Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival, 2024

Theme: Aashiqana Lucknow

🗓️: 02nd to 06th February, 2024

The much-awaited Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival (MSLF) is back with its 15th edition and is set to run from 02nd to 06th February, 2024. Presenting a five-day programme and a cornucopia of sights, sounds and experiences, the festival celebrates Lucknow and the erstwhile Awadh region and its different historical and cultural aspects. The only festival in the country that is modeled on the traditional Indian mela. The world of the Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival this year will be all about love, where we look at Lucknow and its people through an Aashiqana lens!
Organized by the Sanatkada Trust and supported by the Mahindra Group, the festival is dedicated to the memory of Late Ms. Indira Mahindra who continues to inspire the core values of the festival.“The Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival is built upon the very principles that Indira Mahindra lived by – to bring together people from all walks of life and celebrate the rich culture of our country” says Madhavi Kukreja, founder of the festival.
The festival’s curation is governed by a theme every year, which allows the festival to take a deep dive into the different beautiful aspects of this historically & culturally rich region. Using oral, visual and experiential storytelling techniques, the festival celebrates the pluralistic, inclusive and unique traditions of the city.

Artists and Performers this year:

This edition will feature an exemplary line-up of artists and performers, a classical vocal performance by Manjusha Patil; Dastaangoi on love by Dr. Himanshu Bajpai and Dr. Pragya Sharma; a solo act in ‘Nautanki Theatre’ by Avatari Devi; punjabi folk music performance by Banat Kaur featuring celtic folk violinist Tamara; a folk performance on Kabir by Padma Shri Prahlad Singh Tipaniya jee and group; a performance by India’s first allvocal orchestra Voctronica; Aashiqana Qisse with QissaGo Janab Mehmood Abdi ji; Talking Threads – a material and object performance by Swatantra Talim; a conversation on Queer Love by Parmesh Shahani and many more. There will also be an exhibition by photographers around the idea of Love.