Golden-hour sound · Sarasota, FL

Sunsets &
Soundwaves

Dance in the daylight.

Sunset DJ sessions on the beach and at venues, built around a warm, boutique hi-fi sound system made to be felt, not just heard.

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A different kind of gathering

Dance floors can exist in daylight. We create daytime music experiences where people gather in real life to move, connect, and share the moment under the open sky: sound you can sink into, no nightlife required.

The Experience

Sound, sunlight, together

DJ playing a golden-hour set

Sunset Sessions

Curated DJs guide the music as the sun drops into the Gulf, our signature golden-hour dance journey.

People dancing at sunset

Beach & Venue Sets

From open sand to intimate rooms, the same warm, immersive sound, wherever the dance floor lands.

Sunset over the water

The Moment

Where strangers become familiar, and music becomes the language everyone speaks.

For venues

Host a Sunset Session

Have a rooftop, beach bar, café or garden with a view of the sunset? We bring the DJs, the sound and the crowd, and turn golden hour into a dance floor.

Our hand-built SAWMOD top on a stand, glowing under pink stage light
The Sound

Made to be felt

Every session runs on our own hand-built, horn-loaded sound: the Golden Hour Rig for sunset sets and intimate rooms, and the Dance Rig when the floor fills up. You hear the air in the vocals and feel the kick in your chest. No boominess. No harshness.

It's the kind of sound you feel at a festival, at a scale that fits the moment.

Explore the rigs in 3D →
John Markadakis, founder and resident DJ of Sunsets and Soundwaves
Your host

John Markadakis

Founder and resident DJ. John started Sunsets & Soundwaves after a sunset beach dance on Kalymnos, Greece, and has been chasing that feeling on the Gulf Coast ever since.

Expect progressive house and trance as the sun goes down, with a turn into liquid drum & bass when the night calls for it.

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Why it matters

Dance in the Daylight

Spaces that feel human again.

From the floor
2019
In the making
9
Gulf Coast areas
16+
Recorded sets

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