Waves (festival)
The festival was first held in 2006[3] with events including dance, drama, literature, comedy, fashion, and music.
[citation needed] Comedy houses like All India Bakchod, TVF, Being Indian and others have also performed at Waves.
[citation needed] Events like Sunburn and Femina Miss India eliminations have been hosted by Waves.
[citation needed] The events and competitions at Waves belong to a variety of cultural categories such as Music, Dance, Literary, Quiz, Drama, Fine Arts, Film, and more.
Some of the competitions include Step-Up, Indian Rock, Jukebox, Contention, Moot Court, Nukkad Naatak, Word Games, JAM, "Sizzle" and "Vices Quiz".
The event "Show Me The Funny", where Stand-up Comedians from all over India compete, held its elimination rounds in various cities including Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Delhi and Hyderabad for Waves 2016.
The winners receive cash prizes, scholarships at the music academies and a feature in media publications.
[citation needed] The top three bands also get to open for the headlining artists on Waves main stage.
Previous editions have included paintball, blackjack, poker, donut eating competition, Limca Book of Records attempt, Guinness World Record attempt, Housie, All Night Treasure Hunt and Last Entrepreneur standing, Wallstreet fete, Ratatouille etc.
The highlights of the Ball include the elaborate cuisine, a live-band, and a number of couple events and games.
[citation needed] Waves gained popularity far and wide due to the euphoria and ecstasy it creates in its Professional Nights or Pro-Nites as they are called.
Previous editions of Waves have seen performances by renowned electronic music artists like Tony Junior, Nucleya, Quintino, Marnik, Diego Miranda, Ritviz, etc.
[citation needed] EDM Nite also hosted an official Pre-Sunburn event in previous editions of Waves.
In the past the Indie Nite has seen performances by The Local Train, Dead Letter Circus, Blackstratblues, Anand Bhaskar Collective, The Yellow Diary, Indian Ocean and Sifar.
The festival is to be held from the 1–3 November, though national eliminations of different events such as Sea Rock, Irshaad, Inverse and SMTF(Show Me The Funny) have already taken place in different cities across the country.
Waves 2018 featured events organized by the various clubs of Music, Dance, Literary, Quiz, Drama, Moot Court, and the Fine Arts.
