Heading towards .FEST? Know details on traffic regulation and parking arrangements

Priya Ranjan Swain Published On : Jan 15, 2023 at 5:21 PM

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has issued a guide map regarding traffic regulation and parking arrangements for people visiting the second edition of .FEST being organised at IDCO Exhibition Ground here.

The curtain raiser event for the festival is scheduled to begin at 7 pm today. Bollywood actor Disha Patani, Guru Randhawa and K-Pop band Black Swan will perform at the curtain raiser event.

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Here are details on traffic regulation and parking arrangements:

From Acharya Vihar:

People are advised to take left before Red Cross Square and travel along road no. 1 for parking no. 1 and 2.

From AG Square:

People are advised to take right after Red Cross Square and travel along road no. 1 for parking no 1 and 2.

From Shastri Nagar Square:

Citizens are advised to take left from Red Cross Square and then right along road no. 1 to reach parking no. 1 and 2.

From Master Canteen:

People are advised to take left from Ram Mandir Square and then right after St. Joseph School for parking no. 3.

From Satyanagar:

Citizens are advised to take right from Ram Mandir Square and then right again after St. Joseph School for parking no. 3.

From Vani Vihar:

People are advised to take right after New BMC office along road no. 5 for parking no. 4.

.FEST entails a host of surprises starting from enthralling performances by the best of musicians, singers, stand-up artistes and dancers to trails to the thousand-year-old temples and caves. Besides, the street foods of at least 16 countries along with amazing stories and folklores by globally-acclaimed storytellers are the main attraction of the festival. The first edition of .FEST in 2018 was a huge success.

Here’s day-wise list of artistes for .FEST

15th Jan: Disha Patani, Guru Randhawa, Black Swan.

16th Jan: Harshdeep Kaur, Navraj Hans, Priya Malik.

17th Jan: Neeti Mohan, Divya Kumar.

18th Jan: Lisa Mishra, Sniti Mishra, Rituraj Mohanty, Rapper Big deal.

19th Jan: Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Taufiq Qureshi, Louis Banks, George Brooks, Gwyneth Wentink, Ojas Adhiya.

20th Jan: Sunil Grover, Shilpa Rao.

21st Jan: Amit Trivedi.

22nd Jan: Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik.

23rd Jan: Siddhart Mahadevan, Shivam Mahadevan, Shrinidhi Ghatate.

24th Jan: Sukhwinder Singh, Salman Yusuf, Pawandeep Rajan, Arunita Kanjilal.