music festival Archives

10 Songs We Wish A. R. Rahman Would Perform At Bacardi NH7 Weekender

November 20, 2015

This year's Bacardi NH7 Weekender might just turn out to be the best one yet, with arguably India's biggest composer A. R. Rahman as the headliner. And we have a little wishlist. A. R. Rahman's inclusion in ...

On World Toilet Day : Dos and Don’ts Of Portaloo Hopping At A Music Festival

Meher Manda

November 20, 2015

Culture, FS Features, Music

Music Festivals would be perfect if it weren’t for using the dirty, mucky festival portaloo. On World Toilet Day, The Sherp is here to get you festival toilet ready. World Toilet Day is observed annually on ...

Throwback Stories To Prove That Woodstock ‘69 Was The Most Special Music Festival Ever

Meher Manda

November 19, 2015

Culture, FS Features, Music

Music festivals today cannot hope to match the intimacy, authenticity and legend of Woodstock Festival, 1969. Some beautiful, timeless stories from the festival are testament to the same. It was the era of t...

People Confess Their Wackiest Experiences From Bacardi NH7 Weekender

Meher Manda

November 17, 2015

FS Features

You know what makes Bacardi NH7 Weekender the craziest festival in India? Every edition of Weekender that you will ever attend is an experience in itself. With distinct musical journeys, you're bound to als...

Best of 2015 : The Most Impressive Concept Music Festivals Of The Year

Meher Manda

November 16, 2015

FS Features

We love music festivals that boast of an inherent idea that makes them individualistic in nature. So, we rounded up the best concept music festivals of the year! While music festivals are one to aplenty, sev...

Sex & Psychedelia : How Psychedelic Music Festivals Became A Backdrop To Sexual Expression

Meher Manda

November 16, 2015

Culture, FS Features, Music

Music festivals are notorious for the amount of sexual shenanigans that prevail. But how much sex is too much? The Sherp dissects. Music Festivals, especially psychedelic one, are considered to be liberated ...

10 Things Festival Ravers Will Regret 40 Years From Now

Meher Manda

November 5, 2015

Culture, FS Features, Music

While edm-loving ravers are the flavour of dance music festival culture today, we got to thinking about the things they might regret 40 years from now. To be fair, The Sherp is all for individual choices. B...

In Pictures : The Halloween-Themed Rave Of HARD Day Of The Dead

Meher Manda

November 4, 2015

Culture, FS Features

This year too, the Hard Day Of The Dead festival brought together three things that are most celebratory - Halloween, rave culture and dance music, proving to be a party like no other. You know what happens w...

10 Life Lessons That You Learn At A Music Festival

Meher Manda

November 4, 2015

Culture, FS Features, Music

Trust us when we say this, a music festival can be a great place to rake in some pretty worthy life lessons, and The Sherp lists up the 10 you really need. Apart from what you think usually goes on at festiv...

The 10 Most Splendid Acts From Bacardi NH7 Weekender, Kolkata

The Sherp

November 3, 2015

Culture, FS Features

The Sherp picks the ten most spectacular musical moments, brought upon by ten exhilarating and brilliant acts at the Bacardi NH7 Weekender Kolkata. The Sherp had lots to say about the Bacardi NH7 Weekender ...

Sherp Review : The Bacardi NH7 Weekender Kolkata

The Sherp

November 3, 2015

Reviews

The Sherp was at Bacardi NH7 Weekender Kolkata and came back all heady with a steady Weekender hangover from what was, an incredible weekend. At around 10:30 pm on Sunday night as we were finding our way to...

India At ADE : The Sherp Talks To The Indian Contingent

Meher Manda

November 3, 2015

Culture, FS Features

With ADE being the most important electronic music gathering in the world, it’s only fair that prominent names from the Indian electronic scene would be there for good measure! Electronic music is going thro...

Tagged music festival

festival_sherpa