O music, in your depths we deposit our hearts and souls. Thou hast taught us to see with our ears and hear with our hearts.
Kahlil Gibran
Past Events
APMC Karachi organizes well established regular events including an annual festival showcasing music and dance forms throughout the year. We are committed to offering these events free of charge, ensuring accessibility for individuals from all walks of life.
2024
21st Annual Festival
National Museum, Auditorium | 01-03 march
Salman Haider
Ustad Basheer Khan
Naushad Ali
Abdullah Khan Sahib
Shahzaib Ali
Gul Muhammad
Urooj Saami
Shehroz Hussain
Chand Khan
Suraj Khan
Ustad Shahbaz Hussain
Ustad Raza Ali Khan
Izat Fateh Ali Khan
Ibaad Ali
Vijay Kumar
Muhammad Hanif
Irfan Haider
Yusuf Basheer
Yousuf Kerai
Ghulam Abbas
Imran Ilyas
Gul Mohammad
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Ustad Shahbaz Hussain
Abdul Ghani
Wajid Ali
Ustad Ashraf Shareef Khan
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami
Baethaks
Karam Abbas Khan
Pak-American Cultural Center
Ustad Hamid Ali Khan
National Academy of Performing Arts
2023
20th Annual Festival
Frere Hall Garden | 04-05 mar
Ali Raza
Maimoona Sajid
Aizaz Sohail
Nader Ali Khan
Faizan Ali Khan
Farhan Khan
Ustad Shahbaz Hussain
Ustad Shafqat Salamat Ali
Shehroz Hussain
Izzat Fateh Ali Khan
Muzammil Akmal Qadri
Zulfiqar Ali
Mazhar Hussain
Imran Abbas
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami
Salman Haider
Akmal Qadri
Muslim Shaggan
Ustad Ashraf Sharif khan
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Ustad Shahbaz Hussain
Irfan Haider
Yusuf Basheer
Kashif Ali Dani
Yousuf Kerai
Shabbir Hussain Jhari
Ishtiaq Hussain
Ghulam Abbas
Ghani Sahab
Wajid Ali
Naushad Ali
Gul Mohammad
Baethaks
Rakae Jamil
Pak-American Cultural Center
Ustad Shafqat Salamat Ali Khan
National Academy of Performing Arts
Imran Ilyas
Pak-American Cultural Center
Nautarang Event
Alliance Française de Karachi | 03 Jun
Ritika Dhaanji
Student of Ustad Raees Khan
2022
19th Annual Festival
Arts Council of Pakistan, Auditorium | 21 may
Izzat Ali Khan
Gul Muhammad
Salman Haider
Imran Ilyas
Muhammad Hanif
Urooj Saami
Vijay Kumar
Ustad Ashraf Sharif Khan
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Irfan Haider
Yousuf Basheer
Ustad Basheer Khan
Wajid Ali
Gul Mohammad
Akhtar Hussain
Ahmed Ghani
Baethaks
Muslim Shaggan & Akbar Ali
National Academy of Performing Arts
Karam Abbas
Online
Ustad Badaruz Zaman
The Lyceum School
Ustad Akmal Qadri
Online
Ustad Akmal Qadri, Turab Ali, Abderraouf Ouertani
Alliance Française de Karachi
2021
18th Annual Festival
Getz Pharma, Auditorium | 06 jun
Turab Ali
Ustad Faheem Mazhar
Akmal Qadri
Ustad Raza Ali Khan
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Ustad Basheer Khan
Irfan Haider
Muhammad Hayat
Wajid Ali
Gul Mohammad
Baethaks
Ustad Ashraf Shareef Khan
Pak-American Cultural Center
Ustad Mazhar Shaggan
Online
Turab Ali
Online
Urooj Saami
Online
The Art of Sozkhwani with Askari Naqvi
Online
2020
17th Annual Festival
FRERE HALL GARDEN | 06-08 mar
Gul Muhammad
Imran Abbas
Junaid Ali
Gul Mohammad
Imran Ilyas
Shayaan Saquib
Yousuf Karai
Wajid Ali
Labraiz Afzal
Muhammad Hanif Khan
Michael Arshad
Hassan Nawaz
Ali Hafeez Talwandi
Ustad Ashraf Sharif khan
Khursheed Sahab
Ahsan Ali
Turab Ali
Asher Shehzad
Akhtar Hussain
Idrees Hussain
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Irfan Haider
Baethaks
Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan
Online
Shahzaib Ali
Online
Abaad Ali
Online
Ustad Faheem Mazhar
Online
Ustad Sajid Hussain
Online
Abaad Ali
Online
Other Events
dance recital, Getz pharma auditorium | 26 jan
Suhaee Abro
Amun Chaudhary
2019
16th Annual Festival
indus valley school of art & architecture | 08-10 mar
Ibaad Ali
Intezar Hussain
Ustad Bashir Khan
Gul Mohammad
Shahzaib Ali
Farhan Khan
Ustad Shahbaz Hussain
Wajid Ali
Iqbal Hussain Sailani
Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan
Irfan Haider
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Muslim Shaggan
Saeed Hussain
Waqas Gulab
Shahid Hussain
Ustad Naseeruddin Sami
Wali Fateh Ali
Akhtar Hussain
Iqbal Hussain Sailani
Aizaz Sohail
Ustad Ashraf Sharif Khan
Baethaks
Qawwals: Taj Mohammad, Shad Mohammad & Humnawa
National Academy of Performing Arts
Ustad Mumtaz Sabzal
National Academy of Performing Arts
Ustad Ashraf Sharif Khan
The Lyceum School
Nautarang Events
Alliance Française de Karachi | 21 Apr
Yasir Raees & Noor Khan Zaheer
Student of Ustad Mumtaz Sabzal
Farzana Rasheed & Anina Fida Jatoi
Students of Ustad Shahid Hameed
Mehak Rashid
Student of Ghulam Khusro
2018
15th Annual Festival
FRERE HALL GARDEN | 09-11 march
Mumtaz Sabzal
Salamat Hussain
Aisha Ali
Ahmed Raza
Turab Ali
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Ahsan Ali
Dr. Zulfiqar Ali
Mazhar Hussain
Ustad Abdullah Khan
Chand Khan
Suraj Khan
Paul Livingstone
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami
Liaquat Humayoon
Karam Abbas
Waseem Abbas
Ustad Shahbaz Hussain
Akbar Ali
Ustad Ashraf Sharif Khan
Ustad Bashir Khan
Ustad Shahbaz Hussain
Anil Gahwri
Irfan Haider
Idrees Hussain
Akhtar Hussain
Mian Nazar Hussain
Wajid Ali
Gul Mohammad
Baethaks
Maulvi Haider Hassan Akhtar & Humnawa
Pak-American Cultural Center
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
The Lyceum School
Ustad Ghulam Murtaza Niazi
Pak-American Cultural Center
Nautarang Events
Alliance Française de Karachi | 21 Apr
Liaquat Humayun
Ustads Humayun Sakhi & Arshad Khokhar
Zufashan Hasan
Students of Ustad Sajid Hussain
Raaj Bariya
Students of Ustad Ghulam Murtaza Khan Niazi
Waqas Bashir & Tanveer Zaheer
Student of Ustad Bashir Khan
Mustafa Dilpazir
Students of Ustad Ghulam Shabbir
2017
14th Annual Festival
National Academy of Performing Arts | 01-03 apr
Imran Ilyas
Urooj Saami
Sajid Hussain
Aliya Rasheed
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami
Zulqarnain Haider
Imran Abbas
Dr. Shams Rashdi
Ghulam Abbas
Ashraf Sharif Khan
Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan
Gul Mohammad
Abaad Ali
Virginia Nicoli
Ustad Abdul Latif
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Bashir Khan
Shahbaz Hussain
Waqas Bashir
Irfan Haider
Khursheed Hussain
Idress Hussain
Wajid Ali
Gul Mohammad
Muhammed Muslim Shaggan
Baethaks
Ustad Raza Ali Khan
Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture
Farhan Rais Khan
The Lyceum School
Intezar Hussain
Pak-American Cultural Center
Qawwals: Najmuddin, Saifuddin & Humnawa
Pak-American Cultural Center
Qawwali: Subhan Ahmed Nizami & Humnawa
Pak-American Cultural Center
Nautarang Events
Alliance Française de Karachi | 21 Apr
Ritika Dhaanji
Student of Ustad Raees Khan
Ramish Hussain
Student of Ustad Ghulam Khusro
Other Events
Special Event for Schools | Khaliq Dina Hall | 13 Nov
Ustad Ashraf Shareef Khan
2016
13th Annual Festival
National Museum, Auditorium | 01-03 march
Ayesha Ali
Mehmood Ali Khan
Akmal Qadri
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Najmuddin Saifuddin
Shahzaib Ali
Shahid Hameed
Farhan Khan
Huzoor Hasnain
Akbar Ali
Ustad Naseer Saami
Ibad Ali
Bushra Ansari
Karam Abbas
Ali Waseem
Ashraf Sharif Khan
Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan
Irfan Haider
Mehmood Ali
Khurshid Hussain
Ustad Bashir Khan
Mohammad Azam
Khurshid Ahmed
Wajid Ali
Gul Mohammad
Akhtar Hussain
Baethaks
Farah Yasmeen Sheikh
Pak-American Cultural Centre (PACC)
Ustad Ghulam Khusrau
Pak-American Cultural Centre
Turab Ali Hashmi
Pak-American Cultural Centre
Ustad Ashraf Sharif Khan
Frere Hall
Nautarang Events
Alliance Française de Karachi | 30 Apr & 19 Nov
Dr. Shams Rashdi
Ustads Nazar Jamal & Salamat Ali
Dawood Bhatti
Student of Ms. Sheema Kermani
Fahad Ali
Student of Mehmood Ali
Yousuf Bashir
Student of Ustad Bashir Khan
Fayyaz Bashir
Student of Ustad Bashir Khan
Haroon Simon
Student of Ustad Chaman Simon
Michael Simon
Ustad Chaman Simon
Other Events
nautarang events | 30 APR & 19 Nov
Dr. Shams Rashdi
Dawood Bhatti
Fahad Ali
Yousuf Bashir
Fayyaz Bashir
Haroon Simon
Michael Simon
2015
12th Annual Festival
National Academy of Performing Arts | 06-07 mar
Waqas Hussain
Saeed Khan
Akber Khamisoo Khan
Akbar Ali
Humera Channa
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Khurram Iqbal
Abid Sajid
Jafar Husain Band
Mohammad Ali
Turab Ali
Fateh Ali Kamalvi
Ud Naseeruddin Saami
Irfan Haider
Mehmood Ali
Khurshid Hussain
Bashir Khan
Khurshid Ahmed
Wajid Ali
Gul Mohammad
Baethaks
Karam Abbas Khan & Ali Waseem Abbas
Pak-American Cultural Center
Akbar Ali
Pak-American Cultural Center
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami
The Lyceum School
Nautarang Events
Alliance Française de Karachi | 16 Jan & 25 Jul
Ahsan Rabani & Nadir Abbas
Students of Ustad Raees Khan
Asfshan Ahmed
Student of Ustad Hameed Ali Khan
Shahzaib Ali
Student of Ustad Hamid Ali Khan
Ahsan Ali
Student of Ghulam Shabbir Khan
Shehroz Hussain
Student of Sajid Hussain
Shahzaib Ali
Student of Ustad Hamid Ali Khan
Other Events
Dance Festival | Arts Council of Pakistan, Auditorium | 26-27 Dec
Ms. Sheema Kermani’s Dance Ensemble
2014
11th Annual Festival
ARTS COUNCIL OF PAKISTAN, AUDITORIUM | 21-22 mar
Rashid Ali
Wahdat Rameez
Fareeha Pervaiz
Sajid Hussain
Naseeruddin Saami
Zoheb Hassan
Karam Abbas
Taj Multani
M Sabzal+student
Ustad Badruzzaman
Ustad Hamid Ali Khan
Khurshid Hussain
Mohammad Aslam
Irfan Hussain
Irshad Ali
Wajid Ali
Gul Mohammad
Baethaks
Intezar Hussain
Pak-American Cultural Center
Abbas Ali Khan
Pak-American Cultural Center
Saami Brothers
Pak-American Cultural Center
Gundecha Brothers
Arts Council of Pakistan, Auditorium
Other Events
Alliance Française de Karachi | US Consulate | 12-13 Sept & 07 Dec
Akbar Khamisu Khan
Kimball Gallagher
Abdullah Khan
2013
10th Annual Festival
National Academy of Performing Arts | Hindu Gymkhana | 02-03 mar
Mumtaz Sabzal
Ahmad Raza
Khursheed Hussain
Shahid Hameed
Sanwal Hussain
Abu Mohd Fareed Ayaz
Abdullah Khan
Tanveer Hassan
Sara Zaman
Salamat Hussain
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Khurshid Hussain
Mohammad Aslam
Irfan Hussain
Irshad Ali
Wajid Ali
Akhtar Hussain
Baethaks
Rekha Surya
Arts Council of Pakistan, Auditorium
Tanveer Ahmed Khan
Pak-American Cultural Center
Shahid Hameed
Pak-American Cultural Center
2012
9th Annual Festival
Arts Council of Pakistan, Auditorium | 02-03 mar
Mumtaz Sabzal
Ahmad Raza
Khursheed Hussain
Shahid Hameed
Sanwal Hussain
Abu Mohd Fareed Ayaz
Abdullah Khan
Tanveer Hassan
Sara Zaman
Salamat Hussain
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Khurshid Hussain
Irfan Hussain
Irshad Ali
Wajid Ali
Akhtar Hussain
Baethaks
Ikhlaque Hussain
Indus Valley School Of Art & Architecture
Karam Abbas & Ali Waseem Abbas
Arts Council of Pakistan, Auditorium
2011
8th Annual Festival
Indus Valley School Of Art & Architecture | 19-20 mar
Karam Abbas
Habib Ali
Ustad Nafees Ahmed
Faheem Mazhar
Abu Mohammad
Fareed Ayaz
Sajid Hussain & Shehroze
Ustad Mumtaz Sabzal
Musaddaq Sanwal
Ustad Naseerudin Saami
Noor Zehra Kazim
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Abid Hussain
Khurshid Hussain
Mehmood Ali
Ghulam Abbas
Master Afzal
Idrees Hussain
Wajid Ali
Qaiser Ali
Akhtar Hussain
Ustad Badaruzzaman, Qamruzzaman
Baethaks
Ashraf Sharif Khan
IBA Auditorium
Fareed Ayaz Qawwal
Shah Wilayat Public School
2010
7th Annual Festival
Indus Valley School Of Art & Architecture | 26-27 mar
Akhter Hussain
Abid Hussain
Moti Begum
Farhan Khan
Mubarak Ali Khan
Leena + Dilawar Hussein
Saffiya Beyg
Turab Ali
Ayesha Ali
M. Akhtar
Naseerudin Saami
Ghulam Shabbir
Amjad Hussein
Shahbaz Hussain
Sajid
Altaf Hussein
Buland Iqbal
Afzal Hussain
Ahkhtar Hussain
Wajid Ali
Baethaks
Pt.Mukesh Sharma & Aliya Rasheed
Indus Valley School Of Art & Architecture
Ustad Fateh Ali & Hameed Ali Khan
Indus Valley School Of Art & Architecture
Urooj Saami
Pak-American Cultural Center
Sajid Hussain & Shehroze Hussain
Pak-American Cultural Center
Odissi Dance: Student Recital
Pak-American Cultural Center
2009
6th Annual Festival
Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture | 24-25 mar
Akhtar Hussain
Jaffer Hussein
Zafar Ali Khan
Ashraf Sharif Khan
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami
Abdullah Hussain
Intizar Hussein
Aliya Rasheed
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Abu Mohammad Farid Ayaz
Mahmood Ali
Ghulam Shabbir
Allah Lowk Khan
Mohammad Aslam Khan
Afzal Khan
Akhtar Hussain
Baethaks
Anupriya Deotale
Pakistan Institute of International Affairs
Naeem Hussain & Sajid Hussain
Indus Valley School Of Art & Architecture
Zulfiqar Ali, Mazhar Ali & Mumtaz Sabzal
Indus Valley School Of Art & Architecture
Tina Sani & Akhtar Hussain Sarangi Nawaz
Indus Valley School Of Art & Architecture
2008
5th Annual Festival
Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture | 11-12 Apr
Idrees Hussain
Master Afzal Khan
Akhtar Hussain
Faqeer Hussain
Abid Hussain
Tina Sani
Mahmood Ali
Kamran Hussain
Raju Samraj
Nazar Hussain
Zulfiqar Ali
Ashiq Ali
Sajid Hussain
Shabbir Jhari
Mohammad Ahsan Papu
Mumtaz Sabzal
Rashid Ali Khan
Ustad Salamat Hussain
Ustad Imdad Hussain
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami
Ashwini Bhide Deshpande
Kamal Sabri
Rustam Fateh Ali Khan
Baethaks
Qawwali: Abu Mohammad, Farid Ayaz
Rangoonwala Hall
Ustad Badruzzaman, Ustad Qamruzzaman
Pakistan Institute of International Affairs
2007
4th Annual Festival
National Academy of Performing Arts & Hindu Gymkhana | 22-24 mar
Bashir Khan
M. Hafeez Khan Talwandi
Farid Ayaz
Abu Mohammad
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami
Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Riaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali
Asad Qizilbash
Salamat Hussain
Farida Khanum
Ustad Allah Lok Khan
Shubha Mudgal
Asad Qizilbash
Ustad Ghulam Hasan Shaggan
Baethaks
Ustad Madhup Mudgal
Arts Council of Pakistan, Auditorium
Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan
Arts Council of Pakistan, Auditorium
2006
3rd Annual Festival
National Academy of Performing Arts & Hindu Gymkhana | 20-22 Jan
Jaffer Hussain
Zafar Ali Khan
Ashraf Sharif Khan
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami
Abdullah Hussain
Intizar Hussain
Aliya Rasheed
Baethaks
Mehnaz Begum, Niaz Ahmed
Pakistan Institute of International Affairs
Sara Zaman
Pakistan Institute of International Affairs
Naheed Siddiqui
Bahria Auditorium
Ustad Bashir Khan & Ustad Bashir Khan
Pakistan Institute of International Affairs
2005
2nd Annual Festival
National Academy of Performing Arts & Hindu Gymkhana | 04-06 Feb
Ustad Rais Khan
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Ustad Zafar Ali Khan
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami
Mehnaz Sahib
Tina Sani
Ustad Hamid Ali Khan
Ustad Zafar Ali Khan
Baethaks
Javed Niazi, Baber Niazi Abdullah Khan
Pakistan Institute of International Affairs
Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan & Sajid Hussain
Pakistan Institute of International Affairs
Turab Ali, Ghulam Qadir, Raees Khan, Faisal Aziz, Intezar Hussain
Alliance Française de Karachi
Ustad Raza Ali Khan
Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami
Rangoonwala Hall
2004
1st Annual Festival
National Academy of Performing Arts & Hindu Gymkhana | 14-15 Feb
Manzoor Niazi
Fareed Ayaz Al-Hussaini
Bahauddin Niazi
Baethaks
Ustad Imdad Hussain & Ustad Hamid Ali Khan
Hill Park. P.E.C.H.S
Ustad Zafar Ali Khan & Tina Sani
Manzar Akbar Hall, Arts Council
Ustad Nafees Ahmed Khan & Ustad Hussain Baksh Khan Gullu
Rangoonwala Hall
Ustad Rais Khan
Bahria Auditorium
Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar
Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture
Qawwal Bachchon Ka Gharana: Manzoor Niazi Qawwal, Fareed Ayaz Abu Mohammad, Ustad Bahauddin Qawwal
Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture