Tomorrowland's first full festival in Asia is now five weeks away. Tomorrowland Thailand runs Friday, December 11 through Sunday, December 13 at Wisdom Valley, outside Pattaya in Chonburi province, with Swedish House Mafia, Martin Garrix, Afrojack and Steve Aoki at the top of a bill of more than 100 artists.

It is already sold out, and it sold out blind. Tickets went on sale to pre-registered fans on March 7, and roughly 150,000 passes (about 50,000 per day) were gone within hours, more than three months before the lineup came out on June 23. Thailand's tourism minister, Surasak Phancharoenworakul, said in July that about 85% of buyers are coming from abroad.

The Belgian festival has run editions in Brazil and France before, but this is its first full-scale event in Asia, and it isn't a one-off. Tomorrowland has a five-year deal to stay in Thailand, which organisers describe as its exclusive home in the region. The Tourism Authority of Thailand's governor, Thapanee Kiatphaibool, said talks to bring it over went on for nearly 10 years. The festival is run by WEAREONE.world (Thailand), a joint venture between Tomorrowland's international arm and Thai partner One Asia Ventures.

The headliners across the weekend:

Swedish House Mafia play Sunday, December 13, the trio's Thailand debut. Sunday also has Alok, Netsky, Kölsch, Apashe and DJ Tennis.

The back-to-backs include ARTBAT b2b R3HAB, Eli & Fur b2b Yotto, Kevin de Vries b2b Morten, Yellow Claw b2b Flosstradamus, AMÉMÉ b2b HoneyLuv and Amber Broos b2b Space 92. More than 20 Thai artists are booked as well, among them Botcash, Pixzy and 22 Bullets.

The festival carries this year's Tomorrowland theme, Consciencia, and two of the Belgian edition's stages, CORE and Freedom, make their Asian debuts in Pattaya.

The Thai government is betting heavily on the festival. Surasak put the expected economic boost at about 6 billion baht a year, and at least 30 billion baht over the five-year contract.

For anyone flying in for both, EDC Thailand follows one week later, December 18 to 20 in Phuket, and Martin Garrix plays both.

Every pass type sold out in March, premium tickets included. Updates are posted at thailand.tomorrowland.com.