Goa’s biggest music, dance and cultural festival – Goa Unplugged set to unfold

Goa’s biggest music, dance and cultural festival aptly titled GOA UNPLUGGED is all set to unfold – in a couple of months. The three-day extravaganza of music, dance, film, art, culture and multimedia is expected to be held at the Baga Beach in Goa from 2^nd September to the 4^th September.

Goa Unplugged will primarily be a music and dance festival, says DJ Jenny D, spokesperson for the event, but will also incorporate cultural events, local Goan music and dance performances, art shows and will screen local films on Goan history, culture and the Goan way of life. The event is expected to draw over 25,000 people with over 15000 visitors coming from the State of Goa itself and other 10,000 from the rest of India, say the organizers Living Talent Media. Goa Unplugged will include a strong ‘Don’t Do Drugs’ message at all its sub-events and performances. Over 2000 foreign tourists are expected to attend this event, given that DJs from Germany, the UK and the USA are expected to perform at Goa Unplugged.

Besides local Goan music, other forms like Hip-Hop, House, Techno, etc will be showcased by Disc Jockey’s or DJs from all over the world who have been invited for the event. While entry for the cultural events, cultural dance and music performances by local Goan bands and artistes is free, the entry fee for the three-day event for international DJ performances will be Rs 3000 per person.

“Goa Unplugged will offer a well-designed and produced, all-round entertainment experience, unique with a wide variety of music and performances, art, dance, film and even plays and theatre. Cutting-edge technology will combine with basic essentials in entertainment and music to produce a sophisticated, world-class audio-visual treat spread over three days,” explains DJ Jenny D who will be performing during all three days of the event.

The musical line-up for Goa Unplugged includes Electronica, House, Reggae, Folk, Progressive House, Ambient, Hip-Hop, Funk, Techno, a bit of Trance and will include even classical performances.

We have written to the State Government of Goa and the Ministry of Culture requesting that Goa Unplugged be classified as a Cultural Event which will enable us to reduce the entry fee burden particularly on local goan youth if the entertainment tax component is waived off by the state government, said a spokesperson for Living Talent Media. We expect the Government of Goa to consider our request favorably given the fact that almost 500 local artistes, musicians, actors, dancers etc from the State of Goa will participate in this event. The number of foreign performers is about 12-15. The focus is on local participation and we hope the government understands this. This is also a great tourism promotion activity for the State of Goa.

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