Delhi International Arts Festival to Hit Malls

Shopping malls will be treated to something very special this year. The Delhi International Arts Festival (DIAF), the capital’s answer to the Edinburgh festival, will extend its arm to the common man, it has been said, by offering its interactive music and folk dance performances at malls and historic sites. It will be larger, and more spead out than before, with a focus on children and activities for them.

The third edition of the DIAF will be a cornucopia of music, dance, arts, literary and fusion culture shows spread across 40 venues. The dates announced for the festival will be October 3rd to the 14th.The Highlights will include performances from Sri Lanka, Malta and Egypt; choir music, sacred Indian music, western classical music, young artists’ sections, a special Jammu and Kashmir festival featuring children, Sufi festival, a theatre festival, visual art festivals and interactive folk dance and bands nights at the DLF Vasant Kunj and Saket malls.

Festival director Prathibha Prahlad is proud, and shopping malls have never seen the likes of this yet.