Holi 2017 just gets better with this festival!
Pune’s High Spirits has built a formidable reputation for itself as one of the premier live music venues; boasting a time-honoured relationship of over a decade old, with the country’s burgeoning independent music industry. The ‘Indie Mecca’ is now back with the most vibrant, quirky and insane Holi plans of the year, with a dedicated two day long festival!
Here’s why this Holi you must come home to the High!
1. It’s A Legit AF Music Festival
After nailing Holi in Pune for the last three years, the High Holi Music Festival is now officially a two day festival. Happening on March 12th and 13th, you now have an easy-access, affordable music festival to mark off your bucket list!
Credits: The High Spirits
2. The Line-Up
The programming team has curated the most diverse line-up any Holi festival has ever seen! Serenade to acoustic melodies by folk artists such as Prateek Kuhad, Ankur + the Ghalat Family, Local Train and Parvaaz on Day One and get the party started with beat makers Dualist Inquiry, Divine, Su Real and Dub Sharma on Day Two.
3. The Venue
The sprawling Westin Lawns offers the ideal location for you festival goers to let your hair down in a secure and stress-free atmosphere, making it the only Holi gig in the country held inside the premises of a 5-star hotel. For realsies!
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4. Organic and Environment Friendly!
Like every edition, the High Holi Festival pledges to go safe, natural and green by using organic colours ONLY. This means your usual ten minute shower is adequate to get that treacly colour out!
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5. The Audience
With a niche and growing trail of devotees in and around the city, the High Holi Music Festival has the most chill bunch of peeps as attendees – period! Couples and girls, don’t worry about creepy single guys killing your vibe; the High Holi Festival has a strict no-stag-entry policy!
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6. Security
Your security is this festival’s TOP priority! High Holi promises no compromise on the strength of bouncers and also offers a super housekeeping and medical team on call.
7. No Bollywood!
High Spirits KNOWS its indie music and as one of the biggest promoters for original and alternative music; rest assured you won’t be subject to mind-numbing Bollywood anthems as the music is 100% indie only!
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8. The Vibe
The most dope Indian festival + stellar line-up + you people + Da High = the best vibe in the city!
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9. Brought to you by the High Spirits!
Curated and programmed by the High Spirits team, watch the high homies give you a 360 ° extensive list of reasons to not miss out on this truly unique Holi experience in the interactive video below! Watchu waiting for? Grab your passes on Insider NOW!
If you still need more reasons to attend, tune into the 2016 official Aftermovie by Crumpled Paper below: