Hanumankind, Dabzee, Kailasa, Parvaaz to Perform at Ziro Festival of Music 2024
Writer and performer Piyush Mishra’s Ballimaaraan, sitarist Niladri Kumar, Malian act Tamikrest, New Delhi rock veterans Parikrama are also part of the 11th edition of the Arunachal Pradesh music festival
(Left to right) Kerala rapper Dabzee, Piyush Mishra's Ballimaaraan, Kailash Kher's Kailasa and more perform at Ziro Festival of Music 2024 in Arunachal Pradesh in September. Photos: Courtesy of Tamboo (Mishra), Courtesy of the artists (Dabzee, Kher)
The upcoming edition of Ziro Festival of Music features more topline Indian artists than ever before, including fusion act Kailasa, actor, writer and singer Piyush Mishra’s Ballimaaraan, hip-hop artists Hanumankind and Dabzee, Bengaluru-based rockers Parvaaz and more.
The 11th edition of Ziro Festival of Music – taking place in Ziro Valley in Arunachal Pradesh between Sept. 26 and Sept. 29 – takes place across three stages. International artists including Tuareg artist Tamikrest, Singapore post-rock band Amateur Takes Control, Dutch jazz artist Saskia Laroo, rock and dub-informed Thai act Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band, Swedish psych-rock band Hollow Ship, Nepal’s singer-songwriter Sushant KC and more across three stages.
The Donyi day stage at Ziro will also host singer-songwriter Hanita Bhambri, Kalimpong’s Teesta Troupers, Kerala band Gowwli, Mumbai rapper Saniya MQ, Goa-based funk-soul act Pink Moss and Bengaluru’s Strings Attached, among others.
The Polo stage, which kicks off by the evening on each day, brings in New Delhi rock veterans Parikrama, Arunachal singer-songwriter Carolina Norbu, Mizoram-based singer-songwriter and rock artist Benjamin Sum, Shillong instrumental rock trio Murder In Space, sitarist and fusion artist Niladri Kumar and more.
Among the more recent additions is a third stage for electronic music. The Takar stage features sets by New Delhi’s Hamza Rahimtula with Rajasthan Folkstars, the capital’s fusion-informed electronic DJ-producer Alboe, Mumbai experimentalist Spryk, New Delhi’s Jay Pei, plus Bengaluru collective Dynamite Disco Club. The festival has announced that the Takar stage will be kicking off at a “new secret location” this time.
The festival added in a post on Instagram, “This year’s festival promises a diverse musical feast where you can discover new music and reconnect with the familiar.”
Claiming the title of the country’s “greatest outdoor music festival,” Ziro Festival of Music has been steadily been a destination music event for people from India and abroad. A four-day festival ticket is currently selling at ₹8,500, while tickets for day one (Sept. 26) are priced at ₹2,600, day two (Sept. 27) and day three (Sept. 28) and day four (Sept. 29) at ₹3,500 each.
In addition to music programming, Ziro Literary Festival also takes place a couple of days prior in the valley, on Sept. 24 and 25. The lineup so far includes free workshops by filmmaker Aditi Banerjee and poetry by writer Siddhartha Menon.
