May 27 2026 to May 27 2026 6:30 p.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

Once a year, Vasu pulls this off—and every year, it somehow feels new. Now in its sixth edition, the show carries the same spirit that started it all: a celebration of Bob Dylan’s music and its profound influence on Vasu’s life, rendered by a gathering of motley souls drawn together by the power of song. Backing them is a high-energy band giving the show its drive. This year, the sound opens up—Dylan’s music with a stronger rhythm section, horns, and a slightly different edge.

Vasu feels privileged to be joined by a wide circle of close friends. What makes the stage truly vibrant is its sheer range of life. Musicians and singers spanning six decades—from age 20 to nearly 90—stand shoulder to shoulder. Diplomats, bankers, industrialists, doctors, designers, professionals—each bringing their own story, their unique sound.

In many ways, this is what Bangalore represents: a coming together of the eclectic, bound by a common cause. At the centre of it all remains the music of Bob Dylan—songs that have stayed, evolved, and mean different things to each person on that stage… or perhaps in the audience.

Presented by:
Vasu & Friends

Performers

Vasu Krishnamurthy
Vocals, Guitar & Mouth Harp
Former Managing Director of a Tata company, now running one of South India’s larger corporate advisory firms, Vasu grew up listening to Bob Dylan. His passion for performance started, as these things do, with a warped, cracked guitar found outside Furtado’s in Mumbai. Forty years of Dylan later, here we are.

Sillu Jamal
Mouth Harp
Sillu runs a gear manufacturing business by day. The proceeds go toward two things: free concerts with friends, and classic cars. For him life is about music, work, automobiles; in whatever order the day demands.

Mark Silgardo
Vocals & Guitar
Nearly forty years in banking and finance, now happily retired, Mark is a founding member of these shows. He has a special fondness for the singer-songwriter sounds of Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, and of course, Bob Dylan.

Vijay Mirchandani
Vocals
Director at Lucid Design India Pvt. Ltd., Vijays’ passion has always been music. He started singing and playing percussion at fifteen. He continued through school and college, forming a band at XLRI called Up The Organisation, that played local events and clubs.

Nirupama Rao
Vocals
Nirupama is the former Foreign Secretary of India (2009-2011), and Ambassador to the United States, China, and Sri Lanka. She founded the South Asian Symphony Foundation to promote peace through music. She comes armed with a lifelong love of Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, and Woody Guthrie.

Indira Srinivasan
Vocals
Long before it was common, Indira was performing across Bombay, Calcutta, and Delhi’s nightclub circuit,  carving her own path as a woman on stage in a sari! Her music has taken her from India to Yugoslavia, Sri Lanka, and Africa. At eighty-nine, she still

Priya Vikram Singh
Vocals
Baker, cook, traveller, singer. Priya delivers power ballads with quiet ease and every now and then you might find her on a table belting out I Will Survive.

Namrata Srinivasan
Vocals
Namrata is an orthopaedic surgeon at one of Bangalores leading hospitals. By day, she fixes knees. Off the clock, she sings!

Kavya Krishnamurthy
Keys & Vocals
Kavya is a trained chef, food scientist, consultant to FMCG startups. Whatever time remains goes to her street dogs, sewing projects, and musical adventures.

Athreya Krishnamurthy
Guitar
Athreya is a senior lead at a graphic design company. Music runs in the family, though. This is his debut performance alongside his sister and his father.

Preran Gulvady
Percussion
Drummer, marketing professional, international touring veteran, Preran has done it all. He is the cofounder of PS School of Music, leading drum education across continents.

Pranay Gulvady
Horns
Pranay spends his days restoring vintage automobiles, but his evenings belong to music. Classically trained and self-taught in equal measure, he plays saxophone and guitar with an envious ease.

Fabian White
Vocals, Bass & Keys
Fabian has been a professional musician since 2005. Keyboard, bass, vocals — he performs across a repertoire that runs from Elvis Presley to Don Williams.