Delhi : India’s happiest music festival opened to Delhi NCR audiences for the 3rd year in a row 
today. Music lovers thronged in thousands to catch some of the biggest international and Indian acts. The two-day festival promises an even bigger musical celebration on Sunday.
After travelling to Kolkata, Bengaluru and Pune, Bacardi NH7 Weekender came to its final pit stop city for 2014 at Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida. The massive four-city festival has now also introduced Shillong as its fifth addition, set to take place in February 2015!
The first day of the festival in the city packed a punch with an incredible lineup of both Indian and international artists. Right from Songhoy Blues, all the way from Mali, Africa, charming the audiences with their refreshing brand of blues rock to The Raghu Dixit Project featuring Nritarutya who had crowds thronging to The Dewarists and asking for more. The funnymen from AIB had people in splits with their signature brand of edgy humor taking on everyone from Salman Khan to Narendra Modi. The capital witnessed major international acts including American heavy metal superstars Fear Factory to the soulful and mellifluous voice of critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Luke Sital-Singh.
Alongside an amazing music experience, the Bacardi NH7 Weekender this year also makes for an incredible audio visual spectacle! From unique stage designs by Sameer Kulavoor and Hanif Qureshi, to state-of-the-art visuals by Wolves to art installations by Ayushman Mitra and Shilo Shiv Suleman- it’s all happening at the Bacardi NH7 Weekender 2014!
At this year’s edition, festivalgoers get delectable food options to dive into with specially curated food stalls, and even an exclusively created Bacardi NH7 Weekender ice-cream flavour by Hokey Pokey!
To add to the excitement this year Bacardi also introduces the BACARDI Obstacle Course Run, the BACARDI Bar on Tap and the BACARDI Ferris Wheel. Not to miss the BACARDI Bat Cam taking snapshots of everyone’s festival experience to share on their personal social media pages.
The Bacardi NH7 Weekender has loads in store to keep Delhi audiences entertained through their Sunday with an exciting lineup, including critically-acclaimed international headliners The Vaccines (UK), Dinosaur Pile-Up (UK), Motopony (US), Goldspot (US) and Alo Wala (Denmark) to some of India’s biggest music acts Indian Ocean’s Tandanu featuring Pt. Vishwamohan Bhat, Kumaresh Rajagopalan, producer Amit Trivedi and bass baronDuke Nucleya to name a few.
Day 2 tickets are available online on Insider.in as well as the venue at the box office at Buddh International Circuit.
Over the last four years, the Bacardi NH7 Weekender has grown to be one of the country’s most loved musical weekends – representing Bacardi India and Only Much Louder’s commitment to giving fans unforgettable musical experiences – a reflection of the untamable spirit of the festival. This year, over 100 artists will play at the Bacardi NH7 Weekender’s four editions – Kolkata, Bengaluru, Pune and Delhi.
Source : Lokesh Shastri