India's largest multidisciplinary arts festival is back for its 9th edition.
About us
Serendipity Arts Foundation (SAF) is an organisation dedicated to fostering diverse cultural expressions and supporting emerging artists across South Asia. With a commitment to innovation and creativity at its core, the Foundation aims to support, practice, research, promote, and provide sustainability and education in the arts through a range of cultural programs and initiatives.
The Foundation's primary outreach project is Serendipity Arts Festival, an annual interdisciplinary arts festival held across multiple venues in Panjim. Curated by an eminent panel of artists and experts, the Festival aims to initiate positive change in India’s creative ecosystem. Spanning the visual, performing, and culinary arts, the Festival addresses crucial issues such as arts education, cultural patronage, interdisciplinary discourse, and access to the arts.
Programmes
What's on your mind?
There is plenty to experience at Serendipity Arts Festival, from thought-provoking exhibitions and talks to memorable performances and workshops. Find your groove here!
All ages Free Craft
Abundance in Scarcity: Exploring Ladakh's Sustainable Ingenuity
All ages Free
A Haptic Score
All ages Free Dance
Bhav Prem Ras: The Garland of Baul Songs
Table and Stools
All ages Free Theatre
The House Blue
All ages Free Special Project
Serendipity Arts Residency 2024
All ages INR 299 Theatre
BE-LOVED: Theatre, Music, Queerness and Ishq!
All ages INR 299 Dance
Aqeedat, Love’s Union in the Divine
All ages Free
Around the Corner, Goa
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
Seaweed Tidepool Walk - Exploring the Seaweed Forests of Dona Paula
All ages Free Culinary Arts
Cookbook Chronicles: Reading Recipes
All ages Free Culinary Arts
Early Edibles: Tasting the World
All ages Free Culinary Arts
Waste-to-Value: Baking Ceramic with Eggshells
All ages Free Culinary Arts
Waste-to-Value: What to do with used cooking oil
All ages Free Culinary Arts
Waste-to-Value: Natural dyes from food leftovers
All ages Free Culinary Arts
Waste-to-Value: Coffee grounds reimagined
All ages Free Special Project
The Bells
All ages Free
Multiplay
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
Eating Between the Lines
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
MOCK WILD Picnic
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
NECTAR - Embodying the Critical Role of Bees in Food Systems
All ages INR 299 Dance
Tribute to the Masters: Legends, Legacy, and Continuum - Kelucharan Mohapatra
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
Cultures of Transformation
All ages Free Special Project
Carbon
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
Where Roots Speak: Tubers and What They Can Teach Us
All ages Free Craft
The Infinite Forest: An Exploration of Material Possibilities
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
Crisis Cuisine: Towards the Practice for Future Food
All ages Free Special Project
Songs of Day and Night
All ages Free Special Project
Eternal Echoes: The Resonance of Heart with Heritage
All ages Free Culinary Arts
Climate Controlled Dosa Picnic Basket
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
Make your own Climate Recipes
All ages Free Music
Sempre Fado: Antigo e Novo
Free Kids Only 6+
What does the Future Look Like?
All ages Free Craft
Past Forward: Remix and Collaborations in Ceramics and Glass
All ages Free Culinary Arts
Food x Play
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
Eat the Wild: Foraging for Edible Weeds in the City
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
Tools and Sensorium of Sweet Making
Free Special Project 6+
The Language of Paint
All ages Special Project 6+
Promenade avec François
All ages Free Special Project
Collaborative Stitching and Collaborative Drawing
All ages Free Special Project
Everyday Drop-in Activities
All ages Free Special Project
Tpu Wa Sain: Tales of Sisterhood and Womanhood in the Jaintia Hills
All ages Free Music
Happy Home & School for the Blind Choir and Jazz Quartet
All ages Free Culinary Arts
Bring-Your-Own-Pickle (BYOP)
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
Redefining Goan Food for the Next Generation
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
Gobi Manchurian and the City
All ages Free Culinary Arts
MOLD: A Seed is an Ark through the Portal
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
Fungal Entanglements: A Sensory Journey
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
The Mushroom Keepers: Film Screening & Panel Discussion
All ages Free Music
Music in the Art Park
All ages Free Photography
Goa Familia - Archive of Potential (Goan) Futures
All ages Free Special Project
Field Measures
All ages Free Music
Abhibyanjana: Independent Music Production Grantee
All ages Free Theatre
The Goan Stage: Narratives of Identity
All ages INR 299 Music
River Raag
All ages Free Music
Laxmikant-Pyarelal: A Tribute and Beyond
All ages Special Project
AI Minilab
All ages Free
Chapters Inbetween
All ages Free Music
Uru Paanar: Independent Music Production Grantee
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
Every Grain a Story: Mapping Self and Culture Through Rice Appreciation
All ages Free Culinary Arts
Daughter of the Sea: Sisterhood in the Sea
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
Imagining Insects - Rethinking Taste, Disgust, and Delight
All ages INR 299 Culinary Arts
Designing an Encyclopaedia of Indian Food
All ages Free Special Project
Works by Bhupen Khakhar
All ages Free Special Project
Journey to the Future
All ages INR 299 Dance
Tribute to the Masters: Legends, Legacy, and Continuum - Kumudini Lakhia
All ages Free Craft
Fantasy Forest
All ages Free
Voice to Vision: Mastering Audio Description
All ages Free
Scented Stories: An Artisanal Fragrance Workshop
Closed
Future Spaces for Theatre: A Journey Through Theatre and Architecture
Free Workshop 11+
Listening to the Earth: Exhibition Walkthrough
Free Workshop 11+
Dudhsagar-Khandepar River Chronicles - Knowing Riparian Ecosystems and Cyanotype Printing
Testimonials
Chandra Shekhar Ojha
Director Sales
Kokuyo Camlin
Krupa Shah
CEO Co-Founder
Vybe Brands
Wicher Slagter
First Secretary for Political Affairs, Press and Public Diplomacy
Netherlands Embassy in India
Gregoire Verdin
Brand Ambassodor Sula Vineyard
Sula Vineyard
Bickram Ghosh
Tabla Maestro and Curator, Music
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Executive Chairperson
Biocon Biologics
Sanjeev Mantri
Executive Director
ICICI Lombard General Insurance
Sneha Khanwalkar
Curator Music and Music Director
Shri Pramod Pandurang Sawant
Chief Minister of Goa
Late Shri Manohar Parrikar
Former Chief Minister of Goa
Aneesh Pradhan
Tabla Exponent and Curator, Music
PRAMOD KUMAR KG
Curator, Craft
Anand Bhagat
Boombay Djembe Folas
Atul Kumar
Theatre Curator, SAF2018
Zubin Balaporia
Music Composer
Kaspar Köing
Sound artist
Meer Mukhtiyar Ali
Artist
Raamkumar R
Artist
Daksha Sheth
Director
Daksha Sheth Dance Company