Artists of ISF 2025
Indian Summer Festival spotlights the bold voices shaping today’s cultural landscape — across literature, music, visual arts, and performance. We’re thrilled to welcome the following artists to this year’s lineup.
Kiran Deol
Alam Khan
Vivek Shraya
Kimmortal
Eman Hashimi
Simran Sachar
Justine A. Chambers
Suvi Bains
Justine Redila
Linsay Willier Kendall
Ruby Singh
Mohamed Assani
Alberto Toscano
Glen Coulthard
Roshni Riar
Baljit Sangra
Sadia Shirazi
Brandon Wint
Brenna Bhandar
Nermin Gogalic
Adel Iskandar
Minelle Mahtani
Sejal Lal
Amarjeet Singh
Anamika Deb
Anjalica Solomon
Baljit Singh
Charlie Demers
Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill
Guntaj Deep Singh
Jody Okabe
Khari Wendell McClelland
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Mohanad El Eek
Phinder Dulai
Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal
Satwinder Bains
The Surya Brass Band
Varsha Gill
Shahir Krishna
Rishi Ranjan
Jvala Singh
Cecily Nicholson
Pawan Deol
Farheen Haq
Sadhu Binning
Khelsilem
Soya Wu
Nadia Shihab
Feven Kidane
Adrian Avendaño
Jen Yakamovich
Hari Alluri
Baneet Braich
Kiran Bhumber
ISF Artist Alumni
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Alok vaid-Menon
American writer and performer
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Arooj Aftab
Pakistani-American singer and composer
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Arundhati Roy
Acclaimed Booker prize-winning Indian author
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Waris Ahluwalia
Sikh American designer and actor
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Pico Iyer
Award-winning British American travel writer, novelist and acclaimed TED speaker
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Vandana Shiva
Sydney Peace Prize-winning food security activist