ADITI SARAWAGI
NEW AGE CONCERT
VENUES IN INDIA
The thrill and excitement of live music cannot be matched with any other experience. Culminating the two-part series, here are the
new age concert venues like no other in the country!
Hard Rock Café
With a chain of
cafes across the
world, Hard Rock
Café is associated
with not only its
mouth-watering
burgers but its outstanding live acts.
Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Bangalore or
Kolkata, they showcase indie, upcoming,
popular and even international artists and
their standards are hard to match as they
maintain consistency through all its cafes.
Storyteller’s
Bar,
Pondicherry
Relatively new to
the live music scene,
the Storyteller’s
Bar in Pondicherry has become a cult
space for live performances. Not only do
they host live musicians, but also spoken
word artists and poets. It is no surprise
that it has been co-founded by former
Blue Frog head-Simran Mulchandani. It
promises to be a comprehensive venue
for all forms of performance art.
Raasta, Delhi
& Mumbai
Raasta, both
in Delhi and in
Mumbai, is a funky
venue space, with a
Caribbean aesthetic
which pays homage to music greats like
Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan.
It has both an indoor as well as a rooftop
space which makes it a preferable choice
for a number of DJ’s and rappers too.
Bonobo,
Mumbai
Bonobo has taken
pride position in
the Mumbai live
music circuit
and has a strict
screening system for all its performances
allowing only the best to perform on
its stage. A number of underground
cultural institutions like KRUNK treat
Bonobo as their first choice when
selecting a venue for an event.
Social Offline,
Mumbai/
Bangalore/
Delhi/
Chandigarh
Following close
on the heels of the popularity of Hard
Rock Café, Social Offline has made its
presence felt in plenty on Indian cities
and is the perfect combination of a
café, bar, restaurant and live music
venue. It also had an underground
music branch – Anti Social which was
hugely popular though now it no longer
exists. It is the go-to place for the young
crowd to discover new indie music.
The Humming
Tree, Bangalore
The Humming
Tree has become
nothing short of a
cultural boon for
the Bangalore live
music scene. It was built with the aim of
promoting upcoming musicians and to
give them a platform. It has launched a
local collective called the ‘Consolidate’ and
has also brought in international artists
like Anderson Paak and Wolf Alice.
Someplace
Else, Kolkata
When it comes
to live music,
Someplace Else in
Kolkata occupies
a special place in
the heart of the city’s music lovers and is
nothing short of a heritage pub being in the
business for more than twenty-five years.
It has showcased independent musicians
who have become hugely popular
like Amyt Dutta, Anjan Dutta, Indian
Ocean, Parikrama and Gary Lawyer.
Kitty Su,
New Delhi
Though Kitty Su
is a luxurious
nightclub well
known for its high-
profile events and
is primarily known for its DJ’s and dance
parties, it has an amazing live music
scene as well. It has hosted international
artists like Zedd and DJ Steve Aoki
and many other EDM stalwarts.
The Piano Man
Jazz Club,
New Delhi
Right from its
inception in
2015, it is almost
single-handedly reviving a dying jazz
community and is promoting live music
like no other place with a gig almost
every single night. It is a haven for music
lovers and in a short span of time has won
the hearts of music lovers in the city. It
heavily promotes independent musicians
and its main focus is music along with
scrumptious food and wine of course.
Music is food for the soul and live music is an emotion be it at iconic venues or at new age venues, the winners are music and its lovers.
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