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Special Events at Jaipur Festival

Kite Festival at Jaipur Festival
Sat 14, 15.00hrs, Chougan Stadium

On the auspicious occasion of Makkar Sankrant all of Jaipur celebrates the day by flying kites and the skyline is a dotted with kites of myriad hues, shapes and sizes.
Supported by the Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan

The JHIF Culture Space at Jaipur Festival
Sat 14 to Mon 23, 10.00 to 23.00hrs, Diggi Palace

The Festival Culture Space, on the lawns of heritage hotel Diggi Palace, offers the festival visitor several amenities. Throughout the festival, the hotel restaurant will serve as the Festival Café and offer typical regional food along with its regular menu. Local Rajasthan musicians will play unplugged during every lunch hour, with a focus on differing instruments each day. The hotel will host an art exhibition. Solo international and local musicians (unplugged) will play between 21.30 and 23.00hrs at the Late Night Stage . A Festival Hospitality & Information Desk is there to provide information on events, workshops, seminars, talks etc, to assist people with queries, transportation needs, tickets for the festival party etc.
Supported by Diggi Palace

Music at Jaipur Festival
The Late Night Stage: World Musicians Unplugged
Sun 15 to Sun 22, 21.30 to 10.30hrs Diggi Palace

A platform for musicians who have come to the city for the festival to jam together, experiment or simply play! Informal, unplugged, low key, the Late Night Stage offers a relaxed and intimate post performance ambiance where one can meet friends, and enjoy interesting, and unusual sounds. Live acts will include fire dancer Bethany Maples from Australia & dancer Colleena (USA), contemporary tabla player Suphala from New York, internationally known tabla player Talvin Singh, folk singer and activist Susmit Bose, blues & jazz musicians Alan Ward & Etienne Schreder from Belgium, Adi Baba & the Chors, and more.
Supported by Diggi Palace

Chowkri Modikhana Exhibition at Jaipur Festival
Throughout the festival, 12.30 to 14.30hrs, Chowkri Modikhana – Sankri Gali, Sanghi ji Ka Rasta

For conservationists and anyone interested in the future of the walled city, the Sankri Gali Revitalisation Project offers a pilot project worth visiting. A project-in process, it seeks to renovate the facades and squares of a small street in the walled city to demonstrate what the city could become, and to resolve on a small scale some of the problems encountered in a public project of this nature. With the confidence and cooperation of local residents, JVF has committed to restore the overall streetscape of the Sankri Gali using an appropriate mix of traditional and modern technologies. The emphasis is on community participation promoting sensitivity to heritage issues. Conservationists working on the project will be available at the street office between 12.00 and 14.00 hrs each day to explain and interpret the project. Bhajans will be sung in the local temple between 12.00 and 13.00 hrs daily. more

The JVF Education Project at Jaipur Festival

The Virasat school project focuses on generating awareness about the twin issues of heritage and conservation among the children of the city. During the Festival, there will be an exhibition of the work done by students of various schools, nature walks, and the launch of a teachers’ manual Discovering Jaipur by noted educationalist Feisal Alkazi.
The JVF Education Project is run in association the Butler Education Fund

Launch of “Mewar Ree Mira” - By Invitation Only at Jaipur Festival
Sat 21, 20.30hrs, Taj Rambagh Palace

The launch of a CD of devotional songs of Mira by Sony / Navras. ‘Mewar Ree Mira’ features rare Rajasthani compositions by artists from all over Rajasthan. These rare - so far unpublished compositions were compiled by Thakur Jawant Singhji over his lifetime in 3 volumes “Rajasthan ke Rajwadi Geet.”
Special thanks to Vandana Nadgar.