5 Exciting Art & Culture Festivals Happening In Goa This Season

As we inch closer towards the season in the land of sun, sand and shores – you already know, as Goa! The camera pans towards the wide array of cultural, artistic, jaunty shows stacked up for you. It is perhaps the best time to lose yourself to the music, to dance till you’re heaving and wake up, only to do it all over again. We figured you needed an intervention to fill the joys of spring, and if there’s any better way to exhaust yourself with a devil - may - care attitude – then we don’t know it yet. Enough talk let’s get down to the nitty gritty!

I. Goa Sunsplash

Goa can still be situated in India but is also a more Indianised parallel to Jamaica. And as cliche as I may sound right now - all that comes to mind are dreadlocks rastas, vibing and reggae. Tonnes of reggae, Bob’s omnipresent, ya feel? If you like most of us, tend to dissipate whenever artists such as UB40, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Althea and Donna come on and work - It goes without having to say that you’re going to flourish in all of the rasta powered energy at the Goa Sunsplash, India’s biggest Reggae festival. Celebrate three days of this ravening rasta extravaganza.

Date: January 10th to 12th, 2020

Where: Goa

For further details and bookings be sure to check their site right here.

II. LaLa Land Festival

Although the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat may be no where in sight and only figments of our imagination, the LaLa Land festival surely does morph close to an Alice in Wonderland experience, just minus the perplexity and the chaos. Catch a glimpse of the clowns, the trapeze artists and different assortments of performers. Experience the splendour of the bright eyed and bushy tailed circus acts. This festival also imbibes a multidisciplinary crossover between varied art forms, sustainable innovations. Created and sustained through the bonds of new experiences and global trends. So come immerse yourself in this bubbly aura and pocket a bunch of memories you’ll cherish for the years to come.

Date: November 1st - 2nd, 2019

Where: Don Joao in Nagoa, North Goa

For further details and bookings be sure to check their site right here.

III. Serendipity Arts Festival

If you do happen to be reading this article – you best believe we’ve already exemplified the meaning of serendipity. The Serendipity Arts Festival is home to one of the most biggest multi disciplinary arts festivals within the South Asian ambit. It runs it’s gamut right from the commemoration of workshops, performances and exhibitions to enlightening symposia’s. Indulge yourself and gather insight from the various arts and crafts programs that they’ve got in store for you. In this forth edition of SAF, Focus on your muse, whether it be film related, live arts, literature or fashion, they’re bound have your schedule locked.

Date: December 15th - 22nd, 2019

Where: “The Festival locations have been strategically chosen for their historical value, natural settings and affinity towards the arts.”

For further details and bookings be sure to check their site right here.

IV. Goa Affordable Art Fest

I’m going to be frank and you might or might not side with me along the lines of whatever I’m about to say - Art work can sometimes be frivolously expensive, an art piece could just comprise of a twig with eyes but it’s highly overpriced. Most of the times artwork has been solely known for it’s luxury possession, a composition of wealth and status. On the contrary just as the name states, the Goa Affordable Art Fest is not an ardent supporter of squeezing every penny out of you, but serves as a gateway for youthful, gradually emerging artists in India. It promises to exhibit their work at rather affordable prices. It also yearns to evoke public sentiments towards artistic expression and the arts.

When: 14th December, 2019 - 14th February, 2020.

Where: Museum of Goa, Pilerne Industrial Estate, Pilerne.

For further details and bookings be sure to check their site right here.

V. The 50th international Film Festival of India, Goa

If you’re an ardent follower of Indian film and yearn to be exposed to the crafts of how a movie comes into making. Look no farther for the 50th international film festival’s here to grace and acknowledge your love for cinema. Attend the red carpet events, witness the surrealism of panel discussions and workshops.

November 20th - 28th, 2019

Where: Panaji, Goa

For further details and bookings be sure to check their site right here.