Sunburn Festival Goa

Goans are protesting to protect their culture. Social workers, activists, and citizens from across the state gathered outside the South Goa Collectorate recently to remonstrate against the controversial EDM festival 'Sunburn' to be held in South Goa.

The Goa police on Saturday arrested seven members of a gang, all hailing from Mumbai, for allegedly stealing high-end mobile phones worth Rs 25 lakh during the Sunburn EDM festival.

The Congress and Aam Aadmi Party have demanded action against the organisers of the Sunburn EDM festival here claiming that they insulted Lord Shiva.

The organisers had approached the police with a complaint about the theft, following which the arrests were made.

The 17th edition of the festival is scheduled to take place in December at Vagator in Goa

Even as opposition parties hit out at the Goa government over the death of three tourists after collapsing at the Sunburn Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Festival, state Culture Minister Govind Gawade on Monday said that "no one forced people to attend the event."

A tourist, who arrived in Goa to participate in the Sunburn Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Festival, died after feeling uneasy near the event venue, police said on Monday.

Two music enthusiasts from Andhra Pradesh who were visiting Goa to participate in the ongoing Sunburn Electronic Dance Music festival died after collapsing near the venue in North Goa district.

Organisers of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) festival Sunburn Klassique owe Rs 1 crore in back-dues to the Goa government and the festival will not be allowed to be held unless the franchise pays the dues, Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said on Tuesday.

The Goa government has not given permission for organising the Electronic Dance Music (EDM) festival 'Sunburn' in the state in the current fiscal, Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar told the Assembly on Wednesday.

Popular electronic dance music festival Sunburn will not be held in Goa until the promoter of the event clears the dues owed to the state government, Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said on Wednesday.

Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar on Monday said that organisers of Sunburn, India's biggest EDM festival, can still hold the event in Goa as long as they pay dues of Rs 1.75 crore for providing police personnel for security cover.

"I've been a big Hardwell fan since the day I saw him perform at one of most iconic club venues in the world called Space in Ibiza. I have always loved his music as he pushes the envelope everytime he is on stage," DJ Khushi told IANS

Promoters of Sunburn Festival on Saturday said they have kept the option open to shift the festival from Goa to Maharashtra or Delhi, if their proposal for this year on the same date and venue as last year was not cleared by the Goa government.

Goa government is planning not to permit the crowd-pulling dance music festivals in the state between December 15 and January 15 which is the peak tourist season, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said today.

Goans are protesting to protect their culture. Social workers, activists, and citizens from across the state gathered outside the South Goa Collectorate recently to remonstrate against the controversial EDM festival 'Sunburn' to be held in South Goa.

The Goa police on Saturday arrested seven members of a gang, all hailing from Mumbai, for allegedly stealing high-end mobile phones worth Rs 25 lakh during the Sunburn EDM festival.

The Congress and Aam Aadmi Party have demanded action against the organisers of the Sunburn EDM festival here claiming that they insulted Lord Shiva.

The organisers had approached the police with a complaint about the theft, following which the arrests were made.

The 17th edition of the festival is scheduled to take place in December at Vagator in Goa

Even as opposition parties hit out at the Goa government over the death of three tourists after collapsing at the Sunburn Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Festival, state Culture Minister Govind Gawade on Monday said that "no one forced people to attend the event."

A tourist, who arrived in Goa to participate in the Sunburn Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Festival, died after feeling uneasy near the event venue, police said on Monday.

Two music enthusiasts from Andhra Pradesh who were visiting Goa to participate in the ongoing Sunburn Electronic Dance Music festival died after collapsing near the venue in North Goa district.

Organisers of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) festival Sunburn Klassique owe Rs 1 crore in back-dues to the Goa government and the festival will not be allowed to be held unless the franchise pays the dues, Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said on Tuesday.

The Goa government has not given permission for organising the Electronic Dance Music (EDM) festival 'Sunburn' in the state in the current fiscal, Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar told the Assembly on Wednesday.

Popular electronic dance music festival Sunburn will not be held in Goa until the promoter of the event clears the dues owed to the state government, Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said on Wednesday.

Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar on Monday said that organisers of Sunburn, India's biggest EDM festival, can still hold the event in Goa as long as they pay dues of Rs 1.75 crore for providing police personnel for security cover.

"I've been a big Hardwell fan since the day I saw him perform at one of most iconic club venues in the world called Space in Ibiza. I have always loved his music as he pushes the envelope everytime he is on stage," DJ Khushi told IANS

Promoters of Sunburn Festival on Saturday said they have kept the option open to shift the festival from Goa to Maharashtra or Delhi, if their proposal for this year on the same date and venue as last year was not cleared by the Goa government.

Goa government is planning not to permit the crowd-pulling dance music festivals in the state between December 15 and January 15 which is the peak tourist season, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said today.