Est.15 January 2021 · Saharanpur

An all-art open mic, and the room where it all started.

A’Live Sessions began as one open mic in Saharanpur. 200+ sessions later it runs across Saharanpur, Delhi, Roorkee, Dehradun, Mumbai and Pune — and it isn’t going anywhere. While IndieXLive takes on artist specials and management, A’Live stays home to the open mics and smaller sessions.

200+open mics

6cities

1festival

∞first-timers

01What happens at a session

Everyone getsthe same mic.

Music, poetry, storytelling, stand-up, rap, visual art — if you can share it, there’s a place for it. Performers sign up, the room listens, and strangers leave as a community. That’s the whole format, and it has worked 200 times over.

02Where we’ve been

Six cities.Many living rooms.

  • 01SaharanpurFrozen Restro · Chutney Flakes · Table Talk Café
  • 02DelhiArt Box Studios · Depot 48
  • 03DehradunVOW Café · Pinewood Café & Kitchen
  • 04MumbaiAdagio, Bandra
  • 05PuneKitabi Chai & Café
  • 06RoorkeeOpen mic sessions

03Moments

Some nightsgot bigger.

  • Poster: Cloud9, a pop-up art and music festival at Frozen Restro rooftop, Saharanpur.
    Cloud9

    Our pop-up art & music festival on a Saharanpur rooftop.

  • Tarang poster listing open mics, dance, live art, a visual art exhibition and a DJ.
    Tarang

    Open mics, dance, live art and a DJ — 13 March, Saharanpur.

  • Poster: Open-air session, 22nd October, rooftop of Frozen Restro, 4–8 PM.
    Open-air rooftop

    The Diwali special, under the evening sky at Frozen Restro.

  • Poster: A’Live Sessions Mumbai at Adagio, Bandra West, 2 October.
    Mumbai

    An A’Live evening at Adagio, Bandra.

Bring a song,a poem, a joke.

Upcoming sessions and sign-ups are announced on Instagram first.

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