Sensational India Festival

Peabody Essex Museum celebrates an unparalleled 200-year legacy of cultural exchange with India through the 'Sensational India!' Festival! This year's festival celebrates the creativity and dynamism of contemporary India during this annual weekend-long festival. We'll present pioneering artists, electrifying performances, provocative ideas and creative family-friendly experiences. Inspired by the modern and contemporary Indian art in Midnight to the Boom, explore today's India through dance, food, musical performances, visual art and storytelling.

A weekend filled with family fun and events includes:

• Saturday & Sunday:
  • Drop-In Art Activity: Painting with Pigment
  • Story Time: Elephant Dance
  • Dance Performance: Dakshina Dance Company
  • Concert: Lakha Khan
• Saturday Only:
  • Backdrop art making with artist Adrian Galvin
  • Cooking Demonstrations for Adults: Healing Value of Spices
  • Artist Talk: Raghava KK
• Sunday Only:
  • Presentation: The Eternal Essence of Music with Ankur Malhotra
  • Discussion: India Calling: A Writer's Reflections on a Culture in Transition with Anand Giridharadas
  • Art Workshop: Shadows that Misbehave

There's also a Bollywood Dance Party for adults aged 21 and over on Saturday Night!

Sensational India! is made possible in part by Samir and Nilima Desai, The Desai Family Foundation and Taj Boston