Darbar Arts Culture Heritage

Simply put, Darbar has and always will continue to believe in the power of Indian arts to stir, thrill and inspire. We achieve this through three core objectives of our delivery, which includes live, digital and educational projects. The cornerstone of our work is the internationally respected Darbar Festival based out of Leicester, United Kingdom. Darbar provides a platform for emerging as well as established artists, both locally within the UK and globally, and was conceptualised as a tribute to (late) Bhai Gurmit Singh Virdee Ji by his contemporaries to pay homage to his life. Since 2006, the annual Darbar Festival has hosted over 400 artists, and Darbar regularly conducts wellness festivals, concerts and educational livestreams. It provides a premium Darbar Concert Hall app (the first of its kind, specialised subscription channel in the Indian classical arts space) and recently launched the Darbar Academy, an online music learning platform aimed at beginners to professionals. Darbar also hosts free content on both its YouTube channel and website, including original journalism and over 500 videos setting the industry standard for quality featuring the most skilled vocalists, instrumentalists and percussionists in the world. We celebrate taking Indian classical music back into nature, and pioneering this shift in the way the classical arts are presented. We are a non-profit organisation run by a small yet passionate team to give Indian classical music and dance a global platform. Darbar is privileged to work with world class venues such as the Barbican Center, Southbank, Sadlers Wells and The Curve Theatre and media partners Sky Arts. Our Artistic Director, Sandeep Virdee, was awarded an OBE by Her Majesty for his services to the promotion for Indian musical heritage in the UK. Download Darbar app - Darbar Concert Hall Follow us on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram & Twitter.