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January

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Valie Export's work at KMB 2018. Photo: Kochi Biennale Foundation
Online Visual Arts

Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Kerala
12 Dec 2025 to 31 Mar 2026
Sur Jahan
Music

Sur Jahan

West Bengal
31 Jan 2025 to 02 Feb 2025
Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival. Photo: Sanatkada Trust
Arts and Crafts

Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival

Uttar Pradesh
31 Jan 2025 to 04 Feb 2025
Jaipur Literature Festival. Photo: Teamwork Arts
Online Literature

Jaipur Literature Festival

Rajasthan
30 Jan 2025 to 03 Feb 2025
International Kolkata Book Fair
Literature

International Kolkata Book Fair

West Bengal
28 Jan 2025 to 09 Feb 2025
Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. Photo: Kala Ghoda Association
Multiarts

Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

Maharashtra
25 Jan 2025 to 02 Feb 2025
Bharatanatyam-by-Sandhya-Udupa Photo: Jharna
Online Dance

Jharna

Tamil Nadu
25 Jan 2025 to 02 Feb 2025
TCS Ruhaniyat. Photo: Banyan Tree Events
Online Music

TCS Ruhaniyat

Karnataka
24 Jan 2025

February

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Valie Export's work at KMB 2018. Photo: Kochi Biennale Foundation
Online Visual Arts

Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Kerala
12 Dec 2025 to 31 Mar 2026
Photo: Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation
Arts and Crafts

Experience Palghar- Colours of Culture, Imprints of Tradition

Maharashtra
28 Feb 2025 to 02 Mar 2025
Wench Film Festival
Online Film

Wench Film Festival

Maharashtra
27 Feb 2025 to 02 Mar 2025
Photo: Rang Rajasthan Theatre Festival
Theatre

Rang Rajasthan Theatre Festival

Rajasthan
16 Feb 2025 to 25 Feb 2025
Shoonya-Festival of Nothingness
Multiarts

Shoonya-Festival of Nothingness

Uttarakhand
14 Feb 2025 to 16 Feb 2025
Photo: Vivaan Festival
Music

Vivaan – Handpan & World Music Festival

Goa
14 Feb 2025 to 16 Feb 2025
Mahindra Blues Festival. Photo: Mahindra Blues Festival
Music

Mahindra Blues Festival

Maharashtra
08 Feb 2025 to 09 Feb 2025
Visitors at India Art Fair. Photo: India Art Fair
Visual Arts

India Art Fair

Delhi NCR
06 Feb 2025 to 09 Feb 2025

March

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Valie Export's work at KMB 2018. Photo: Kochi Biennale Foundation
Online Visual Arts

Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Kerala
12 Dec 2025 to 31 Mar 2026
Kalinga Literary Festival. Photo: Odisha Media Info Service
Online Literature

Kalinga Literary Festival 

Odisha
21 Mar 2025 to 23 Mar 2025
Photo: What Design Can Do (WDCD) Live Delhi
Design

What Design Can Do

Delhi NCR
08 Mar 2025
Lollapalooza Festival. Photo: BookMyShow
Music

Lollapalooza India

Maharashtra
08 Mar 2025 to 09 Mar 2025
Animela Festival
Online Multiarts

AniMela

Maharashtra
07 Mar 2025 to 09 Mar 2025
Mahindra Percussion Festival
Music

Mahindra Percussion Festival

Karnataka
01 Mar 2025 to 02 Mar 2025
Photo: Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation
Arts and Crafts

Experience Palghar- Colours of Culture, Imprints of Tradition

Maharashtra
28 Feb 2025 to 02 Mar 2025
Wench Film Festival
Online Film

Wench Film Festival

Maharashtra
27 Feb 2025 to 02 Mar 2025

April

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Valie Export's work at KMB 2018. Photo: Kochi Biennale Foundation
Online Visual Arts

Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Kerala
12 Dec 2025 to 31 Mar 2026
Moon_on_the_man_-_still Photo: Parda Faash
Film

Parda Faash: A two-day festival of films from South Asia

Maharashtra
26 Apr 2025 to 27 Apr 2025
Remembering Veenapani Festival
Theatre

Remembering Veenapani Festival

Puducherry
13 Apr 2025 to 19 Apr 2025
Aravali International Film Festival. Photo: Avnish Rajvanshi Productions #festivalsfromindia #festivalsofindia
Film

Aravali International Film Festival

Delhi NCR
05 Apr 2025 to 06 Apr 2025
Saz-E-Bahar
Music

Saz-E-Bahar

Maharashtra
04 Apr 2025 to 05 Apr 2025
World Jazz Festival. Photo: Banyan Tree Events
Music

World Jazz Festival

Andhra Pradesh
04 Apr 2025 to 13 Apr 2025
Performance at the Mudra Dance Festival
Dance

Mudra Dance Festival

Maharashtra
03 Apr 2025 to 29 Apr 2025
Dariyapur Dokra Mela
Arts and Crafts

Dariyapur Dokra Mela

West Bengal
25 Oct 2024 to 27 Oct 2024

May

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Artists during the performance in Marathi Play Sindhu Sudhakar Rum Ani Itar at Pratibimb Marathi Natya Utsav at Experimental Theatre, NCPA. Photo: Narendra Dangiya/NCPA Photos
Theatre

Pratibimb Marathi Natya Utsav

Maharashtra
22 May 2025 to 25 May 2025
Dekh Behen Photo: Akvarious
Theatre

Akvarious Microfest

Maharashtra
16 May 2025 to 18 May 2025
Chau-dance Photo: Bangalanatak
Folk Arts

Jharkhand and Odisha Folk Festival

Goa
09 May 2025 to 11 May 2025
Photo: Musicathon
Music

Musicathon

Himachal Pradesh
15 Nov 2024 to 16 Nov 2024
Photo: Niloufer Sagar Festival
Theatre

The Niloufer Sagar Festival of New Theatrical Work

India
22 May 2024 to 23 May 2024
City Scripts - An Urban Writings Festival. Photo: Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Literature

City Scripts – An Urban Writings Festival

Karnataka
10 May 2024 to 12 May 2024
Digital Illustration 'Nur and the nightmare'
Online Arts and Crafts

gFest

Kerala
16 Feb 2024 to 02 Jun 2024
Shobla Bana Festival
Multiarts

Shobla Bana

Himachal Pradesh
20 May 2023 to 21 May 2023

June

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Safarnama
Multiarts

Safarnama

Maharashtra
27 Jun 2025 to 29 Jun 2025
Photo: Colors of Love Queer Film Festival
Film

Colors Of Love – Queer Film Festival

Maharashtra
21 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025
Red Bull Music. Photo: UCFS
New Media

Eyemyth Media Arts Festival

Maharashtra
20 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025
Photo: Firefly Festival
Music

Firefly Festival

Maharashtra
07 Jun 2025
Against the tide Photo: EcoReels
Online Multiarts

EcoReels Film Festival

Delhi-NCR
06 Jun 2025 to 08 Jun 2025
A dance performance at at the KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. Photo: KASHISH Arts Foundation
Online Film

KASHISH Pride Film Festival

Maharashtra
04 Jun 2025 to 08 Jun 2025
Bhoomi Habba - The Earth Festival. Photo: Visthar
Online Multiarts

Bhoomi Habba – The Earth Festival

Karnataka
08 Jun 2024
Photo: Japanese Film Festival Online
Online Film

Japanese Film Festival Online

India
05 Jun 2024 to 03 Jul 2024

July

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AHA Theatre Festival Photo: Rangashankara
Theatre

AHA! Theatre For Children Festival

India
15 Jul 2025 to 19 Jul 2025
Seraikela Chhau Festival
Arts and Crafts

Seraikela Chhau Festival

West Bengal
04 Jul 2025 to 05 Jul 2025
Bharatanatyam dancer Anand Satchidanandan. Photo: Suresh Muraleedharan for SamVed Society for Performing Arts
Dance

Raindrops Festival of Indian Classical Dance

Maharashtra
26 Jul 2024 to 27 Jul 2024
Manifest Dance-Film Festival. Photo: AuroApaar
Dance

Manifest Dance-Film Festival

Puducherry
26 Jul 2024 to 03 Aug 2024
UX Lighthouse by ADI
Design

UX Lighthouse 2024

Maharashtra
26 Jul 2024 to 27 Jul 2024
LalaLand Festival Goa - Soap Bubbles
Online Music

Lalaland Festival

Goa
06 Jul 2024 to 09 Jul 2024
Photo: Japanese Film Festival Online
Online Film

Japanese Film Festival Online

India
05 Jun 2024 to 03 Jul 2024
Photo: Aadyam Theatre
Online Theatre

Aadyam Theatre

01 Jan 2023 to 30 Sep 2023

August

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South Side Story Photo: Red FM #festivalsfromindia #festivalsofindia
Music

South Side Story

Delhi NCR
30 Aug 2025 to 31 Aug 2025
Ritu Rangam Film Festival. Photo: Ritu Rangam Films and Cultural Organisation
Film

Ritu Rangam Film Festival

West Bengal
31 Aug 2024 to 01 Sep 2024
Delhi Art Week
Online Visual Arts

Delhi Art Week

Delhi NCR
31 Aug 2024 to 04 Sep 2024
Photo: Zindagi Mubarak
Multiarts

Zindagi Mubarak

Uttarakhand
15 Aug 2024 to 17 Aug 2024
Dance Bridges. Photo: Arunangsho Chatterjee
Online Dance

Dance Bridges

West Bengal
01 Aug 2024 to 05 Aug 2024
Manifest Dance-Film Festival. Photo: AuroApaar
Dance

Manifest Dance-Film Festival

Puducherry
26 Jul 2024 to 03 Aug 2024
Performers at an event organised by Sastrika - A Unit of Performing Arts. Photo: Sastrika - A Unit of Performing Arts
Online Dance

Body and Lens International Screen(ing) Dance Festival and Seminar

30 Aug 2022 to 31 Aug 2022
Shubha Mudgal. Photo: Yeashu Yuvraj
Music

Mukta: The Voices of Women Today

Maharashtra
05 Aug 2022 to 07 Aug 2022

September

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Gaia Festival. Photo: Shabad Sarin/Gaah
Music

Gaia Festival

Himachal Pradesh
04 Oct 2025 to 05 Oct 2025
Nubya Garcia at Ziro Festival of Music. Photo: Lubna Shaheen
Music

Ziro Festival of Music

Arunachal Pradesh
25 Sep 2025 to 28 Sep 2025
Photo: Maya Bazaar
Music

Maya Bazaar

Karnataka
28 Sep 2024 to 29 Sep 2024
Jazz Weekender. Photo: boxout.fm
Music

Jazz Weekender

Delhi NCR
28 Sep 2024 to 29 Sep 2024
Ziro Literary Festival
Literature

Ziro Literary Festival

Arunachal Pradesh
24 Sep 2024 to 25 Sep 2024
Bangalore Business Literature Festival. Photo Rishabh Media Network
Online Literature

Bangalore Business Literature Festival

Karnataka
14 Sep 2024
Photo: Outback Festival
Music

The Outback Festival

Ladakh
14 Sep 2024 to 15 Sep 2024
The Next Act Festival
Theatre

The Next Act

Delhi NCR
13 Sep 2024 to 29 Sep 2024

October

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Jodhpur RIFF. Photo: Jodhpur RIFF
Music

Jodhpur RIFF

Rajasthan
02 Oct 2025 to 06 Oct 2025
Mahabharata Festival | Photo: Kattaikkuttu Sangam
Arts and Crafts

Kattaikkuttu Sangam’s Mahabharata Festival

Tamil Nadu
26 Oct 2024 to 28 Dec 2024
Happiness at Baul Fakiri Utsav. Photo: Banglanatak dot com
Music

Baul Fakiri Utsav

West Bengal
25 Oct 2024 to 27 Oct 2024
disco Blood Bath by Wench Film Festival
Dance

Disco Blood Bath

Maharashtra
25 Oct 2024
Photo: India Foundation for the Arts
Multiarts

Past Forward: The Pleasure, Purpose and Practice of Arts Research

Karnataka
25 Oct 2024 to 27 Oct 2024
Photo: Tepantar theatre festival
Theatre

Tepantar Theatre Festival

West Bengal
25 Oct 2024 to 27 Oct 2024
Dokra Mela. Photo: Banglanatak dot com
Arts and Crafts

Dokra Mela

West Bengal
25 Oct 2024 to 27 Oct 2024
JIO MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Photo: Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI)
Online Film

Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival

Maharashtra
19 Oct 2024 to 24 Oct 2024

November

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Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Online Literature

Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest

Maharashtra
06 Nov 2025 to 08 Nov 2025
IAPAR Festival. Photo: The Tribe
Theatre

IAPAR International Theatre Festival

Maharashtra
10 Dec 2024 to 15 Dec 2024
The Darrell Green Trio at the NCPA International Jazz Festival 2019. Photo: NCPA Photos
Music

NCPA International Jazz Festival

Maharashtra
22 Nov 2024 to 24 Nov 2024
Photo: Yatha Katha International Film & Literature Festival
Online Literature

YathaKatha International Film & Literature Festival

Maharashtra
21 Nov 2024 to 24 Nov 2024
Indian Photo Festival. Photo: Light Craft Foundation
Online Photography

Indian Photo Festival

Telangana
21 Nov 2024 to 05 Jan 2025
Majuli Music Festival Photo: Majuli Music Festival
Music

Majuli Music Festival

Assam
21 Nov 2024 to 24 Nov 2024
AMI Arts Festival. Photo: KCC
Arts and Crafts

AMI Arts Festival

West Bengal
21 Nov 2024 to 22 Dec 2024
Guitarist Warren Mendonsa and founder Farhad Wadia perform at Independence Rock. Photo: Mahindra Independence Rock
Music

Mahindra Independence Rock

Maharashtra
16 Nov 2024 to 17 Nov 2024

December

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Mahindra Kabira Festival. Photo: Teamwork Arts
Online Music

Mahindra Kabira Festival

Uttar Pradesh
19 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025
Valie Export's work at KMB 2018. Photo: Kochi Biennale Foundation
Online Visual Arts

Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Kerala
12 Dec 2025 to 31 Mar 2026
Echoes of Earth. Photo: Swordfish Events & Entertainment
Music

Echoes of Earth

Karnataka
06 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025
Wayanad Literature Festival. Photo: WLF
Online Literature

Wayanad Literature Festival

Kerala
27 Dec 2024 to 29 Dec 2024
Siliguri International Short Film Festival. Photo: MKK Moviz
Film

Siliguri International Short Film Festival

West Bengal
22 Dec 2024
Photo: The soul local
Music

The Soul Local

West Bengal
21 Dec 2024 to 22 Dec 2024
Bloom in Green Festival. Photo: Karloom Entertainments
Multiarts

Bloom in Green

Tamil Nadu
20 Dec 2024 to 22 Dec 2024
Shift - Art & Design Festival. Photo: Awaaz Studio
Multiarts

Shift – Art & Design Festival

Rajasthan
20 Dec 2024 to 22 Dec 2024

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