CONTROL ALT DELETE - 13th - 14th January 2024

CONTROL ALT DELETE 13

The people's music movement is back! India’s largest crowdfunded music festival Control ALT Delete returns to Roaring Farm for its 13th edition on 13th - 14th January 2024. With a legacy of 12 editions over the years featuring over 180 Indian acts across 3 cities so far, we will bring you the freshest sounds, breaking genres, passionate fans, and the future of Indian alternative music and culture.

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Oversized T-Shirt

₹ 800 ^{EXCL. TAXES}

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Tote Bag

₹ 500 ^{EXCL. TAXES}

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Tent for 1

₹ 2000 ^{EXCL. TAXES}

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Tent for 2

₹ 3000 ^{EXCL. TAXES}

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Bring Your Own Tent

₹ 1500 ^{EXCL. TAXES}

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After a short pandemic-induced break, the country’s largest crowdsourced, crowdfunded and open sourced music festival hits the ground running. Amongst the beautiful environs of Roaring Farm in Mumbai – the cultural tour de force returns with its community of fans, bands, musicians, artists and everyone who gives a damn about the independent cultural movement in this country. As always, we will bring you the freshest sounds, breaking genres, passionate fans, and the future of Indian alternative music and culture. We are 12 editions and 11 years old – and have featured over 180 Indian acts across 3 cities so far.

Control ALT Delete is the greenhouse where the future sounds of the Indian scene bloom. We have had everyone from MC Stan and Emiway to Divine and Naezy play at CAD in their early days before they broke out to national stardom.

Control ALT Delete 13’s artwork has been designed by the mad genius of Sanskar Sawant aka Chew’d Perfect. He follows a legacy of phenomenal designers like Aaquib Wani, thebigfatminimalist, Moebius, kidsquidy, Sajid Wajid Shaikh, and many more who have contributed their aesthetic to CAD over the years.

Our sponsors are our people – we value each and every contribution made, and each one is mentioned in our patrons list both online and on ground.

It doesn’t matter how much you can give, as long as you put a value to the music, art, and culture you will experience.

We have a strict no corporate control policy – we don’t do logos and we run purely on people’s love, time, effort, and money, instead of brand patronisation. It allows us to be fiercely independent, inclusive, and accepting of all cultural, political, and musical beliefs. We continue to be an open platform for people from all walks of life – irrespective of where they come from – and we believe the power of music binds us.

All of our accounts are public and transparent. You can see our cost sheets uploaded to the website after every edition. All money raised is equally distributed between all acts, irrespective of seniority and popularity. All profits go towards the performing acts. The entire CAD crew runs on a voluntary program and people work on this festival out of their free will.

We continue to be from the people, and for the people. Contribute NOW!

Why Contribute?

Control ALT Delete is the nursery of the Indian independent music scene. It is the ONLY music festival in the country that puts inclusivity ahead of scale and grandeur. We run on the core principles of INCLUSIVITY, TRANSPARENCY and EQUALITY.

Unlike other music and culture-led festivals, we do not run on corporate or individual patronage. We seek contributions from the music and cultural community – which includes fans, artists, organizers, fabricators, light and sound companies, art directors, designers, and more. We are for the people, and by the people.

Our vision is to make the industry more democratic and organic – empowering anyone with a love for the arts and organizational capabilities to go build their own scene instead of complaining about the lack of opportunities.

We run on a PAY WHAT YOU WANT policy. As scene kids who grew into the industry, we all have felt the brunt of being profiled at the gates of clubs and festivals. We do not want a person’s economic circumstance to dictate their love for the arts – we care about value – about the fact that the arts have value and that value needs to be seen and believed in by the fans. Our condition is simple – we don’t care how much you contribute, as long as you do. We want the fans and contributors to be stakeholders in the festival and see themselves as the key building block that makes this festival happen.

Once the festival is over – all the collected amounts are tallied, expenses accounted for, and profits calculated. All profits are split equally between performing artists and losses are borne by the organising committee. By making the accounts public, we aim to showcase a format or a formula by which anyone with a fierce love for their scene and basic organizational capabilities can build their own DIY models to fund and operate cultural programmes. Check out all our previous accounts here.

EVERY CONTRIBUTION gets something of value in return. From having their name up on our sponsors list, to bespoke merch, and even private gigs by selected bands – the amount contributed is correlated to the kind of returns you get.

This is the home of DIY culture – and being a part of CAD means being a part of pushing the cultural borders forward, hacking existing systems, and creating your own scenes on your own terms.

CONTRIBUTE

Why Contribute?

This is the home of DIY culture – and being a part of CAD means being a part of pushing the cultural borders forward, hacking existing systems, and creating your own scenes on your own terms.

CONTRIBUTE

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Them Feels

“Working on two editions of Control ALT Delete (2014 & 2020) was an unforgettable journey. It all began in 2014 when Rishu Singh (RIP) reached out to me for Control ALT Delete V: The Metal Chapter. The experience was a dream come true for an aspiring graphic designer especially after seeing the festival’s cool posters each year, it had always intrigued me, and joining the team was a fantastic opportunity. The chance to witness the Bombay metal scene and Shezan’s antics for the first time was a wild ride.

The “Pay What You Want” entry concept was revolutionary, and it was heartening to watch fans willingly support the bands. Your commitment to music and the community is truly inspiring. Thank you for creating a space where art, music, and community converge in a spectacular way. Looking forward to more incredible editions!”

Aaquib Wani, Designer

Control ALT Delete is the holy grail of the independent music industry. Playing a CAD set/festival meant you were performing for your people and for your art. People who attend CAD come for the music and nothing else. I very proudly tell people that I played the 10th edition of CAD which was the first festival edition. We wear it as a badge of honour.

It is 100% unadulterated art with no brands and that’s what makes CAD so special.

It’s about community!

Nush Lewis – Artist & Founder of OffSet Education

“CAD is one of the most unique festival experiences in INDIA. I have never felt so much joy playing at a festival like CAD. It was very special and I truly cherish the rooted nature of the whole experience given that my roots are also based in MUMBAI. The festival is completely crowd funded too which is uniquely special and inspiring at the same time. Big up CAD.”

Sohail Arora, Artist & Founder, KRUNK

“We played the 2020 edition of CAD and can safely say that it’s one of the most fun festivals I’ve been to as an artist and as a member of the audience. Discovered a bunch of sick artists that I hadn’t heard of before and got a chance to play in front of a whole new bunch of people who usually might not have experienced our music if it wasn’t for CAD.”

Abbas Razvi, Godless

“CAD, to me, represents Community with a capital C (and to some extent, the absence of another C, capitalism ). In an ideal world, it’s how I’d love every music festival to be, where commercial constraints don’t determine who or what gets programmed and everybody’s there for the music, not the hype. I’ve watched so many great artists perform for the first time at CAD, and its absence has left a gaping hole in the festival calendar. I can’t wait for its return.”

Amit Gurbaxani, Journalist

“Control ALT Delete is a place where I feel like I belong. It’s where we indie folks get to be a community. It’s where music gets the support it deserves. And it’s where fans get to show their love with wild abandon.”

Mae from indie music podcast, Maed in India