MAHINDRA BLUES FESTIVAL
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The Mahindra Blues Festival is one of Asia’s largest and
finest blues phenomenon. This festival brings together some of the best blues
masters for some guitar-ripping, soul-tripping magic at the iconic Mehboob
Studios in Mumbai. Some of the artistes featured in the past have been
international blues legends such as Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker Jr, Taj Mahal,
and Walter Trout, among others. This time around, MBF was nominated
for the 'Keeping the Blues Alive' award presented by The Blues Foundation
of America.
VENUE: Mehboob Studio, Mumbai
DATES: February 9 – 10, 2020
WEBSITE: http://www.mahindrablues.com
STORM
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
Conceptualised over
a decade ago by
brothers-in-arm Lavin
Uthappa and Sachin
Bopanna, the Storm
Festival debuted in 2012
in Napoklu, Coorg, in the
middle of unspoilt natural beauty.
The Storm is the most authentic camp-out
music festival in the country, with multiple
bands and world-renowned DJs playing
in multiple arenas, and taking the
eco-promise to new heights. The
meticulous concern towards preserving the
environment is one of the prime objectives
at Storm, besides celebrating togetherness,
camaraderie and a religion called music.
VENUE: Coorg
DATES: TBA
WEBSITE: http://www.stormfestivalindia.comFIREFLIES
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The Fireflies Festival
of Music is a cultural experience where
musicians from all over India and the world
come and find a stage set under a banyan
tree in an open air amphitheatre, adjacent
to a lake and away from the sodium trail
of the city. The festival celebrates the
relationship of oneness between humans
and the earth.
VENUE: Bangalore
DATES: TBA
WEBSITE: http://www.fireflies.org.inVH1 SUPERSONIC
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? What started out as
an idea in a notebook, is one of India’s
biggest EDM festivals today. Known for
bringing some of the best international
EDM acts to India, this popular annual
festival has now become the country’s
biggest multi-genre experiential festival.
From energetic electronic artistes and
global pioneers of hip-hop music to the best
indie rock artistes, VH1 Supersonic has
everything a music lover could wish for.
VENUE: Pune, Hyderabad
DATES: TBA
WEBSITE: http://www.gosupersonic.inSUNBURN
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This is one of India’s premier
electronic music brands hosting Asia's largest
four-day electronic music festival. Inaugurated
in 2007, this popular festival is a synergy
of music, entertainment, food, shopping and
lifestyle that attracts music tourists in India and
has now spread its wings across the globe
to Sri Lanka in 2012 and Dubai in 2013.
VENUE: Vagator Beach, Goa
DATES: December 27 – 29, 2019
WEBSITE: http://www.facebook.com/
SunburnFestival/
UDAIPUR WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The Udaipur World Music Festival (UWMF) is an annual
signature destination festival organised in the city of Udaipur. A first of its kind,
the UWMF brings around 150 artistes from all over the globe onto a single
platform in India. Spread over six picturesque venues, it offers genres
of music that celebrate different moods of the day. The festival provides
a valuable platform and exposure to local artistes and the people of
Rajasthan, and has well spread-out venues to provide a holistic experience
to music lovers travelling from across the world.
VENUE: Udaipur, Rajasthan
DATES: February 7 – 9, 2020
WEBSITE: http://www.udaipurworldmusicfestival.com/August 2019 83