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“Sun down, you better take care.”

Well that’s an easy rule to come by if you’re planning on making your way to Sun City Music Festival this year. With world-class talent playing through the night and cutting-edge production adorning our stages, get ready to be taken care of for this year’s highly-anticipated event.

For today’s Sun City sound clash, we are putting two style innovators under the microscope. Though one derives inspiration from hip hop and the other from French disco, we are looking forward to the great music that will be pumping through the speakers when Crizzly and Sébastien Léger take the stage at Texas’ largest dance music event this August 31st and September 1st – no matter how different those two sounds may be.

Crizzly

Though San Antonio native Christopher Marshall didn’t stumble on dance music until he was 19, it is safe to say that the now 21-year old has more than made up for that absence. Producing for only a few years, an ambitious Crizzly distributed his music on USB drives to some of the industry’s biggest names after his set at Electric Daisy Carnival in 2011. “I made it a mission to pass them out to my favorite producers. I was nervous, but I gave it to Diplo. He listened, and now he plays ‘Hard in Da Paint’ in his set.”

Most notably known for blending dubstep and hip hop to create his signature sound called “crunkstep,” Crizzly described his style best in an interview. “It’s definitely a mixture of two different worlds, dance music and hip-hop,” he goes on. “People can connect because there’s a lot going on, and there’s more than one dimension. The audience responds immediately too. Since there’s a half-time feel, the blend just makes sense. It feels right to me.”

So when Crizzly joins us at Sun City Music Festival, expect some hard energetic tracks that will get you buck wild, crazy, and most importantly, crunk. Buy your tickets today!

Sébastien Léger

Talented Sun City talent Sébastien Léger has been in the dance music game since the early 90s. His early solo productions were mainly that of the disco-influenced French sound. But Sébastien isn’t the type to stick with just one genre. As years went by, his steady stream of releases like breakthrough release “Take Your Pills” revealed an electro house sound that he had been experimenting with.

Sébastien’s Mistakes EP, released in 2006, aided his rise in popularity. The following year, he launched his own record label named Mistakes Music. The label has since gone on to host artists like Umek, Christian Smith, Jay Lumen, and Deadmau5.

Between the years of 2008 and 2010, Sébastien’s BBC Radio One Essential mixes showed listeners how his sound evolved yet again as he began to experiment with fat analog bass synths, some dizzying electro, and a collection of quirky funky samples. We love that Sébastien is still continuing to innovate his sound after all these years. Which is why we are thrilled to have Sébastien Léger perform at this year’s Sun City Music Festival. Tickets are available online and in stores!

We believe that volunteering is a great opportunity to get involved and help the festival community – and there are loads of benefits for doing it too. Whenever you volunteer for Sun City Music Festival, you’ll receive access to the festival, learn about operations at a major festival event and meet others with similar interests. If you’ve always wanted to get involved, volunteer or help out, but didn’t know how, now is your chance.

Volunteers won’t need a ticket, but you’ll be asked to complete a specific amount of shift hours in order to get access to the show. If you do not fulfill your required hours, you will be charged for a single day ticket with the account information you provided. Additionally, volunteers who do not show up for their shifts will be charged as well.

If you’re interested in volunteering for Texas’ largest dance music event, please email volunteers@suncitymusicfestival.com with your full name, email address, phone number, date of birth (to confirm that you are at least 18 years old) and attach your résumé. Once we have your application for consideration, we’ll contact you with more details.