Year two of India’s Ziro Festival will feature Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo and drummer Steve Shelley, as well as over 20 Indian bands and local acts from throughout the North East area.

Held in the Ziro valley in Arunachal Pradesh, the festival is both supported and promoted by the Government of Arunachal Pradesh’s department of Tourism. It was met with great success in its first year, as more than 150 musicians, artists, photographers and filmmakers provided work for more than 1,000 attendees.

The 2013 installation looks to build on last year’s prosperity, especially with a lineup such as the one below:

Ziro Festival 2013 Full Lineup:

Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth)
Whirling Kalapas – Mumbai
Menwhopause – New Delhi
Peter Cat Recording Co. – New Delhi
Sky Rabbit – Mumbai
Donn Bhatt – Mumbai
Your Chin – Mumbai
Sulk Station – Bengaluru
The Bicycle Days – Bengaluru
Gandu Circus – Kolkata
Imphal Talkies – Imphal, Manipur
Dosser’s Urge – Shillong, Meghalaya
The Vinyl Records – Arunachal Pradesh
Yesterdrive – Arunachal Pradesh
Omak Komut Collective – Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
Still Waters – Gangtok, Sikkim
Digital Suicide – Guwahati, Assam
Dayglocrazie – Assam
Polar Lights – Dimapur, Nagaland
Purple Fusion – Dimapur, Nagaland
Frisky Pints – Mizoram

Folk acts:
Tapu War Dance – Adi Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh
Lion Dance – Monpa Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh
Buya Dance – Nishyi Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh
Paku Littu Dance – Apatani Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh
Damin Da Dance – Apatani Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh
Bamboo Dance – Mizoram
Naga Dance – Nagaland