{"id":19454,"date":"2025-09-18T00:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=19454"},"modified":"2025-09-18T00:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:04:04","slug":"karachi-tunes-up-for-festival-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=19454","title":{"rendered":"Karachi tunes up for festival fever"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Family Music Festival and Lifestyle Expo will be held in Karachi next month, featuring a mix of artists from multiple genres, ranging from mainstream pop and hip-hop to regional music traditions.<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place at the Expo Centre, Main University Road, Gulshan-e-Iqbal on October 4-5 and is set to run from 6pm onwards. The announced lineup includes several prominent names from Pakistan&#8217;s music industry.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed performers include Bilal Saeed, Sahir Ali Bagga, Asim Azhar, Faris Shafi, Havi, Khudgarz Band, Young Stunners, Shahnila Ali, Shaman Ali Mirali, and Arshad Mehmood.<\/p>\n<p>The programme combines a large-scale lifestyle exhibition with evening music performances. Organisers have indicated that the event is designed as a family-oriented activity, with access for a broad range of attendees.<\/p>\n<p>The Lifestyle Expo will include shopping stalls, food courts, and recreational activities. These elements are intended to provide a full day engagement opportunity for families, adding to the live performances scheduled for the evening.<\/p>\n<p>The Expo Centre Karachi is a venue commonly used for exhibitions, trade fairs, and entertainment events. The venue has the capacity to host large crowds across multiple halls and open areas.<\/p>\n<p>The event follows a recent pattern in Karachi of combining cultural showcases with lifestyle and retail elements, blending entertainment with commercial exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>With a two-day schedule and multiple performers, the Family Music Festival and Lifestyle Expo is positioned to be among the larger multi-activity gatherings in the city this year.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Family Music Festival and Lifestyle Expo will be held in Karachi next month, featuring a mix of artists from multiple genres, ranging from mainstream pop and hip-hop to regional music traditions. The event will take place at the Expo Centre, Main University Road, Gulshan-e-Iqbal on October 4-5 and is set to run from 6pm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}