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Galle Music Festival at the Samanala grounds

The Galle Music Festivalwill be held on March 3 and 4 at the Samanala grounds, Galle bringing together musicians from around the island for a free two day open air event of music.

The day time programme will be from 10 am to 1 pm and the evening programme will be from 5 pm to 10.30 pm.

This festival will focus on folk and contemporary music with an emphasis on the diverse and multi cultural folk traditions of Sri Lanka such as sanni yakuma, kolam, rookada, sampradaika jana gee, kaffer manja and many more.

International folk such as Chhayanaut Baouls from Bangladesh, Raghu Dixit Project from India and contemporary musicians such as Sangeeth Bhawana, Evolution, Centigradz along with many others will also add to the exciting line up of local musical performances.

Galle Music Festival's interactive Children's Day will include drumming, dancing and singing workshops especially designed for children.

Children will be able to visit their favourite folk village hut, whether it be local or international.

They will also be able to ask the artists a heap of questions and even try out their instruments and learn ancient survival methods used for centuries first hand from the aadi - vaasin (indigenous tribes).

 

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