indieMagic to bring a bit of music magic to Mysuru with Easy Wanderlings

indieMagic, a new concert series, debuts with Pune-origin band Easy Wanderlings this weekend

Published - September 10, 2026 03:38 pm IST

Easy Wanderlings | Photo Credit: Apurva Jadhav

After a series of shows at The Heritage House in Mysuru that spanned jazz and global sounds, concert promoter Pranav Bhat felt the combination of live music in a heritage property was a setting that paired quite well in terms of creating an atmosphere.

Bhat, who also runs an art management initiative, recalled there was no dearth of heritage structures in Mysuru and said he always wanted to showcase artistic performances in unique spaces. With the launch of indieMagic, his new concert series in the city, Bhat is one step closer to that dream.

The inaugural edition takes place on September 12 at the century-old heritage venue space Wind Chimes in Nazarbad, Mysuru, and will feature a performance by Pune-origin band Easy Wanderlings as part of their ongoing India tour.

While a lot of support has come forward from city-based companies, Bhat found partners for indieMagic with Resonators by 7 Hills, Wind Chimes and Parabrahma Studios. It helped that Sanjay, owner of Wind Chimes, was a “big supporter of music,” says Bhat.

The entrepreneur also got word to reach Pramoda Devi Wadiyar. Bhat recalls how he attended a concert on August 14 by the Mysuru Music Association featuring the 85-member TOCCATA orchestra from the UK. “I had attended the concert after buying a front-row seat, and it turned out that she was sitting right in front of me,” he says.

Acting on the window of opportunity, he introduced himself and briefly told her about the idea for indieMagic. “She patiently listened to me and graciously offered me the opportunity to present the details of my idea at the royal residence; it was a great honour to do so,” he says.

Easy Wanderlings | Photo Credit: Sparsh Agarwal

The concert series plans to take place every three to four months, with future editions slated to include jazz band Derek and The Cats (who will perform at indieMagic in December). The organiser is also in talks with the Vasu Dixit Collective and Swarathma for possible future editions and is dreaming big. “Some of the artistes I’m considering for future editions include Jatayu, Taba Chake, Blackstratblues, Param, Alva Kuuto and maybe, one fine day, even Peter Cat Recording Co,” he says, name-checking big and rising indie acts alike.

It was seeing Easy Wanderlings’ availability to perform as part of their larger tour that set in motion the idea to have them kick off indieMagic. Bhat says he caught a performance of the band in Mumbai and was determined to program them for whenever he did a show in Mysuru. “The stars somehow just found a way to align themselves. One day, I got a call from Sanyanth Naroth, founder and songwriter of Easy Wanderlings saying, ‘We are doing our 10-year anniversary tour and will be hitting The Humming Tree in Bengaluru on September 11. Let us do something in Mysuru around that time.’ I took it as the perfect opportunity to launch indieMagic,” he adds.

Within minutes, early bird tickets for the show sold out, thanks to word spreading about the band’s performance in Mysuru. The shows in Mysuru and Bengaluru form the middle of Easy Wanderlings’ ongoing Ten Years on the Map India tour, which kicked off in New Delhi in August and is slated to close in Ahmedabad in October.

“Over the last 10 years, our songs have travelled far beyond us,” says founder and songwriter Sanyanth Naroth. “They have been the accompanying track on road trips, offered comfort on lonely days, become part of weddings, and quietly found a place in people’s lives. This tour is our way of bringing those songs back to spaces where people can truly listen, connect, and share an evening together.”

In the age of concerts often driven by experiences that take away from the music, Bhat hopes that indieMagic can provide something more wholesome. He belives accessibility across ages is also key to the concert series thriving, where young listeners, families and everyone in between feels welcomed.

“Just regular people who are curious about good music,” he says. It is one thing to start a new concert series for independent music, but it is another matter to sustain it. Bhat is confident on that front as well. “I truly believe that it is the organiser or curator’s job to promote the music in the right manner and gather an audience around the artiste’s music. Once I am confident that an artiste can perform and deliver, I do everything in my capacity to gather the crowd they deserve.”