Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani's Sruthi Laya Kendra hosts its38th Winter Music Festival on Dec 27, 2025 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall. A series of concerts by Musicians Living Abroad is also hosted on Dec 23, 2025.
Schedule: (Click on the image for full schedule)
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If you learn or know to appreciate Carnatic music, here is an opportunity to listen to concerts and lec-dems and write about them.
Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, one of the oldest sabhas in Chennai, publishes its in-house newsletter 'Sangeeth Sarathy' during the December music season. The newsletter is published twice a week and features the concerts, artistes and lec-dems held at the sabha.
Students of music and rasikas with good writing skills are invited to be part of the newsletter.
If interested, mail to sangeethsarathy@gmail.com with details about your learning music and interest in writing.
View / Read the previous year issues here: https://parthasarathyswamisabha.com/2023/12/16/sangeeth-sarathy-issues-isai-vizha-2023-2024/
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The Chennai Music Season has always been as exhilarating as it is overwhelming. With hundreds of concerts spread across sabhas, temples, and cultural spaces, rasikas have traditionally depended on printed reconers and word-of-mouth to plan their listening. For nearly four decades, S. Kannan’s Season Reconer served as an indispensable guide, becoming almost synonymous with the December season itself. His passing left a palpable void.
Filling this long-felt gap, iCarnatic.org has now come forward with a comprehensive and thoughtfully curated Chennai Music Season Concert Calendar, compiled by noted musician K.N. Shashikiran.
The calendar is available in two formats:
- A digital version, hosted on the iCarnatic website, offering easy access to concert information across sabhas.
- A pocket-sized physical calendar, designed as a handy carry-on guide for rasikas on the move.
What makes this initiative particularly noteworthy is its accessibility. The printed pocket calendar is being distributed free of cost and is available for pick-up at various sabhas during the season. In a time when information is often fragmented across social media posts and messaging groups, this consolidated effort brings back the joy of browsing a single, reliable reference.
For veteran rasikas, this calendar will evoke memories of Kannan’s reconer tucked into handbags and pockets. For younger listeners, it serves as an excellent introduction to navigating the season with intention rather than chance.
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Organised by lalitha Jewellery, Jyothi Indira Margazhi Yuvautsav will be held from Dec 18, 2025 to Jan 4, 2026
Open to rasikas.
Venue: Jyothi Indira Thirumana Mandapam, Valasaravakkam, Chennai 87
Schedule: (Click on the image for a larger picture)
VVS Foundation, SaMaa Arts and Raghavendra Swami Mutt, Mylapore organise Ekaantha Sangeetha Seva morning concerts from Dec 16, 2025 to Jan 14, 2026
The concerts will be held early morning from 6.30 to 7.30 a.m. in oil lamp-lit ambience.
Venue: Srikara Anjaneya Raghavendra Swami Mutt, 8, Salai Street (Near R R Sabha) Mylapore.
Schedule: (Click on the images for larger picture)
VVS Foundation, SaMaa Arts & Raghavendra Swami Mutt, Mylapore organise Swagatham festival throughout Margazhi till Jan 4, 2026
Venue: Srikara Anjaneya Raghavendra Swami Sannidhanam, 8, Salai Street, Mylapore, Chennai
Open to all.
Schedule: (Click on the image to view full schedule)
Carnatica & Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha jointly organise Paddhathi Music Fest from Dec 23 to 31, 2026 and from Jan 2 to 11, 2026.
Venue: Desiga Vidya Bhavanam, 27, Venkatesa Agraharam Road, Mylapore, Chennai
Admission to concerts is free.
Schedule: (Click on the images for full schedule)
The Partha Parampara Music Series hosted by Sri Parthasarathy Swamy sabha will be held from Dec. 8 to 12, 2025. Many up and coming talents are featured at this series.
Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall, East Mada Street, Mylapore, Chennai
Admission to the concerts are free.
Schedule: (Click on the image for larger picture)
Sunaadalahari, Musical wing of Indira Ranganathan Trust hosts its December Music Season in a Garden with lamp-lit silhouttes.
Venue: Indira Ranganathan Trust, 52, C.P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet, Chennai.
Reserved seats are chargeable. For Season /Donor pass, Contact +91 9344535941
Walk-ins will be free and accommodated if seats remain, on a first-come basis.
Schedule: (Click on the image for full schedule)
The 125th year December Music Festival at Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha as lecture-Demonstrations sessions daily at 8.30 a.m.
The sessions are free to attend.
Venue: Vidya Bharathi, Bheemasena Garden Road, Mylapore, Chennai
Schedule: (Click on the image for larger picture)
The 7th annual Music Festival of Gayatri Fine Arts Global will be held from Dec 22 to 28, 2025
Venue: Sri Krishna Saras Hall, 6, 124-C PS Sivaswamy Salai, Mylapore, Chennai
Admission to concerts is free.
Schedule: (Click on the image to view the full schedule)
The 125th year Isai Vizha December Music Festival of Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha will be held from Dec 16, 2025 to Jan. 1, 2025.
Venue: Vidya Bharathi, 55 Bheemasena Garden Road, Mylapore, Chennai.
The evening concerts are ticketed. The tickets can be purchased at the venue and online at https://mdnd.in/SeasonTickets/OrganizerLandingPage?ci=101&r_id=2304
The sabha organises Sanskriti Utsav from Dec 19 to 30, 2025. Two concerts at 4.30pm and 6.45 pm are held every day. Admission to these concerts are free.
The venue is : The Madras Sanskrit College, Mylapore, Chennai.
To mark the special occasion of the 125th year, a commemorative festival is held on Jan 2 to 5, 2026 at Narada Gana Sabha Hall, Alwarpet, Chennai
Schedules of all the events of Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha here : (Click on the images to view the full schedule)
This year's theme for the Sruti & The Music Forum's LecDem Mela is 'Sangeetha Kathamrutham.
The two-day lecdem series will be held at Arkay Convention Centre, Mylapore, Chennai.
Schedule: (Click on the image for a larger picture)
The edition3 of Kauvery Hospital's Margazhi Maha Utsavam is on from Dec 5 to 14, 2025
Venue: Kauvery Hospitals, Ground Floor, Vadapalani, Chennai.
Contact for enquiries: +91 98409 86146
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The 2025-26 Isai Natya Nataka Vizha of Narada Gana Sabha will be held from Dec 13 to Jan 1, 2026
The Pre-Music Festival concerts are on from Dec 1 , 2025 to Dec 12, 2025
Thiruppavai Upanyasam by Kidambi Sri Narayanan will be held daily at 7.15 a.m. from Dec 16, 2025 to Jan. 14, 2026.
The evening programmes are ticketed. Tickets can be purchased at the venue as well as online at - https://mdnd.in/SeasonTickets/OrganizerLandingPage?ci=101&r_id=2400
Schedule: (Click on the image for full schedule)
Sale of Season tickets at the Music Academy opens today and will be on till Dec 10, 2025.
Online tickets are also open at https://musicacademymadras.in/99th-annual-concerts-2025/
The annual music festival of Chennai Fine Arts will be held from Dec 21 to 30, 2025.
Venue: Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz, Chennai
Admission to all concerts is free.
Schedule: (Click on the image to view full schedule)
The 46th Isai Iyal and Nataka Vizha followed by 36th Bharatham Festival of Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha will be held from Dec 9, 2025 to Jan 31, 2026
Venue: Vani Mahal, G N Road, T Nagar, Chennai
The concerts at 6.30 pm are ticketed. Daily and season tickets can be purchased from https://www.vanimahal.com/ and https://mdnd.in/
Schedule: (Click on the image for full schedule)
The 51st Year Art Festival of Kartik Fine Arts will be held from Dec 1 2025 to Jan.. 3, 2026
Venue:
Narada Gana Sabha Hall - From Dec 1 to 12, 2025
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Hall - From Dec 13, 2025 to Jan 3, 2026
Evening concerts are ticketed. Season tickets and daily tickets can be purchased at the venues as well as online at https://mdnd.in
Schedule: (Click on the image for full schedule)
