HISTORY

Bob Dylan, a legend, who spread peace and love in the world by his immortal and influencing music, is remembered and his music is celebrated all over the world on various occasions. One such gracious occasion is his birthday which is celebrated with great pomp and show all across the world. Here, in Northeast a similar celebration is organized every year in the honor of the legend and this celebration is popularized as ‘The Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration’.

The Bob Dylan Birthday celebration is 38 years old legacy, which was started by the Legendary Singer Lou Majaw, on May 24 back in 1972. The event was first organized in Assam house. Every year all Bob Dylan music lovers from North-East India come to Shillong to celebrate the birthday of the legendary Bob Dylan with Lou Majaw. The crowd ranging from 5000-7000 celebrates this musical day with free spirit.

The Legendary Lou Majaw is continuing this journey of celebration on the 23rd and 24th of May, 2011, and the 39th year of the 70th Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration will be grand as it can be coined as the biggest celebration India has ever seen. This year the grandness of the event can be well imagined as the proposed venue is Kharsati Nature Park, Shillong. The 530 acres land and the celebration for all free spirits and nature lover make the entire event a much awaited one.

With multiple activities listed for the enjoyment, recreation and entertainment for the fun loving music lovers the celebration will be a behemoth one with camping and bonfires to romanticize the ambience.

The soul motive of the event is to relive and rejoice the peace spreading and soothing music which was created by the Legendary Bob Dylan on his 70 th

birthday.