A scene of musical performance during Spring Fest -2019 ( File Photo )
Spring Fest 2020 to be held at IIT Kharagpur from January 24 to 26
Kharagpur, October 20, 2019: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, will organise Spring Fest, an annual social and cultural fest, from January 24 to 26, 2020.
With a footfall of more than 80,000, Spring Fest is one of the largest of its kind in Asia to be organized entirely by students.
Participants from almost 750 major colleges of India throng to Kharagpur for this three-day celebration of fun and frolic. Spring Fest 2020 will be the 61st edition of the fest.
In this edition of the fest, events like Hitch Hike, the nationwide prelims for five of its flagship events: Nukkad, SF Idol, Shake a Leg, Two for a Tango and Shuffle are being held in October in 11 cities across India, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Patna, Lucknow, Jaipur and Chandigarh.
IIT Kharagpur Complex
“Witnessing enthusiastic participation across all venues this year, the excitement for the upcoming prelims of Wildfire, our western rock-band competition in December has gone through the roof,” says Vansh Sood , spokesperson of the organisers.
Eliminations, prelims round for Stand Up Comedy and Poetry Slam resulted in great outreach of the fest to multiple cities namely Bhubaneswar, Kolkata and Ranchi.
With the budding enthusiasm of the participants and the organising team, and the palpable excitement in the air, this edition of Spring Fest promises to be the biggest so far.
Spring Fest conducts a multitude of events encompassing 12 genres and more than 130 events are contested among the best in India with a total cash prize worth around Rs 35 lakh at stake.
As always, boatload of new events are here to tickle the senses of participants which bring out their hidden talent.
These events aim to provide a battlefield for the best of the best and also to have the participants experience the time of their lives.
Last year’s social initiative, ‘Saksham: Transcending the Taboo’, aimed to tackle transgender issues head-on and promote mental equality for all.
Social conclaves were also organized in more than five cities to address the issues faced by transgenders in different parts of the country.
Star-nights have always been an integral part of the Spring Fest charm . Artists like Shaan, Vishal-Shekhar, Farhan Akhtar, Amit Trivedi, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Salim-Sulaiman, KK, Prateek Kuhad, The Raghu Dixit Project, Agnee, Indian Ocean, Swarathma, Parikrama, Euphoria, Pentagram, The Local Train, and many more monumental performances have happened at Spring Fest in the past years. International bands like Dead by April, Monuments, Tesseract have rocked the audience at Spring Fest.
A scene of musical performance during Spring Fest -2019
Star-nights have always been an integral part of the Spring Fest charm. Artists like Shaan, Vishal-Shekhar, Farhan Akhtar, Amit Trivedi, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Salim-Sulaiman, KK, Prateek Kuhad, The Raghu Dixit Project, Agnee, Indian Ocean, Swarathma, Parikrama, Euphoria, Pentagram, The Local Train, and many more monumental performances have happened at Spring Fest in the past years. International bands like Dead by April, Monuments, Tesseract have rocked the audience at Spring Fest.
Visit the Spring Fest, IIT Kharagpur Facebook page or log on to www.springfest.in to know more.