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April arrives this week and it's already doing the most. Delhi gets a small but useful stack of days off: Mahavir Jayanti on March 31, bank closures on April 1, and Good Friday on April 3, which, strung together with a weekend, makes for a very convincing argument to get out of town. For once, we’re going to argue that staying put in the city might hold out its end of a solid deal too.
Drag lands at The Piano Man – ninety minutes of fabulous chaos – and KAPOW!, India's only comic rock band, are set to take the same stage on different days. The art crowd has homework: The Indian Picturesque opens at DAG in Janpath while INTERSECTIONS at Arthshila, a sprawling, free, month-long show celebrating 50 years of the Inlaks Foundation, is already open and already unmissable. Meanwhile, the Satish Gujral retrospective is in its final days. (You’ve really got to keep up in this city!)
And here’s where we rest our case: don’t waste the precious few last days before the heat’s out to get you.
Editor’s note: We auto-delete events from this list once they’re over to ensure you don’t feel too much FOMO.
Brass-tinged DJ sets, hip-hop grime rooted in Punjabi tunes, and cocktails made for a crowd that procrastinates their last rounds, all on a rooftop bar. If you've been looking for an excuse to dance on a Saturday night (when, let’s be honest, there aren’t too many good parties scheduled that way), this is embarrassingly convenient.
When: April 4, Saturday, 9pm
Where: Chica Delhi, Netaji Nagar
Tickets: ₹1,500
India's only comic rock band (yes, that's a real genre now) believes in high-octane riffs, absurdist lyrics and full theatrical chaos. Songs are literally staged (emphasis on stage) in costume, with the energy of a band that knows exactly how ridiculous it is and leans all the way in. Tickets go out fast!
When: April 3, Friday, 8.30pm
Where: The Piano Man, Gurugram
Tickets: ₹500
Five drag queens, ninety minutes, zero chill. Lush Monsoon, Betta Naan Stop, Hash Brownie, Whacker Cracker and Sickk take The Piano Man's stage for a spectacular that moves from Bollywood bangers to club anthems without breaking a heel. Designed by Vivek Mansukhani, Superqueens is bold and loud. First-timers at a drag show: you have been warned, in the best possible way.
When: April 2 and April 5, Thursday and Sunday, 8pm onwards
Where: The Piano Man, Gurugram
Tickets: ₹1,770
DAG's latest show is a slow walk through early 19th-century India as painted by both Indian and British artists: forts, mountain passes, rivers, and rural stretches rendered in the grand, dramatic style of the colonial picturesque. It’s an excellent way of introducing yourself to the parts of this historical era that usually are too subtle to make it to books.
When: March 28-May 3, 11am-7pm
Where: DAG, Janpath
Tickets: Free
Arthshila's sprawling month-long show marks 50 years of the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation with work from five decades of artists the Foundation has championed – pioneering names alongside emerging ones. But it's also more than that: panel talks, film screenings, interactive theatre workshops, curator-led walkthroughs and art-tech experiments fill the programme through April. Worth more than one visit.
When: On until April 30, 11am-7pm
Where: Arthshila, Delhi
Tickets: Free
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