The
Music Meet team brings the two-day musical celebration to 4 stages packed with
Live Performances, Masterclasses and Storytelling with Pakistan’s finest
musicians!
Pakistan’s
Leading Music Festival: The Lahore Music Meet [#LMM5] reveals
the performance line-up their fifth edition scheduled to take place at Alhamra Art Center in Lahore on the 1st
and 2nd of February 2020.
“In curating Lahore Music Meet, we try to focus
showcasing artists to new audiences such as introducing prog-metal band
Takatak’s audience to Fareed Ayaz Qawwaal Group and Red Blood Cat opening for
Mai Dhai. The festival has also allowed us to unearth some lovely musical gems
like Abdullah Siddiqui, Kashmir and Wisdom Salad amongst many other acts in the
past 5 years” said Natasha Noorani and Zahra Paracha.
Keeping up with
the tradition of curating a line-up of new artists and fresh sounds from around
Pakistan, #LMM5 will be showcasing Punjabi
folk legend Naseebo Lal, progressive folk-rock
band, Saakin, electro-pop producer Talal Qureshi and Punjabi RnB star Shamoon Ismail as a part
of the indoor showcase.
The outdoor
showcase, featuring a diversity of artists who encapsulate various musical
spectrums of Pakistan, will present Haniya Aslam, Adil Omar, Mekaal Hassan Band,
Ali Noor, Mughal-e-Funk, Natasha Humera Ejaz, Mehdi Maloof, Faris Shafi, IFRA, Gentle
Robot, Madlock, Mahak Qayyum, Hassan Sheikh & Roshaan Sherwani, Towers,
Maanu, Karakoram, Fake Shamans, Farheen Raza and Iqbal. The outdoor
showcase will also feature Pepsi Battle of the Bands Season 4 winner Auj
and finalist Aarish. For its fifth iteration, the Lahore Music Meet received
over 300 applications from across the country for the live performance sessions
which were then crafted into a carefully curated list by co-founders Natasha
Noorani and Zahra Paracha representing an interesting blend of pop, rock, folk,
RnB, electronic and rap music from around the country.
Indeed, the Lahore Music Meet is entirely women-led and consists of
Festival Directors Natasha Noorani and Zahra Paracha with Sana Nasir as Art
Director and Munizeh Sanai as Creative Director. #LMM5 is celebrating its fifth
year as a well-established and unique platform for day long musical
performances and meaningful conversations and activities pertaining to music
enterprise, education and academia. Our ultimate goals remain to create a
meaningful engagement between audiences and musicians, encouraging new talents
and fostering relationships between individuals within the music fraternity. By
providing a platform of such scale, once every year, LMM hopes to enrich the
ever growing Pakistani music ecosystem within Pakistan and abroad. #LMM5 is
presented in collaboration with Pepsi with Lays as the Snacking Partner for the
event, Alhamra Arts Council as venue partners and FM91, CityFM91, Daftarkhwan,
Areesh Zubair, ReArts, Luxus Grand Hotel, Careem, ProperGaanda, Ravesh, and OyePin’d
as collaborating partners with Lotus Client Management & Public Relations
as the official communications and PR partners.
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