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10 Kinds Of Festivals That India Needs Right Now

January 14, 2016

With India's festival scene growing steadily, it's time that a few special kinds of festivals made their foray into the country. The Sherp picks the most potent ones. There has never been a better time for u...

Here Are The Five Artists That Make Johnnie Walker The Journey An Absolute Must

Meher Manda

November 18, 2015

Culture, FS Features

This year’s Johnnie Walker The Journey boasts of a gravity-numbing artist, post-rock giants, an ambient wizard, a synth pop legend and a cinematic masterpiece. And, that's just the beginning. After the brill...

This Is Why Wacken Open Air Is The Metalhead Mecca Of Music Festivals

Anupama Khedkar

July 23, 2015

FS Features

A weekend full of metal, beer and debauchery. There's not much to be said about metal that hasn't been said before. It's a genre that surfaced in the 80's with headbanging, black-wearing and air-guitar play...

2015 Summer Is The Season Of Rock

Meher Manda

June 2, 2015

FS Features

You can never have enough of rock. Echoing this sentiment, the remaining summer months will resonate with the sound of rock music festivals from around the world! Rock fans will unite all over, as some of th...

T in the Park

Nikhil Kapoor

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Perthshire, Scotland T in the Park Festival is a major Scottish music festival that has been held annually since 1994. It is named after its main sponsor, the brewing company Tennents. The ...

Highfield Festival

Nikhil Kapoor

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Leipzig, Germany The Highfield Festival is a music festival held annually at the reservoir Hohenfelden (south of Erfurt) and has its origins from 1998 to 2009. The name derives from the pla...

FM4 Frequency Festival

Tanmay Paradkar

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Sankt Polten, Austria The FM4 Frequency Festival, formerly Vienna City Festival, is a music festival. Until 2008, it took place near Salzburg Austria, usually every August. In 2009, the Fes...

Reading Festival

Nikhil Kapoor

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Reading, UK The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday an...

NOS Alive

Tanmay Paradkar

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Oeiras, Portugal NOS Alive, formerly Optimus Alive, is the leading music festival in Portugal and has caught the rest of the world's attention due to a single combination of an eclectic lin...

Wacken Open Air Festival

Nikhil Kapoor

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Wacken, Germany Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) is a summer open-air heavy metal music festival. It takes place annually in the small village of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. With...

V Festival

Nikhil Kapoor

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Shropshire, UK V Festival is an annual music festival held in England during the penultimate weekend in August. The event is held at two parks simultaneously which share the same bill; arti...

Kendal Calling

Nikhil Kapoor

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Cumbria, UK Kendal Calling is an independent music festival held annually at Lowther Deer Park in the Lake District, Cumbria. It has grown from a two-day, 900 capacity event in 2006 to a 12...

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