The 8th edition of Echoes of Earth will invite audiences to discover nature’s hidden intelligence, how it shapes ecosystems, inspires innovation, and offers new ways of understanding our natural world. Nature has long sensed, adapted, and evolved with an elegant precision, one that humans are only beginning to understand.

What guides a bird across continents without a map? What tells a tree when to bloom, or a frog when the rains will come? This is nature’s Sixth Sense: an intuitive intelligence that transcends logic, revealing a deeper connection to the planet.

With this theme, the 2025 edition will bring the Sixth Sense to life through music, art, and educational storytelling, showcasing how animals and ecosystems perceive, adapt, and thrive beyond the five senses. The festival will be held on December 13th & 14th, in Bangalore.

At Echoes, it’s always been about discovering new unique sounds and uncovering hidden gems. This year, the festival will feature a lineup of both global and local eclectic artists, with each set telling its own story and creating a distinctive sonic landscape on stage.

Audiences can look forward to:

Monolink: German artist Steffen Linck will mesmerize audiences with his emotive songwriting, live guitar, and hypnotic electronic beats, crafting expansive soundscapes that blend blues, folk, house, and melodic techno.

Bedouin: Globally acclaimed duo Tamer Malki and Rami Abousabe will take audiences on immersive journeys that will weave deep house, melodic techno, and organic sounds, bridging Middle Eastern heritage with Western influences.

Stavroz: The Ghent-based quartet will make a long-awaited return after seven years, presenting their signature blend of jazz, cinematic house, and electronic soundscapes that will balance intimacy with power.

Circle of Live:  rare highlight of this edition, Sebastian Mullaert’s improvisational project will arrive in India for the first time, featuring Peter Van Hoesen and Erika. Together, they will create unrehearsed, one-of-a-kind performances that will exist only in the moment.

Grayssoker: French artist Grayssoker will reinvent the accordion for contemporary stages, blending trap, jazz, Eastern European folk, and electronic textures into high-energy sets that will blur genres with raw improvisation.

Bottlesmoker: From Bandung, Indonesia, Bottlesmoker will reimagine the relationship between nature and music by transforming plants and fruits into living instruments, delivering performances that will be as experimental as they are imaginative.

Madame Gandhi: Known for her bold percussive sound and unapologetic activism, Kiran Gandhi, also known as Madame Gandhi, will bring electrifying performances that will combine rhythm, empowerment, and purposeful storytelling.

Submotion Orchestra: Returning after nearly a decade, the six-piece ensemble from Leeds will present their celebrated fusion of jazz, soul, ambient, and electronica, promising deeply textured and immersive live sets.

Jatayu: The Chennai-based group will fuse Carnatic roots with funk, rock, jazz, and math rock. With their expanded six-member lineup featuring horns, they will deliver fearless performances that will bridge tradition and modernity. Rooted in sustainability and conservation, and shaped by creativity, the festival has emerged as one of the world’s most forward-thinking celebrations, recognized by A Greener Future (AGF), London as Asia’s most environmentally progressive and circular music festival. Its key partnerships and collaborations continue to strengthen and amplify this commitment to responsible celebration.

At its heart, Echoes of Earth will celebrate the intelligence of the natural world through music, art, and knowledge-sharing. This year, the festival will expand its impact with The Greener Side, a year-round initiative that will take its message beyond the festival grounds. Through workshops, creative collaborations, and community-led projects, it will invite people to actively participate in efforts that protect and nurture local ecosystems.

The festival’s dedication to sustainability and conservation will be highlighted through its key partnerships. WWF-India, as Conservation Knowledge Partner, will support educational programs and initiatives that raise awareness about biodiversity.

Roundglass Sustain, the festival’s Storytelling Partner, will bring the theme of nature’s intelligence to a wider audience through compelling narratives and creative storytelling.

The festival provides a collaborative platform where artists come together to bring creativity to life, using their work to highlight the importance of conservation. Echoes actively nurtures the art community, creating a space for innovative collaborations and artistic experiences that demonstrate how art can inspire environmental awareness.

Built on circular design principles, the festival transforms discarded and repurposed materials from past editions into upcycled stages, installations, and festival assets, showcasing sustainability in action. Through interactive learning programs and immersive tech experiences, Echoes of Earth encourages audiences, especially young minds, to engage with pressing environmental issues.

Designed to be inclusive for all, the festival welcomes people of all ages, families, children, and even pets, fostering a diverse and open community.

Join this year’s celebration on 13^th and 14^th December, 2025, for an unforgettable experience that blends music, art, and environmental storytelling.