Echoes of Earth at 10: Inside the Indian event’s sustainable rise
The team behind the green Bangalore festival tell IQ how they are future-proofing the event as competition ramps up in the domestic scene
News By Hanna Ellington | 16 July 2026
As India’s festival market expands, organisers behind Bangalore’s Echoes of Earth tell IQ how baking sustainability into its DNA has helped future-proof the festival as the domestic scene picks up speed.
Branded as India’s greenest circular music festival, Echoes of Earth launched in 2016 and has scaled from a 5,000-person gathering to a four-stage, 25,000-capacity festival over the past decade. Having also staged editions in Goa, the festival will return to Bangalore from 5-6 December for its 10th…