How many times, distance and traffic rejected their plans to catch a show in the city? The upcoming linear festival will take place at places along the Green Metro Line of Bengaluru, making it easier for the audience to hop on the events they want to participate.
“We wanted to make something that is accessible to all and keeping this in mind, we found places within a 20 -minute walk from the Green Metro line,” the festival director Vishwuti Bindal, the director of the festival, who conceptualized the show with Bharvi. Together, the two established linear festivals in September 2024.
Vishwuti says that six shows are planned in the festival in such a way that viewers can participate without sweating all of them. “The festival lasts for 24 hours, perhaps the first of its kind in the city, and the opportunity to detect Bengaluru with her,” she says.
Says Bharvi, “Most festivals are hosted at one place, then they are defined and limited from that place. Everything, including the audience, focus on the site – arriving there and playing the event, says,” Bharavi says, “Bharvi says,” It is not essentially intended to deal with interesting challenges and opportunities that were not essential for performance. “
He has mentioned the Kavade Store with an attic place that lends himself to an intimate concert program, or Gazebos and Amphitheater at CV Raman House. “During the festival, there are different spaces that show how favorable they can be for performance art.”
Vishwuti says that the metro brings the neighborhood closer in terms of culture along with distance. She combines the fact that the metro “is an forecast mode of transport and offers a simple way to beat the traffic” when they were curing the festival, worked in its favor.
Artist Asanga Borrang | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
According to the schedule, the linear begins at 3 pm on September 13 and continues till 3 pm the next evening. On 13 September, there is a puppet theater presented by All-Nater Gunduraju that will begin at 10 am and end at 6 am on 14 September. “The Act Virrat Parv Is from chapter Mahabharata Says Bharavi, “Abhimanu’s marriage follows the exile of the Pandavas.
According to the directors of the festival, since the metro closes at 11 am, any incident will have to air till at least 10 pm. “However, we found an interesting option to run the show through the night. Puppet, who lives from Hasan, told us that such shows were common on weddings and special occasions when traveling back, along with traveling back, will be too late to host many guests.
Bangalore Creative Circus, the site for this segment, will have its own cafe, “and the celebrations will run at night. We are hoping that the audience will maintain,” says Bharvi.
Talking about his cuisation for the festival, Vishwuti says he wanted to bring shows from “non-urban centers” in India. “We wanted a sharp and emerging cursion for the linear and our goal was to build an audience that would appreciate such an offer.”
A scene from the drama Goodbye by -election It will be staged on linear. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
She mentions Goodbye by -electionA play in Kerala, which will debut in Bengaluru, as well as the music act of Zeron and Fat Care. Zeron is from Sikkim and performs in Nepali, Hindi and English, while Fat Cret from Ajmer Raps in English and Hindi.
Asang Baurang with his third recurrence Chinki Express arrives in the city There is also a part of linear. “Aseng always brings something new and exciting to his show. I am sure if we see it after one and a half years then it will be quite different what we will see at the end of this week. This will be the first time she is doing this piece out.”
Others who perform in linear include Shilpa Mudbi, Khokhosh and Aononius. The main attraction of the festival involves a guided walk through Malleshwaram between the two shows, from the metro station to the venue, and an open house in Kavade where visitors can try their hand in traditional board games.
The linear festival begins at 3 pm on 13 September. The ticket starts at ₹ 399, as well as a complete schedule of events available on linearfestrals.in.
Published – September 10, 2025 06:45 pm IST
