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We’re so excited to welcome Ashley Wallbridge to Sunset Music Festival next Saturday, May 25th. Ashley has been steadily on the rise since 2008. Being championed by some of the biggest names in trance music, Ashley has become a regular at world famous clubs and festivals.

Having won many DJ competitions since the age of 16, the U.K. native is one of the few artists who can say that they’ve DJ’d for over half of their life. Early original productions like “Shotokan,” “Masquerade,” along with collaborations “Faces,” with Andy Moor, and “Mansion,” with Gareth Emery, are still embraced in trance sets around the globe. Ashley’s melodic blend of progressive, electro, and trance has made his sound very distinctive and garnered quite the following.

In 2012, Ashley released his long-awaited debut album, Inner Me on the revered Armada. Representing a year and a half of time in the studio, his dedication to perfecting his craft is made evident by the stellar tracks that adorn the release. With a fresh release out on Garuda, new material in the works, and gigs stationed around the world, 2013 is shaping up to be one amazing ride for Ashley Wallbridge. Join us May 25th when he takes the Isis stage at Raymond James Stadium for Sunset Music Festival. Buy your tickets today!

Our Sunset Music Festival lineup has a wide range of buzz-worthy newcomers gracing the stages this year. Pegboard Nerds is one of the buzzing artists making waves in the industry today. Though they had admired and been influenced by dance music for over twenty years, it wasn’t until 2011 that Danish countrymen Alexander Odden and Michael Parsberg would create the duo Pegboard Nerds after years of producing and remixing for other established artists.

Creating a unique blend of electronic music that spans over electro, dubstep, moombahcore, and glitch hop, the two have never confined themselves to a single genre. Which could probably attribute to their wide audience that has gained an impressive following over the past year. Their first release “Gunpoint” was the catalyst of a string of successful releases, like “Self Destruct,” “Disconnected,” and “Fire In The Hole” which held the number one spot on the Beatport’s Glitch Hop chart for almost 3 consecutive months. Their latest release “Razor Sharp” with Tristam is currently at #1. Pegboard Nerds’ remixes have gained a lot of attention as well. Their take on Krewella’s “Alive,” on popular channel UKF, has garnered over 1.5 million views and the remix of MSD and Jillian Ann’s “Quiet Riot” was also hand-picked by Knife Party for their Mixmag studio mix back in November.

You can catch Pegboard Nerds on tour supporting fellow Sunset artist Knife Party later this year, or you can just catch their set next week at the Set stage for Sunset Music Festival. Buy your tickets today!

We think it’s pretty amazing that some of the artists gracing Sunset Music Festival‘s lineup have helped pioneer trends within the music industry. With one artist perfecting the art of being an underground DJ with crossover hits and the other aiding in the birth of a popular sub-genre, David Guetta and Dillon Francis are two Sunset artists who have successfully pushed the envelop for dance music in the span of their careers.

David Guetta

David Guetta certainly needs no introduction. That’s because he is uniquely an underground DJ who has also gained huge crossover success. Often called the hardest working man in dance music, David Guetta has single handedly been crafting his career since the mid-eighties, diligently and steadily working to the spotlight position he’s in today. With five successful studio albums and multiple Grammy Award wins and nominations to boot, Guetta is known to billions for not only his fusion of pop and hip-hop in the studio, but also his energetic DJ sets which range from deep, epic-long forays into vocal house to funky, electro house bangers. You can catch the once #1 DJ in the world when he takes the Ra stage of Sunset Music Festival May 25th. Buy your tickets today!

Dillon Francis

Though his first release was only three years ago, Dillon Francis has since risen to fame with a little help from endorsements by Diplo and the track track the two eventually collaborated on, “Que Que.” Known for being one of the pioneers of the sub-genre moombahton, in 2012 Francis became the first moombahton artist to achieve the number-one spot on Beatport’s Top 5 Releases Chart with the release of his Something, Something, Awesome EP. While Dillon has made a few viral videos in recent months, it is his blend of moombahcore, moombahton, electro house, trap, and dubstep that keeps fans coming back for more. Get poppin’ and sweatin’ at Sunset Music Festival this May 25th, when Dillon Francis takes the stage at Set. Grab your tickets now!