Category Archive for "Press Release 2014"
Alumni-Led Music Mela Conference Rocks Islamabad’s Red Zone
A boring and bureaucratic city no longer—that was the consensus of Islooites who attended the 2014 Music Mela Conference that rocked the city’s Red Zone at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) May 2-4, 2014. Showcasing 15 folk,…
Music Mela Conference 2014 Islamabad
The Music Mela Conference 2014 event has been arranged this week in Islamabad where many famous celebrities, musicians and artists participate. The event has been organized by the US Embassy in collaboration with the Pakistan-US Alumni Network and the Foundation…
South by Southwest Music Festival Joins Pakistan’s First Ever Music Mela Conference
The Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN) and Foundation for Arts, Culture and Education (FACE) welcomed more than 1,000 attendees to the 2014 Music Mela Conference held May 2-4, 2014, in Islamabad. Noted musicians and U.S. exchange program alumni Arieb Azhar and…
The Music Mela Conference takes Islooites by storm
Cynics would have you believe that the live music scene is dead in Islamabad. But wait till you see mainstream bands and underground musicians come together for the first-of-its-kind Music Mela, which kicked off at the Pakistan National Council of…
Funk and reggae at the Music Mela
For someone who felt their stars were out of alignment, Zeeshan Mansoor and his band the Malang Party, did pretty well at the Music Mela. Malang Party was among the three bands that represented Pakistan’s new-wave rock music landscape on…
Music Mela kicks off with captivating performances
ISLAMABAD: The first Music Mela Conference 2014 inaugurated at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) amphitheatre on Friday. With people from every age group and all walks of life, the PNCA has rarely seen such crowds. The walk…