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In the 1850s, people would come out of their houses after sunset to listen to the regimental bands playing on Mumbai Greens, a 15-acre open space, which later became the smaller Horniman Circle Garden. As the bands began to gain popularity, bandstands were built at six locations including Cooperage Garden at Chowpatty, Victoria Garden at Byculla and Joseph Baptista Garden on Mazgaon Hill. But the recitals began to fizzle out a few years after the departure of the British forces from India, and most of these bandstands are in a dilapidated condition today.

However, more than five decades later in 2008, the culture of the bandstand si being revived progressively with events every March thro May. The Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), along with the Ministry of Tourism’s Indiatourism Mumbai, organised live bands performances every Saturday at the Hanging Gardens, Malabar Hill, between 5.30 pm and 7.30 pm from March to May. Finale for 2010 celebration was on May 23 featuring The Indian Navy Symphonic Orchestra, Mihir Joshi's Bombay Rock Project, Imli Imchen and Junckt.


 * Clapham Common - Bandstand in the UK