Watch Yogi B, Pradeep Kumar, Navz-47 and other musicians live at this Chennai music festival

The indie alt music festival by Madras on Music 2023 on July 29 and 30 will feature 20 artists from around the world, including Paal Dabba & Oorka.

For Navz-47, Chennai truly feels like home. This independent musician from the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora community in Canada, says that it is the people, the culture and the coffee that keep bringing her back.

This visit though, is special for the artist. She will be performing for the first time in the city as part of a two-day Indie Alt Music Festival by Madras on Music 2023 alongside 20 other famous artists from across the world on July 29 and 30 on East Coast Road. 

It has been two years since the release of the song ‘Neeye Oli’ by Navz-47, Santhosh Narayanan and Shan Vincent de Paul. Yet, it remains a perfect, recent example of how independent music can become vastly popular and continue to loop in our playlists.

Navz-47 says that ‘Neeye Oli’ will only be one of the several songs she will be performing at the event. With the diaspora community exploring regional hip-hop, the singer says that she hopes to inspire young women who look and sound like her to take the stage. “The performance is going to be pattasu (fireworks). I am going to bring tonnes of extra energy on to the stage,” she says. 

The festival promises an impressive line-up of artistes including independent artistes from abroad as well a host of local talent including Yogi B and Natchatra, Antony in Party, Sean Roldan and Friends, Stephen Zechariah, Skrat and Kaber Vasuki who will be performing on different stages. 

There will also be shows around a campfire and an after-party. 

“Four zones — the fun zone, fan zone, flea market and general zone — have been conceived to enable all our fans to experience at least one of the zones depending on the passes they hold,” said Hemanth Raja, founder of ACTC Studio.