6th edition of North East Festival 2018 at Delhi
Date : 26th October - 28th October, 2018

North East Festival
Cordially invites you to the
Inaugural Ceremony of
6th edition 'NORTH EAST FESTIVAL'

Chief Guest : Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Union Minister of DoNER, Govt of India
Guest of Honour: Mr. Alphons Thomas, Hon’ble Union Tourism Minister, Govt of India
Guest of Honour: Dr. Sachidananda Joshi, Member Secretary, IGNCA

26th October, 2018 6.30pm
Main Stage, IGNCA (Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts), Janpath
New Delhi-110001
Nearest Metro Station: Central Secretariat
Entry from: Gate No. 1 (Janpath), Gate No. 3 (Dr Rajendra Prasad Road), Gate No. 11 (Man Singh Road)
Entry Free

Programme Schedule:

6th North East Festival
26th-28th October, 2018 at IGNCA, Janpath, New Delhi.
Entry from 3 Rajendra Prasad Road and 1 Janpath Road
Entry free
Programme Timings:
11 AM – 10 PM Every day

Main Component:
Food Stalls: 40 Food stalls will display the various North Eastern cuisines
Craft Stalls: 150 Craft Stalls will display exotic handloom and handicraft products of North East Agro, Horti & Food Processing stalls including tea
Stalls will present organic products of nook and corners of North East India
NEF Rock battle
The Rock battle will start from 11 AM Noon upto 4 PM every day will present various forms of rock, blues, heavy metal, Bollywood music.
Fashion Shows:
Three evenings of Spectacular fashion show will showecase 12 top designers of NER presenting authentic products of North East.
Musical Evenings:
North East Festival will present Delhi’s biggest three evenings of music comprising Bollywood singer, Rock bands, Heavy metal bands, folk performer etc.
Folk performances:
Every day folk performers from North East will regale audience with folk dance performance, dance & drama etc.
Traditional Sports of North East
Various unique traditional sports of North East will be on display during the Festival

Day 1

26th October, 2018
Rock battle starts at 11 AM
2 PM: North East Festival Food Walk
A meet of Food bloggers, writers, food media personalities with North Eastern Chefs.
Venue near Food Stalls
Daytime Carnival of dance and sports – Venue Amphitheatre
4 PM Onwards. – Manipuri dance, Bagrumba dance

6.30 PM FORMAL INAUGURATION

Chief Guest : Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Union Minister of DoNER, Govt of India
Guest of Honour: Mr. Alphons Thomas, Hon’ble Union Tourism MInister
Guest of Honour: Dr. Sachidananda Joshi, Member Secretary, IGNCA
6.00 PM Cultural Fashion Evening :
Awarathanga Chiru
RJay & SQUAD
RAAHIE
OMAK KAMUT & COLLECTIVE
Fashion Show:
Bompie Riram
Ejjaya
Barsha Aditya Singh
FINAL ACT
PAPON

Day 2

27th October, 2018
11 Noon: Rock battle starts
12 Noon Onwards, Conference Hall, IGNCA
National Seminar : “The Untruth, the half truth and the truth of NRC”
Speakers: NRC Stakeholders of Assam, Top intellectuals of Delhi, National media
Daytime Carnival will start from 1 PM
Performance by Prabhat Sharma and Team presenting folk instrucments of Assam and North East
Hozagiri dance of Tripura
Mizo dance
Arunachali dance
Cultural Evening: 6 PM Onwards,
Performances:
TROUBLE CHEF
TETSEO SISTERS
FELI FANAI
ASWEKEEPSEARCHING
NEEL AKASH &
ZUBEEN GARG
Fashion Show:
Escape Engmoia
Tamie May
Khrelasier Liezietsu
Ruper Lynrah

Day 3

28th October, 2018
Rock Battle starts at 11 AM
Daytime Carnival will start from 1 PM
Manipuri martial arts performances: Thang Ta
Bihu dance
Zilliangrong of Liangmai Naga dance
Garo Wangla dance
5.30 PM : Fashion writers & bloggers Meet with designers and entrepreneurs
Cultural Evening: 6 PM Onwards,
*Inauguration by: Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Hon’ble Union Minister of Culture
(Confirmation awaited)
Guest of Honour: Mr. Ram Muivah
Felicitation of North Eastern icons
Performances:
RAHUL RAJKHOWA ft SUDEEP
KHASI BLOODZ
STILLWATERS
LOU MAJAW & BAND
MKSHFT DJ SHAMELESS MONEY DJ
Fashion Show:
Yana Ngoba
Jagrity Phukon
Sanghamitra Phukon
HImanshu Das