Music Festivals
From Jazz Yatra to Independence Rock to Sunburn, we spoke with industry veterans to revisit an era when the concert-going experience was worlds apart from what we know today
The country’s packed festival calendar reflects a growing appetite for live experiences, but uneven access, rising costs, and creative limitations reveal where the scene still has work to do
Take your pick from metal to folk-fusion to blues in the coming weeks across India
A definitive list of music festivals in India that cut through the noise
A bill that spans nu-metal nostalgia, trap rap, indie grit, and rising Indian voices shows the festival’s ambition to be everywhere at once
From international headliners at Summer Fest in Shillong and Bengaluru to metal by the beach at Riot Act in Kovalam
From Rann Utsav in Gujarat to Hornbill Festival in Nagaland, The Hills Festival in Meghalaya and Sunburn Goa, it's a packed month
With soaring ticket prices, are India’s music festivals slipping out of reach for the average fan?
From EDM to metal to mainstream pop, here is what’s on across India in 2023 and 2024
With the likes of Backstreet Boys coming in to perform this May and rumors of Guns N’ Roses, we examine the upward climb of revenge gigging
