It’s been an eventful week in the world of festivals. Just in case you missed all the action from this week (May 22 – May 29), here’s The Sherp’s round-up of the top news and stories.
1. Russell Brand Is Headlining India’s Comedy Central Chuckle Festival!
Russell Brand is allegedly confirmed to perform at the second edition of Comedy Central India’s comedy festival this June. Read MORE.
2. 8 Oddball Yet Awesome Festivals in Europe This Summer
Your summer trip to Europe should not only be about drinking at bars in Munich and youth hostels, right? If you’re up for taking a slight detour and exploring Europe, here are some wild, fascinating, strange, morbid and borderline ridiculous festivals that can teach you a lot about the continent’s vibrant cultures.
3. Bombay’s New Beer Festival Looks Uber-Awesome
Meet Mumbai’s new festival dedicated to our best summer festival buddy this weekend.
4. Donn Bhat + Passenger Revelator Will Be Performing At Glastonbury This Year
The seasoned Indian musician is taking his live band to one of the world’s largest music festivals. Here are some other homegrown talents playing abroad.
5. Kygo Performance At Counterpoint Festival Almost Ends In Tragedy
Check out the close call HERE.
6. Sherp’s Review : Lightning In A Bottle, 2015
On the beautiful grounds of the San Antonio Reservoir Recreation Area, thousands flock during Memorial Day weekend to experience a festival saturated with love and community. Read about the Sherp’s travels to this scintillating festival HERE.
7. Sherp Review : Mysteryland USA 2015
This year, Mysteryland, the longest running electronic music festival, returned for its second installment on American soil in Bethel Woods, New York this past weekend. Although it had immediate competition from two others popular festivals, Movement in Detroit and EDC NY at the Meadowlands in NJ, Mysteryland definitely held it’s own not only in talent, but in the crowd it drew as well as the experience it curated. We break down everything that went down this weekend HERE.
8. Ten Things We Loved About Movement, Detroit
For techno lovers in North America there is no better way to celebrate Memorial Day Weekend than attend Movement Festival. Now in its 10th year (16 if you don’t count the name change from DEMF to Movement), thousands of fans flocked to Detroit for an experience of a lifetime at America’s true techno mecca. Here’s what the Sherp loved most about the festival.
9. Sherp Interview: Nora En Pure
The supreme queen of deep and serene dance music has mesmerized the industry with her incredibly melodic productions for quite some time now. The Sherp had a lengthy chat with her at Ultra Music Festival.
10. Sunburn Releases Their Special Ticketing Plans For 2015
And for the first time in India, a festival offering an option to pay for your passes in installments. See MORE.