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Music Events in Goa
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Nightlife is not all parties, it is the live music shows, gigs at cafes or a kickass concert. You get to witness the best of the music events in Goa; from live music to the tours of artists, there is a lot that the city has in store for you. For a different choice of music, there are distinct events in Goa. For classical music lovers, they have classical music shows and concerts, while for the groovers they have concerts in Goa to dance your heart out.
The city is never out of stock when it’s music events so get grooving already.
The small coastal state of India, the queen of beaches for paradise lovers has much to offer apart from adventure, sea, and salt. Being one of the popular tourist destinations it attracts peeps for its serene yet wild lifestyle, foods and glitterati. Amidst such vivid affairs, a second thing to haunt for is sounds, the soul of Goa. Goa music is a synthesis of both folk and western music especially the Portuguese rendition in their lyrics along with the Konkani. EDM fests are something that you must hit to enjoy live music in Goa. The famed Sunburn Festival is the top mass puller starting from its inception days. The electronic dance music stretch over 3 days has multiple stages with top artists performing simultaneously. The Sonic Music Fest is another event to look forward to hip-hop, electronic and indie rock music lovers, marking the presence of some popular artists in the arena. The EDM that traversed Germany is the Oktober Fest and this has been imbibed in the cultural roots of Goa. This fun frolic event promises you good food, beer, and rock music to hop at its beat.
A journey is incomplete until you reach the destination. The expedition of Goa music ends at some of the best venues to experience the extravagant food and opulent live music in Goa. Soro -the village bar is the newbie with an urban decor known to attract party lovers and tourists alike for its food and music. The Legendary Guru Bar named after its owner Sadaguru Purusottam Naik a former lifeguard opened the dhaba styled canteen bamboo shack with thatched roofs. Apart from the food, you can engage your weekend with soulful music here. For the weekend you can also plan for the Cavala. The quintessential Portuguese structure, popular for their sea platter along with cocktails and variety of musical gala from live bands to piano performance at Sundays is there to quench the thirsty fervor. In House No. 248 you can imagine about the different genres of live music being played. From Desi Indian Classical to Ghazal, Balkan to Afro Scandinavian music. Every artist has a latitude along with their followers and while listening to your favorite tune you can treat yourself with Spanish/Latin American cuisine.
Speaking of Goa Music, it has a traditional soul and western body. The folk music in Goa uses Indian instruments like dhol, mridhang, tabla, surt, shehnai, etc to name a few. As you travel through the rural areas you can capture the essence of local live music in Goa. Mandori is a chorus dance song sung by the Catholic Christian boys and girls. Ovi is sung during the nuptial ceremony. While Survari is the symbolic songs of Hindu festival.
In western music, Portuguese influence has been witnessed in Catholic Weddings songs clubbed with the Hip-Hop music of Disc Jockey. The Electronic music in Goa has originated in late the 20th Century with forms like Goa Trance, Pop and Rockband culture owning its sway from the Hippie's those come to tan in beaches of Goa. The music produced by a live band includes the keyboard, saxophone, bass guitar, trumpet, and drums. Apart from this Goa has also gifted some of the renounced iconic artists like Lorna Cordeiro, Chris Perry, Hema Sardesai, Oliver Sean, Remo Fernandes, Kishori Amonkar, Candian-Goan band Goa Amigos, Dinanath Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, and the legendary Lata Mangeshkar.
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