The Fireflies Festival of Sacred Music is an annual music festival held at the Fireflies Ashram off Kanakapura road, Bangalore. It was previously known as Bhoomi Jathre.
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The festival
The stage, as always, is set under a banyan tree in an open-air amphitheatre, adjacent to a lake and away from the sodium trail of the city . Here, through music we celebrate the relationship of oneness between man and earth. This forms the bedrock of the festival ethos. It is also a celebration of the pluralism of India. The festival, from dusk to dawn, is a cultural experience where on offer is sounds of various genres. Taking care to juxtapose the indigenous with the international, the established with the unheard of, and jazz with tribal folk. It is one of those peaceful and soothing time that one really needs in their busy and hectic life.
The first year the theme was "Peace in Iraq", the second year the need to conserve water, the third year "Protect and grow more trees", and the fourth year "The inner journey–The outer journey".
The Fireflies festival covers a wide range of musical genres including Hindustani and carnatic vocal and instrumental, baul, fusion, western jazz, folk, alternative music, and many experimental and innovative genres.
The coming edition is being organized on 19 February 2011, starting from 7 PM to 7 AM. Passes need to be purchased. One should visit the official website fireflies.org.in to get contact details and further information.
Performers
For the 2011 festival, the ANNOUNCED line-up is as follows:
1. Thermal and a Quarter
2. Swarathma
3. Something Relevant
4. Moon Arra
5. Spinifex with Dr Mysore Manjunath
6. The Bicycle Days
7. Esperanto
8. Dollu Kunitha
9. Parvaaz
10. yodhakaa
11. Vedanth and Bindu
12. Faiyaz Khan
13. Sandesh lays UK
Artistes who participated in the festival of 20/21 February 2010 were:
Artists who participated in the festival of 21/22 February 2009 were:
Performers that have participated in this festival include: