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Habba' in Kannada means 'Festival'. The third edition of annual cultural event, Bangalore Habba will be celebrated November 30 to December 9, 2007. Over 2750 artistes from Karnataka and 250 artistes from acros India will participate in Bangalore Habba. Habba will spread the festival acros towns in Karnataka such as Dharwad, Chikamangaluru, Mangalore, Tumkur and Mandya to create awarenes about different performing artts and share euphoric experience of the Habba with people living outside Bangalore. Golf and swimming has been added from Habba 2007. Habba would be a platform to highlight all forms of art from Hindustani Classical Music to Jazz. Children from 25 government schools will be trained in dance and the best five will be given a chance to perform on stage. Each day children will participate in dance workshops from 9 am to 4 pm. The Habba has been sponsored by the Airtel . Events will include music, dance, film panorama, stret theatre, adventure sports, a golf tournament, tennis ball cricket tournament, pulling race, vintage car rally. Apart from art, the Haba has eat outs, shopping and also film elements. The street plays will be held at 75 junctions in Bangalore. Passes are available at select Cafe Coffee Day outlets, Sigma Mall and Bangalore Central. For details call: (080) 2361-4443/ 2361-0920. There will be an added attraction in youth festival called 'Resonance'. The aim of this programme is to link the knowledge and experience of the senior citizens with the energy and dynamism of the youth. This is a three day inter-collegiate festival with a combination of dance, music and theatre with participation of over 100 colleges from Bangalore, which will be held at the St. Joseph Indian High School grounds. The programmes will be conducted at public places like parks, temples, malls, Cubbon Park and Art Espresso to facilitate more people to witness them. Dance, music, theatre, fashion and interactive sessions re planned in malls and the Resonance and mega events at the Plance Grounds. This event aims to reinstate Bangalore as the culture capital and not just IT/BT capital. The venue will not be MG Road in view of the Bangalore Metro Rail work. The new venues are, * Kala Madhyam Crafts and Performing Arts Mela: Chitrakala Parishat
* Swim Meet: Bowring Institute
* Golf Tournament: KGA Golf Club
* Habba Visual Arts: St George’s Square, Cubbon Park
* Hindustani Classical Music: Ambedkar Bhavan
* Classical Dance and Music: JSS Auditorium
* Carnatic Classical: Gayana Samaj
* English Theatre: Chowdaiah Memorial Hall
* Kannada Theatre: Dr Rajkumar Auditorium
* Cultural Events: Gopalan Mall, Mysore Road
* Musical Nites: Parks and BDA complexes
* Jazz Music: Alliance Francaise de Bangalore
* Rock Music: Palace Grounds, Mekhri Circle
* Mega Events and Food Courts, Palace Grounds.
Click here to view the complete schedule of Bengalooru Habba 2006
Some of the other highlights are: - JSS auditorium for Classical Dance featuring performances by Padma Subramaniam, Mohiniatam by artistes from Kerala Kalamandalam, Kathak by Aditi Mangaldas.
- Ambedkar Bhavan for classical music with performances by Kunnaikudi Vaidyanathan, TAS Mani, Shuba Mudgal.
- Shankara Foundation for varied arts foundation featuring Nupura, Usha Uthup, fusion band The Unknowns and Gerard Machado Network.
- Chitra Kala Parishat for Kannada theatre.
- Samsa featuring Rangasiri Theatre festival
- Palace Grounds will see some glittering action during Dec 9-11. Some events include jugalbandhi of Pandit Jasraj and Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Dhol Foundation UK, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash.
- Parks for sufi music, magic shows, fim music.
- Temples for Carnatic and Hindustani vocals.
- Artiste's Walkway on MG Road.
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