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{{Infobox recurring event<br />
|name = Serendipity Arts Festival<br />
|logo = [[File:Serendipity Arts Festival logo.jpg|180px]]<br />
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|location = [[Goa]], India<br />
|years_active = <br />
|founded = 2016<br />
|dates = December (annually)<br />
|genre = Arts Festival<br />
|attendance = 450,000<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art/serendipity-arts-festival-founder-what-india-offers-in-terms-of-art-and-culture-is-phenomenal-1.949447|title=Serendipity Arts Festival founder: 'What India offers in terms of art and culture is phenomenal'|website=The National}}</ref><br />
|patron = [[Hero Enterprise]], [[Sunil Kant Munjal]]<br />
|website = [https://www.serendipityartsfestival.com/ Serendipity Arts Festival]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Serendipity Arts Festival''' is an annual [[arts festival]] held in [[Panaji]], Goa over a week in late December.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/the-art-of-expression-at-serendipity-arts-festival/cid/1736084|title=The art of expression at Serendipity Arts Festival|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> It was founded in 2016 by [[Sunil Kant Munjal]], chairman of Hero Enterprise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/the-arts-need-as-much-attention-as-the-economy-says-sunil-kant-munjal-founder-serendipity-arts-festival/910444/|title=The arts need as much attention as the economy, says Sunil Kant Munjal, founder, Serendipity Arts Festival|date=October 29, 2017}}</ref> It is the only arts festival in the country whose programming spans multi-disciplinary fields such as [[art]], [[theatre]], [[music]], [[literature]], [[dance]], food and [[crafts]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/bqhtCIwEVUNgBaepx2qWYL/Serendipity-Arts-Festival-strikes-again.html|title=Serendipity Arts Festival strikes again|first=Tanuj|last=Kumar|date=December 8, 2017|website=Livemint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/art/2018/dec/16/culture-can-become-indias-most-powerful-strategic-weapon-sk-munjal-at-serendipity-arts-festival-11629.html|title='Culture can become India's most powerful strategic weapon': SK Munjal at Serendipity Arts Festival 2018|website=www.indulgexpress.com|date=16 December 2018 }}</ref> The festival's inter-disciplinary approach has been reported in Indian media, along with its impact on "India's art scene".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/serendipity-arts-festival-2019-goas-culture-party-gets-bigger/article30305958.ece|title=Serendipity Arts Festival 2019: Goa's culture party gets bigger|first=Surya Praphulla|last=Kumar|newspaper=The Hindu |date=December 14, 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><br />
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The festival received 450,000 visitors in 2018.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/lifestyle/reviving-patronage-arts-culture-around-country|title=Reviving patronage in arts and culture around the country|date=February 1, 2020|access-date=June 3, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603150351/https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/lifestyle/reviving-patronage-arts-culture-around-country|url-status=dead}}</ref> For the 2019 edition, the festival took over 12 venues, including some of the heritage structures along the [[Mandovi]] river, and featured over 95 projects, including workshops, live performances and art exhibitions.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cntraveller.in/story/watch-goas-upcoming-serendipity-arts-festival/|title=What to watch out for at Goa's upcoming Serendipity Arts Festival|date=October 18, 2019|website=Condé Nast Traveller India}}</ref> <br />
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The festival is organised by the [[non-profit]] Serendipity Arts Foundation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/post-heromotocorp-sunil-munjal-is-drawing-up-a-new-plan-driving-art-via-serendipitytrust/articleshow/55741987.cms|title=Post-Hero MotoCorp, Sunil Munjal is drawing up a new plan: Driving art via Serendipity Trust|date=December 2, 2016|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref> Every edition is programmed by a new curatorial team, which includes established figures in particular fields; in 2019, the [[visual arts]] programming was curated by artists [[Jyotindra Jain]] and [[Sudarshan Shetty]], culinary arts by chef [[Rahul Akerkar]], dance by [[Mayuri Upadhya]], music by [[Sneha Khanwalkar]], among others.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/goas-serendipity-arts-festival-announces-new-set-of-curators/article27077071.ece|title=Goa's Serendipity Arts Festival announces new set of curators|newspaper=The Hindu |date=May 9, 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/pao-with-a-side-of-history-serendipity-arts-festival-goan-cuisine-6168820/|title=This year, at the Serendipity Arts Festival, an exploration of culinary legacies and the craft of food|date=December 16, 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.serendipityartsfestival.com/ Official website]<br />
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[[Category:Tourist attractions in Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Festivals in Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Theatre festivals in India]]<br />
[[Category:Festivals established in 2016]]<br />
[[Category:December]]<br />
[[Category:Arts festivals in India]]<br />
[[Category:2016 establishments in Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Annual events in India]]</div>
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