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

kraKIN

Mohanad El Eek

Phinder Dulai

Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal

Satwinder Bains

The Surya Brass Band

Varsha Gill

Shahir Krishna

Rishi Ranjan

Jvala Singh

Cecily Nicholson
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