Kala Ghoda Art Festival of Mumbai: A showcase of diverse art forms & performances

The Kala Ghoda Art Festival of Mumbai is one of a kind. The epicentre is the Kala Ghoda statue surrounded by art galleries like the Jehangir Art Gallery, Modern Art and Science Gallery, and educational institutions such as the Mumbai University, the Elphinstone College, and popular boutiques like Fab India, and Sabyasachi spread across the heritage buildings of the city. The festival started in 1999 to promote visual arts, dance, music, theatre, cinema, literature, children’s workshops and literature, heritage walks, urban design and architecture, and visual arts which included exhibitions, stand-up comedy, and stalls selling eco-friendly, handmade art and craft wares from almost 20 states, besides food stalls and blind people giving massage services and street shows, performances at cooperage band stand and grand stand. Though it is centered around the Kala Ghoda statue, the entire street area of Kaikashru Dubash Marg extends to several locations in south Mumbai like the auditoriums at CSMVS, the lawns of Prince of Wales Museum, Cross Maidan, Horniman Circle garden, M C Ghia Hall, the cafeteria at Westside, Tata store at Army and Navy Building, the Max Mueller Bhavan Gallery, the auditorium at National Gallery of Modern Art, garden at David Sassoon Library, and the Asiatic Library.