The Future Is Now & Rising At W Goa Hotel This Summer

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What happens when you take one of the most young, buzzing & snazzy hotels in India and combine it with music, art & food? You get the Future Rising, a collaboration between the W Goa Hotel & Mixcloud that identifies, cultivates & celebrates emerging artists.

What Is It All About?

After, Europe and the Middle East, this event finally makes its way to Asia, at W Hotel groups’ first property in India (in Goa, to be precise). Launched in 2016 with the idea to engage creative leaders of tomorrow across all artistic platforms- be it musicians, visual arts, videographers, innovators or creative disruptors. Held in the past in cities such as St.Petersburg, London, Amsterdam, Dubai and Istanbul, with participants and acts that has included names like Jarreau Vandal, Hannah Faith, Mercedes Benson, 22 Tracks, The 264 Cru, DJ Uner to name just a few, this is a helluva event, you guys.

May 5 is when Future Rising Goa kicks off, to bring together everyone who share the passion for arts. With ‘wonderland’ as the theme, they are aiming to bring forth the theme with Goa’s most passionate and creative artists and thinkers to uncover the influence of the state in culture & music, both locally and globally. So expect to be wowed by a night of music, arts, culture & talks that will take you on a discovery of the creative scene in Goa and globally.

What's More?

The evening will see a panel discussion titled ‘Suite Session’ featuring artists Subodh Kerkar, photojournalist Prashant Panjiar, Prahlad Sukhtankar, owner of the Black Sheep Bistro restaurant. Also joining them will be co-founder of the Magnetic Fields Music Festival, Smita Singh who is also known more popularly by her nom de guerre AGENT in her other avatar as a DJ, as well as the FC Goa Football Team President Akshay Tandon. These guys will be discussing the state of the modern creative community in Goa amongst how each and every creative person could create their own Wonderland.

And you could catch a trio of installations by Subodh Kerkar that will be keeping the theme ‘Future Rising’ in focus. And then get jumping to the rising future with performances by emerging artists from in and around. DJs such as AGENT & Luna Toke, who perform as the Tsunami Soup Collective, and DJ,-Producer RHL alongside Boxout SoundSystem are all set to show you how the Future seems to be shaping up in the musical domain.

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The event is free to attend, but you need to register. For registration and more details please check here.