5 editor picks across India.
5 live music worth the night across India, editor-ranked. All India guides.
The Piano Man Jazz Club faces Deer Park in Safdarjung Enclave, Delhi, and sells tickets for live sets most evenings, seated at 20:30, plus lunch sessions.
TipGigs are ticketed through the club's own website with seating from 20:30, so book headline acts ahead rather than walking in at the door.
Depot48 in Greater Kailash 2 calls itself Delhi's longest-running indie music home, with live music five nights a week and more than 4,500 gigs behind it.
TipGigs are listed on its Instagram; Thursday is Pink Thursday, its longest-running queer night, with drag queens, DJs and indie acts.
Warehouse Cafe on the Inner Circle of Connaught Place, Delhi, is a first-floor bar and cafe with live singers and a menu running from kebabs to Asian plates.
TipIt is on the first floor of D Block on the Inner Circle; reviews say a live singer performs most nights, so ask for a table near the stage.
antiSOCIAL is an underground live music club in Lower Parel, Mumbai, running indie, hip-hop and techno gigs since 2015 inside a mill compound room.
TipCheck the gig calendar before going; indie bands and stand-up comedy nights both play the same stage.
Lighthouse Brewery, Bar & Kitchen in Gopalpura, Jaipur, hosts live shows and open mic nights on the stage of its indoor bar on the 7th floor.
TipThe operator hosts live shows regularly in the indoor bar; the stage can also be hired, so ask which acts are on that night.
