Mix of international, local acts at Buddh Formula One circuit

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Music acts across genres ranging from metal, folk rock, dubstep and electronica are lined up for this year's Bacardi NH7 Weekender music festival at the Buddh International Formula One circuit in Greater Noida.
International acts featured at the two-day festival that begins on November 30 include Swedish extreme metal giants Meshuggah, funk Nile Rodgers, Grammy nominated American alt-rock band Mutemath, songwriter J Viewz, Dry the River, a folk rock act from Britain and electro hip-hop artist Michal Menert.
Among the line up of desi artists include Kailash Kher and Lucky Ali as well as newer names like Prateek Kuhad Collective and Nischay Parekh.

Noori, a rock band from Pakistan comprising brothers Ali Noori and Ali Hamza are also scheduled to play. They are considered as pioneering a pop revolution in their country.
"The Manganiyar Seduction by Roysten Abel" is a production featuring 43 folk musicians from the Manganiyar community of Rajasthan, produced and directed by Indian director Roysten Abel is another highlight.
The group of folk musicians perform individually in cubicles stacked upon each other in a grid onstage. Each cubicle lights up as the musician in it plays.

The entire line up has been scheduled to be played out over a total of six stages, which also includes a bus which, organisers say will provide space for indie bands and emerging artistes.

The "Red Bull Tour Bus" bus is set to transform into a stage at the festival and will host a number of acts, such as producer Sahej Bakshi's newly-formed band Dualist Inquiry Band (India), popular folk-fusion act Swarathma (Bangalore) as well as upcoming indie-pop band Hey Geronimo (Australia).
Other featured artists are popular four-piece indie rock act We Were Promised Jetpacks (Scotland), hip-hop/drum n bass band Bombay Bassment (Mumbai), electronica duo FuzzCulture (Delhi), indie rock outfit MoonDogs (Jammu), and popular garage punk band The Lightyears Explode (Mumbai).
The fourth edition of the festival, has travelled to Pune and Bangalore before this and is set to end in Kolkata in December.

Visitors can also get 360-degree access to the festival grounds in Delhi in a hot air balloon, say organisers.
Food stations and stalls offering a variety of clothes, quirky and unique accessories, party merchandise and intriguing art on a variety of products, among other things are other features at the festival.