Sufi Qawwali Nights Across Delhi This Weekend

KahaJaun’s weekend events guide published on May 21 grouped Sufi qawwali nights with concerts, theatre and parties across Delhi NCR for May 22 to May 24, 2026. The guide pointed readers to multiple live-music options over the three-day weekend, with qawwali positioned as one of the cultural draws in Delhi’s nightlife mix. The most clearly verifiable qawwali listing tied to the roundup was a Nizami Brothers performance on Saturday, May 23. The Piano Man’s own event listings matched that show, placing it at its Eldeco Centre venue in Saket at 8:30 p.m. and showing tickets at 999 rupees. ### Which qawwali event can be confirmed from the weekend listings? The KahaJaun roundup named “Nizami Brothers Performing Live” for May 23, 2026, at 8:30 p.m. at The Piano Man, Eldeco Centre, New Delhi. The listing described the act as a qawwali night featuring Akbar Nizami and Gufran Nizami from the Sikandrabad Gharana. (kahajaun.com) The Piano Man’s event pages separately listed “Nizami Brothers” for Saturday, May 23, 2026, at its Eldeco Centre, Saket venue, with a ticket price of 999 rupees. An AllEvents listing also showed the same act, date and time at the Eldeco Centre address in Malviya Nagar. ### Who are the performers in that listing? The Piano Man’s event description said Akbar Nizami learned qawwali from his brother, the late Ustad Ghulam Sabir Nizami, and had performed in more than 4,000 shows with him since 1982. (kahajaun.com) The venue page said Akbar Nizami also trained in classical compositions under Haji Ustad Altaf Hussain Khan Sahab of the Khurja Gharana, and identified Akbar and Gufran Nizami as sons of Aziz-uz-Zama. (thepianoman.in) KahaJaun’s listing tied that lineage to the Sikandrabad Gharana and framed the event as a “soulful qawwali night.” The wording is promotional, but it helps explain why the act was singled out in a broad weekend guide that otherwise mixed electronic music, theatre and festival programming. (thepianoman.in) ### Was this a citywide festival or a cluster of separate venue nights? KahaJaun’s article was a curated weekend roundup, not a centralized festival program. The page bundled unrelated events across Delhi, Gurugram and Noida, including theatre at Kamani Auditorium, a concert at Ambassador New Delhi and the qawwali set at The Piano Man. (kahajaun.com) AllEvents’ Delhi pages also showed qawwali and Sufi-tagged programs as separate bookings rather than one common series. Those included the May 23 Nizami Brothers show in Delhi and additional Sufi-tagged listings in Ghaziabad and later dates in Delhi NCR. ### What do the listings say about timing and tickets? The May 23 Nizami Brothers performance was listed for 8:30 p.m. at The Piano Man Eldeco Centre. (kahajaun.com) The Piano Man’s searchable event page showed the price at 999 rupees, while KahaJaun directed readers to BookMyShow for ticketing. BookMyShow also carried a separate “Qawwali Night” page for Delhi-NCR, describing a 2-hour-30-minute Hindi Sufi event, though the page available through search did not surface a date or venue in the snippet and marked the event closed. (allevents.in) That makes it less useful as a primary confirmation for the weekend roundup than the venue and guide listings. (thepianoman.in) ### What was still on the calendar after the weekend dates? The Piano Man’s venue listings showed more music programming at Eldeco Centre on May 24 and later, including Garvit & Priyansh on May 24 and Salman Zaman on May 30. AllEvents’ Delhi qawwali page also listed Salman Zaman on May 30 and “Mehfil-e-Sufi With Salman Zaman” on June 26 at the same Eldeco Centre location. (in.bookmyshow.com) KahaJaun’s May 21 guide remained the main published roundup for the May 22 to May 24 weekend, and its event page continued to point readers to venue or ticketing platforms for details. (kahajaun.com) (thepianoman.in)