The biggest nation-wide music festival celebrating the culture of live bands is back with an even bigger platform than ever before.

Scheduled for 3 Rocking Months (May-July 2008) at the best Pubs across the country.

The concept of Pubrockfest was initiated by Rock Street Journal in 2005, when a humble beginning was made with a 4 gig festival featuring 12 bands in Delhi. It marked the beginnings of a club rock culture in the Capital, which sustained beyond the festival. Last year, KINGFISHER Pubrockfest was taken to 7 cities and 30 gigs. This year, it is bigger than ever, going into 20 cities and 60 gigs over May, June and July.

KINGFISHER Pubrockfest this year will see some of the greatest names in the music circuit, along with many new acts and two international acts touring the country.

Check out the schedule for your city below:

NORTH ZONE
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Date: Thursday, 15th May
Venue/City:Opus, Delhi
Bands: Aurora Jane, Level 9

Date: Sunday, 18th May
Venue/City: Tabula Rasa, Delhi
Bands: Soulmate(Unplugged), Bizzy

Date: Friday, 23rd May
Venue/City: The Mezz, Delhi
Bands: Rachelle Van Zanten, English Wine Shop

Date: Sunday, 25th May
Venue/City: Superstars, Noida
Bands: Frequency, Identity Krysis

Date: Sunday, 1st June
Venue/City: Cafe Chinese and Thai, Gurgaon
Bands: Rachelle Van Zanten, Five8, The Circus

Date: Saturday, 7th June
Venue/City: The Mezz, Delhi
Bands: Demonic Resurrection, Halfway Through, Guillotine

Date: Sunday, 8th June
Venue/City: Coco’s, Delhi
Bands: Medusa

Date: Sunday, 15th June
Venue/City: Cafe Chinese and Thai, Gurgaon
Bands: Them Clones. Boomarang, Illuminati

Date: Friday, 20th June
Venue/City: Chicane, Noida
Bands: S.P.A.R.K, Barefaced Liar, Work in Progress

Date: Friday, 20th June
Venue/City: Score,Chandigarh
Bands: Half Step Down, Anus the Menace

Date: Saturday, 21st June
Venue/City: Ritz Cineplex, Shimla
Bands: Half Step Down

Date: Sunday, 22nd June
Venue/City: Ritz Cineplex, Shimla
Bands: Cyanide

Date: Sunday, 22nd June
Venue/City: Staying Alive, Gurgaon
Bands: Airborne, Fire Exit, Belief Experiment

Date: Friday, 27th June
Venue/City: Chicane, Noida
Bands: Artilerrie, Acrid Semblence, IIIrd Sovereign

Date: Sunday, 6th July
Venue/City: Opus, Delhi
Bands: Krosswindz, Hypnosis

Date: Sunday, 13th July
Venue/City: Opus, Delhi
Bands: The Supersonics, Cyanide

Date: Saturday, 19th July
Venue/City: The Rock, Jaipur
Bands: Half Step Down

Date: Sunday, 20th July
Venue/City: The Mezz, Delhi
Bands: Scribe, Project Blend Limited, Undying Inc

EAST ZONE
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Date: Friday, 30th MAY
Venue/City: Someplace Else, Kolkata
Bands: Aurora Jane, Five Little Indians

Date: Saturday 31st May
Venue/City: Someplace Else, Kolkata
Bands: Rachelle Van Zanten, Saturday Night Blues Band

Date: Saturday 31st May
Venue/City: Cloud 9, Shillong
Bands: Aurora Jane

Date: Saturday 31st May
Venue/City: Illusions, Guwahati
Bands: Them Clones, Lucid Recess

Date: Sunday, 1st June
Venue/City: Cloud 9, Shillong
Bands: Them Clones

Date: Sunday, 1st June
Venue/City: Ashok Brahmaputra-Silverstreak, Guwahati
Bands: Aurora Jane

Date: Friday, 6th June
Venue/City: Someplace Else, Kolkata
Bands: Another Vertigo Rush, Hip Pocket

Date: Friday, 6th June
Venue/City: The Buzz, Darjeeling
Bands: Aurora Jane

Date: Saturday, 7th June
Venue/City: Someplace Else, Kolkata
Bands: Cyanide, Krosswindz

Date: Sunday, 8th June
Venue/City: The Buzz, Darjeeling
Bands: Another Vertigo Rush

Date: Saturday, 13th June
Venue/City: Someplace Else, Kolkata
Bands: Frequency, Camouflage

Date: Sunday, 14th June
Venue/City: Someplace Else, Kolkata
Bands: Boomarang, Cassini’s Division

WEST ZONE
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Date: Saturday, 10th May
Venue/City: Soul, Pune
Bands: Soulmate

Date: Sunday, 11th May
Venue/City: Henry Tham, Mumbai
Bands: Soulmate

Date: Wednesday, 14th May
Venue/City: Tito’s, Goa
Bands: Soulmate

Date: Friday, 16th May
Venue/City: Soul, Pune
Bands: Aurora Jane

Date: Saturday, 17th May
Venue/City: Blue Frog, Mumbai
Bands: Aurora Jane

Date: Sunday, 18th May
Venue/City: Firangi Pani
Bands: Lounge Piranha, The Works

Date: Wednesday, 21st May
Venue/City: Lounge Fly, Goa
Bands: Aurora Jane

Date: Saturday, 24th May
Venue/City: Soul, Pune
Bands: Rachelle Van Zanten

Date: Sunday, 25th May
Venue/City: Blue Frog, Mumbai
Bands: Rachelle Van Zanten

Date: Wednesday, 28th May
Venue/City: 10 Downing Street, Nagpur
Bands: Rachelle Van Zanten, Glasnost, Mary Jane

Date: Thursday, 29th May
Venue/City: Marine Center, Mumbai
Bands:Date: Undying Inc, Extinct Reflections, Demonic Ressurection

Date: Saturday, 31st May
Venue/City: Oasis, Pune
Bands: Undying Inc, Depths of Suffering

Date: Saturday, 1st June
Venue/City: Henry Tham, Mumbai
Bands: Great Society

Date: Saturday, 7th June
Venue/City: Not Just Jazz By the Bay, Mumbai
Bands: Them Clones, Split. Tripwire

Date: Saturday, 14th June
Venue/City: Not Just Jazz By the Bay
Bands: Cyanide, Medusa

Date: Thursday, 19th June
Venue/City: Zenzi, Mumbai
Bands: Distil Soul

SOUTH ZONE
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Date: Thursday, 15th May
Venue/City: Gokulam, Cochin
Bands: Evergreen, Brown Circle

Date: Friday, 16th May
Venue/City: Gokulam, Cochin
Bands: Shruti Hassan and The Extramentals

Date: Sunday, 18th May
Venue/City: Star Rock, Chennai
Bands: Heretic, Blood and Iron

Date: Friday, 23rd May
Venue/City: Geoffrey’s, Chennai
Bands: Aurora Jane, Grey Shack

Date: Saturday, 24th May
Venue/City: P-Matka, Hyderabad
Bands: Aurora Jane

Date: Saturday, 24th May
Venue/City: Anandha Inn, Pondicherry
Bands: Aurora Jane

Date: Wednesday, 28th May
Venue/City: Muthoot, Trivandrum
Bands: Aurora Jane

Date: Thursday, 29th May
Venue/City: 10 Downing Street, Chennai
Bands:Rachelle Van Zanten, Little Babooshka’s Grind

Date: Friday, 30th May
Venue/City: Star Rock, Chennai
Bands: Rachelle Van Zanten, Grey Shack

Date: Sunday, 15th June
Venue/City: 10 Downing Street, Chennai
Bands: Cyanide, Rainbow Bridge

Date: Sunday, 13th July
Venue/City: 10 Downing Street, Hyderabad
Bands: The Works, Illuminati

Date: Thursday, 17th July
Venue/City: 10 Downing Street, Vizag
Bands: TBA

Date: Friday, 18th July
Venue/City: 10 Downing Street, Vizag
Bands: Illuminati

Date: Saturday, 19th July
Venue/City: P-Matka, Hyderabad
Bands: TBA

Date: Sunday, 20th July
Venue/City: 10 Downing Street, Hyderabad
Bands: Cyanide, Stiffneck Syndrome

With KINGFISHER, it’ll be all Good Times at the Sunfeast World 10K on May 18th. Grab Dino’s T-shirts as he changes them for his favourite charities - Parikrma, Spastics Society of Karnataka, Freedom Foundation, MAYA and CUPA.

And there’s more…

It’s made Mumbaikars mast. And led Dilliites to dash. Now, The King of Good Times will make Bangaloreans run for fun!

The Majja Run is a 5.7 kms stretch of the Sunfeast World 10k Run. And it’s KINGFISHER’s biggest party on the road. The dress code: a lot more than sneakers. Put on a whacky costume and run in the individual category to become the “KINGFISHER Sakkath Bangalorean“. Or get your gang together, dress up to a theme and show your speed on the road for the “KINGFISHER Bombaat Brigade” award.

The contests may be fun, but the prizes are no laughing matter. The best-dressed runner in the “Sakkath Bangalorean” category will win a cool Rs. 30,000. The second prize is Rs. 20,000 and the third, Rs. 10,000. The Bombaat Brigade will also have plenty of Good Times between them. The first prize is Rs. 75,000 and the second Rs. 50,000.

So, lace up those keds and look your whacky best on May 18, 2008. Because these Good Times are seriously no sweat!

KINGFISHER is the Good Times partner of Sunfeast World 10K.

Would you like to celebrate the Good Times with KINGFISHER and the Rajasthan Royals cricket team? You can now do so by entering this contest. Winners will get to watch a Rajasthan Royals match from the Chairman’s box at Sawai Mansingh stadium, Jaipur and attend the post-match KINGFISHER party. Travel and accommodation will be covered by us.

Entering the contest is simple. Just answer these 2 questions in the comments field below.
Q1. KINGFISHER is the Good Times partner of which 5 teams in the IPL T-20 championship?

Q2. Why do you deserve to party with KINGFISHER and Rajasthan Royals cricket team?

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Pictures of the launch party of Delhi Daredevils are now online. Check them out here.

Be sure to visit the KINGFISHER Good Times zone at Bangalore, Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai and Hyderabad stadiums. The Good Times continue at the KINGFISHER Good Times zone with face painting artists, tattoo artists, photo studios, games, rock bands, spa lounge, beer kiosk and a food court. You can win KINGFISHER merchandise too. Check out pictures of the Good Times zone at Bangalore here.

KINGFISHER is the Good Times partner of Bangalore Royal Challengers, Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals and Deccan Chargers.

I am overwhelmed with the response that the KINGFISHER Swimsuit Special has received in the past and in its current edition. The 2008 edition is on a larger canvas as compared to last year’s. The challenges were numerous and the scope limitless considering the exquisite landscapes of Ladakh, Udaipur, Andaman and Goa.

Having received several personal queries about the calendar via e-mail and other mediums, I decided to answer your questions or concerns - right here. This space is dedicated to aspirants who feel passionately about the art of photography, the exciting career in modelling and the fundamentals of aesthetics. I will personally review queries every week or fortnight and try my best to answer as many as I can. So fire away your questions in the comments section below.

Common questions have been answered in the FAQs.

Visually Yours,
Atul Kasbekar.

We have a cool contest running on our website - “Share the Good Times“. We are inviting you to submit your Good Times cricket moments - could be you playing cricket with friends, watching cricket at home or in the stadium, celebrating an Indian win, or any other Good Times cricket moments that you have captured and cherish.

The best Good Times pictures will win IPL match tickets and merchandise from KINGFISHER. So, don’t wait. Submit your cricket pictures today.

We are looking forward to finding more interesting ways to raise money for charities in future.

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