Event Calendars | blr.today

Collections

Composite calendars containing events from multiple sources.

• Books 📚

  Events hosted by bookstores and bookish spaces, like Champaca and Atta Galatta, plus book clubs, launches and readings listed anywhere else, including the Broke Bibliophiles Bangalore book club.

• Budget 🪙

  Bangalore events where the cheapest ticket is under ₹500.

• Curated 🍉

  This is an open-source semi-curated event calendar for Bangalore. It brings together hand-picked venues, organizers and communities, and leaves out the aggregator noise.

• Fitness 💪

  Combined Fitness events from various sources: runs, rides and workouts from Bangalore’s running clubs and fitness communities.

• Free 🆓

  Free events across Bangalore: no ticket, or a ₹0 ticket.

• Sports Screenings 📺

  F1, IPL and Football screenings across Bangalore.

• Unwanted Events 👻

  This is a meta calendar that lists events that have been excluded from other calendars. This is primarily meant for debugging.

Activities

Events of one kind, from every source.

• Board Games 🎲

  Board game nights, Mafia and Werewolf, Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop games.

• Comedy & Improv 😂

  Stand-up shows, improv jams and comedy open mics.

• Couples 💑

  Workshops, dinners and outings made for couples and dates.

• Arts & Crafts 🎨

  Hands-on workshops where you make something: pottery, painting, resin, kintsugi, candles, crochet and more.

• Dance 💃

  Dance classes and social dance nights, from salsa to garba.

• Film Screenings 🎬

  Film clubs, festivals and one-off screenings. For regular cinema shows, see the cinemas page.

• Food & Drink 🍜

  Tasting menus, food pop-ups, cooking classes, coffee workshops and drinks tastings.

• Kids 🧒

  Events made for children. Play zones and other attractions are left out.

• Live Music 🎸

  Gigs and concerts by musicians playing live, from Carnatic to indie to metal. DJ nights are not included.

• Walks & Outdoors 🌳

  Heritage walks, nature and bird walks, group rides and stargazing in and around the city.

• Quizzing 🙋

  Pub quizzes and trivia nights across Bangalore.

• Theatre & Performance 🎭

  Plays, dance performances, storytelling and poetry.

Organizers

Event Hosts and organizers.

• Ace of Pubs 🙋🏽

  Ace of Pubs is a trivia quizzing community that aims to host the best pub quizes. Quizzing across 16 cities across India.

• Adidas Runners 👟

  Adidas Runners is a community of runners in Bangalore, hosting events in partnership with Adidas.

• Artzo

  Artzo (Formerly known as Art Materials, Bangalore) is an arts store with 2 locations in Bangalore. It aims to nurture the artistic spirit in aspiring artists by providing a vast range of quality art, craft & hobby supplies for professionals & hobbyists alike.

• Bangalore Astronomy Club 🔭

  Bangalore Astronomy Club is a community for amateur astronomers in Bengaluru. It runs stargazing sessions, meteor shower nights, telescope workshops and star parties for hobbyists of all ages.

• Broke Bibliophiles Bangalore 📚

  Broke Bibliophiles Bangalore is one of the longest-running book clubs in the city, with monthly meetups to discuss books over coffee.

• Bangalore Chess Club ♟️

  Bangalore Chess Club is the largest offline Chess Community in India. It aims to promote chess as a non competitive sport across ages and skill levels.

• Blr Birders 🐦

  Blr Birders (earlier BNG Birds) is the Birdwatchers’ Field Club of Bangalore. It is a forum for the exchange of information including notices, etc. pertaining to the birds and other wildlife of the city of Bangalore in India, and its environs. They organize bird walks across Bangalore.

• Blue Tokai ☕

  Blue Tokai is a coffee roasting company that specializes in single estate coffee beans. They host coffee workshops and events across their stores and roasteries in India.

• Choe Khor Sum Ling Centre 🧘🏽

  Choe Khor Sum Ling (CKSL) is a centre for the study and practice of Buddhism from the Tibetan Mahayana tradition run under the [Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition] (https://fpmt.org/). They have a quiet colorful temple which is open for lectures and structured courses. Their well-stocked library of Dharma books for loan is open to all.

• Conosh 🍽️

  Conosh organizes global culinary events - dining experiences, local community events, and food related workshops. They focus on connecting people through food and culture.

• Creative Mornings 🎨

  Creative Mornings is the world’s largest creative community - hosting local events every Friday across 200 cities.

• Bangalore Film Forum 🎥

  Bangalore Film Forum is an arthouse film club showcasing contemporary, independent, foreign and classic films, usually followed by a conversation. Screenings are ticketed on Fillum, a platform for hosting film screenings anywhere from a living room to an auditorium.

• Gully Tours

  Gully Tours is a tour operator that organizes tours in Bangalore and Mysore, specializing in walking tours.

• HSR Meetups 🎲

  HSR Meetups is a community that hosts board game socials around HSR Layout, with game masters to help pick games and teach rules.

• Lavonne Baking Academy 🥐

  Lavonne Academy of Baking Science and Pastry Arts is a baking academy and cafe in Bangalore It aims to provide world-class pastry education and make patisserie a well-structured and established career choice in India. It runs long-term course, as well as short workshops across multiple venues.

• Main Mission 🏃

  Main Mission is a running and fitness community that grew out of the Indiranagar Run Club. It hosts weekly community runs in Cubbon Park, brand-partnered runs, and fitness sessions like HYROX training, pilates, spin and climbing across Bengaluru.

• Paint Bar

  Paint Bar hosts painting experiences that make painting easy for everyone. Their motto is “Anyone can paint🎨”. They also host painting workshops as corporate team building events, kids birthdays, and dates.

• Pedal In Tandem 🚴🏽

  Pedal in Tandem is a cycling company in Indiranagar, founded by a cycling passionate Bangalore-based couple. It has been organizing bicycle tours to all parts of the country and beyond for over five years while nurturing and supporting the bicycle community in Bangalore.

• Penciljam

  Penciljam is a community for people who love drawing on location. It organizes events on weekends to draw. It is a project of the Nabachika Foundation for the Citizen Arts.

• Puma Running 👟

  PUMA Nitro Runs are running events hosted by PUMA.

• Sisters In Sweat 🦸🏽‍♀️

  Sisters In Sweat is a women-led women-only sport and wellness community spread across Bangalore, Mumbai, and Delhi NCR.

• Sofar Sounds 🎤

  Sofar Sounds is a global music community that connects artists and audiences through live music. They host intimate concerts in unexpected venues all around the world.

• The White Box 🎁

  The White Box is a premium events organizer that hosts events across 3 cities in India. Typical events include Mixology, Chocolate Making, Sushi Rolling workshops, Wine & Cheese tastings.

• The Parallel Cinema Club 🎦

  The Parallel Cinema Club is a community of film enthusiasts passionate about the art of cinema. It focuses on films often overlooked by mainstream audiences, and showcases international, experimental cinema, often from emerging filmmakers. TPCC hosts regular screenings across Bangalore and Hyderabad, as well as Q&As with filmmakers, and discussions around the art of cinema.

• Trove Experiences 🎁

  Trove organizes new age lifestyle experiences for the urban curious. It collaborates with passionate artists and storytellers to present experiences like perfume-making, mixology, farm-to-fork, equestrian adventures, stargazing, horology, wildlife art, and sailing across various Indian metros.

Aggregators

Event Aggregator websites that let anyone list and host events.

• AllEvents

  AllEvents is a event aggregating platform.

• District

  District by Zomato (earlier Insider) is a event aggregating platform, earlier owned by Paytm.

• HighApe 💃🏽

  HighApe is a event aggregating platform, focusing on nightlife experiences. It aism to organize the best nightlife experiences around the world and make it easy for people to find them.

• Skillbox

  Skillbox is a event aggregating platform.

• Urbanaut 🎟️

  Urbanaut curates recommendations from trustworthy local partners in 30+ cities. It caters to curious and conscious travellers that want authentic experiences.

Bookstores

Bookstores and libraries that host events.

• Atta Galatta [Organizer]

  Atta Galatta is an independent Indian language bookstore and events space in Indiranagar. It offers an experiential space to shop through a curated collection of books and attend a wide range of community-centric events.

• Champaca Bookstore 📚

  Champaca an independently-owned women-run bookstore , children’s library and cafe in the heart of Bengaluru. It focuses on diverse stories, and choosing the books they stock with great care.

Curators

Organizations curating events.

• Bhaago India 👟

  Bhaago India is a one-stop platform for runners, regardless of their experience level. It aspires to be the go-to destination where runners can find camaraderie, expert advice, motivation, and everything else needed to nurture their passion for running.

• Bengaluru Sustainability Forum ♻️

  Bengaluru Sustainability Forum is a multi institutional effort to provide a space for interdisciplinary discussions and foster collaborative initiatives around sustainability and livability in urban and peri-urban spaces. It aims to convene and disseminate knowledge on various aspects of sustainability in the urban landscape, with a focus on Bengaluru.

• India Running 👟

  India Running is an aggregator website & app for road races, marathons, planning, promotion and all things running in India.

• Putting Scenes 🤩

  Putting Scene is a Social Experiences platform rethinking how the tasteful & creative GenZs & Millennials hangout across metropolitan cities, globally. It curates third-party events, along with listing ticketed events. Both are included on this page.

• Tonight.is 🕺🏽

  Tonight.is is a curated music events platform.

Venues

Event Venues within Bangalore that host events regularly.

• Alliance Française de Bangalore 🇫🇷

  Alliance Française de Bangalore is the French cultural centre on Thimmaiah Road, Vasanth Nagar. Besides French classes, it hosts film screenings, concerts, exhibitions, talks and festivals.

• Bangalore International Center 🏛️

  Bangalore International Center (BIC) is a non profit, public institution in Domlur which serves as an inclusive platform for informed conversations, arts and culture. It envisions to be a the premier, “go-to” place for informed conversations, arts and culture.

• The Courtyard, Shantinagar

  The Courtyard is a culture project in the heart of Bangalore city. It is a venue space that aims to become a catalyst for culture. It typically hosts food, movie screenings, and art events.

• Goethe Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan

  The Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan is a cultural institute that offers language courses, organises cultural events and has a Library. The venue hosts film screenings, exhibitions, theatre performances, concerts, workshops and conferences. The institute also initiates and organises contacts and study tours for Indian artists, scientists and journalists who wish to go to Germany.

• Indian Institute of World Culture 🏛️

  The Indian Institute of World Culture is a cultural institution in Basavanagudi, founded in 1945. It hosts talks, music and dance recitals, poetry readings, exhibitions and learning programmes, and runs a public library and reading room.

• Courtyard Koota 🎭

  Courtyard Koota is a culture and community space in Bangalore. This calendar lists the performances, workshops and gatherings it hosts.

• Ranga Shankara 🎭

  Ranga Shankara is a theatre in JP Nagar, opened in 2004 in memory of Shankar Nag. Its “a play a day” programme stages plays in Kannada, English, Hindi and other languages almost every evening except Mondays, along with festivals and workshops.

• Sabha BLR

  Sabha BLR cultural space housed in a meticulously restored 160-year-old CVS Sabha school. It’s vision is to be a hub for the arts, ideas, and community. It aims to keep a special focus on children and aims to nurture young minds through thoughtful programming that encourages creativity, curiosity, and connection.

• Underline Center 🌟

  Underline Center is a community center for thoughtful, kind, and interesting events.

• Windmills 🎶

  Windmills is a craft brewery and jazz theatre in Whitefield. This calendar lists its events, mostly live music.

Museums

Museums in Bangalore

• Musuem of Art & Photograph 📸

  The Musuem of Art & Photograph (MAP) is India’s first major private art museum. It aims to make art and culture accessible to diverse audiences. The museum includes art galleries, an auditorium, an art and research library, an education centre, a specialised research and conservation facility, a cafe, member’s lounge and fine-dining restaurant.

• Science Gallery Bengaluru [Organizer]

  Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB) is a not-for-profit public institution for research-based engagement targeted at young adults working at the intersection of the human, natural, and social sciences, and engineering, art, and design. It is part of the Science Gallery International Network.

• Sumukha Exhibition [Venue]

  Gallery Sumukha is a contemporary art gallery in Bangalore. This calendar lists its exhibitions, which usually run for several weeks.

Neighbourhoods

Neighbourhoods in Bangalore

• Central Bangalore District

  The Central Bangalore District is everything within a short auto ride of MG Road, from Ulsoor to Cubbon Park and up to Cox Town.

• HSR Layout

  HSR (Hosur Sarjapur Road) Layout is the so-called Startup Capital of India, built on land reclaimed from Agara Lake.

• Indiranagar

  Indiranagar is the residential neighbourhood, famously known for its gunda Rahul Dravid. It is bounded by Ulsoor, Domlur, and Byappanahalli, and is home to HAL, Defense Colony, ISRO, and the famous 100ft Road.

• Jayanagar

  Jayanagar is Jayanagar. One of the oldest planned neighbourhoods in South Bangalore, home to the 4th Block shopping complex and the Ashoka Pillar.

• JP Nagar

  JP Nagar, is a affluent upscale residential neighbourhood in South Bangalore. When your kids are grown up and Bangalore Metro finishes Phase 4 of construction, JP Nagar will have the highest number of metro stations named after it.

• Koramangala

  Koramangala is the Bangalore neighbourhood with highest ratio of billionaires to metro stations in the world. Visitors to Koramangala must visit the famous Ejipura Stonehenge monument.

• North Bangalore

  North Bangalore is everything past Mekhri Circle and Hebbal flyover, from RT Nagar and Kalyan Nagar up to Yelahanka.

• Whitefield

  Whitefield is a town outside of Bangalore that joined BLR proper only in March 2023. This calendar also covers the rest of East Bangalore.