After the massive turnout to festivals – NH7 and Sunburn, Many event organisers have woken up to the prospect of hosting a day to week long festivals across various parts of the country – metros as well as remote. This year has seen more than 10 major music festivals happen apart from the other more general festivals.
GO:Madras Festival: 27th & 28th October, 2012
GO:Madras, A two day electronic festival with music performances from noon to midnight each day across two stages (evolution stage & revolution stage). An electro fused ambience with dance floors equipped with ultra thin LED walls, line array audio, 3D light and visual mapping and intricate decor to go along high tech rhythms and tunes.
This premier electronic extravaganza is to take place at Mahabalipuram, Chennai. The festival promises to showcase the best Indian electronic talent there is. Organised by mainly Shiv Gupta (Musician, DJ, Event Promoter), Hema Sethuraman (Director & Publisher of NOTCH Magazine) and Tuhin Mehta (Musician, DJ) the festival is in its 4th edition this year. The lineup includes: Shiva Moon, Tom Hades, Mad Max, Tim Xavier, Ash Roy, Boombay Central, BBC, Sanjay Dutta, Anil Chawla, Arjun Vagale, Vaeya, Braindrop, Vinayaka, Helium Project, etc.
Music apart an array of stalls featuring cool jewelry, clothes, pop art, tattoos, foot massages, eco-friendly products to be present in the chillout zone along with multiple lounges and bars. Tickets priced at 2500/- per head
Festival buses to be made available too. For more info: Call Anne @ 096001 60124
Ragasthan: 16, 17, 18th November 2012
Ragasthan, is a music bonanza with 3 stages (Olun (world Music) Stage, Morio (Pop, Rock) Stage, Ammara (Electronic) Stage ) featuring a wide plethora of artist from the thriving live rock music scene as well as the growing homegrown electro club circuit. An open mic setup to be also present with a range of vocalist already lined up.
The lineup includes:
Advaita, Parikrama, Brahma, Something Relevant, Shiva Soundsystem, Dualist Enquiry, Spiritual Gangsta, Nucleya, Swarathma, Reggae Rajahs, ChaloAfrica, Sanidhya and many more.
This festival also offers Film Screenings with a chance to speak to directors, production people in person, workshops on sculpting, drawing, colouring and photography, and a sci-fi area to let your imagination loose. Sponsorship wise this gig seems sorted so things likely to go without a hitch.
The festival to take place at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
BOOK YOUR TICKETS here: http://in.bookmyshow.com/concerts/ragasthan/ The platform(s) to appreciate music are changing. Not everyone has cool parents or schedules to flavour weekly gigs in and around their area. Youtubing, ReverbNationet others have replaced the TV in music browsing. The hordes of new artists from various genres hitting the scene and some also building a commendable hype the dependence on International acts to awe your audience is a bit relaxed. Though certain music genre have been completely ex-communicated due to psychotropic associations other style have found fair amount of support from the officials. Differences have existed with media uproar; complaints from locals, technical difficulties with sound,lights, power,food supply, and sanitation issues – a co-operative approach with a holistic perspective have let things carry on smoothly so far. This is reflected from the number of new festivals coming up since the inception of sunburn in 2005.
