Pondy Freedom Jam
The Freedom Jam - Pondy Music Festival has been going on in Pondicherry, on the Bay of Bengal coast 150 km south of Chennai, for the last six years supported by the Dept. of Tourism. It is now held on the Republic Day weekend in January, the 'tourist season' when the weather is pleasant at several different venues showcasing music simultaneously on the beachfront. Generally speaking compared to the Bangalore version the Pondy edition offers a more eclectic world music feel with a lot of various styles, even though contemporary Indian rock is well represented. In 2010 artistes like Ministry of Blues, Matt Littlewood Group, BAJA, Inside Out, Alan Rego and many more bands including a host of ethnic performers regaled the crowd thru two evenings and a 'morning raga' recital at sunrise.
The movement has also spread to Chennai and has been held twice; once at Bucks open air theatre, YMCA and last year at Spaces,Elliots Beach & Musee Musicale.
Read more about this topic: Freedom Jam
Famous quotes containing the words freedom and/or jam:
“The chief lesson of the Depression should never be forgotten. Even our liberty-loving American people will sacrifice their freedom and their democratic principles if their security and their very lives are threatened by another breakdown of our free enterprise system. We can no more afford another general depression than we can afford another total war, if democracy is to survive.”
—Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970)
“The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday—but never jam today.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)