The third annual Parramasala - Australian Festival of South Asian Arts will transform Parramatta with contemporary music, dance, comedy, theatre, film, traditional cuisine and free outdoor entertainment from 8 – 11 November 2012.
The four-day festival opens with a spectacular Bollywood-style party and presents some of the world’s best artists to Western Sydney. The 2012 line-up features headline acts Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, an influential Indian artist who has performed with the Beatles; Pakistan’s reigning prince of qawwali music, Asif Ali Khan; and one of the world’s most exciting new music talents, young British/Indian composer Soumik Datta.
The 2012 program launch was attended by Destination NSW CEO, Sandra Chipchase, Australian singer and recording artist, Kamahl and the Minister for Tourism and Major Events, George Souris (pictured).
The Parramasala program features more than 90 free and ticketed performances, screenings and events at venues across Parramatta including Riverside Theatres and Town Hall Square in Church Street.In 2011 Parramasala was held over eight days, attracting around 50,000 attendees with two-thirds coming from outside the area.
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