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You’ve got to read through a long list of performers at the Bud Light Block Party before you come across the name Aaron Winter.

When you do see London’s Winter, it will be on the Red Bull Stage, not the main stage, but that doesn’t dampen his enthusiasm.

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The DJ is thrilled to be in the lineup at a major festival.

“It’s only been nine months since I started DJing trance (a genre of electronic dance music), which is a very uplifting, melodic, non-aggressive music,” Winter said.

Winter, whose real last name is McMillan, will be the first artist to perform Friday at 4 p.m. on the Red Bull Stage.

“I’m expecting a decent amount of supporters to come out for the underdog, the new kid on the block,” said Winter, well aware the crowd in the early going could be thin.

The annual block party takes over Harris Park Friday and Saturday from Parkjam which resumes Thursday with Ice Cube as its headliner.

Performers on Block Party’s main stage Friday include Diplo, AC Slater, Ookay, Frank Walker, and London acts KINGZMN and SlothBear.