December is a season in Madras, and it extends before and beyond. It’s when the city hosts unarguably the biggest festival of music and dance in the country, the December Music Festival. Be lured by the serendipitous sabhas — no less than 67 cultural organisations, some of them over a hun­dred years old, which annually host a mind-boggling 2,100-odd concerts or Carnatic music kutcheris, from morning to night. The best talent is featured in the evening sessions with the bulk of tickets ranging around a reason­able Rs 100. The mornings are slotted for brilliant upcoming talent besides lec-dems and workshops that are open to all. After you have had your fill of divine music, make a beeline for the sabha canteens to relish a whole range of delicious food, chiefly local specialties, served piping hot.

What: December Music Festival
When: Second week of December
Where: Many parts of Chennai
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