The Magic of the kala ghoda festival

Kala Ghoda Festival lovers behold! ……………The festival is back in 2010 and starts 06, February 2010.

For those new on the arts and dance scene kala ghoda festival is an annual, vibrant street festival celebrating visual arts, dance, music, theatre, cinema, literature, lectures, seminars and workshops, heritage walks, special events for children for a duration of roughly nine days.
The kala ghoda art festival is held in kala ghoda in mumbai (Kala Ghoda is an area in South Mumbai, the area is also commonly known as the kala ghoda art district of Mumbai) usually either in late January or early February (Do note that kala ghoda arts festival 2010 dates are out and its starts 06, February 2010).

The kala ghoda festival has really grown in its stature and popularity since beginning in 1999. It now attracts various visitors and participants from the entire and country and outside the country as well. Its popularity has been soaring amongst art lovers and has also encouraged other art festivals to spring up around the city like the Celebrate Bandra Festival, and in 2007, the Kitab Festival.

The festival is arranged by non-profit organisation the Kala Ghoda Association whose objectives are to "physically upgrading the Kala Ghoda sub-precinct and making it the Art District of Mumbai.

Entry to various events at the kala ghoda fest 2010 are expected to be free but restricted by the size of the venues which include The Jehangir Art Gallery, The National Gallery of Modern Art, the David Sassoon Library, Max Mueller Bhavan, Elphinstone College, the K R Cama Institute, the M C Ghia Hall, and the street area of Rampart Row.
Now, the great news this year is that me and my good friend Namitoj (both big fans of this festival) will be trying to cover this festival near live on the Internet. This time around its

Kala Ghoda Festival Now – as it happens!
For the first time, you will be able to feel the street mela, the ambience, the atmosphere and get minute by minute updates via our kala ghoda festival twitter account, watch videos of performance on the kala ghoda festival youtube page, track us via our facebook group. And of course, all of this will also be available on this very kala ghoda festival blog.

So Guys, get in on the action by subscribing to this blog, joining our facebook group, following us on twitter and subscribing to our youtube page. Be with us all the time and watch the Kala Ghoda Festival Now – as it happens!

Guys, check out the some glimpses of the kala ghoda festival from the years gone by:


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