Fakiri Folk Festival at Phoenix Marketcity in Bengaluru

The Fakiri Folk Festival organized at Phoenix Marketcity brought out the spiritual and mystic essence of Indian Folk Music. Using urbanized Indian folk music as a medium, this festival helped music lovers across generations rediscover the traditional roots of Indian Folk music.
Across back to back weekends, Phoenix Marketcity presented a rare opportunity for the city to experience soulful music. This folk festival was filled with power packed performances from renowned artists, folk singers, musicians and traditional dance troupes like Yakshagana and Dollu Kunitha.

Ustaad Shujaat Khan

, an Indian musician and sitar player who has record Ustaad Shujaat Khan, an Indian musician and sitar player who has recorded over 60 albums and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album, was one of the attractions. Other artistes included singer-composer Raghu Dixit, who has made the world swoon to the power of Indian music with his performances.

Mame Khan

and group set the stage on fire with Rajasthani folk songs.Aabha Hanjura rendered a wide range of Folk and Sufi music from the Kashmir Valley with a modern twist to it.

Saurav Moni

(river songs),

Sromona Chakraborty

with

Tomojit Roy

(baul and urban folk of Bengal), Chandana Bala (South Sufi), Folk Foundation (folklores of South Asia),

Saptarshi Mukherjee

(baul and urban folk of Bengal) and

Sreekumar Vakkayil

(Vedic folk) were other renowned artists who performed at the festival and had the audience spellbound with their music.