GOA SUNBURN 2013

Sunburn Organisers Announced the sale of " early bird Tickets" for sunburn 2013

  The Sunburn festival 2013 in goa is waiting for the  approval from the state government, but that has not stopped organisers of the event from announcing the sale of “ early bird tickets” from September 11 for the event that will takes place in December.

While Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said the application for the event is still pending with the government, he was confident that the festival would not be staged at Candolim. But Entertainment Society of goa ( ESG) Vice- Chairman Vishnu Wagh has described Sunburn as “ a bad concept that is spoiling the youth” and has instead, suggested an international western music concert in the state.

Dilip Parulekar confirmed that the government was yet to give its approval to the festival.

“ We have received an application for the festival, but it is up to the single window committee to take a decision on it. This time though, I will not allow the event to be organised at Candolim at any cost and the organisers have shortlisted 2- 3 places in north and south goa,” Parulekar told Media

Speaking on the sale of tickets from September 11 before getting approval from the government, Parulekar said: “ They may have advertised online, but I cannot stop them from doing that.” On the other hand, fellow BJP legislator Wagh has felt that events such as Sunburn need to be brought under the purview of the ESG, so that they can be monitored by regulatory agencies, besides adding to the revenue of the state.

He also Said “ Sunburn is a bad concept and is spoiling the youth, but I don’t want it to be banned. Instead, the state government should have a regulatory body like the ESG to monitor such events and help the state treasury in benefiting from such events. “ I have told my government so many times that if it declares entertainment as an industry, we can get huge revenue annually from the entertainment sector.” “ Bookings for the Sunburn festival have already started on the Internet, though the organizers of the event are yet to get permission. There is no check on the rates of the tickets and no one knows how much money the organisers will collect by organising the festival,” Wagh added.

Asked if he had any alternate plans for a mega music festival in the state, Wagh replied: “ Sunburn is nothing but DJ and trance music. In fact, just three days ago, I had consulted my friends in the international music circle and had proposed that we should have an international western music concert, where we can invite 150 groups from all over the world to Goa. We could have music for three days and three nights and this would be better than the DJ and trance music at Sunburn.” Incidentally, Goa Police had earlier written to the state government advising against issuing permission to ‘ Sunburn”, as it is a “ high risk hazard to participants” and its location along the Candolim sea front had made it “ highly vulnerable” to terrorist attacks.

When contacted, a senior police official confirmed that Goa Police was yet to receive the application pertaining to the Sunburn festival in the state.


"Will pull out Dress code signpost at Basilica entrance": Organiser

Sunburn organisers have boldly declared the festival as “ Asia’s biggest electronic dance music event”, that would provide “ all kinds of sensory overload just for a marathon recreation.” In their website www. sunburn.in

 the organisers have stated that the early bird tickets are to go on sale at 12 noon from September 11.

 the annual event is pulling out everything musical from its luscious fold to entertain you with its breathless programming and creating a magnitude of dance and musical pleasure never before seen which only Sunburn 2013, can bring.” “ Performers this year are going to be double and will cover the entire spectrum of dance music you should know.” “ The Sunburn festival experience will touch the stratosphere with its mammoth stage structures and production largesse as we are never short of ideas, providing all kinds of sensory overload just for your marathon recreation,” claim the organisers.

all stops’ authorities had only appealed to visitors to be appropriately clothed while entering the basilica, but this request is now being enforced with a signboard, issued by the Archaeological Survey of India ( ASI).

The signboard, which has now been placed at the entrance of the basilica, states “ The chapel of St Francis Xavier is a holy place sanctified with the sacred relic of St Francis Xavier. Devotees are requested to behave with extreme reverence and respectful silence.” The board also states that “ Out of deference for the house of God and also to respect the sentiments of devotees, proper dress is required for all those who enter this monument. Entry may be denied to those found inappropriately dressed.” Church authorities had recently convened a meeting with the ASI at Old Goa and had decided to install signboards requesting visitors to dress properly, rather than imposing a ban on scantily- clad guests.

The 16th century church has been receiving complaints from parishioners who have raised objections about the scantily- clad tourists who usually come during the Mass. Also, there had been suggestions that such tourists should not be allowed to enter the church.

Some temples in Ponda taluka have already banned the entry of those tourists found inappropriately dressed at the site.