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Every year at Sunset Music Festival, we get excited to bring an even bigger and better production to all our devoted attendees. Looking back, it all started as a celebration to bring music lovers together and bask in a long weekend of love, positivity, and dancing. To recognize outstanding members of our festival family, and spread the love, we’re launching Celebrate Together(ness) at SMF ’17!

Life’s a Party, Let’s Celebrate Together(ness)

We provide the space, but the experience ultimately relies on you, the fans. Celebrate Together(ness) is a hub of good energy, where you can share inspiring stories that showcase how others possess the power of peace, love, unity, and respect.

Nominate Your Friends

To jump start the good vibes, we’re asking you guys to highlight friends who bring the core values of how to Celebrate Together(ness) outside our festival walls and back into everyday life. Plus, look for us on-site at Sunset where we’ll be accepting live, in-person video nominations.

Do you know someone who deserves to be recognized for living a life with a bright light? Nominate someone who Celebrates Together(ness) by filling out our mini questionnaire including the reason behind your nomination, like specific examples of how they bring the Disco values out into the real world.

Prizes

At the end of this year’s festival season, two fans whose positive impact is undeniable will win a massive VIP prize pack!

• Flight
• Hotel
• Dinner with Donnie
• Backstage tour
• A special Celebrate Together(ness) tee shirt to wear at the festival
• A special Celebrate Together(ness) totem to carry around at the festival
• 10 Celebrate Together(ness) wristbands — which act as VIP bands to giveaway at the festival as a way to spread the love.

Let the long, holiday weekend begin! As we wrap up day one of Sunset Music Festival 2017, you’re sure to be left wanting more, so we’ve planned ahead to throw a bangin’ after party at The Ritz Ybor featuring Tritonal and 4B!

Make your way to the Amphitheater at The Ritz Ybor on Saturday, May 27th, doors at 10:30 PM continuing ‘til 2:45 AM. RSVP on Facebook and buy tickets now!

Spend Your Saturday Night With Tritonal

Austin-based duo Tritonal consists of DJs Chad Cisneros and David Reed. The production pair have quickly shot into the mainstream, remixing some of today’s hottest tracks and surpassing 53 million streams on Spotify. Growing out of their Texas roots, Tritonal’s original music has continued to chart, growing out of their Texas roots and into selling out iconic venues such as New York’s Terminal 5, San Francisco’s Warfield, and L.A.’s Club Nokia.

Get the Party Started With 4B

At just 23 years old, 4B has been relentless in his pursuit of taking the music world by storm, perfecting his sound and releasing heavy hitters like his debut “Bomboclat” which Diplo & Friends premiered on BBC Radio 1 Extra. Since then he’s received support from Skrillex, DJ Snake, and Tiësto, to name a few, and has followed up with a slew of original releases on Mad Decent and Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Records. 4B continues to push the limits, incorporating a new down-tempo sound into his signature Jersey Club stylings.

We can’t wait to live it up next week in Tampa, so we’re getting the party started early with the ultimate pre-party on our Journey2SMF! The cherry on top of our hand-picked string of shows will be massive as we welcome Oliver Heldens and Brohug for a massive party with our Sunset squad.

On Friday, May 26th, the night before SMF kicks off enjoy the official pre-party starting at 10:00 PM. Lock in your Friday night party plans, buy tickets now!

Pre-Party With Oliver Heldens

Dutch DJ and electronic music producer, Oliver Heldens, burst onto the music scene when he signed to Spinnin’ Records in 2013. His song “Gecko” caught the attention of Tiësto, who then also signed him to his Musical Freedom label, giving Heldens a massive platform and earning industry-wide attention. His follow-up hit single “Koala” became the second-most popular searched dance recording from the 2014 Amsterdam Dance Event, and the following year he achieved 12th place in the DJ Mag Top 100 2015, making him the highest ranked house DJ on the list.

Throughout his career, Heldens has played many high-profile events such as EDC, Amnesia Ibiza, Tomorrowland, Creamfields, Electric Zoo, and now has racked up millions of streams on his released tracks. Most recently, collaborating with notable artists like Sander van Doorn and remixing some of today’s hottest tunes.

Start Your Friday Night With Brohug

Stockholm-based production trio, Brohug will also grace the decks at SMF for a special opening set to kick-off the fest’ with Oliver Heldens. The Swedish producers have capitalized on perfecting their big beats and viral tracks infusing influences from all the genres. With their unique sound, complex productions, and the mystique; Brohug bring something new to the table which has earned industry support from the biggest in the business such as DJ Snake, Diplo, Tchami, and Kaskade, to name a few.