The Score Magazine April 2019 | Page 30

As winter in Delhi reluctantly gave way to spring, the music scene in the city, lying dormant for a few weeks now, too started blooming with a number of fresh gigs. The weekend was chock-a-block with some exquisite acts and we couldn’t have attended all of them even if we wished too and thus, decided to settle for the one that garnered more excitement and thrill than others. We’re of course talking about Bira 91’s April Fools’ Fest. 28 The Score Magazine highonscore.com The festival was in its second edition this year and the memories from its last episode were still lingering fresh in our minds. They resemblance grew more vehement as we made our way inside NSIC Grounds, Okhla. The lineup for the festival, which included more than 20 artists, indicated that the party was going to be bigger and better this time and all doubts, if there were any, steered away from our minds as our eyes started scanning the venue. Everything, from the stage to the space, seemed amped up than the preceding edition of the festival. The comedy stage had been converted (and pushed back) into the bigger, comfier Room 91, vacating its space for a number of food stalls. Bars were proliferating across all corners of the venue, pillars