Sunburn Festival moved to Mumbai from Goa after 18 years, and saw the likes of David Guetta, Sara Landry, Above & Beyond and Axwell perform here among other Indian and international artists earlier this month from December 19 to 21, but there was more to it.

With the growing number of music festivals, many music fans are now travelling not only around the world but also within India.

Electronic music fans in India 

According to Sunburn Festival 2025 data, this edition witnessed strong interest from audiences beyond Mumbai, with close to 40 per cent fans traveling from outside Mumbai alone, with leading contribution from cities such as Pune, Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Kolkata, followed by a remarkable rise in audiences from Tier-2 and emerging cultural centres including Indore, Goa, Nagpur, Vadodara and Nashik, further signalling how deep and wide music fans in India are willing to travel to witness some of the world's biggest artists.