NH – 7 Weekender turns
six with the BiG BaNg, celebrating its true spirit across 5 states!
Well, no we are not talking about the national highway- 7
which runs through the states of UP, MP , Maharashtra, AP, Telangana, Karnataka
& TN, just in case if you are wondering!
But we surely are talking about the Bacardi NH-7 Weekender, which is a multi-city music festival in India. India saw it first in the year 2010 with the line-up of the likes of Swarathma, Pentagram, Blackstratblues, internationale’ Asian Dub foundation and the magic numbers. Making its debut in the cultural city of Maharashtra, Pune, the festival went on leaving its imprints in various other cities from its third edition including Delhi, Bangalore, and Kolkata until last year 2014, which was the edition 5th!
Bacardi NH-7 Weekender expanded to yet another destination this year, 2015, Shillong, adding up to as huge as 5 states, Pune, Delhi, Bangalore, Shillong & Kolkata. Not only has it come a long way in terms of its destinations, but in terms of artist line-ups as well.
Right from the debut edition, the audience were made to feel
the awe of musician, artists – critically acclaimed as well as the home-borns!
Grammy winner Imogen Heap, Brit electronic music act Basement Jaxx, DJ Nihal,
Seun Juti, Egypt 80, Buraka Som Sistema, Megadeth, Irish Post rockers,
Mutemath, The Vaccines, heavy-metal band metal band Fear Factory, Cloud
control, Dinosaur Pile-up, Motopony, Luke sital-singh, Amit Trivedi, The Raghu
Dixit Project, Jalebee Cartel, Indian Ocean, Anoushka Shankar, Jinja Safari,
Big Scary, Fink, Shankar Tucker, Tesserac T, Skindred, Noisia, Benga have been
the prominent line-up so far. 
Adding to the great names and over 100 of artists of different genres played this year, 2015 – with the huge names like Megadeth , AR Rahman, Mark Ronson, Rodrigo Gabriella, Mogwai, The Wailers, Parvaaz, Zygnema, Noori, The Ganesh Talkies, Tales on Fire, Nucleya, Undying Inc, Pangea, Papon and The East India Company, Reggae Rajahs, Street Stories, Rehan Dalal. , Pierce Brothers, Vir Das’s Alien Chutney, Soulmate, Skrat, Bhayanak Maut, Parikrama, Thumpers, Thaikkudam, The Map Room, until we last,; are just few to name to start with!! ;)
There was a huge excitement about the festival and the artist’s
line-ups! The 60000 over audience sure lucked out to enjoy the enticing musical
spirit live! It’s still making some amazing talks with the Fanta-bou-lous acts that
we all saw!Amidst the toe-tapping delights from across the globe, we had a
mix-up of ‘made in india’ artists from variety of genres which gave a blissful
feel to the whole event!!
A music festival is all about the feel and experience it
gives to the music lovers. We as music lovers, sure look forward to Bacardi NH-7
Weekender next edition!!
Reviewed By
Payal Saxena (GetLoud Writer)
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