Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur would be organizing its annual social and cultural festival Spring Fest 2018 from 25th to 27th of January, 2019. This will be the 60th edition of the fest.
Spring Fest is said to be one of the largest fests of its kind in Asia to be organized entirely by students.
This year, Spring Fest has scheduled Hitch Hike, the Nationwide Prelims for five of its flagship events- Nukkad, SF Idol, Shake a Leg, Two for a Tango, and Shuffle in October in nine cities across India, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Patna, and Bhopal.
Spring Fest conducts a multitude of events encompassing 10 genres and more than 100 events are contested with a total cash prize worth around Rs 25 lakh at stake.
Star-nights have always been an integral part of the Spring Fest charm. Artists like Shaan, Vishal-Shekhar, Farhan Akhtar, Amit Trivedi, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Salim-Sulaiman, KK, The Raghu Dixit Project, Agnee, Indian Ocean, Swarathma, Parikrama, Euphoria, Pentagram, and many more remarkable performances have happened at Spring Fest in the past years. International bands like Dead by April, Monuments, and Tesseract have rocked the audience at Spring Fest.