Qutub festival to coincide with CWG
By IANSSunday, September 26, 2010
NEW DELHI - Delhi’s much treasured ‘Qutub Festival’ of dance and music will be “much bigger and better” this time around as it coincides with the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games, an official said.
The usually three-day long festival will be spread over 10 days this year Oct 4-13.
According to an official of the department of art, culture and languages: “Some of the biggest names in the music industry will be performing at the festival like Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Louis Banks, Hariharan, Daler Mehndi, Euphoria, Mohit Chauhan, among others. The emphasis this time around is on the popular music genre.”
The visitors, while listening to a wide variety of music in an overwhelming ambience, can dig into multi-cuisine food in the nearby food court.
“The food court will be much bigger than previous years with a lot of varieties to choose from,” the official said.
Some 7,000 athletes and officials from 71 countries and territories are expected to attend the Commonwealth Games.
