Bangalore Open Air

A Handy Guide to India’s Big Music Festival Season

A Handy Guide to India’s Big Music Festival Season

From EDM to metal to mainstream pop, here is what’s on across India in 2023 and 2024

November 3, 2023

Kreator, In Flames, Decapitated and More Set for Bangalore Open Air 2024

Swedish black metallers Watain, Swiss act Burning Witches, Spain's Ankor and Indian metal bands like Zygnema, Kryptos and Godless will…

October 27, 2023

Festival Review: Bangalore Open Air 2023 Keeps the Faith in Comeback Edition

Headliners like Norway’s black metal legends Mayhem, American metallers Born of Osiris and Dutch death metallers Pestilence made the ninth…

April 3, 2023

India’s Music Festival and Gig Calendar Looks Stronger Than Ever. What’s The Reason?

With the likes of Backstreet Boys coming in to perform this May and rumors of Guns N’ Roses, we examine…

March 6, 2023

Exclusive Premiere: Metallers Godless Dive Into Apocalyptic World at War in ‘Post-Cryogenic’ Video

The Hyderabad/Bengaluru thrash/death metal band are set to perform in Dubai and at comeback edition of Bangalore Open Air in…

March 1, 2023

Upcoming Music Festivals On Our Radar: February to April 2023

From city-based, day-long events like Awestrung Reloaded to long-running festivals like Mahindra Blues, Bangalore Open Air and Vh1 Supersonic, we…

February 1, 2023

A New Conference for the Music Industry Lets Women Do the Talking

Being held in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, the series of day-long events brings in Indians and their U.S. counterparts…

June 28, 2022

Bangalore Open Air 2020 Postponed Due to Coronavirus Concerns

The forthcoming ninth edition of the metal festival, which was scheduled to take place on March 21st, will now move…

March 12, 2020

Intronaut Back in India for Bangalore Open Air 2020

The American mind-bending metallers released their latest album ‘Fluid Existential Inversions’ on February 28th

March 9, 2020

Festival Review: Bangalore Open Air 2019 Steadies Itself with Early Edition

The eighth outing of the metal festival featured unparalleled performances by black metal veteran Abbath and death metallers Suffocation

February 15, 2019