Local events
Robin Pandey’s latest book titled ‘Waves Metamorphosing into Revelation’ has recently been published in the United States and is available to purchase in both paperback and ebook version from Amazon.
Rock band 1974 AD are currently busy touring North America. Organised by Rock For Nepal, Rock Yatra 2012 kicked off on April 6 from San Francisco. Their next stop will be in New York on April 21.
Famed Indian singer Lucky Ali enchanted Nepali fans with his soothing music on New Year’s Eve. Organised by Kgarira.com, An Acoustic Night With Lucky Ali took place at Hotel Radisson, Lazimpat on April 12, Thursday amidst a limited number of audience.
Hits FM 91.2 and House of Music collaborated once again for yet another edition of Music By The Museum which was held successfully on April 6 at Patan Museum. This time, the event featured Ani Choying and was in aid of Arogya Foundation-the kidney hospital.
A team of young Nepalese professionals living around the DC area are organizing Nepalese SummerFest, a 3-day event aimed at promoting Nepalese heritage and culture and bringing Nepalese community together, from May 25 through May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Instrumental ensemble Trikaal performed at a concert that was held at Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu on March 31, Saturday to mark Earth Hour 2012. Their enthralling classical fusion music had the crowd jiving and wanting for more and also got the message to turn the lights off for one hour through.
Raksirakaam Production is organizing Nepal Nachcha Dallas, the first ever global Nepalese event happening around the world on the occasion of Nepali New Year 2069 B.S., on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at Bella 32 in Addison, Texas.
One of the best and the highly anticipated summer outdoor festivals in the country, the 7th annual Sundance Music Festival took place successfully last weekend at The Last Resort from March 24-25. The two-day event saw many artists, both international and local, share the stage.
New York based Nepali punk rock band Normal Academic will soon be performing their next big gig with 1974AD. The concert is being held in Manhattan on April 21. The band’s lead vocalist has also released a new single as his solo side project. Titled ‘Manzil Dur’, the song is performed in Urdu/Hindi language.
The biggest momo party, The Bakery Cafe Momo Mania 2012 took place at Bhrikuti Mandap amidst hundreds of momo lovers. The festival had 22 varieties of momos and several performances from Kutumba, The Everest Crew B-Boys, Subima Shrestha and Ang Babu Lama.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, event management and promotion company Kgarira organised “All Women Scooty Rally” on March 8, Thursday. In association with Care Nepal, several famous female celebrities from media personalities to Miss Nepals and runners up participated in the rally that rode from Kathmandu Durbar Square to Bhaktapur Durbar Square and back.
Holi, the festival of colours, was observed throughout the hilly region, including the capital, on Wednesday (March 7) and throughout the Terai region on Thursday. People celebrated the occasion throwing colours and water with friends and family.
Applications are now open for ANA Fashion Extravaganza 2012 to be held on June 30, 2012 at the 30th ANA convention 2012 in Dallas, Texas.
मार्च ३ तारिख, शनिबार, एक समारोह बीच टाउसन, म्यारील्याण्डमा दोश्रो नेपाल-अमेरिका सुन्दरी २०१२ प्रतियोगिताको औपचारिक घोषणा गरियो।
TheBigMount Oklahoma is organizing a cultural event to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, on Saturday, March 10, 2012 in Edmund, Oklahoma.
Indreni Cultural Association is organizing a cultural event to celebrate “Holi” – the festival of colors on Saturday, March 18, 2012 in Grapevine, Texas.
Let There Be Light, a free concert organised by Abhaya Subba of Abhaya & The Steam Injuns, took place on February 18, Saturday at Lainchaur ground. The event aimed to urge everyone to stand against the problem of load shedding.
Mahashivaratri, a Hindu festival dedicated to lord Shiva, was celebrated across the country on February 20, Monday by observing fast and performing pooja in honour of the destroyer at different Shiva temples.
Kathmandu resonated with great classic rock and rock and roll music through Golden Moments Tribute To Rock (T2R) which started on January 13. A number of local bands performed covers of evergreen hit tunes at various venues around town and the event concluded on January 28 with the internationally famed Elvis Presley impersonator Tom Bartlett entertaining the crowd.
TexasNepal.com is organizing TexasNepal Losar Nite, an event to celebrate Losar 2139 with DFW Nepali artists and DJ Mastah P on Saturday, February 18th, 2012.
