Shirui Lily Festival

Scottish rock band Nazareth and American rockstars Extreme are all set to enthral the Northeast when they will go to Manipur for performing at Shirui Lily Festival.

The three-day festival will begin at Ukhrul district on October 16.

The hard-rock band from Scotland will perform on the opening night of the festival on October 16.

Organised by the department of tourism, Manipur, this is the third edition of the festival.

Apart from Nazareth, the organisers have a number of other musical surprises up its sleeves.

The festival this year will be inaugurated by union tourism minister Prahlad Singh Patel.

While Extreme makes its India debut with the festival, this will be the second time around for Nazareth as they had earlier performed in Mizoram in 2017.

The festival promises to be a confluence of different cultural and musical performances from across Manipur.