a curious creative carnival

15-30th October, 2026

What is KaniFest?

For 2 weeks, a 5000 year old culture, that turned every tyranny into craft, music and unbroken beauty, will assemble a creative future with dialogue, live arts and making, in a home carrying centuries of legacy.

KaniFest is a curious creative carnival in a welcoming safe space featuring activities for learning and exploring your curiosity about creative practices, intelligence and ecology.

This festival is an open invitation for makers, students, artists, entrepreneurs, educators, curators, community builders, researchers, critical thinkers, writers, musicians, dreamers, filmmakers, photographers, and all passion- havers to share their enthusiasm with one- another in a profound act of learning, listening and lore.

For two weeks a platter of exciting events are bound to shape imagination and creation in Kashmir. These events will be themed around creative practice, intelligence and ecology, experienced through an assortment of mediums.

Join us in building Kashmir's young creative future!

Become a part of Kani Fest as a local business partner or volunteer!

 Ishfaq Mir +91  9810126757 indokashmir@gmail.com 

 Tanishka Kachru +91  9978923174 tanishka.kanihome@gmail.com 

REGISTRATIONS OPENED