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Tent Up: Nine Indian Festivals That Allow Diverse Camping Options

September 11, 2015

If you thought camping was a reserved luxury for the Coachellas and the Burning Mans of the world, think again. Some Indian festivals have their camping game on point! Several Indian festivals, especially th...

Trippy Tuesdays: Indian Spirit Festival

Anupama Khedkar

September 7, 2015

FS Features

Evoking the transcendent spirit of India in Northern Germany, this festival will make you forget about all your earthly worries. We've seen a plethora of psy-trance festivals over the last couple of years an...

7 Reasons Why The Kumbh Mela Can Be India’s Answer To Burning Man

Meher Manda

August 27, 2015

Culture, FS Features

For years, India has been collectively lusting over the incredible spirit of Burning Man, wishing it visited India soon enough. Now, only if we looked closer home. Now, more than ever, Burning Man is that r...

Festival Withholds Free Water : Is Water A Luxury?

Meher Manda

August 24, 2015

FS Features

Just last year, popular American music festival MusicfestNW cooked up quite the controversy by charging premium rates for water. The Sherp dissects the situation. When looking at music festival as mini-univ...

India’s South Indian Spectacle : The 10 Day Onam Festival

Meher Manda

August 21, 2015

Culture, FS Features

Kerala's ten-day Onam celebrations showcase the best of India's cultural festivities, as tradition, religion and art come together to foster unrestrained vibrancy. Indian festivals are spectacles that are v...

Book Reveals How Kumbh Mela Organization Is Far Superior Compared To The FIFA World Cup

Prem Gupta

August 21, 2015

Culture, FS News

A Harvard book sheds light on why the world's largest religious gathering is more efficiently put together than the biggest sporting spectacle on the globe. (via: kumbhcampindia.com) Now here's something ...

The Lost Party Is Returning In 2016

Prem Gupta

August 10, 2015

FS News

The dazzling opening edition of this year's Lost Party left the Sherp with some pretty fond memories of the festival. They've just activated an event page and it looks like the official 2016 announcement should...

The Sherp’s Top Stories Of The Week

Prem Gupta

August 7, 2015

FS Features

It's been an adventurous week in the world of festivals. From the Bacardi NH7 Weekender giving us a first official peek into their 2015 line-up to the discovery of the most trippy sunglasses you'll ever don at ...

The Hyderabad Edition Of Corona Sunsets Is Almost Here

Prem Gupta

July 31, 2015

FS News

The travelling sundown festival's South Indian takeover continues with Hyderabad lined up for this August. After another fantastic Corona Sundown installment in Bangalore, they're back with ye...

Bacardi NH7 Weekender Is Teasing Their 2015 Line-Up Via Snapchat

Prem Gupta

July 31, 2015

FS News

Want to be the first to know who's on the line-up this year? Hop over to the NH7 Secret Service's Snapchat account. The Bacardi NH7 Weekender's expansion to Shillong this year has furthered the hype...

DJ Snake Is Coming To India ‘Soon’

Prem Gupta

July 30, 2015

FS News, Local, Rumours

It looks like the Frenchman is all set to make his way to India. Fresh off his recent chart-busting release with Major Lazer Lean On, DJ SNAKE, the Parisian behind a number of other electronic hits over ...

Skrillex Is Finally Coming To India This October

Prem Gupta

July 28, 2015

FS News

It’s official! The dubstep king is set for a 4 city tour this year. This is the news that fans in India have been awaiting for quite some time now. Skrillex, the undisputed master of versatile dance musi...

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