[1][2] The festival was first organized as a not-for-profit partnership between Mehrangarh Museum Trust and Jaipur Virasat Foundation in October 2007.

[2] The festival is planned to provide an open stage to all folk artists and musicians from India as well as from the globe.

[4][5] The theme of 2013 edition of the festival was the ancient history of the Mehrangarh Fort[2] which was selected as Asia's best fortress by Time.

[6] The year's featured performances include Afghani rubab player Daud Khan Sadozai, sessions on the culture of Manganiar of Marwar, the Rajasthani artists with Dilshad Khan, and Manu Chao.

This year Grammy award winners Wouter Kellerman and Yossi Fine performed their music.