BLR Hubba 2024 preview: Bengaluru’s grand celebration of art and culture returns
Last year, the inaugural Unboxing BLR Hubba set out to establish Bengaluru as a cultural hotspot, drawing inspiration from the iconic Edinburgh Fringe Festival. With over 300 events scattered across the city, it hinted at the city’s potential to host a world-class cultural celebration. For V Ravichandar, the festival’s chief facilitator however, this was just the beginning.“I would say we are decades away from reaching the scale of the Fringe,” he says. “Edinburgh transforms into a festival hub, hosting over 2,000 daily events across 600 venues. Our challenges as a city are different — potholes, water, and garbage — but our goal is similar: to position Bengaluru as a city worth celebrating on the world map.”This year, BLR Hubba returns from 30 November to 15 December with a bold new vision...