Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani's Sruthi Laya Kendra hosts its38th Winter Music Festival on Dec 27, 2025 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall. A series of concerts by Musicians Living Abroad is also hosted on Dec 23, 2025.
Schedule: (Click on the image for full schedule)
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If you learn or know to appreciate Carnatic music, here is an opportunity to listen to concerts and lec-dems and write about them.
Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, one of the oldest sabhas in Chennai, publishes its in-house newsletter 'Sangeeth Sarathy' during the December music season. The newsletter is published twice a week and features the concerts, artistes and lec-dems held at the sabha.
Students of music and rasikas with good writing skills are invited to be part of the newsletter.
If interested, mail to sangeethsarathy@gmail.com with details about your learning music and interest in writing.
View / Read the previous year issues here: https://parthasarathyswamisabha.com/2023/12/16/sangeeth-sarathy-issues-isai-vizha-2023-2024/
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The Chennai Music Season has always been as exhilarating as it is overwhelming. With hundreds of concerts spread across sabhas, temples, and cultural spaces, rasikas have traditionally depended on printed reconers and word-of-mouth to plan their listening. For nearly four decades, S. Kannan’s Season Reconer served as an indispensable guide, becoming almost synonymous with the December season itself. His passing left a palpable void.
Filling this long-felt gap, iCarnatic.org has now come forward with a comprehensive and thoughtfully curated Chennai Music Season Concert Calendar, compiled by noted musician K.N. Shashikiran.
The calendar is available in two formats:
- A digital version, hosted on the iCarnatic website, offering easy access to concert information across sabhas.
- A pocket-sized physical calendar, designed as a handy carry-on guide for rasikas on the move.
What makes this initiative particularly noteworthy is its accessibility. The printed pocket calendar is being distributed free of cost and is available for pick-up at various sabhas during the season. In a time when information is often fragmented across social media posts and messaging groups, this consolidated effort brings back the joy of browsing a single, reliable reference.
For veteran rasikas, this calendar will evoke memories of Kannan’s reconer tucked into handbags and pockets. For younger listeners, it serves as an excellent introduction to navigating the season with intention rather than chance.
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Organised by lalitha Jewellery, Jyothi Indira Margazhi Yuvautsav will be held from Dec 18, 2025 to Jan 4, 2026
Open to rasikas.
Venue: Jyothi Indira Thirumana Mandapam, Valasaravakkam, Chennai 87
Schedule: (Click on the image for a larger picture)
VVS Foundation, SaMaa Arts and Raghavendra Swami Mutt, Mylapore organise Ekaantha Sangeetha Seva morning concerts from Dec 16, 2025 to Jan 14, 2026
The concerts will be held early morning from 6.30 to 7.30 a.m. in oil lamp-lit ambience.
Venue: Srikara Anjaneya Raghavendra Swami Mutt, 8, Salai Street (Near R R Sabha) Mylapore.
Schedule: (Click on the images for larger picture)
VVS Foundation, SaMaa Arts & Raghavendra Swami Mutt, Mylapore organise Swagatham festival throughout Margazhi till Jan 4, 2026
Venue: Srikara Anjaneya Raghavendra Swami Sannidhanam, 8, Salai Street, Mylapore, Chennai
Open to all.
Schedule: (Click on the image to view full schedule)
