The best places in Chennai to make your Holi more special

During Holi, the streets of Sowcarpet come alive with Holi celebrations as kids run around throwing colours on each other. The Holi photo walk, organised by Madras Photo bloggers and Singara Chennai, will give you an amazing chance to capture interesting portraits and fun moments during the walk. The start of the walk is at the Flower Bazaar Road in Parry’s Corner. If you are a budding photographer, this photo walk will be a great place to meet more experienced photographers. Also, there is a prize for the top two photographs by the attendees and the photographs will be judged by the organisers.

Venue: Flower Bazaar Police Station, Parry’s Corner, Sowcarpet

Date and time: March 2, 7 am

Contact: 9443875626

Gear up for the biggest Bollywood Holi party in Chennai. Holi Madras 2018 will see DJ Aqeel Ali along with other top Dj’s like Vijay Chawla, Ashok Bajaj, Rudy, Beck, Manish and Eash on the decks. DJ Aqeel Ali is known as the daddy of Bollywood remixes and has been in the industry for more than a decade. Apart from the gig, there will be live dhol, rain dance, hookah, water balloons, etc. For the food lovers in the city, there will be a multi-cuisine food and beverage stall.

Venue: Island Grounds, Anna Salai Mount Road, The Island, Park Town

Date and time: March 2, 12 pm

Contact: 9941622066

Unlike other festivals, children enjoy celebrating Holi for mainly one reason. They get to play with colours and splash them on others and will not get scolded for the act. Though there are many Holi activities in the city, most of them are open to only adults. Fret not, a first-ever exclusive kids only Holi party has been organised in Chennai. Kids would get to play in splash pools with pichkaris. A concept that has been carefully curated for children and parents, you can expect loads of entertainment, fun, games, music, food and shopping.

Venue: Bamboola Play School, 73, Venkatakrishna Rd, RA Puram

Date and time: March 3, 10 am

Contact: 7299786000

Guess who's joining you for the Holi celebrations? Fungus Funk, an established psychedelic trance musician from Moscow and Virtual Light, a celebrated guitarist from Canada along with Yes Alex and Satty will perform a four-hour live concert titled tribal gathering in nam ma ooru. 

Venue: Ramada Chennai Egmore

Date and time: March 2, 4 pm

Contact: 044 4610 4777