The Project 560 Festival | September 13-14 and 20-21, 2025 | Across Bangalore
Bangalore, What’s your Pincode?
Inspired by the first three digits of Bangalore’s pincode, the Project 560 Festival invites you on an exploration of the varied neighbourhoods, cultural spaces, and ecosystems of the city!
Over two weekends—September 13-14 and 20-21—engage with 36 curated projects being showcased across namma uru. Together, these projects ask - what does the city mean to us? How do we engage with it deeply and meaningfully?
At the festival, we have 11 curated walks—take a walk in Laggere to get to know its cinematic connections, traipse around Cubbon Park and Lalbagh to watch birds and know more about the spaces’ histories, sketch your way through Rajajinagar, hear a personal history of the Majestic area—and much more. If walking isn’t your thing, come to Science Gallery Bengaluru, 1Shanthiroad Studio/Gallery, Sabha Blr, and Studio 345 for games, workshops, talks, readings, and an exhibition!
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Read the full schedule in English below; click here for the schedule in Kannada.
-------------------------- SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2025 --------------------------
Curated Walks
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09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Namma Majestic Yatre by Chandra Keerthi B
Journey through stories of the heart of Bangalore.
Majestic
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Pencil Jam & Walk: Rajajinagar Narratives by Roshini M
A little adventure through Rajajinagar—starting with the aroma of fresh buns at the legendary OG Variar Bakery and winding our way to the iconic Rumale Art House. Let’s walk, talk, and draw our way through history.
Rumale Art House & Rajajinagar
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Reel Duniya Real Duniya: Cinema, Memory, and Leisure in Laggere by Eshwari R, Mahima Gowda & Krishnappa
Explore cinematic landmarks and histories with community members from Laggere.
Aladamara and Kotigobba Vishnuvardhan Road, Laggere area
Community Gathering
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11:00 AM - 05:00 PM
It's a Block Party - Paint Cooke Town ‘Red’ by Athreya Chidambi & Shiva Pathak
Participatory community action with local shops and benches in Cooke Town.
Cooke Town
Game
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12:30 PM - 02:00 PM & 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Once There was A Lake by Chanakya Vyas
Play a board game about a neighbourhood where a lake once existed and revive it! Discover the lesser-known stories of Bengaluru’s lakes. All players and observers are welcome.
Reading Room, Science Gallery Bengaluru
In collaboration with Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB)
Workshop 
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03:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Bengaluru Narratives: A Poetry Workshop by Mamta Sagar & Kaavya Sanje
Write about the city and your ever-evolving relationship with it. Participants writing in all languages are welcome.
This session is multilingual
1Shanthiroad Studio/Gallery
-------------------------- SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2025 --------------------------
Curated Walks
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08:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Bird Walk in Lalbagh by Monica Kaushik
Garden and the City by Suresh Jayaram
Lalbagh
09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Hidden in Plain Sight - Exploring Art Deco in Malleswaram by Suchitra Deep
Malleswaram
09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Namma Majestic Yatre by Chandra Keerthi B
Journey through stories of the heart of Bangalore.
Majestic
Community Gathering
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11:00 AM - 05:00 PM
It's a Block Party - Paint Cooke Town ‘Red’ by Athreya Chidambi & Shiva Pathak
Participatory community action with local shops and benches in Cooke Town.
Cooke Town
Game
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12:30 PM - 02:00 PM & 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Once There was A Lake by Chanakya Vyas
Play a board game about a neighbourhood where a lake once existed and revive it! Discover the lesser-known stories of Bengaluru’s lakes. All players and observers are welcome.
Reading Room, Science Gallery Bengaluru
In collaboration with Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB)
Poetry Performance
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03:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Market Memories by Mamta Sagar & Kaavya Sanje
Unravel the narratives around the city and the market. This performance is multilingual and an outcome of the poetry workshop.
KR Flower Market
Talk 
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05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Lala's Football Diaries: Here We Play by Isha Harsha Mangalmurti & PASS FC
Come listen to a project on the city’s resilient women who create safe spaces, stick together, stand for doing things the right way and most importantly, have fun playing!
Reading Room, Science Gallery Bengaluru
In collaboration with Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB)
Dramatised Readings
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05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
ನಂಟು...ಮನದಾಳದ ಮಾತು (Bonding...Heartfelt Words) by Shobhana Kumari
Vignettes of Bangalore through the lived experiences of a single woman in the city, and their interactions with the working class and queer communities, exploring the artist’s personal experiences as well as the collective sense of belonging, memory, loss, helplessness, and survival.
This session is in Kannada with translation in English
06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Shahar in the Khaki Room - Bangalore One by Rumi Harish
Readings from a piece based on a queer person’s experiences of crisis intervention for gender and sexual minority communities, across police stations in Bangalore engaging with instances of discrimination, violence, conspiracies, homophobia and humour.
This session is in Kannada and English with translation
Freedom Begum - Greater Bangalore by Rumi Harish and Sunil Mohan
Excerpts from a theatrically reconstructed history of the transgender community in Bangalore with specific reference to the life of ‘Begum’, an imagined character who lived in a prime locality in Bangalore in the 1980s. Drawing on a collection of oral narratives and through a series of workshops, the excerpts explore Begum’s space that nurtured various working-class communities.
This session is in Kannada and English with translation
Sabha Blr
-------------------------- SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2025 --------------------------
Curated Walks
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Flavours of the Northeast: A Culinary Trail through Kalyan Nagar by Prithiraj Borah
Kalyan Nagar
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Ulsoor Cemetery: Karaga Kathegalu (Stories about Karaga) by Aravani Art Project
Cemeteries hold layered meanings for transgender women—ritual, refuge, and resilience. In this walk, lived stories of life, exclusion, and karaga will be shared, and we close with a dance—an offering of presence, belonging, and celebration.
Ulsoor
Workshop
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02:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Hammers, Honks and Hens by Shiva Pathak, Anushka Meenakshi & Sachin Gurjale
A workshop where together, we create sonic maps of our neighbourhood in Cooke Town
Studio 345
Talk
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06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
The Missing Column: Bevaru - Learnings and Challenges of running a worker led media by Shanmugam V, Radha, Geetha, Prathibha & Ram Bhat (Maraa)
The talk explores the gaping hole in the media around workers' concerns and experiences in the city. Speakers will throw light on representations of worker identity in media and the imagination of building a worker led media platform in Bangalore, sparked from the learnings and debates in Maraa around Bevaru.
This session has ISL translation
1Shanthiroad Studio/Gallery
-------------------------- SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2025 --------------------------
Curated Walks
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09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Sonic Picnics - An Aural Experience of Cubbon Park by Karthika Sakthivel
Spend a story-filled morning at Cubbon Park on the Sonic Picnics blanket - an interactive textile artwork stitched with stories and voices collected from the park.
Cubbon Park
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10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Reel Duniya Real Duniya: Cinema, Memory, and Leisure in Laggere by Eshwari R, Mahima Gowda, Sunandamma & Rakshith
Explore cinematic landmarks and histories with community members from Laggere.
Akash Cinemas to Maruthi Cinemas, Laggere area
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Preethi Ellidhey? (Where is the Love) by Aravani Art Project
See the familiar with new eyes. Guided by transgender women from the Aravani Art Project, the park becomes a living archive of stories,where trees, paths, and spaces hold memories of exclusion and resilience.
Cubbon Park
Workshop
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02:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Ooru Futures Lab: The City We Want by Shriya Shankar Seetharam
In this 2-hour collaborative session, participants imagine what Bangalore could look like in the future—such as in the year 2040. Through interactive activities, explore ideas for future and create a shared vision for a sustainable and inclusive city. Using these imagined futures, participants will then work backwards to identify practical steps that can be taken today to move toward that vision.
Reading Room, Science Gallery Bengaluru
In collaboration with Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB)
Talk
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05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Public Sector Men of Bangalore: Narratives of a City Gone By by Sushmita Pati & Sarbani Sharma
On Bangalore’s urban transformation through oral histories of retired PSU managers, highlighting their experiences of deindustrialisation, shifting identities and nostalgia in the post-liberalisation era of the city.
This event has ISL translation
Reading Room, Science Gallery Bengaluru
In collaboration with Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB)
-------------------------- EXHIBITION & SPOTLIGHTS --------------------------
Science Gallery Bengaluru (Venue Partner)
Conference Room ( 2nd Floor)
September 13-21, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM (Closed on Mondays & Tuesdays)
Anaheeta Pinto | Anmol Tikoo | Isha Harsha Mangalmurti | Ganapathy BP
Lakshmi Nagaraj | Mahesh S | Maya Janine D’Costa | Mehar Zariwala
Poornima Sukumar, Aravani Art Project | Pallavi Chander | Rukmini Swaminathan
Sharanya Iyer | Shriya Shankar Seetharam | Suchitra Deep
Suresh Jayaram, Visual Art Collective
Spotlight@Exhibition
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Saturday, September 13, 2025
05:00 PM - 05:30 PM | Ganapathy BP
(Stories from the Raithra Santhe/Farmers’ Market at Byatarayanapura)
Saturday, September 20, 2025
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Pallavi Chander
(Experiences with the Buguri Community Library)
05:00 PM - 05:30 PM | Mahesh S
(Tales from Building No 37)
05:30 PM - 06:00 PM | Suresh Jayaram
(Urban Fabric: Bangalore Connect)
1Shanthiroad Studio/Gallery
September 13-21, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Chinar Satishbhai Shah | Ekta, Maraa Collective | Mamta Sagar, Kaavya Sanje
Smitha Cariappa | Salila Prasad Vanka | Swathi Shivanand
Spotlight@Exhibition
Saturday, September 13, 2025
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM | Salila Prasad Vanka
(Public Sculptures in Bangalore)
Sunday, September 21, 2025
05:30 PM - 06:00 PM | Chinar Satishbhai Shah
(Artist-Led Institutions in Bangalore)
All the walks, workshops, game, dramatised readings, community gatherings and talks are through registration only.
We will share the final details of the walks with registered participants closer to the date.
The festival is supported by BNP Paribas India Foundation.
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