Pick Your Holi Music Festival

Holi Cow 2011 by Coloblind

This year, when you go color shopping and bucket picking, leave a little room to ponder on your Facebook Holi Festival invites. With the festival of colors around the corner, March 8, scour through this list of our picks of Holi parties you should be at.

1. Holi Cow Festival, New Delhi :
The third edition of the eclectic music festival this year boasts of 40 acts. This mad melee of music and side shows includes big names like Soulmate, Menwhopause, Mob Marley Inc, Bombay Bassment, Andre Gardeja and loads more.

When: March 8, 11 am to 9 pm
Where: Holi Cow Barn, Zorba The Buddha, New Delhi.
Passes: Rs 1,500
https://www.facebook.com/holicowfestival?sk=wall

2. Holi Moly Festival, Mumbai:
But of course, Holi is the oldest and biggest dance party. And so a EDM fest is just a natural on the bill, with the first edition of the Holi Moly Festival in Mumbai. The Facebook page claims it to be, “India’s only music festival that will travel the globe every year,” which is really up for a lot interpretation. Nonetheless, while in Mumbai this year, the lineup includes beat addicts like DJ Dash and Anish, Bandish Projekt, Nathan Fultebox, Cheb-I, Sabbah (California), Ma Faiza and DJ Asad.

When: March 8, 8 am  to 10 pm
Where:  Tulip Star Hotel, Juhu, Mumbai
Passes: Rs 1,500
https://www.facebook.com/events/266482440090729/

3. Rang Festival, New Delhi:
Produced and executed by Eventwala, this is the fifth edition of the EDM festival, the festival is beyond just music. There will be a rain dance floor, live chat counter, drinking games and visual projections complimenting the music. Performing this year will be Talamasca and Neuromotor, along with India artists like Crash & Boom, Kohra, DJ Mash Mendiratta, DJ Psycobaba, Infinia, DJ Daaku and more.

When: March 8, 10 am to 10 pm
Where: Lilywhite Hotel, Chattarpur Main Road, New Delhi.
Passes: Rs 2,500
https://www.facebook.com/events/186100768167091/?ref=ts

4. Dog Day 3: Holi Guns, New Delhi:
Another color party in the Capital, this music festival will have two stages  – electronica (poolside) and live (waterfall). There will be live paintings by various artists, mass jams where you can bring your own instrument and make music and more. The lineup includes  Teddy Boy Kill, HashBack Hashish, The Commons, Peter Cat Recording Co (trip pop),  TaTvA Kundalini amongst others.

When: March 8, 10 am to 10 pm
Where: Asola farms, Chattarpur, New Delhi
Passes: Rs 1,500
https://www.facebook.com/events/329396477112456/