Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

Introduction:
 

The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is an annual celebration of dance, music and other art forms. The festival is being held every year since 1999 in the month of February at Kala Ghoda, Mumbai. The Kala Ghoda Association hosts the weeklong Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is named after the black equestrian statue of Edward VII that used to stand in the Fort area of Mumbai.

Kala Ghoda is a crowd-puller for creative talent. People with Creative bent of mind from all round the country participate and showcase their talent.

Kala Ghoda Festival is also an attraction point for tourists. Tourists from India and abroad come here to have fun and enthusiasm.

The Festival enters into 11th year in 2010; its popularity is growing over the years.

kala Ghoda festival is created to draw attention towards the development by physically improving the area, restoring buildings and porticos, building people-friendly street furniture and improving the amenities.

The festival features Gallery and pavement shows, exhibitions of paintings and sculptures, literary events, film screenings, music concerts, dance performances, theatre shows, workshops, heritage walks and food fiesta.

KGAF will be held between 6-14 February in the year 2010.

The participants range from the modern urban sellers with designer goods to sell, to village artists selling their traditional craftwork.

Time to celebrate:

The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is celebrated every year in the month of February at Kala Ghoda, Mumbai.

Indian Derby Weekend

Introduction: 

The event of Indian Derby Weekend owns the credit of being one of the biggest events on the Mumbai social calendar. The event is fun packed sporting one which goes for a weekend’s time attracting around 25,000 people. 

There are many attractions to this event other than only the horse racing, like international aerial ballet, professional salsa dancing, and live bands playing tributes to The Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Cliff Richard.

The Indian Derby weekend packs in unmatched grandeur with fashion, entertainment and sport on a mammoth scale.

The weekend event is held at Mahalaxmi Racecourse in Mumbai. The first event held in 1943 and has been continuously organized every year.

The Indian Derby in Mumbai offers the richest prize purse ever of Rupees 10 million rupees with over six million rupees.

Derby Weekend Celebration 2010:

The Indian derby in Mumbai organizes the popular horse race on one of the weekends in the month of February every year. The Derby Weekend will feature an extravaganza of horse racing over the weekend, along with the assortment of leisure and entertainment activities.