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The CCU Festival is a project by Make Calcutta Relevant Again and celebrates the Flavours of the City Of Joy in terms of music, food, entrepreneurship, design, technology, fitness, innovation and sustainability. 






The event is going to commence on Saturday, that is 29th of October, this year at Taal Kutir Convention Centre, New Town from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. where one can witness fourteen events in sixteen hours, including fitness camp, flea market, startups, tech workshops, dance music, hip hop and many more.
The CCU festival presents a sub-event called "Motor Cortex" which presents the best DJs and electronic music artists from the local scene to international level. The lineup includes 8-BIT CULPRIT, AAYNA,ADNAN, ALAMUT, ARCANE, CMYK, KOHRA, MIA MENDI, NIDA, RUDRA, SEQU3L, SHFT, TECH PANDA × KENZANI at the Royal Pavillion (Ballroom) 


A startup exhibition named FLOPTCH is going to take place at the Grand Terrace from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. which will involve a golden opportunity for startups to apply for Flo-Ptch@CCU Fest and give them a valuable chance to raise capital from 30K USD to 10 Million USD. Floptch is a multinational company under the banner "Make Calcutta Relevant Again" which aims at providing a window for new startups to reach heights. 
The Royal Courtyard will host the all-day flea market called MRKT with more than forty curated local and national brands as well as F&B Stalls by Taal Kutir, along with live music, busking and comedy, CCU GOT SOUL, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and CYPHER, a live performance by local hip-hop artists and beatboxers, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. which will add another feather to the cap. The Regal Convention Room will have a fitness campaign, FLOW with healthy morning activities and exercises from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. , a design convention called BLPRNT from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. , a Web3 convention called BUIDL from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. which will give people an insight into new technologies, MKKM, a campaign which will highlight upon lifestyle and sustainable urban solutions as well as an innovative convention, DSRPT, presenting the upcoming talents, brands and trends. 
A live music show by top local, national and international artists will be conducted at Rhyddim from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. which is going to involve Whale In The Pond, Kendraka featuring Raju Das Baul and Seth Panduranga Blumberg, Taalpatar Shepai, Amyt Datta and Armeen Musa, along with music business discussion campaign and open jam. 

CLOUT, the digital content creators convention will take place at the Grand Terrace from 5:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. (IST)
The Lawn would witness a presentation called BNGL which would comprise of the art and cultural heritage of Bengal as a whole. 
Last, but not the least, a VIP Networking Dinner will be organised at La Reserve from 9:00p.m. to 11p.m..
The event partners include Make Taj, Calcutta Cacophony, The Kolkata Buzz, Craft Coffee, Paytm Insider and many others. The tickets for the event are available on the official website of the CCU Festival and people from far and wide are going to drop in to make the event a successful one. 

As the saying goes let's "Make Calcutta Relevant Again".





 










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