Music Tourism, A Journey For Passionate Musicophiles

India has always been a land of dance and music since ages. This tradition of art and culture has been in this land for many centuries. However, the one type of music that has gained a lot of attention of modern generation in India is music tourism. If you are unfamiliar with this word but have traveled to other places just to listen to your favorite band or star, then you have already entered into the realm of music tourism.

The idea of music tourism is not restricted to music these days but to trade the experience. The music festival in our country is not restrained to Bollywood but the participation of many international artists like Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Enrique Iglesias and others has become a buzzword in India. The growth of this massive interest in music shows how thrilled and eager is today’s generation to explore the new horizons in the music industry.

When we talk about a music festival in India, it turns out to be a great opportunity for the artists to display the real talent within them. Apart from this, these festivals not only attracts a huge crowd of tourists from the country and abroad but also help in boosting up the local employment, art, heritage, and culture.

Many of you might be confused to decide a place for your music tourism for the year 2018. Here are some of the most famous music festivals that will bring out true music love to you. If you are looking for the eccentric destinations for music than a five-day music festival, Dhrupad Mela is worth visiting for. This festival is celebrated in the month of February or March at Tulsi Ghat in the spiritual city of Varanasi. If your passion for music is endless then journey to Varanasi during this musical extravaganza is worth to explore. You can explore a great sense of traditional Indian music and culture during this festival.

Another such example is a three-day winter desert camping festival, Ragasthan. It is Asia’s first desert camping festival that was founded by Keith Menon in 2008 on the vast dunes of Thar Desert and the first Ragasthan festival took place in the year 2012, from 16^th to 18^th November at the outskirts of Jaisalmer.

The third edition of Ragasthan was held from 23 to 25 February this year in Jaisalmer. The festival highlighted a diverse combination of music with tradition, culture and many shared experiences of the artists. This festival can be the best place for you to experience the music tourism where you can see more than 50 artists sharing one stage all in one village. You can see the screening of many films under the sky, enjoy camping, celebrate in bars and restaurants, reenergize yourself with yoga sessions and many sports activities are part of the festival itinerary.

Not only this, the list of music festivals in India is endless, it includes Sunburn, VH1 Supersonic, NH7 Weekender, Hornbill International Music Festival, Ziro Festival of Music and many more. The love for music does not stop the youngsters to travel overseas for their favorite artists. This is how music tourism can be explained in simple term.