Ahmedabad: British band Coldplay has added another show to their India tour, which is set to be their biggest show ever. The band will arrive in India this January, where they will first perform three shows in Mumbai before heading to Ahmedabad, where they are expected to perform in front of over 1 lakh people at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera. In a tweet on Wednesday, the band shared, “The band will play their biggest-ever show at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 25 January, ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will inaugurate "BharatKool," a festival of Bhaav, Raag, and Taal, on Thursday. The inauguration ceremony will take place at the Senate Hall of Gujarat University at around 11 am. This four-day-long event will start on November 14 and continue until November 17. Minister of State for Home, Sports, Youth, and Culture, Harsh Sanghvi, will also be present at the event as Guest of Honour. The BharatKool Festival, presented by Gujarat ...Read More

Vadnagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel honored two female classical music talents with the Tana Riri Award in Vadnagar during the Tana Riri Mahotsav 2024. The award celebrates the contributions of female artists in classical music, and this year’s recipients were Vidushi Padma Suresh Talwalkar from Maharashtra and Dr. Pradipta Ganguly from Ahmedabad. Each awardee received Rs. 2.50 lakh, a trophy, a copperplate, and the Gaurav Samman award from the Chief Minister. Hailing from Vadnagar in ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Singer Falguni Pathak had to postpone a Garba event in Ahmedabad scheduled to take place on 2nd October due to the ongoing Iran-Israel war. The Garba event will now take place at the same venue in Ahmedabad on 14 October. This announcement was made by Falguni through a video on social media. She said in the video: "We were in Toronto(Canada). My friend and I returned on different flight, but our 14-member team was returning to India on an Air France flight. The Air France plane lef...Read More

Surat: Sunday, usually known for being a peaceful day, turned into a hectic race for millions of Indians last week. On September 22nd, over 1.25 crore Indians visited a single website in hopes of securing tickets for the concert of Grammy Award-winning British rock band Coldplay. However, many hopes were dashed when the website BookMyShow crashed minutes before the sale went live. Just minutes later, around 1.8 lakh tickets were sold out, leaving the majority of fans on the waiting list. This...Read More

Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation(SMC) has announced the schedule of Sanjeevkumar Natya Spardha (drama competition) which sis going to be held during 19th to 30th September from 8.00 pm. In total 12 plays will be performed at Sanjveekumar Auditorium, entry passes of which shall be available on first come basis from booking office of Sanjeevkumar auditorium daily. The annual competition is named after Sanjeevkumar, a great actor of Hindi and Gujarati movies who hailed from the city of Surat. Des...Read More

Mumbai: The World’s first musical on Shri Krishna - “Rajadhiraaj: Love Life Leela” conceptualised and created by Dhanraj Nathwani is set to unfold  at the (NMACC) Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre’s - Grand Theatre. The musical will have a runtime of 120 minutes, with shows running daily from August 15th to September 1st, 2024. Inviting audiences to experience the magic and majesty of Krishna, Dhanraj Nathwani, said, "Creating 'Rajadhiraaj: Love Life Leela' has been a journey of dev...Read More

Vadodara: Kala Nagari (city of arts) and the cultural capital of Gujarat, Vadodara's main theater hall, Sayajinagar Gruh, is in poor shape. According to Vrajesh Pasari, an organizer of various cultural shows, the Akota-based Sir Sayajinagar Gruh hall is suffering from the failure of one of its three air conditioning plants. The organizers had met with the city municipal commissioner with a letter from the city BJP chief Dr. Vijay Shah three months ago. The Municipal Commissioner then replied...Read More

Mumbai:  A gathering of public and private practitioners spanning the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) spectrum, convened to share insights and experience play-based learning at Reliance Foundation’s Building Flourishing Futures conference. Held at the Dhirubhai Ambani International School (DAIS) in Mumbai, the conference brought together diverse practitioners from the ECCE system, academics and experts from India and internationally. The two-day conference explored innovative...Read More

Ahmedabad: The fifth edition of the International Gujarati Film Festival (IGFF) will be hosted in Australia this year. The IGFF will take place at the Opera House in Sydney from June 28 to 30. The festival aims to elevate Gujarati cinema on a global platform, promising three days of art, culture, and entertainment, as stated by Festival director Umesh Shukla. Previously held in New Jersey (2018) and Los Angeles (2019), the festival returned to Atlanta in 2022 and Chicago in 2023, attractin...Read More