Citywide April Art Festival — Weekends, 13 Venues
- What: A citywide art festival with exhibitions, dance performances, film screenings and more across Mumbai. - When: Every weekend in April 2026, including this coming weekend—events across multiple venues and dates. - Where/Info: Hosted at 13 venues across the city; full schedule and details at herzindagi.com
Mumbai’s Alti Palti festival is running across Mumbai through Saturday, April 26, with art, dance, film, music and theatre spread over 13 venues. (altshows.com) The festival’s published run is April 3 to April 26, 2026, and its organisers say the programme spans four weekends, 13 venues and 38 shows. The current schedule page lists events on April 24, April 25 and April 26 for the final weekend. (altshows.com) The venues are grouped by neighbourhood rather than a single campus: South Mumbai hosted the first weekend, Bandra the second, North Mumbai the third, and Andheri is hosting the closing weekend on April 25 and April 26. The venue page names Harkat, Kitaabghar and A La Carte for the Andheri stop. (altshows.com) The programme is built as a mixed bill, not a single exhibition. Organisers describe it as a festival of music, theatre, dance, film, visual art and workshops, and the live schedule for April 24-26 includes film, theatre, music and visual-art events. (altshows.com 1) (altshows.com 2) That citywide format sets it apart from Mumbai’s usual one-venue arts listings in April. Time Out Mumbai’s month-ahead guide singled out April’s “art festivals” as part of a packed cultural calendar, placing Alti Palti alongside major concert, club and gallery events across the city. (timeout.com) The organisers are selling two main passes rather than individual entry to every event. The site lists a festival pass at Rs. 1,200 for the full run and a weekend pass at Rs. 750 for any Friday-to-Sunday cluster, while workshops require separate sign-up. (altshows.com) Alti Palti also says it is operating without corporate sponsors or institutional backing. On its main page, the festival describes itself as “entirely grassroots” and says ticket revenue covers core costs, with public budget information and optional contributions built into checkout. (altshows.com) The closing weekend gives Mumbai one more chance this month to treat the city itself as the venue. The organisers’ pitch is simple: pick a neighbourhood, show up with a pass, and move through the programme before the festival ends on April 26. (altshows.com)
