Ziro Festival 2026

Ziro Festival returns to the Ziro valley for its 13th edition: four days of music on a paddy-field stage in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Subansiri district. The festival bills itself as India's greatest outdoor music festival.

The 2026 bill runs from Parikrama, marking 35 years of rock 'n' roll, and the bhangra-pop of Sukhbir, to Midival Punditz, Sneha Khanwalkar, Shakthisree Gopalan and Shanka Tribe.

The Northeast takes a full share of the stage:

• Tripura: Shukesh Sukla Badiya
• Manipur: Chingleipak Collective and Yelhomie
• Sikkim: Tribal Rain
• Nagaland: Temsu Clover
• Mizoram: Mood Station
• Assam: Novo
• Arunachal Pradesh: David Angu

From further out:

• Yohani (Sri Lanka)
• Fati Teniri (Algeria)
• Saltaire (Ireland)
• Isam Elias (Palestine/France)
• Phosphenes (Nepal)
• GYMV (Thailand)
• Talahib (Philippines)
• Moher (South Korea)

Day-wise line-ups are in the gallery below.