Save The Date – All upcoming arts and culture Festivals From India!

Festivals in India are back with a bang! Save the dates of all new festivals taking place in India in 2022. With this handy list of confirmed dates between July and December, you can make sure you don’t miss your favourite festival as we wind down this year.

June

Aadyam Theatre
What: Theatre
Where: Mumbai, Delhi
When: Sunday, 01 Jan to Saturday, 30 Sept 2023

Summer Music Festival
What: Music
Where: Indore
When: Saturday, 03 June to Sunday, 04 June

Satrangi Mela
What: Multiarts
Where: Gurugram, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chandigarh
When: Sunday, 04 June; Sunday, 11 June; Sunday, 18 June; Sunday, 25 June 2023

Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Mumbai
When: Wednesday, 07 June to Sunday, 11 June 2023

Bir Music Festival
What: Music
Where: Bir
When: Friday, 09 June to Saturday, 10 June 2023

Open Air Festival
What: Music
Where: Manali
When: Friday, 09 June to Sunday, 11 June 2023

Bhoomi Habba-The Earth Festival
What: Multiarts
Where: Bengaluru
When: Saturday, 10 June, 2023

The Great Mango Festival
What: Multiarts
Where: Chennai
When: Sunday, 11 June; Sunday, 18 June; Sunday, 25 June

Indo-Israel Unity Festival
What: Travel and Lifestyle
Where: Kasol
When: Friday, 16 June to Monday, 19 June 2023

Suromurchhana
What: Music
Where: Kolkata
When: Saturday, 17 June 2023

Magica Festival
What: Music
Where: Kasol
When: Friday, 23 June to Sunday, 25 June 2023

JULY

Aadyam Theatre
What: Theatre
Where: Mumbai, Delhi
When: Sunday, 01 Jan to Saturday, 30 Sept 2023

Footprint Film Festival
What: Film
Where: New Delhi
When: Saturday, 01 July to Sunday, 02 July 2023

Manifest Dance-Film Festival
What: Dance-Film
Where: Puducherry
When: Friday, 28 July to Sunday, 30 July 2023

AUGUST

Bengaluru International Short Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Bengaluru
When: Thursday, 10 Aug to Sunday, 13 Aug 2023

Ritu Rangam Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Kolkata
When: Saturday, 12 Aug to Sunday, 13 Aug 2023

Covelong Point Festival
What: Adventure
Where: Kovalam
When: Saturday, 12 Aug to Sunday, 13 Aug 2023

International Film Festival
What: Film
Where: New Delhi
When: Friday, 18 Aug to Friday, 25 Aug 2023

SEPTEMBER

Ballet Festival of India
What: Dance
Where: Online
When: Saturday, 03 Sept. and Sunday, 04 Sept. 2022

South Side Story
What: Music
Where: New Delhi
When: Sunday, 04 Sept. 2022

Ooty Literary Festival
What: Literature
Where: Ooty
When: Friday, 09 Sept. and Saturday, 10 Sept. 2022

Durrie Festival
What: Arts and Crafts
Where: Salawas, Jodhpur
When: Saturday, 10 Sept. 2022 and Sunday, 11 Sept. 2022

Bangalore Business Literature Festival
What: Literature
Where: Online
When: Tuesday, 13 Sept. to Saturday, 17 Sept. 2022

AF Weekender
What: Visual arts
Where: Multi-city
When: Friday, 23 Sept. to Sunday, 25 Sept. 2022

LiveBox Festival
What: Music
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 24 Sept. 2022

The Outback Festival
What: Music
Where: Leh
When: Saturday, 24 Sept. and Sunday, 25 Sept. 2022

Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
What: Music
Where: Phayeng Pathar Bazaar, Imphal
When: Saturday, 24 Sept. and Sunday, 25 Sept. 2022

Ziro Festival of Music
What: Music
Where: Ziro Valley, Arunachal Pradesh
When: Thursday, 29 Sept. to Sunday, 02 Oct 2022

Yellowstone International Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Delhi NCR
When: Friday, 30 Sept. to Friday, 07 Oct. 2022

OCTOBER
Musicathon
What: Music
Where: Bir
When: Saturday, 01 Oct and Sunday, 02 Oct 2022

Science Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Online
When: Saturday, 01 Oct and Sunday, 18 Dec 2022

Rajasthan Kabir Yatra
What: Music
Where: Multi-city, Rajasthan
When: Sunday, 02 Oct 2022 to Sunday, 09 Oct 2022

Jodhpur RIFF
What: Music
Where: Jodhpur
When: Thursday, 06 Oct to Monday, 10 Oct 2022

Himalayan Echoes
What: Literature
Where: Kumaon
When: Saturday, 08 Oct and Sunday, 09 Oct 2022

Jaipur Crafts Festival
What: Arts and Crafts
Where: Jaipur
When: Saturday, 08 Oct and Sunday, 09 Oct 2022

India Art Festival
What: Visual Arts
Where: New Delhi
When: Thursday, 13 Oct to Sunday, 16 Oct 2022

Khushwant Singh Literary Festival
What: Literature
Where: Kasauli
When: Friday, 14 Oct to Sunday, 16 Oct 2022

Keli Festival
What: Dance, Folk Arts
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 15 Oct and Sunday, 16 Oct 2022

The Pine Tree Music Festival
What: Music
Where: Darjeeling
When: Saturday, 15 Oct and Sunday, 16 Oct 2022

India Craft Week
What: Arts and Crafts
Where: New Delhi
When: Thursday, 20 Oct to Sunday, 23 Oct 2022

NCPA Nakshatra Dance Festival
What: Dance
Where: Mumbai
When: Thursday, 27 Oct to Sunday, 30 Oct 2022

Flying Chameleon
What: Multiarts
Where: New Delhi
When: Saturday, 29 Oct and Sunday, 30 Oct 2022

NOVEMBER
India Craft Week
What: Arts and Crafts
Where: New Delhi
When: Thursday, 02 Nov to Sunday, 05 Nov 2023

IAPAR Theatre Festival
What: Theatre
Where: Pune
When: Tuesday, 01 Nov to Sunday, 06 Nov 2022

Bass Camp Festival
What: Music
Where: Bengaluru, Goa, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune and Kathmandu
When: Wednesday, 02 Nov and Sunday, 13 Nov 2022

Dharamshala International Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
When: Thursday, 03 Nov and Sunday, 06 Nov 2022

Should Art
What: Multiarts
Where: Mumbai
When: Thursday, 03 Nov and Sunday, 20 Nov 2022

The Hills Festival
What: Music
Where: Shillong
When: Friday, 04 Nov and Saturday, 05 Nov 2022

Breezer Vivid Shuffle
What: Dance
Where: Hyderabad, Mumbai and Guwahati
When: Saturday, 05 Nov to Saturday, 19 Nov 2022

Independence Rock
What: Music
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 05 Nov and Sunday, 06 Nov 2022

Zomaland
What: Food and Culinary Arts, Music
Where: Pune, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Kolkata
When: Saturday, 05 Nov 2022 to Sunday, 26 Feb 2023

Emami Art Experimental Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Kolkata
When: Wednesday, 09 Nov to Sunday, 13 Nov 2022

International Indie Music Festival
What: Music
Where: Kovalam
When: Wednesday, 09 Nov to Sunday, 13 Nov 2022

Tata Literature Live!
What: Literature
Where: Mumbai
When: Wednesday, 09 Nov to Sunday, 13 Nov 2022

Guwahati Theatre Festival
What: Theatre
Where: Guwahati
When: Friday, 11 Nov to Sunday, 13 Nov 2022

Locals District Festival
What: Music
Where: Alwar, Rajasthan
When: Friday, 11 Nov to Sunday, 13 Nov 2022

POSTPONED Ranthambhore Music & Wildlife Festival
What: Music
Where: Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan
When: Friday, 11 Nov and Saturday, 12 Nov 2022

Shadipur Natak Utsav
What: Theatre
Where: New Delhi
When: Saturday, 12 Nov 2022 to Sunday, 27 Nov 2022

All Living Things Environmental Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Panchgani, Maharashtra
When: Thursday, 17 Nov and Sunday, 20 Nov 2022

Indian Photo Festival
What: Photography
Where: Hyderabad
When: Friday, 18 Nov to Monday, 19 Dec 2022

Mahindra Kabira Festival
What: Music
Where: Varanasi
When: Friday, 18 Nov to Sunday, 20 Nov 2022

Rider Mania
What: Multiarts
Where: Goa
When: Friday, 18 Nov to Sunday, 20 Nov 2022

Comic Con
What: Multiarts
Where: Bengaluru
When: Saturday, 19 Nov and Sunday, 20 Nov 2022

Parx Music Fiesta
What: Music
Where: Thane, Mumbai
When: Saturday, 19 Nov and Sunday, 20 Nov 2022

Simba Uproar
What: Music
Where: New Delhi
When: Saturday, 19 Nov and Sunday, 20 Nov 2022

Spoken
What: Multiarts
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 19 Nov and Sunday, 20 Nov 2022

International Film Festival of India, Goa
What: Film
Where: Goa
When: Sunday, 20 Nov 2022 to Monday, 28 Nov 2022

Shillong Cherry Blossom Festival
What: Music
Where: Shillong
When: Wednesday, 23 Nov 2022 to Saturday, 26 Nov 2022

Bacardi NH7 Weekender
What: Music
Where: Pune
When: Friday, 25 Nov 2022 to Sunday, 27 Nov 2022

Majuli Music Festival
What: Music
Where: Majuli
When: Friday, 25 Nov 2022 to Sunday, 27 Nov 2022

NCPA International Jazz Festival
What: Music
Where: Mumbai
When: Friday, 25 Nov 2022 to Sunday, 27 Nov 2022

RhythmXChange
What: Music
Where: Bengaluru
When: Friday, 25 Nov 2022 to Sunday, 27 Nov 2022

Indiegaga
What: Music
Where: Khozikode
When: Sunday, 27 Nov 2022

while (tech) do {art}
What: New Media
Where: Bengaluru
When: Sunday, 27 Nov 2022

DECEMBER
Raw Collaborative
What: Visual Art 
Where: Baroda
When: Friday, 02 Dec 2022

Kochi-Muziris Biennale
What: Visual Arts
Where: Kochi
When: Monday, 12 Dec 2022 to Monday, 10 April 2023

India Bike Week
What: Biking
Where: Goa
When: Friday, 02 Dec and Saturday, 03 Dec 2022

Jashn-e-Rekhta
What: Literature
Where: New Delhi
When: Friday, 02 Dec to Sunday, 04 Dec 2022

Bangalore Literature Festival
What: Literature
Where: Bangalore
When: Saturday, 03 Dec and Sunday, 04 Dec 2022

Echoes of Earth
What: Music
Where: Kuduragere, Karnataka
When: Saturday, 03 Dec and Sunday, 04 Dec 2022

Thespo 24
What: Drama
Where: Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai
When: Monday, 05 to Sunday, 11 Dec 2022

India Art Festival
What: Visual Arts
Where: Bengaluru
When: Thursday, 08 Dec to Sunday, 11 Dec 2022

International Film Festival of Kerala
What: Film
Where: Thiruvananthapuram
When: Friday, 09 Dec to Friday, 16 Dec 2022

16mm Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Mumbai
When: Friday, 09 Dec to Sunday, 11 Dec 2022

Comic Con
What: Multiarts
Where: New Delhi
When: Friday, 09 Dec to Sunday, 11 Dec 2022

DGTL
What: Music
Where: New Delhi
When: Friday, 09 Dec and Saturday, 10 Dec 2022

DGTL
What: Music
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 10 Dec and Sunday, 11 Dec 2022

Delhi Poetry Festival
What: Literature
Where: New Delhi
When: Saturday, 10 Dec and Sunday, 11 Dec 2022

SteppinOut Music Festival
What: Music
Where: Bengaluru
When: Saturday, 10 Dec and Sunday, 11 Dec 2022

Rediscover Goa Festival
What: Travel
Where: Goa
When: Monday, 12 Dec to Sunday, 18 Dec 2022

Indian Beatbox Festival
What: Music 
Where: Mumbai 
When: Wednesday, 14 Dec 2022 

Chennai International Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Chennai
When: Thursday, 15 Dec to Thursday, 22 Dec 2022

Kolkata International Film Festival
What: Film 
Where: Kolkata
When: Thursday, 15 Dec to Thursday, 22 Dec 2022

Serendipity Arts Festival
What: Multiarts
Where: Panaji, Goa
When: Thursday, 15 Dec to Friday, 23 Dec 2022

Bloom In Green
What: Multiarts
Where: Panaji, Goa
When: Friday, 16 Dec to Sunday, 18 Dec 2022

Zomaland
What: Food & Culinary Arts
Where: Multi-city
When: Saturday, 17 Dec to Sunday, 18 Dec 2022

AMI Arts Festival
What: Multiarts
Where: Kolkata
When: Saturday, 17 Dec to Sunday, 25 Dec 2022

Mood Indigo
What: Multiarts
Where: IIT Bombay, Mumbai
When: Tuesday, 27 Dec to Friday, 30 Dec 2022

Sunburn
What: Music
Where: Vagator, Goa
When: Wednesday, 28 Dec to Friday, 30 Dec 2022

Wayanad Literature Festival

What: Literature Festival
Where: Kerala 
When: Thursday, 29 Dec to Friday, 30 Dec 2022

JANUARY
Kannada Sahitya Sammelana
What: Literature
Where: Bengaluru
When: Friday, 06 Jan to Sunday, 08 Jan 2023

Janfest
What: Music
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 28 Jan to Sunday, 29 Jan 2023

Purple Fest
What: Multiarts
Where: Panjim
When: Friday, 06 Jan to Saturday, 07 Jan 2023

Dover Lane Music Conference
What: Music
Where: Kolkata
When: Sunday, 22 Jan to Wednesday, 25 Jan 2023

Vindhya International Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Sidhi
When: Friday, 06 Jan to Sunday, 08 Jan 2023

Kochi-Muziris Biennale
What: Visual Arts
Where: Kochi
When: Monday, 12 Dec 2022 to Monday, 10 April 2023

Jaipur International Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Jaipur
When: Friday, 06 Jan to Tuesday, 10 Jan 2023

Theruvara, Street Art Festival
What: Art
Where: Thrissur
When: Tuesday, 10 Jan to Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023

Kerala Literature Festival
What: Literature
Where: Calicut
When: Thursday, 12 Jan to Sunday, 15 Jan 2023

Jaipur Literature Festival
What: Literature
Where: Jaipur
When: Thursday, 19 Jan to Monday, 23 Jan 2023

India Science Festival
What: New Media 
Where: Hyderabad 
When: Friday, 20 Jan to Sunday, 22 Jan 2023

IndieGaga Music & Arts Festival
What: Multiarts
Where: Kozhikode
When: Saturday, 21 Jan 2023

Hyderabad Literary Festival
What: Literature
Where: Hyderabad
When: Friday, 27 Jan to Sunday, 29 Jan 2023

Lollapalooza
What: Music
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 28 Jan to Sunday, 29 Jan 2023

Kochi-Muziris Biennale
What: Visual Arts
Where: Kochi
When: Monday, 12 Dec 2022 to Monday, 10 April 2023

FEBRUARY
Pondicherry Heritage Festival
What: Multiarts
Where: Puducherry
When: Wednesday, 01 Feb to Wednesday, 15 March 2023

Kochi-Muziris Biennale
What: Visual Arts
Where: Kochi
When: Monday, 12 Dec 2022 to Monday, 10 April 2023

ComplexCity
What: Multiarts
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 11 Feb to Saturday, 29 April 2023

International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFOK)
What: Theatre
Where: Thrissur
When: Sunday, 05 Feb to Tuesday, 14 Feb 2023

Far Out Left
What: Music
Where: Mumbai
When: Friday, 10 Feb to Saturday, 11 Feb 2023

The Jugal’s Literature Festival
What: Food
Where: Kolkata
When: Saturday, 11 Feb to Sunday, 12 Feb 2023

SteppinOut Music Festival Arena
What: Music
Where: Bengaluru, Mumbai
When: Friday, 17 Feb to Saturday, 18 Feb 2023

Symposium Festival
What: Music
Where: Vagator
When: Friday, 17 Feb to Monday, 20 Feb 2023

CalBunka Reboot
What: Multiarts
Where: Kolkata
When: Saturday, 18 to 19 Feb, 2023

Goa Carnival
What: Multiarts
Where: Panjim, Mapusa, Margao, Vasco
When: Sunday, 18 Feb to Wednesday, 21 Feb 2023

Oddball Festival
What: Music
Where: Mumbai, Bangalore. New Delhi
When: Friday, 17 Feb to Sunday, 19 Feb 2023

GIFLIF Indiestaan Music Festival
What: Music
Where: Bhopal
When: Saturday, 18 Feb to Sunday, 19 Feb 2023

Khajuraho Dance Festival
What: Dance
Where: Khajuraho
When: Monday, 20 Feb to Sunday, 26 Feb 2023

Ghazal Festival
What: Music
Where: New Delhi
When: Thursday, 23 Feb to Friday, 24 Feb 2023

Mahindra Roots
What: Music
Where: Mumbai
When: Friday, 24 Feb to Sunday, 26 Feb 2023

Monte Music Festival
What: Music
Where: Goa
When: Friday, 24 Feb to Saturday, 25 Feb 2023

The Hindu Lit for Life
What: Literature
Where: Chennai
When: Friday, 24 Feb to Saturday, 25 Feb 2023

Vh1 Supersonic
What: Music
Where: Pune
When: Friday, 24 Feb to Sunday, 26 Feb 2023

Jazz Weekender
What: Music
Where: New Delhi
When: Saturday, 25 Feb and Sunday, 26 Feb 2023

Vault Home Bar Festival
What: Home Bar
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 25 Feb to Sunday, 26 Feb 2023

India Design ID 2023
What: Design 
Where: New Delhi 
When: Thursday, 23 Feb to Sunday, 26 Feb 2023 

Kalinga Literary Festival
What: Literature
Where: Bhubaneshwar 
When: Friday, 24 Feb to Sunday, 26 Feb 2023

Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters
What: Literature
Where: Kerala
When: Thursday, 02 Feb to Sunday, 05 Feb 2023

Behala Art Fest
What: Art
Where: Kolkata
When: Thursday, 02 Feb to Sunday, 05 Feb 2023

The Palate Fest
What: Food
Where: New Delhi
When: Saturday, 04 Feb to Sunday, 05 Feb 2023

HillTop Festival
What: Music
Where: Vagator
When: Thursday, 09 Feb to Sunday, 12 Feb 2023

Karacus Marakus Festival
What: Music
When: Saturday, 25 Feb to 02 March 2023
Where: Vagator

Kashmiri Food Festival
What: Food
Where: Gurugram
When: Tuesday, 24 Jan to Saturday, 04 Feb 2023

Gaatha – Mumbai International Storytelling Festival
What: Storytelling
Where: Mumbai
When: Friday, 17 Feb to Sunday, 19 Feb 2023

Alt+Art
What: Art
Where: Chennai
When: Saturday, 25 Feb 2023

Ellora Ajanta International Festival
What: Heritage
Where: Aurangabad
When: Saturday, 25 Feb to Monday, 27 Feb 2023

MARCH

Francophonie Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Mumbai
When: Monday, 20 March to Monday, 27 March 2023

Habitat International Film Festival
What: Film
Where: New Delhi
When: Friday, 17 March to Sunday, 26 March 2023

ComplexCity
What: Multiarts
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 11 Feb to Saturday, 29 April 2023

Speaking Allowed
What: Literature
Where: Chandigarh
When: Thursday, 30 March 2023

Chau Jhumur Utsav
What: Dance, Music
Where: Purulia
When: Tuesday, 28 March to Thursday, 30 March 2023

VR Film Festival
What: Film
Where: India Habitat Centre
When: Friday, 17 March to Sunday, 26 March 2023

Rangavali
What: Queer Festival
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 25 March to Sunday, 26 March 2023

Mewar Festival
What: Heritage
Where: Udaipur
When: Friday, 24 March to Sunday, 26 March 2023

Pondicherry Heritage Festival
What: Multiarts
Where: Puducherry
When: Wednesday, 01 Feb to Wednesday, 15 March 2023

IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival
What: Film
Where: New Delhi
When: Wednesday, 15 March to Friday, 17 March 2023

Canto Poetry Festival
What: Literature
Where: Kolkata, New Delhi
When: Wednesday, 15 March to Sunday, 19 March 2023

Amazing Thailand Festival
What: Tourism
Where: Mumbai
When: Friday, 24 March to Sunday, 26 March 2023

Madai Festival
What: Madai Festival
Where: Kanker, Bastar, Dantewada
When: Dec 2022 to March 2023

Kochi-Muziris Biennale
What: Visual Arts
Where: Kochi
When: Monday, 12 Dec 2022 to Monday, 10 April 2023

March Dance
What: Dance
Where: Chennai
When: Friday, 17 March to Sunday, 26 March 2023

Sitar Festival
What: Music
Where: Kolkata
When: Saturday, 11 March to Sunday, 12 March 2023

HGStreet Festival
What: Lifestyle
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 18 March to Sunday, 19 March 2023

Lodhi Festival
What: Art
Where: New Delhi
When: Saturday, 18 March to Sunday, 19 March 2023

Chau Mask Festival
What: Arts and Crafts, Folk Art, Heritage
Where: Purulia
When: Thursday, 09 March to Saturday, 11 March 2023

Conscious Culture Festival
What: Multiarts
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 04 March to Sunday, 05 March 2023

Swag Fest
What: Music
Where: Delhi
When: Saturday, 11 March 2023

Space Day
What: Multiarts
Where: New Delhi
When: Sunday, 19 March 2023

Women’s International Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Alappuzha
When: Friday, 17 March to Sunday, 19 March 2023

LangFest
What: Language
Where: Chennai
When: Saturday, 18 March to Sunday, 19 March 2023

Bengaluru International Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Bengaluru
When: Thursday, 23 March to Thursday, 30 March 2023

India International Spiritual Art Festival
What: Art
Where: Online
When: Saturday, 25 March onwards

New Delhi World Book Fair
What: Literature
Where: New Delhi
When: Saturday, 25 Feb to Sunday, 05 March 2023

Olam
What: Multiarts
Where: Trivandrum
When: Friday, 03 March to Sunday, 05 March, 2023

Dumka Literature Festival
What: Literature
Where: Dumka
When: Saturday, 18 March to Sunday, 19 March 2023

Flame FirstCut
What: Film
Where: Pune
When: Friday, 03 March to Sunday, 05 March 2023

Nabanna Folk Art and Craft Fair
What: Arts and Crafts
Where: Shantiniketan, West Bengal
When: Friday, 03 March to 13 March 2023

Under 25 Summit 2023
What: Multiarts
Where: Bengaluru
When: Saturday, 04 March to Sunday, 05 March 2023

Utsavam
What: Multiarts
Where: Chennai
When: Saturday, 04 March to Sunday, 05 March, 2023

Rendezvous
What: Multiarts
Where: Delhi
When: Thursday, 09 March to Sunday, 12 March 2023

Wench Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Mumbai
When: Friday, 10 March to Monday, 20 March 2023

Future Fantastic
What: Multiarts
Where: Bengaluru
When: Friday, 24 March to Sunday, 26 March 2023

Vibin Festival
What: Music
Where: Jaipur, Manipal, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Kota
When: Saturday, 04 March to Sunday, 05 March 2023; Saturday, 11 March to Sunday, 12 March 2023; Friday, 17 March to Sunday, 19 March 2023; Saturday, 25 March to Sunday, 26 March 2023

Ladies First Street Art
What: Visual Arts
Where: Dehradun
When: Saturday, 25 March to Sunday, 26 March 2023

Delhi Literature Festival
What: Literature
Where: New Delhi
When: Friday, 17 March to Sunday, 19 March 2023

India Comix Fest
What: Comics
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 25 March to Sunday, 26 March 2023

Beyond Theory: Mapping Feminist Practices in the Contemporary
What: Arts and Crafts
Where: Museum of Art & Photography (MAP)
When: Friday, 24 March to Saturday, 25 March 2023

The Laughing Dead Comedy Festival
What: Comedy
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 18 March to Sunday, 19 March 2023

Jazz India Circuit International Festival
What: Music
Where: Delhi, Haryana
When: Sunday, 19 March 2023

Mahindra Percussion Festival
What: Music
Where: Bengaluru
When: Saturday, 18 March

Karacus Marakus Festival
What: Music
When: Saturday, 25 Feb to 02 March 2023
Where: Vagator

Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards
What: Theatre
Where: New Delhi
When: Thursday, 23 March to Tuesday, 29 March 2023

Sleepwell Presents The Sacred Amritsar
What: Literature
Where: Amritsar
When: Friday, 24 March to Sunday, 26 March 2023

APRIL

Aakhar Dakshin: A Festival of South Indian Languages
What: Literature
Where: Domlur
When: Saturday, 22 April 2023

Urban Climate Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Mumbai
When: Thursday, 27 April to Saturday, 29 April 2023

Ultra Soulflyp
What: Music
Where: Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi, Goa
When: Friday, 28 April to Saturday, 29 April 2023

Chennai Vizha
What: Arts and Crafts
Where: Chennai
When: Saturday, 29 April 2023

Aadyam Theatre
What: Theatre
Where: Mumbai, Delhi
When: Sunday, 01 Jan to Saturday, 30 Sept

ComplexCity
What: Multiarts
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 11 Feb to Saturday, 29 April 2023

Sree Ramanavami Global Music Festival
What: Music
Where: Bengaluru
When: Thursday, 30 March to Sunday, 30 April 2023

World Jazz Festival
What: Music
Where: Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, Bengaluru, Mumbai
When: Thursday, 20 April to Sunday, 30 April 2023

Cinema4Screen Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Mumbai
When: Friday, 21 April to Saturday, 22 April 2023

Sea Art Festival
What: Film and Performing Arts
Where: Kochi
When: Friday, 21 April to Sunday, 23 April 2023

Anigma X Anime Festival
What: Anime
Where: Bengaluru
When: Saturday, 22 April 2023

Kochi-Muziris Biennale
What: Visual Arts
Where: Kochi
When: Monday, 12 Dec 2022 to Monday, 10 April 2023

Bangalore Open Air
What: Music
Where: Bengaluru
When: Saturday, 01 April 2023

Mumbai Design Xpress
What: Design
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 01 April 2023

Vibin Festival
What: Music
Where: Delhi, Indore
When: Saturday, 01 April to Sunday, 02 April, 2023

Bhawaiya Festival
What: Arts and Crafts, Music
Where: Jalpaiguri
When: Saturday, 01 April to Sunday, 02 April, 2023

G Fest
What: Art
When: Saturday, 01 April to Sunday, 16 April 2023
Where: Delhi

Heritage Walk Festival
What: Heritage
Where: Goa
When: Saturday, 01 April to Sunday, 16 April 2023

Apricot Blossom Festival
What: Heritage
Where: Ladakh
When: Tuesday, 04 April to Monday, 17 April 2023

Remembering Veenapani Festival
What: Theatre, Dance, Music
Where: Puducherry
When: Wednesday, 05 April to Thursday, 13 April 2023

Musicathon-Music Festival in the Mountains
What: Music
Where: Kangra
When: Friday, 07 April to Saturday, 08 April 2023

Goa Pride Festival
What: Queer Festival
Where: Vagator
When: Friday, 07 April to Sunday, 09 April 2023

Walk Fest
What: Heritage
Where: Mumbai
When: Friday, 07 April to Sunday, 09 April 2023

Bikna Dokra Mela
What: Arts and Crafts
Where: Bikna
When: Friday, 07 April to Sunday, 09 April 2023

Uttar Dinajpur Festival
What: Arts and Crafts, Dance, Theatre
Where: Raiganj
When: Friday, 07 April to Sunday, 09 April 2023

Pune Comedy Festival
What: Comedy
Where: Pune
When: Friday, 07 April to Sunday, 09 April 2023

Blue Sky Comedy Festival
What: Comedy
Where: Delhi
When: Friday, 07 April to Sunday, 09 April 2023

Amarrass Nights
What: Multiarts
Where: New Delhi
When: Saturday, 08 April 2023

Sauce Festival
What: Music
Where: Bengaluru
When: Saturday, 08 April 2023

Birbhum Lokutsav
What: Arts and Crafts, Dance, Music
Where: Bolpur
When: Wednesday, 12 April to Friday, 14 April 2023

Lock the Box
What: Literature
Where: Bengaluru
When: Thursday, 13 April to Sunday, 16 April 2023

Saz-E-Bahar
What: Music
Where: Mumbai
When: Friday, 14 April to Saturday, 15 April

Road to Ultra
What: Music
Where: Mumbai, Bengaluru
When: Friday, 14 April to Saturday, 15 April 2023

Echoes of Earth
What: Music
Where: Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai
When: Friday, 14 April to Sunday, 16 April 2023

Food Forest Night
What: Camping
Where: Bengaluru
When: Sunday, 15 April 2023

Swiggy Food Festival
What: Culinary Fest
Where: Mysore
When: Saturday, 15 April 2023

Kukdukoo Fest
What: Literature and Art
Where: Bengaluru
When: Saturday, 15 April to Sunday, 16 April 2023

Dariyapur Dokra Mela
What: Arts and Crafts
Where: Dariyapur
When: Saturday, 15 April to Sunday, 16 April 2023

Wooden Doll Mela
What: Arts and Crafts
Where: Natungram
When: Saturday, 15 April to Sunday, 16 April 2023

Broke Bibliophile’s Literature Fest
What: Literature
Where: Mumbai
When: Sunday, 16 April 2023

Aravali International Film Festival
What: Film
Where: New Delhi
When: Sunday, 16 April to Monday 17 April 2023

Garmi Ki Chutti
What: Arts and Crafts
Where: Mumbai
When: Friday, 28 April to Sunday, 30 April 2023

Chennai Vizha
What: Arts and Crafts
Where: Chennai
When: Sunday, 29 April to Sunday, 21 May 2023

Aakhar Dakshin: A Festival of South Indian Languages
What: Languages
Where: Bengaluru 
When: Sunday, 22 April 2023

MAY
Chennai Vizha
What: Arts and Crafts
Where: Chennai
When: Sunday, 29 April to Sunday, 21 May 2023

Dr Maya Rao Memorial Kathak and Choreography Festival
What: Dance
Where: Bengaluru
When: Monday, 01 May to Tuesday, 02 May 2023

Oruthi Festival
What: Multiarts
Where: Vattavada
When: Friday, 05 May to Sunday, 07 May 2023

Sikkim Arts and Literature Festival
What: Literature
Where: Yuksam
When: Saturday, 06 May to Monday, 08 May 2023

Ultra Soulflyp
What: Music
Where: Hyderabad, Goa, Delhi, Mumbai
When: Sunday, 07 May; Friday, 12 May to Saturday, 13 May 2023

Chandigarh Music and Film Festival
What: Music and Film
Where: Chandigarh
When: Sunday, 07 May to Tuesday, 09 May 2023

Jameson Connects Tour
What: Music
Where: Mumbai
When: Saturday, 13 May 2023

Aadyam Theatre
What: Theatre
Where: Mumbai, Delhi
When: Sunday, 01 Jan to Saturday, 30 Sept 2023

SamaBhav International Travelling Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Bengaluru, Pune, Guwahati, Chennai, Kohima, Srinagar, Gorakhpur, Ahmedabad, Bilaspur, Kochi, Satara, Baramati, Jalgaon, Sindhudurg, Jakarta, Thimpu
When: Monday, 20 Feb to Thursday, 31 August 2023

DNA World Tour
What: Music
Where: Mumbai, New Delhi
When: Thursday, 4 May to Friday, 5 May 2023

Pratibimb Marathi Natya Utsav
What: Theatre
Where: Mumbai
When: Friday, 05 May to Sunday, 07 May 2023

Mumbai Art Fair
What: Art
Where: Mumbai
When: Friday, 05 May to Sunday, 07 May 2023

River Bank Festival
What: Environment and Conservation
Where: Imphal
When: Saturday, 06 May to Sunday, 07 May 2023

Museum Week
What: Art
Where: New Delhi
When: Thursday, 11 May to Thursday, 18 May 2023

Khamrubu International Short Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Kamrup
When: TBA

Old School Festival
What : Music
Where: Parvati Valley
When: Saturday, 13 May to Monday, 15 May 2023

Fireflies Festival
What: Adventure
Where: Sites near Mumbai
When: May to June 2023

Moitree Concert Season 5
What: Music
Where: Kolkata
When: Sunday, 14 May 2023

Kolkata Salsa Weekend
What: Dance
Where: Kolkata
When: Friday, 19 May to Sunday, 21 May 2023

Makoto Shinkai Film Festival
What: Film
Where: Mumbai
When: Friday, 19 May 2023

City Scripts
What: Literature
Where: Bengaluru
When: Friday, 26 May to Sunday, 28 May 2023

Bharatiya Sanskriti Samaroh
What: Dance
Where: Kolkata
When: Sunday, 28 May 2023

 

Disclaimer: All dates have been sourced from organisers and are subject to change.