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Riverside Ragas: Ustad Shahid Parvez (sitar) and Shashank Subramanyam (flute)

Friday 13th March 2026

Riverside Ragas: Ustad Shahid Parvez (sitar) and Shashank Subramanyam (flute)

Experience a once-in-a-lifetime evening as two of India's most celebrated maestros unite on stage — the legendary sitar virtuoso Ustad Shahid Parvez and the internationally acclaimed bamboo flute maestro Shashank Subramanyam. 

GemArts x Baltic: Holi Festival of Colours

Saturday 14th March 2026

GemArts x Baltic: Holi Festival of Colours

Holi Festival of Colours is back! Celebrate spring, new beginnings, and the vibrant Holi tradition with a spectacular colour throw, alongside creative workshops, henna, dance, music, and delicious Indian food. New for this year is the Holi on the Tyne stage on BALTIC Square, bringing world-class South Asian performances to the heart of the festival.

Riverside Ragas: Confluence

Friday 24th April 2026

Riverside Ragas: Confluence

Three accomplished and versatile musicians, Preetha Narayanan (violin), Giuliano Modarelli (guitar), and Harkiret Singh Bahra (tabla) come together to present an intimate Indian classical set with a contemporary folk-twist. A vibrant set celebrating Indian Classical music, Folk, and the spaces in between. Expect to hear lush melodies, intricate rhythms, heavy grooves, and free-wheeling improvisati...

Riverside Ragas: An Evening of Ghazals with Tauseef Akhtar

Friday 22nd May 2026

Riverside Ragas: An Evening of Ghazals with Tauseef Akhtar

Experience the timeless beauty of ghazals in a soulful concert led by singer Tauseef Akhtar, one of the most celebrated and refined voices of the genre today. In this special performance, Tauseef  will present well-known and much-loved ghazals by the King of Ghazals, Jagjit Singh, from whom he had the rare privilege of learning directly

Classic Café: Akash Parekar (sitar) and Janan Sathiendran (tabla)

Sunday 7th June 2026

Classic Café: Akash Parekar (sitar) and Janan Sathiendran (tabla)

Akash Parekar and Janan Sathiendran are two standout emerging artists in the UK’s Indian classical music scene. Akash, a British-born sitarist with a modern, Western-influenced style, trains under Roopa Panesar and has worked with artists like Zak Starkey and Mayur Navekar, performing at major festivals including Glastonbury. Janan, a versatile London-born tabla player trained in both Hindus...