Music Festival

Young Ukrainians use techno parties and daytime 'clean-up rave' to rebuild villages

With a nighttime curfew in effect in Kyiv and the threat of more Russian rocket attacks, adherents of Ukraine's party culture have sought to combine the fun and freedom of a music festival with rebuilding their country

Lebanon's Baalbek Music Festival held virtually in the pandemic as an expression of hope in a crisis-riddled country

Festival organisers chose the slogan 'shine on Lebanon, defying darkness with music' for its 2021 edition.

Montreux Jazz Festival to make a comeback in 2021 at Lake Geneva after losing a year to the pandemic

Last year's festival had to be scrapped owing to the pandemic, the first time since it began in 1967. It will be a "more intimate" event this time around, the statement released by the organisers of the festival said.

As Sunburn 2020 announcement faces flak, course for live music events in post-COVID era seems increasingly unclear

The idea that the Sunburn Festival could go on in this COVID-19 climate — albeit in a truncated avatar — seems nothing short of absurd. Or is it?

Coachella, Stagecoach new dates announced for April 2021, after 2020 editions of music festivals get cancelled

Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals were canceled for 2020 as US health officials are concerned about a possible surge in coronavirus cases in the fall.

Fortnite gears up with virtual music festival with Travis Scott, check date and time here

Scott will go on a virtual 'tour' of Fortnite performing five live shows for players around the world as well as premiering a new track called Astronomical.

CUSP music festival: Battling stereotypes, Rumi Harish explores musical space beyond the realms of gender, caste and religion

Rumi Harish notes that manifestation of guilt in a student, the necessity to be critical of one’s own action, leads to the perpetuation of stereotypes in classical music rather than tradition.

From Magnetic Fields 2019, snapshots of the most original festival fashion

Taking place every year in Alsisar Mahal in Rajasthan, Magnetic Fields is a three-day micro universe of outstanding music — and of course, incredible festival fashion.

Oya 2019: Sights and sounds from Oslo's music festival, with lessons for Indian organisers

Oya Festival in Oslo is widely regarded as one of the best in Europe. Its line-ups, like those of Primavera Sound in Barcelona, continue to amaze fans year after year.

OnePlus Music Festival to be held on 16 November in Mumbai, early access for tickets now open

The upcoming music festival is expected to host several international as well as local music artists.