Thailand Debut Maya Music Festival to Global Stage

Bangkok (Thailand) – December 25, 2014 – Thailand is set to debut “Maya Music Festival”, a world-class festival of Thai arts and electronic music, under the theme of “A Miracle of Art, Magical of Sound”, in Bangkok on 7 March, 2015.

Organised by Thailand-based FEEL Corporation with the support from the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), the first “Maya Music Festival: A Miracle of Art, Magical of Sound” brings a combination of the miracle of Eastern arts and the magical of Western electronic music to the world’s first Naga-theme stage, featuring a state-of-the-art production and the legendary DJ, Steve Angello.

Mr. Thawatchai Arunyik, TAT Governor said, “The Maya Music Festival is set to showcase Thai arts, which form part of the distinct entity and characteristic of the Thai people and the nation’s cultural assets or “Thainess” and is in line with TAT’s newly-launched “2015 Discover Thainess” campaign. The elaborately designed naga-theme stage will play a part in presenting the unique Thai fine arts to the global scene as the event is expected to attract audience from around the world.”

Under the electro-naga theme, the Maya Music Festival 2015 will tell the story of the King of Naga under the majestic Chao Phraya River on a 20-metre height stage designed by one of Thailand’s top architects. The legends of Naga will be unveiled though the enchanted music by four internationally-renowned and four local DJs, including Steve Angello, Markuz Schulz, Paullie and Ono.

The first Maya Music Festival will take place at the 11th Infantry Regiment, King’s Guard (Rab 11) in Bangkhen, Bangkok. The event venue is designed to hold 1,500 seats in the VIP zone and up to 25,000 people in the regular zone.

Tickets are available at www.mayamusicfestival.com and www.thaiticketmajor.com. VIP tickets are 4,000 Baht per person, inclusive of a Maya T-shirt, two drinks, the use of private lounge and restroom, and fast lane. Regular tickets are 2,000 Baht for early-bird booking (now until 15 January, 2015) and 2,500 Baht for booking from 16 January, 2015 onwards.

According to FEEL Corporation, the Maya Music Festival with the naga-stage will also be held in Shanghai, Sydney and New York in 2015.

For more information
Website: www.mayamusicfestival.com

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