Delhi NCR packs 16 plans into 25 to 27 September: qawwali under the Bharat Mandapam lights, Pankaj Kapur on the Kamani stage, a free Yamuna festival, a heritage walk through Purana Qila, and a horror movie after a sunset hike. Here is the full lineup, day by day.
UK Pop Culture
🎫 Date: Saturday, 26 Sept, 7:00 PM
📍 Venue: Amphitheatre, Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan
A tribute to the youth of Devbhoomi, this evening is made for the Uttarakhand community in Delhi missing its mountains and its people. Rising pahadi artists Tarun S Bisht and Kartikey Uniyal lead a night of Indian pop and rap in Kumaoni, Garhwali and Hindi. It’s a homecoming gig where the whole crowd speaks the same language, vibes to the same music and has room to groove.
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Delhi Art Weekend: The Eighth City
🎫 Date: Saturday, 26 & Sunday, 27 Sept
📍 Venue: Travancore Palace, Kasturba Gandhi Marg
Delhi Art Weekend’s second edition, “The Eighth City”, explores a capital rebuilt seven times and still in the making. The weekend brings an art showcase, retail pop-ups, master talks, panels and live performances together. Workshops are the big draw: light art with Ansh Kumar, weaving with Medha Khosla, graphic novels with Debangshu Moulik, a portrait photography walk with Tejinder Khamkha, and personal branding with Amrit Pal Singh.
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Great India Beer Fest
🎫 Date: Saturday, 26 Sept, from 12:00 PM
📍 Venue: NSIC Exhibition Ground, Okhla
Billed as India’s biggest beer celebration, the fest brings 50+ local and international beers, craft brewery showcases, food pairings and live music together for one long afternoon. Parmish Verma and DJ Almost Human lead the lineup across Bollywood and techno stages. Between pours, there’s a Beer Olympics zone with beer pong and trivia, a laid-back Beer Garden, speed dating, and BBQ and gourmet food to keep you going.
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Kahani Ishq Ki by Zikrr Encore
🎫 Date: Saturday, 26 Sept, 7:00 PM
📍 Venue: Aiwan-e-Ghalib Auditorium, Mandi House
Zikrr Encore blends soulful music with poetry and shayari in Kahani Ishq Ki, an evening about love, longing and connection. Melodies, storytelling and spoken word weave together, moving between contemporary Sufi and indie sounds with powerful vocals at the core. It’s designed to feel intimate and cinematic, and an auditorium named after Ghalib is a fitting stage for a night of Urdu verse.
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Ishq Hai by Priya Malik
🎫 Date: Sunday, 27 Sept, 6:00 PM
📍 Venue: Studio XO, Sector 94, Noida
Poet Priya Malik brings the final chapter of Ishq Hai, her touring show that blends poetry, storytelling and music. Singer-songwriter Tanmay Maheshwari joins her as she traces love through its stages, from the first crush to heartbreak and everything in between. It’s written for anyone nostalgic about handwritten notes and mixtapes, pairing timeless melodies with stories that feel very much of now.
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TOXIC: Abhishek Upmanyu Live
🎫 Date: Saturday, 26 Sept, 5:00 PM
📍 Venue: Kedarnath Sahni Auditorium, Ajmeri Gate
Abhishek Upmanyu brings TOXIC, his latest hour of stand-up, home to Delhi. One of the country’s sharpest observational comics, he finds the absurd in everyday life, from relationships and technology to the quirks of Indian culture. Expect his trademark rapid-fire delivery, fresh takes on things you never thought to question, and a packed hall laughing at itself.
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Purana Qila Walk: From Pandavas to Partition
🎫 Date: Saturday, 26 Sept, 3:30 PM
📍 Venue: Purana Qila (meet at the fort’s ticket counter), Mathura Road
This heritage walk follows Purana Qila through thousands of years of Delhi’s story. It begins with the fort’s legendary link to Indraprastha, the Pandavas’ capital, and the archaeology behind the claim. Next come Humayun and Sher Shah Suri, whose rivalry shaped the gateways, mosque and water structures you’ll walk past. It ends in 1947, when the fort became one of Delhi’s largest refugee camps during Partition.
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Dreamz – Sehar by Pankaj Kapur
🎫 Date: Saturday, 26 Sept
📍 Venue: Kamani Auditorium, Mandi House
Pankaj Kapur writes, directs and stars in Dreamz – Sehar, a Hindustani play he leads alongside Supriya Pathak. Professor Saheb arrives in quiet Kasauli for a peaceful weekend, only to be drawn in by a mysterious woman searching for her sister. As he tries to help, he’s caught between a dream and a shocking reality. It’s a rare chance to watch two of Indian cinema’s finest actors share a stage.
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IHC Theatre Festival: Closing Weekend
🎫 Date: Saturday, 26 Sept, 7:00 PM (The Queen) & Sunday, 27 Sept, 7:00 PM (Bhasbharatam)
📍 Venue: Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road
The IHC Theatre Festival wraps its ten-day run with two strong closers. Saturday brings The Queen, Aditya Rawal’s English drama set in 1585, where Queen Durga fights to keep her kingdom amid uneasy ties to Akbar, starring Puja Sarup and Danish Husain. Sunday ends with Bhasbharatam by the NSD Sikkim Repertory Company, retelling the Mahabharata through five Sanskrit plays by Bhasa.
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Jashn-e-Qawwali ft. Kabul Bukhari
🎫 Date: Saturday, 26 Sept, 7:00 PM
📍 Venue: Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan
Jashn-e-Qawwali returns for its fifth edition with Sufi singer Kabul Bukhari live on stage. Known for renditions of “Afreen Afreen” and “Halka Halka Saroor”, Bukhari leads an evening of soulful qawwali in one of the city’s grandest venues. The night also does some good: every ticket supports Mann Ka Tilak, the elderly-care initiative of Wishes and Blessings, as it works towards a permanent home for senior citizens in need.
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Heineken 0.0: The Ultimate F1 Gurugram Screening
🎫 Date: Saturday, 26 Sept, 2:30 PM
📍 Venue: Underdoggs Arena, Gurugram
Heineken 0.0 turns the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix into a full fan mixer, a first for India. The race screens live, but the action starts at the gate: F1 Bingo that tracks overtakes and pit stops, fan predictions, DRS reflex challenges, trivia and team games built to get strangers talking. Photo moments and live crowd reactions keep things buzzing through every lap. Come for the race, leave with a new pit crew.
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Studio XO presents Ahsaas Boys Live
🎫 Date: Saturday, 26 Sept, 9:00 PM
📍 Venue: Studio XO, Sector 94, Noida
Studio XO Bar hands its stage to the Ahsaas Boys for a night of live music. Round up your group, settle in with an unconventional dining menu and a smashing cocktail list, and let the band carry the evening. It’s the easy Saturday plan for anyone on the Noida side who wants good food, good drinks and live music without a long drive into town.
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World Tourism Day at Baansera (DDA)
🎫 Date: Saturday, 26 & Sunday, 27 Sept (Nizami Brothers qawwali: Sunday, 7:00 PM)
📍 Venue: Baansera, Yamuna Floodplains, Sarai Kale Khan
The Delhi Development Authority marks World Tourism Day with a two-day celebration at its bamboo park on the Yamuna. Six themed zones fill the grounds: Hunar Gali for traditional crafts, Bharat Ke Zaayeke for regional food, Yaadon Ki Gali and Bachpan Ki Dukaan for nostalgia, plus Chitthi Ghar and Masti Ka Adda for hands-on fun. It closes on Sunday evening with Rang Ras Rooh, a live qawwali by the Nizami Brothers.
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7th Nadi Utsav: Iss Baar Yamuna
🎫 Date: Thursday, 24 to Saturday, 26 Sept
📍 Venue: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), Janpath
IGNCA’s river festival returns for its seventh edition, themed “Iss Baar Yamuna”, and puts the capital’s most overlooked river centre stage. Over three days, seminars and lectures unpack the Yamuna’s history, ecology and culture, while a film festival screens 17 selected films including premieres. Artists and cultural practitioners add performances and exhibitions, so there’s plenty here even if panel talks aren’t your thing.
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Rauhan Malik Live
🎫 Date: Friday, 25 Sept, 7:30 PM
📍 Venue: Depot 48, Green Park, New Delhi
The voice behind “Ishq”, the Billboard India-charting track with over 700 million streams, brings his live set to one of Delhi’s favourite indie rooms. Rauhan Malik’s music pulls Kashmiri folk into contemporary pop and rock, from his 2019 debut “Raasta” to the breakout that crossed 3 billion views online. Expect soulful folk turns, atmospheric rock swells and big singalong moments from one of the fastest-rising names in Indian indie.
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The Outdoor Horror Movie Night
🎫 Date: Saturday, 26 Sept, 5:30 PM
📍 Venue: The Beige Cafe, Gurugram
Trail It and HorrorCon take horror night outdoors. The evening opens with a short sunset hike to a scenic viewpoint, where a horror-movie quiz gets everyone’s brains working. Then it’s back to the cafe to settle in with popcorn and watch a horror film under the night sky, with dinner served at the interval. Come for the sunset, stay for the scares, and leave with questionable sleep.
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