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Indie music lovers are in for a treat as there is a new addition to the music festival calendar this year. The Indian Indie Music festival is a five day multi genre event to support and showcase independent musicians from across the world. The festival will be held at The Kerala Arts and Crafts Village near Kovalam from November 9 to 13. Brainchild of musicians Jay and Manoj from the band Lazie J, the debut edition of the festival will see performances by international and homegrown independent artists. The line up includes U.K.-based blues/rock guitarist Will Jones, U.S./Brazil hard rock band Sami Chohfi's Blue Helix, reggae artist Anslom Nakikus from Papua New Guinea, Singapore-based vedic metal band Rudra, metal band Chaos from Kerala, hip hop-jazz musician Roc Flowers from Italy, Carnatic rock band Agam, vocalist Sithara Krishnakumar's Project Malabaricus, Job Kurian collective, Lazie J, Rane from the U.K., pop-folk band When Chai Met Toast, Sherise and Lyia Meta from Malaysia. The festival will kick off with Kerala's band Oorali.

The festival was conceptualised when Jay launched a magazine Lazie Indie Magazine during the pandemic to build a community for independent musicians. In the process he got acquainted with multiple artists from India and across the world. On looking at the indie music scene in India, Jay and Manoj realised that there is a lack of opportunity to showcase talents of indie artists. They took matters in their own hands and with suppoort from the music community they built through the magazine The International Indie Music Festival is taking shape.