Textures, Steve Vai to Headline Bacardi NH7 Weekender 2017
The annual music festival’s eight edition announced international and Indian artists for their lineup yesterday
Dutch metallers Textures will perform at Bacardi NH7 Weekender 2017. Photo: Courtesu of Nuclear Blast Records
Bacardi NH7 Weekender has managed to cover all genres with their 2017 lineup. The annual music festival announced headliners that include everyone from three-time Grammy Award winning guitar virtuoso Steve Vai to Dutch metallers Textures to hip-hop group Swet Shop Boys. The lineup, which was revealed yesterday also includes the Indian indie scenes biggies such as folk fusion band Indian Ocean, R&B group Faridkot and metallers Skyharbor.
Other big draws include American mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan, Marky Ramone (drummer for the legendary punk band, The Ramones), Australian singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Paul Dempsey and more.
Weekender is slated to host two editions this year, in Meghalaya and its home ground edition in Pune. While the Meghalaya edition (previously known as the Shillong edition) will be held on October 27th and 28th, the three-day Pune edition takes place from December 8th to 10th.
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Full lineup below:
MEGHALAYA (OCT 27th-28th)
Aqua Dominatrix
aswekeepsearching
Avora Records
BaijuDharmajan Syndicate
BhayanakMaut
Blackstratblues All Stars
Dewdrops
Divine
Dualist Inquiry
Faridkot
Feyago
Goddess Gagged
HridayGattani
Indian Ocean
Kamakshi Khanna Collective
Karsh Kale Collective
Khasi Bloodz
Lateral
Mosko
Parvaaz
Paul Dempsey
Polar Lights
Rhythm Shaw
Ritviz
Skyharbor
Steve Vai
TaliAngh
Textures
Thaikkudam Bridge
The Ganesh Talkies
The Local Train
The Rudy Wallang Guitar Jamboree
TriauTrackx
When Chai Met Toast
Yesterdrive
Zygnema
PUNE (DEC 8th-10th)
Aadar Malik
Aditi Ramesh
Ali Saffudin
Alluri
Ankur&TheGhalat Family
aswekeepsearching
Bad Pop
BhriguSahni
Blackstratblues All Stars
Blue Temptation
Bombay Bassment
Colt Silvers
Divine
Easy Wanderlings
Indian Ocean
Indigo Children
Kamakshi Khanna Collective
Kraken
Kumail
Madame Gandhi
Mame Khan
Marky Ramone
May Island
NH7 Hip-Hop Collective
Oceantied
Parvaaz
PrateekKuhad
Short Round
Sid Vashi
Skrat
Swet Shop Boys
Textures
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Local Train
The Raghu Dixit Project
The Ram Sampath Experience
The SkaVengers
TM Krishna
VirDas’ Alien Chutney
Vishal Bhardwaj
Youngblood
Zokova
Zygnema
