Bhubaneswar: The road between Housing Board Square and Ram Mandir will come alive as a galaxy of stars will descend upon Odisha capital during the second edition of ‘DoT Fest’, a special rendezvous of musical and dance and food festival begin organised on the sidelines of FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup, beginning Sunday.
The curtain-raiser of ‘Bhubaneswar Live’ event, which will be held from 7 pm to 10 pm every day till January 24, will have singer Guru Randhawa, actress Disha Patani and K-pop band Blackswan featuring Odisha’s Shreya Lenka set the stage at Idco Exhibition Ground on fire.
Besides Bollywood celebrities, 11 Odia stars, including Dipti Rekha Padhi, Pragyan Hota, Lisa Mishra, Rituraj Mohanty, rapper Big Deal, Swayam Padhi, Satyajeet Jena and Aseema Panda will also perform at the city fest.
DAY-WISE SCHEDULE
Jan 15: K-pop band Blackswan, Guru Randhawa, Disha Patani
Jan 16: Harshdeep Kaur, Navraj Hans, Priya Malik.
Jan 17: Neeti Mohan, Divya Kumar.
Jan 18: Lisa Mishra, Sniti Mishra, Rituraj Mohanty, Rapper Big deal.
Jan 19: Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Taufiq Qureshi, Louis Banks, George Brooks, Gwyneth Wentink, Ojas Adhiya.
Jan 20: Sunil Grover, Shilpa Rao.
Jan 21: Amit Trivedi.
Jan 22: Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik.
Jan 23: Siddhart Mahadevan, Shivam Mahadevan, Shrinidhi Ghatate.
The last day ( January 24) of the show will also witness performances by choreographer Salman Yousuf, and singers Sukhwinder Singh, Pawandeep Rajan and Arunita Kanjilal.
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This apart, more than 800 other regional artists will entertain visitors with a string of performances in Sambalpuri Folk, Dhemsa Dance, Ghumura, Paika Akhada, Nabadurga Dance, Jodi Shankha, Fate Fighters Mallakhamb and many more on the three stages set up across the flea market/night bazaar at adjacent Ekamra Haat from January 15-29.
The International Food Festival will also start at the exhibition ground on Sunday and will have around 35 stalls, including six international stalls where people will find culinary delights from 16 different countries and 24 states.
Three more parallel events – Bhufesto, Ekamra walks and Sebe-O-Eebe photo exhibition are being held in the city.
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