Saturday, May 3rd Vancouver will host Canada’s only South Asian Canadian music festival showcasing 20 young and aspiring Indo-Canadian artists into the mainstream music industry.

South Asian music fans can get their groove on in Gastown between West Cordova and Cambie.

Beginning at 10 a.m. this 12-hour music extravaganza will end with an explosive finale featuring DJ Amita & Bollywood Grooves.

RBC desiFEST presents the very best in South Asian Canadian music and dance with contemporary indo-jazz fusion and world music, along with cutting edge DJs from the Asian underground music scene.

Admission is free and the festival also features dance and music workshops, cooking demonstrations, arts and crafts vendors and traditional South Asian delicacies.

This year, performers will include master tabla player Trichi Sankaran, Friends of Raagas, Toronto’s number one DJ Baba Kahn, katak phenomenon Monika Monga and the mesmerizing dancers from Kama Entertaiment.

Saturday, May 3rd

10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Water St. in Gastown (at West Cordova & Cambie)

Info: www.desifest.ca

Morning Lineup: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Daksh Kubba

Joti Shergill

Sabrina

Shai Dance

Priya & Camille

Trisha Rampersad/Meera Puri UBC Girlz - United Band Welcome Speech

Afternoon Lineup: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Kaka Canadian

DJ/Bha/Break

1 dance (kids) - DJ Com

Cassius Khan

Sunny Matharu Dil Vog

Sri Lankan Duo

Evening Lineup: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

DJ Publicity

EN Karma

Jagua

CHIN

A-Slam

Shez Khan

Hemant Rao