What better way to celebrate the harvest festival than with music and song ? Here are 6 live music events for every day of this Pongal weekend in Pondicherry
Featured : Free Live Music Concert near the Beach
JANUARY 13 Friday
The Spot: Rue Dumas, 7 p.m.
Berlin-based Bangalore artist Aashish Gupta aka Aagu is here to take you on a techno ride – going back right to its Italo-disco roots to tap into this genre’s formative joy.
Entry: Rs. 500 (inclusive of 1 beer )
Tickets & Enquiries : 6384441512 or 9843178784
The Storytellers Bar : Promenade, 7 p.m.
If indie and alternative rock call out to you, then let the Chennai based musician Alvin Presley and band set the tune for this long weekend !
Plenty of tapas to munch on and cocktails to savour on the menu as you rock the night away
JANUARY 14 Saturday
Seagulls Lawn : 7.30 p.m onwards
Spend Saturday evening under the stars soaking up the sea breeze and enjoying live music – be it a foot-tapping Bollywood or Tamil number or a mellow jazz tune later in the night.
Music: Bollywood & Tamil songs by RagaNouvelle Orchestra (7.30 pm ) followed by Cool Jazz by Shanks and Kirtana Krishna (after 9 pm)
Entry: Free
Pongal Special Lunch on a Farm
Enjoy a traditional Pongal lunch + farm visit to Molasses Farm outside Pondy. Contact for bookings: 98404 20661
JANUARY 15 Sunday
Catamaran Brewing Co, Anna Salai : 12.30 pm onwards
Enjoy a leisurely brunch / lunch on Sunday at the Catamaran Brewery to the accompaniment of live music by Yathra a multilingual pop band band under Dazzle Concepts that will perform Bollywood, Tamil, Malayalam & Telugu songs.
Entry free
JANUARY 17 Tuesday
Le Cafe, 7 p.m. onwards
Celebrate Kannum Pongal in Pondicherry at the Rock Beach with playback singer Satyan Mahalingam- the voice behind some superhit songs in Tamil: packed with powerful vocals and emotive performance.
Other Venues For Live Music Events
Veryy Pondy, No 5, Ranga Pillai Street
The Greasy Tin, Perumal Koil Street
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