{"id":2260813,"date":"2026-02-01T08:27:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2260813"},"modified":"2026-02-01T08:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:27:04","slug":"we-sang-we-danced-we-belonged-kolkata-gurlz-live-it-up-at-music-fest-in-mumbai-events-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/we-sang-we-danced-we-belonged-kolkata-gurlz-live-it-up-at-music-fest-in-mumbai-events-movie-news\/","title":{"rendered":"We sang, we danced, we belonged: Kolkata gurlz live it up at music fest in Mumbai | Events Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mumbai became a living jukebox as Lollapalooza India returned with over 40 artistes, roaring crowds and genre-hopping sets. From Linkin Park<\/a> to Yungblud, the festival offered a collective escape \u2013 experienced firsthand by Kolkata women who travelled for the music, memories & magic.<\/p>\n

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Emily Armstrong of Linkin Park at the festival<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018Lolla felt magical\u2019<\/span>There\u2019s something quietly magical about being in a crowd of strangers who look out for you simply because you\u2019re all drawn to the same music. For tech consultant Pooja Dasgupta, attending Lollapalooza solo highlighted how shared music can turn unfamiliar faces into quiet allies. \u201cThis was my second time at Lollapalooza and the experience was incredible,\u201d she said. \u201cI love the overall vibe; it\u2019s one of the most meticulously organised festivals ever.\u201d From being guided to the perfect spot near the stage to having a meal shared without a second thought, the kindness came in small, unexpected doses. \u201cA man helped me find my place, someone else shared his food because I was eating alone, and a girl even offered to click my picture,\u201d added Pooja. For Aishwarya Duttasharma, manager at an accounting company, friendships formed almost by accident. \u201cI went with a group of people in which I only knew one person, and by the end of day two those people became friends. We danced and laughed, got lost, and cribbed about walking 10,000 steps just to reach the venue, but still no regrets.\u201d\u201cThe festival has a unique way of bringing people closer. The crowd felt genuinely invested in the music; there was no performative energy or \u2018wannabe\u2019 culture. People were present, passionate, and fully in tune with the vibe, which made the experience far more enjoyable and immersive,\u201d said PR Ausmita Sengupta.<\/p>\n

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Arundhati Roy, Jhankar Parakh and Saloni Arora<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Style without rules<\/span>At Lollapalooza, fashion meant owning your vibe. Pooja Dasgupta loved everyone at their stylish best, calling it an Indian Coachella, and recalled seeing someone wearing a Linkin Park sari. Jhankar Parakh saw outfits as personal extensions, while entrepreneur Saloni Arora celebrated the rare sight of emo and goth girls in all black who felt unapologetically themselves.<\/p>\n

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Pooja Dasgupta, Asihwarya Duttasharma with her riends and Ausmita Sengupta<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Feeling safe, finally!<\/span>For many, feeling safe allowed them to truly enjoy the festival. Stylist Jhankar Parakh said, \u201cThe crowd was respectful, and security was highly visible.\u201d Ausmita echoed, saying, \u201cPeople were respectful. Overall, I felt extremely safe and comfortable throughout the festival.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Yungblud at Lollapalooza<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The lessons…<\/span>There were struggles, long walks, crowded exits, malfunctioning metro installations, and aching bodies after logging 60,000 steps in just two days. \u201cThe only challenging part was navigating the metro exit and the walk towards the Lollapalooza gate,\u201d recalled Asmita. Yet, no one complained for long. Beneath the exhaustion lingered a heavier thought: why does this kind of festival magic happen elsewhere and not in Kolkata? \u201cIn comparison to concerts in Kolkata, it was much bigger in terms of both venue and audience. It was also better managed, just better managed in general,\u201d said Arundhati. As Aishwarya explained, \u201cTravelling to Mumbai for concerts has been a constant because global artists don\u2019t usually come to Kolkata, given the lack of infrastructure. I need to keep visiting Mumbai for concerts to witness global artists representing different genres because Kolkata still has a long way to go in terms of attracting global artists and hosting them.\u201d Still, the experience left its mark. \u201cThe freedom to be unapologetically yourself, whether it\u2019s through music, fashion, or just living in the moment, that energy is something I brought back home with me,\u201d said Jhankar.<\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source timesofindia.indiatimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mumbai became a living jukebox as Lollapalooza India returned with over 40 artistes, roaring crowds and genre-hopping sets. From Linkin Park to Yungblud, the festival offered a collective escape \u2013 experienced firsthand by Kolkata women who travelled for the music, memories & magic. Emily Armstrong of Linkin Park at the festival \u2018Lolla felt magical\u2019There\u2019s something […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2260814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[437876,437874,306402,376286,437877,437875],"class_list":["post-2260813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-concerts-in-kolkata","tag-kolkata-women","tag-linkin-park","tag-lollapalooza-india","tag-mumbai-music-festival","tag-music-and-fashion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/We-sang-we-danced-we-belonged-Kolkata-gurlz-live-it.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2260813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2260815,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260813\/revisions\/2260815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2260814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2260813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2260813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2260813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}