Who says being patriotic is stiffy, serious or boring? For instance – Bharat Parv. This is an event held to celebrate India’s rich and colourful culture and tradition in food, crafts, classical and folk arts. The idea is to promote patriotism as well highlight our rich heritage and engage with people at large. Visit Bharat Parv 2018 – they make patriotism a real Fun-do.
Lohri, the harvest festival in Punjab has transcended boundaries and is celebrated all over India. While there is no strict format, music and dance is essential towards celebration of this festival.
Swami Haridas Tansen Sangeet Nritya Mahotsav held at Modern School is one of the most celebrated classical music and dance concerts not only in Delhi NCR, but the whole country. This annual classical music event extravaganza promises spellbinding performances by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Shubha Mudgal, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Uma Sharma, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhat and many more living legends.
Red FM SwagFest returns with Punjabi Singer Diljit Dosanjh crooning some of his superhit numbers for the audience at Leisure Valley Gurgaon on 23rd December. This musical evening was a perfect goodbye to 2017 and a fun-do start to New Year 2018.
Lok Gatha Utsav was a display of the rich heritage of folk music, dance and art in India. IGNCA deftly fused the essentially folk culture festival with the modern. Star performers such as Mohit Chauhan, Hans Raj Hans and Manoj Tiwari also participated in the event.
DLF Place Saket recently held a three evening long festival – The Nite Owl Festival 2.0. It was a flea market setting with shops and boutiques selling clothes, accessories and winter wear. But then, shopping was just one of the activities and the focus seemed to be a complete Fun-do experience.
Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon has been committed to bringing Broadway like grandeur on stage for the audience in India. They have brought a new genre of entertainment, Theatre on Ice, this winter. These are presentations by performers of Ice Vision from Russia. The two grand productions Alice in Wonderland and Dracula reache to the kids, the young and the young at heart.
DLF5, the new luxury address on Golf Course Road, Gurgaon, did something really cool. In line with the early winter chill, they organised a series of cultural events that if anything upped every spirit attending the event. The programs were as well-lit as they can get – literally and figuratively – what with Muzaffar and Meera Ali and Muzaffar’s son Murad playing prominent roles.
DLF Mall of India is doing more than offering merchandise. They are offering experiences. We have regaled watching stand-up comedy shows at this venue. But this time, in tune with the remnants of the post-Diwali whiff in the air, it was an evening of soulful music – Sufi Sama.
Punjabi music is perhaps the most popular genre of entertainment in the country. What started as a fun twist to Punjabi music, thanks to Bollywood, is now a music language recognised in India and beyond. We came across Ujjwal, the new kid on this block and decided to feature him on Delhi-Fun-Dos. For good reason.
THE IMPERIAL, Delhi organised an evening of music by award winning Hungarian pianist Zoltán Fejérvári. We at Delhi-Fun-Dos attempt to list, attend and bring our experience in form of our blog to our readers. Therefore we listed this event and attended the concert. But was it fun indeed?
The Magnets is an acpaella band from UK. They epitomize British entertainment. The production company AGP World has brought this band on its debut tour to India
Thumri Festival 2017 was a three day celebration of Hindustani vocal music at Kamani Auditorium. A host of veteran performers as well as young artists performed during the event. But in today’s day and age of YouTube, Facebook, Bollywood, TV soaps and so so, can this genre of music survive?
“Partition – Stories of Separation” is a musical program recently held at Bikaner House. This was part of their event “Shared Legacies” that included curated art, fashion, exhibitions, music, dialogues and seminars. Noted Sufi singer and theatre artist Sonam Kalra along with actor and voice talent Salima Raza performed in the event. It was an unusual experience.
Delhi Art Theatre recently presented the play Chann Badlan Da at India Habitat Centre. This is an old piece by playwright Sheila Bhatia that was first performed in the year 1967 and revived after 50 years. But how did it augur in the year 2017?
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