Nishagandhi Dance and Music Festival 2026

Date: 13 - 20 February 2026.
Time: from 06.00 pm; Venue: Kanakakunnu, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Entry - Free
Organised by - Department of Tourism, Govt. of Kerala.
 

13 Feb (Friday) -    
06:00 pm: Inaugural Ceremony.
07:00 pm: Bharatanatyam by Padma Shri Dr. Narthaki Nataraj.
07:45 pm: Bharatanatyam by Dr. Rajashree Warrier.
08:30 pm: Manipuri by Latasana Devi & Group.

14 Feb (Saturday) -
06:00 pm:    Mohiniyattam by Pooja Dasami.
06:30 pm:    Bharatanatyam by Padma Bhushan Shobana Chandrakumar.
07:15 pm:    Odissi by Madhulita Mohapatra & Group.

15 Feb (Sunday) -
06:00 pm:    Bharatanatyam by Srividya Sailesh.
06:30 pm:    Kuchipudi by T. Reddi Lakshmi.
07:15 pm:    Bharatanatyam by Padma Shri Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayanth & Group.

16 Feb (Monday) -
06:00 pm:    Bharatanatyam by Akshaya Arunkumar.
06:30 pm:    Bharatanatyam by Meenakshi Srinivasan.
07:15 pm:    Mohiniyattam by Dr. Kalamandalam Rachitha Ravi & Group.

17 Feb (Tuesday) -
06:00 pm:    Bharatanatyam by Sharmada Vishwanath.
06:30 pm:    Mohiniyattam by Sitara Balakrishnan.
07:15 pm:    Bharatanatyam by Prathibha Ramaswamy & Sandhya Udupa.

18 Feb (Wednesday) -
06:00 pm:    Odissi by Padma Shri Dr. Aruna Mohanty.
06:30 pm:    Bharatanatyam by Dr. Sathyanarayana Raju.
07:15 pm:    Mohiniyattam by Shruthi Shoby & Group.

19 Feb (Thrusday) -
06:00 pm:    Sattriya by Dimpee Baishya.
06:30 pm:    Bharatanatyam by Navya Nair.
07:15 pm:    Kuchipudi by Rachana Narayanan Kutty & Group.

20 Feb (Friday) -
06:00 pm:    Bharatanatyam by Asha Sharath.
06:45 pm:    Mohiniyattam by Aparna Balram Marar.
07:15 pm:    Kathak by Swati Sinha & Group.
08.00 pm: Bharatanatyam by Shaijaa Bineesh.