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  • Advertising Rocks is back with another exciting edition at Goafest 2024

    ‘Advertising Rocks’ scheduled for Goafest24@Mumbai

    Goafest 2024 is set to bring back ‘Advertising Rocks’, an initiative that offers a platform for India’s advertising, media, and marketing community to showcase their musical talent. The organising committee has invited solo performers to submit their entries. Selected participants will get an opportunity to perform.

    There will be two solo categories – Indian and International. Four shortlists from each category will perform for a distinguished jury and delegates.  The ultimate champions will be determined through a combination of jury evaluation and live voting by Goafest attendees

    Winners in each category will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 50,000, while the first runner-up will receive Rs 25,000.

    Mohit Joshi
    Mohit Joshi

    Said Mohit Joshi, CEO, Havas Media Network India and Goafest 2024’s Co-chair: “Advertising Rocks is back with another exciting edition at Goafest 2024 to celebrate the musical talents of our fraternity. As a fellow music enthusiast, I can’t wait to witness the exceptional performances this year. Looking forward to this unforgettable showcase of talent.”

    Subhash Kamath
    Subhash Kamath

    Added Subhash Kamath, former CEO of BBH and curator of ‘Advertising Rocks’: “Advertising Rocks was a big hit at Goafest last year and we’re hoping we’ll have a lot more participation in 2024. There’s so much musical talent in our industry. They deserve a platform to perform and Goafest is the perfect place for it.”

    The deadline for submitting entries for Advertising Rocks is May 15, 2024. Entries by solo performers only belonging to the advertising, media, and marketing fraternity will be considered.

  • Billed as a first-of-its-kind musical talent hunt for the advertising fraternity

    Goafest 2023 to also award music talent, with Advertising Rocks

    By Our Staff

     

    With an aim to give India’s creative community a platform to showcase their musical talent, Goafest 2023 has announced ‘Advertising Rocks’, a platform for the musicians in the fraternity to showcase their talent and also win some dosh.

     

    With three categories – Vocals Solos (Indian), Vocals Solos (Western) and Bands (Indian & Western – mixed), all finalists will be given an opportunity to perform for a jury and delegates at Goafest and will be offered an all expenses trip consisting of air-fare, stay and entry at Goafest 2023. Moreover, the winning bands stand to win cash prizes of Rs 2,00,000 and Rs 1,00,000 for the first and second place respectively and soloists stand to win cash prizes of Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 for the first and second place respectively.  Winners will be selected on the basis of final combined score by a jury and live voting attendees at Goafest.

     

    On announcing ‘Advertising Rocks’, Mohit Joshi, CEO, Havas Media Group India and Goafest 2023 Co-chair said: “Advertising Rocks is a unique initiative and platform that recognizes the musical talents of people beyond their daily roles in the advertising and media industry. The initiative not only celebrates their creativity but also brings the industry closer together in a fun and innovative way. Being a music lover myself, I can’t wait to see the level of excellence that will be displayed at Goafest’s Advertising Rocks! this year.”

     

    Added Subhash Kamath, Former CEO of BBH and curator of ‘Advertising Rocks’: “The advertising and media industry is full of musical talent. Over the years, I’ve heard some wonderful singers and bands. What better occasion than Goafest to give this talent a stage to perform in front their peers? Advertising truly rocks!”

     

    Said Ashish Bhasin, Co-Founder & Chairman, RD&X Network and Chairman of the Events Committee at Goafest 2023: “Advertising Rocks is an exciting initiative that will surely drive engagement prior to the festival as well as on-ground. It also gives us an opportunity to know our industry colleagues beyond the creative business. We encourage the industry to participate actively in Advertising Rocks and look forward to some interesting performances at Goafest 2023.”

     

    And one more quote. Said Rana Barua, Group CEO, Havas Group India & Chairman, The ABBYs Award Governing Council and Ajay Kakar, Managing Committee Member, The Advertising Club & Co-chair, The ABBYs Award Governing Council: “Our industry can boast of multi-faceted talent. And this initiative will draw out the hidden musical talent that either gets neglected or doesn’t have a platform to express itself, in this fast-paced life. Goafest is known to dial up excitement levels for our industry folks.  Advertising Rocks offers a unique proposition for our industry to showcase its musical talent. It will be fascinating to see our colleagues perform for our industry at a festival of this scale.”