This page describes some of the events Pukaar has helped or supported in the past.

Sparsholt College Countryside Day had never heard anything like it - the tastiest treats in the tea tent were definitely of the tuneful variety! It was worth the long trek even from the furthest point in the car park to find Pukaar performing... Read More...

The Bargate stage, on Sunday 30th April from 4pm-8pm will feature the amazing world music from Pukaar. There'll be everything from Carribean and Latvian sounds to Bhangra DJs and the incredible Pukaar Bhangra band. This is a festival you won't want to miss out on!!!! See Pictures...

Pukaar is soon to regularly feature on Southampton’s Six TV as part of the new AND Magazine Show. From April 2006 Pukaar will be bringing multi-cultural music and performance to your living room. This will include showcasing of Southampton’s up-and-coming talent and our first broadcasting of the Pukaar documentary. Watch this space for the time of our 1st show!

On 19th December 2005 Pukaar joined up with the Salvation Army Youth Band to put on a modern multi-cultural carol concert - traditional brass meeting Asian Bhangra! Read More...

The children at the the festival got a taste of some funky balle balle by the Pukaar band. They loved it so much that they couldn't stop singing "Balle Balle" for the next 2 days. Read More! See Pictures...

The multicultural festival held on Saturday 25th June at the Nuffield theatre was a great success. Tickets were sold out 1 day before the show and the Southampton community got an opportunity to taste a wide range of music flavours from around the world. Read More...

While most of Southampton was cold, and wet yesterday, Nataraj Restaurant was full of warm well wishers and supporters for Pukaar's first open day. The aim of the open day was to invite the community into Pukaar to build stronger relationships within the community. Read More...

Bosworth Hall Hotel was rocked all night long by some scintillating tunes from Pukaar's live and energetic performance. It was the band's 3rd live act within one week. And it wasn't just the band members who were entertaining. The audience joined in the act with their agile dance moves. The whole floor was taken over, with not a single soul sitting down. What a party! Read More... See pictures...

Young Fellows Association cordially invited Pukaar to play live on the auspicious occassion of Pakistan Day and Eid Mela 2005. The function saw the likes of lengendary Rehana Akhter, folk maestro Meera Sadaf and Bila Sher come together and perform some classic songs. Our own band was greeted with a warm welcome and we had the honour of being requested by these greats to accompany them in performing live later in the evening. Shaurn Kaur, P.M. Raj, Romail Gulzar and Paritosh Padhy all starred with their solo tracks. The function lasted from 8pm to 1:30am! See pictures...

Sainsbury’s was an alternative location for the Pukaar bands latest gig. Instead of playing at the usual parties, clubs and festivals, the opening of the newly refurbished store in Shirley combined Sainsbury’s and Pukaar’s love of helping the community. Read More...

Since Pukaar's 1st event with the Hindu Society in April 2003 Pukaar has continued to work with student groups at Southampton University to promote music and arts. 5th of March saw one more night of brilliance as the students of both Southampton University and Southampton Institute came together under one roof in Highfield to organise a very eventful evening: Kastori 2005. The event was graced by the presence of the charming Miss Southampton, Editor of AND magazine and the Director of Think Media Music. Read More...

This was a fundraising event, attended by over 250 people. The crowded Talking Heads Venue in Portswood was host to the Pukaar Band and live DJs playing African, Latin and World Fusion music. The first Asian woman DJ from Southampton, DJ Nicky, also played a live set.

The Pukaar Project’s first event of 2004 attracted a crowd of around 150 people at POSH Restaurant. The event welcomed many families with children of all ages and wide range of different nationalities. Our second family party was a huge success. The aim of this event is to bring together children from different backgrounds and make them aware of other cultures, as well as their own. This year the party was attended by the Mayor of Southampton, Councillor Dennis Harryman, and by Paul Woodman 'the magician' from the charity Splash. There was live bhangra music and the second Pukaar Album was launched. Pukaar would like to thank Refugee Action from Southampton, Hello Project and HSBC Bank for sponsoring the event.

Good food, good music, good entertainment…the Valentine Dinner Dance was simply good fun! The Maple Leaf Club was full of red balloons and beautiful red roses handed out to all the ladies at the door for Pukaar’s Valentine Dinner Dance on 14th February 2004.

On Saturday 20 December, Pukaar held the Project’s last Curry party of 2003. The Pukaar Christmas Curry party was an evening of fun, of lots of dancing and therefore was once again a great success.

I wasn't at the 5th Pukaar curry party, but it was another great event by all accounts. The Jazz band, Hemi Bhatt Collective played a great set early on - we look forward to the next time they join us. Once again Pukaar rocked the venue with their Bhangra beats.

The event went really well Julie Dunn's Jazz went down a treat and was commented on by many people. The food was great (provided this time by India Gate). It was a truely multicultural event with 14 different nationalities represented.

The Maple Leaf was full to capacity and we even had to turn a few late comers away - sorry guys, please book in advance next time in order to avoid disappointment. As usual people of all ages, from students to silver citizens, plus a wide mix of ethnic backgrounds were represented - this after all is what the Pukaar Curry Party is all about.

The Pukaar Curry Party held a storming second event on July 17th. Once again we saw guests from all sections of the community, many who had been before, but it was great to see all the new faces as well.

Our first Pukaar Curry Party event was held at the African Caribbean Centre, St Mary's, Southampton in June 2003. The aim was to provide an informal atmosphere with Indian food, live music and DJ. The venue was chosen on the basis of location, suitability and cost. Tickets were sold at £10 per head and £8 for concessions.