Darbar Festival

{{Short description|Indian classical music festival}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}

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| name = Darbar Festival

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| genre = Indian classical music

| dates = September to November

| location = London

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| years_active = 2005–present

| founders = Sandeep Virdee

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| website = [https://www.darbar.org/ darbar.org]

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The Darbar Festival is an Indian classical music festival based in London that annually features Hindustani classical music and Carnatic music and featured Indian classical dance in 2017. The festival was founded in 2005 in Leicester as a tribute to tabla teacher Gurmit Singh Virdee by his son Sandeep Virdee.{{cite web |url=https://www.darbar.org/bhai-gurmit-singh-virdee |title=Bhai Gurmit Singh Virdee (1937-2005) |author= |website=darbar.org |access-date=17 November 2023}} The Hindu described it as "probably the biggest festival of classical music outside India".{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/britains-got-indian-talent/article2879350.ece |title=Britain's got Indian talent |last=Dutt |first=Devina |date=11 February 2012 |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=17 November 2023}}

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