Roses are red, so is my wine. Refill my glass and I’ll be fine.

Every music festival has its own story, though its very difficult to remember of one held at a vineyard.  Correction – a visually stunning Sula Vineyard. Blame It on the Wine! Come its 8th edition in February 2015, Sula Vineyards hosted their one of its kind Gourmet World Music Festival at their vineyards in Nasik feasting to a crowd of 11,000 fest-goers with a megamix of great music, wine, drinks, food & fashion.

Primarily being a Gourmet festival, SulaFest did live up to its ‘The Festival Line-up of the Year‘ title with artists like Young the Giant, NUCLEYA, Lucky Ali, Steve Rachmad, Ankytrixx & many a more over 2 days and 2 stages. So raise a glass as we take you through SulaFest’ 15  or as we call it ‘That weekend which should never end!’

Stages

Now when was the last time you saw an Amphitheatre at a Music festival? The Ancient Greek architecture was the perfect set up for live artist performances throughout the day. Add the lush green pastures of the Vineyards, a Vero Moda shopping stall right besides the stage for a quick peek-a-boo and the beautiful sunset with the refreshing Nasik breeze was just the perfect thing one looks from a weekend.

Living upto its name on the other side of the Vineyard was the House/Techno Stage ‘Atmasphere‘ which captured many a souls with world class audio L’Acoustics K1 PA system and 3D visuals catering to a small but buzzing crowd.With both the stages being quite a distance apart the sound was crystal clear at both ends leaving the other half of the Vineyard for people to just lay down and relax over a glass of wine, a treat you miss at quite a few festivals nowadays.

Artists

The buzz around SulaFest was all about Lucky Ali & Nucleya on Day 2 while Gentleman’s Dub Club & Baba Robijn were a crowd favorite too. Riding on his success from festivals all across India over the last few months Nucleya did live up to his game after the last rites of the festival were trusted in his hands. The man who doesn’t mind crossing language or genre barriers flipped from Dillon Francis‘s ‘Get Low’ to slicked hard bassliners to his portfolio festival mix of Akkad Bakkad for a good solid set of over an hour. Lucky Ali popped up the massive crowd with his tunes from the 90s and some more familiar Bollywood songs. Coming off a last minute addition to the ‘Atmasphere‘ line up was Ankytrixx performing for 2nd time in a row at SulaFest with his underground tunes.

Headlining SulaFest’15 on Day 1 was the Indie Rock band Young The Giant with their ladies favorite frontman Sameer Gadhia. Speaking of Indie rock scenes, Will and The People provided a similar taste on Day 2 as a much bigger crowd found its way to the vineyard on the Sunday. The strings of Rodney Branigan who plays two guitars by himself kept on plucking throughout  day 2 on Mainstage while Gentleman’s Dub Club was the cupid mix of reggae and dance between Lucky Ali & Nucleya’s performance. Baba Robijn & Sashanti with Mescalito were the clear standouts of the Techno stage from both the days.

Vibe

You know you have a killer festival on your hands when you put the best of food stalls with all different genres of music at a fantastic Vineyard with no limits on alcohol over a weekend away from the metro life. SulaFest‘15 was a high profile event attended by the elite and the glamorous of the society. Hands down the prettiest crowd of all the festivals combined where the average age group was in the mid 20s with a few lucky kids accompanied by their parents.

The entire experience of a gourmet festival was lived at SulaFest’ 15 where music, wine and great food played the catalyst. The festival won’t increase in numbers any time soon unless they cater for more ground area in the vineyard so be among the first of many when you plan your trip to Sula land next year! Cheers!