house music scene thanks in part to his national radio show Club Edition, forging a bond with his country that still resonates today. The show is currently heard by millions of people in over 15 countries worldwide. Even though his show aids in his expanding global reach, it is his incredible live sets that keep fans coming back for more. Often called a DJ’s DJ, Stefano has an innate ability to pick tracks that make you want to dance and mixes them with a technical prowess that is unmatched by most. Utilizing percussive poly-rhythms in his tech house grooves, Stefano’s signature sound is always very energetic and lively.
Stefano is a mastermind producer in almost every aspect of house music. Over the years, he has revisited the tribal influences of his earlier career but it is his balance between techno and tech house that dominates his current productions. A prime example of this Beatport main chart toppers “Mama” and “Burajava” released in 2010. But it was his collaboration with Matteo Marini and Sylvia Tosun on the track “Push ‘n’ Pull” that soared to #1 in the US Billboard Dance Chart and earned him the right to be called Beatport’s “Breakout Artist of the Year” in 2010, and be nominated as their “Artist of the Year” in 2011.
Armed with a deep crate of sexy tech-inspired tunes, get ready as Stefano Noferini makes his way to El Paso for Sun City Music Festival. Buy your tickets today!
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