IEP Chandigarh, February 15
The 51st Rose Festival shall open to a majestic opening on February 17th February amidst blooming roses in Rose Garden Sector 16, Chandigarh. For the 51st edition of the three day mega event, the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has teamed up for making all out preparations to adorn the beautiful Rose Garden, in order to host the annual event and make it a big one festival in the city and therefore three days high entertainment Light and Sound shows are being arranged for the first time in City beautiful from 17th to 19th February from 7.00 pm onwards for Public and visitors during this weekend.
While sharing the details of the 51st edition of Rose Festival, Sh. Anup Gupta, Mayor, Chandigarh said that the Rose Festival in Chandigarh will commence from 17th February and will continue consecutively for three days upto 19th February, 2023.
The Mayor said that the most awaited Rose Festival will get a colourful boost on 17th February, Friday, wherein the Governor, Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Sh. Banwarilal Purohit will inaugurate the festival at the Zakir Rose Garden amidst immense enthusiasm. The lively ceremony will commence with the beating of drums, playing of bands, folk dance performances displayed by different states, showcasing of regional art forms and flower arrangements.
He said that the event will be inaugurated on this Friday, amidst beautiful flower decoration at Rose Garden with thousands of visitors thronging to be a part of this festivity. Since, Rose Festival is an event dipped in entertainment and topped up with glamour quotient, thereby three special cultural evenings will be organized on all three days besides Light & Sound show on the theme of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
He said that this time all the competitions will be organized as previous years after 3 years during which the competitions were not arranged due to COVID guidelines. Regular entertaining events by prominent artists from different parts of the country on each day, the colourful festival is bound to take people to an enviable world of excitement and thrill never seen before in Chandigarh.
The programme schedule on all the three days will be as under:
Programmes Schedule for 17th February (Friday)
9.00 a.m. to 10.00 am Yoga & Meditation class at Main stage
11.00 a.m. Inauguration of Rose Festival by the Chief Guest.
11.10 a.m. Brass & Pipe Band Show
11.20 a.m. Flower Arrangements & Flower Hat Show
12.30 a.m. Folk Dance Competition
3.00 p.m. Ragni & Fag, Artists from Haryana
3.30 p.m. Kalbelia Dance Ghoomar & Bhavai Dance by renowned artists of Rajasthan
4.00 p.m. Rajasthani Dance performance
4.30 p.m. Kachi Ghodi (Live performance from renowned artists from New Delhi)
5.30 p.m. Bollywood Artists (Duplicate) From Mumbai:
1. Anil Kapoor
2. Shah-Rukh Khan
3. Mallika Sherawat
7.00 p.m. Light & Sound Show
Programmes Schedule for 18th February (Saturday)
9.00 a.m. to 10.00 am Yoga & Meditation class at Main stage
9.00 a.m. Rose Prince and Rose Princess Competition (Different Stage)
10.00 a.m. Photography Competition
10.35 a.m. Traditional Folk Dance (Punjabi Bhangra and Nagada)
11.00 a.m. Ghumar Dance by renowned artists of Haryana
11.10 a.m. Fag and Dhamaal by renowned artists of Haryana
11.20 a.m. Puppet Show by renowned artists from New Delhi
11.30 a.m. Rose King & Rose Queen (Senior Citizen)
3.00 p.m. Mr. Rose & Miss Rose Competition
4.00 p.m. Ghoomar Dance performance
4.30 p.m. Musical Evening by Artists from Bengali
5.00 p.m. Musical Performance by Punjabi Artists
7.00 p.m. Light & Sound Show
Programmes Schedule for 19thFebruary (Sunday)
9.00 a.m. to 10.00 am Yoga & Meditation class at Main stage
10.00 a.m. Morning Raga, Classical performance by Swar Ragini Mestro Pt. Subhash Ghosh
11.30 a.m. Antakshari Competition
3.00 p.m. Closing Ceremony & Prize Distribution
4.00 p.m. Magic Show by Renowned Magician
5.00 p.m. Kalbelia, Ghoomar Fag and Dhamal Dance performances
6.00 p.m. Traditional Folk Dance ‘Devrath’ Folk Dance and Bhangra
7.00 p.m. Light & Sound Show
In addition, various Stage and Ground performances will be showcased by famous artists all days from 17th to 19th February, 2023.
Keeping in view the comfort of people, food stalls will be arranged in the Rose Garden this time.
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