From above
Rows of city kitchens
About · since April 2015
A food festival first. The music is why you stay late.
The Grub Fest began in April 2015 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi: seventy restaurants and roughly a lakh people over a weekend. Since then it has run twenty-five-plus editions across seven cities — New Delhi, Gurugram, Pune, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Bengaluru.
The formula has barely changed: the city’s restaurants, QSRs and homegrown brands in rows of stalls, bars and somewhere to sit, and a main stage that has hosted Guru Randhawa, Nucleya, Talwiinder, Anuv Jain and Aditya Rikhari. The festival is curated by White Fox, and the Legacy Edit marks twelve years of it.
Sources: Restaurant India (2015), PTI (2016), Retropop (2023), White Fox, SkillBox (2026). The full story →
Grub Fest archive · festival film
Grub Fest archive · festival film
Out of the oven
Pizza, sauce first
Grub Fest archive · festival film
After dark
The crowd
Grub Fest archive · festival film
Grub Arena
On the mic
Grub Fest archive · festival film
Live
Bands on the big stage
Next up · 3 – 4 Oct 2026
The Legacy Edit
Two days at NSIC Estate, Okhla. Separate passes for Saturday and Sunday; the event runs from 1 pm. Here's everything published so far.
Gurinder Gill promo film
Saturday 3 Oct · Grub Arena
Gurinder Gill
With Bir × Daaku, Armaan Band and more on the Saturday bill.
See the whole lineupCountdown
until 1 pm, Saturday 3 October
Sunday 4 Oct · Grub Arena
Rabbi Shergill
With Kunwarr, Yamini Gupta and more on the Sunday bill.
Passes
₹999
Phase 1 GA, per day. Up to ₹4,999 for Grub Chambers. Early bird is sold out.
Compare passesWhere
NSIC Estate, Okhla Phase III
Okhla NSIC metro is on the Magenta Line. Gate numbers and timings haven’t been published yet.
Getting thereAt the gate
QR in the SkillBox app + photo ID
Aadhaar, driving licence, passport or PAN. No bottles, knives or lasers.
Entry FAQOn the Legacy Edit bill — portraits from SkillBox and the festival's posters
Gurinder GillSat 3 Oct · headliner
BirSat 3 Oct · with Daaku
DaakuSat 3 Oct · special appearance
KunwarrSun 4 Oct
Armaan BandSat 3 Oct
Gurinder GillFestival poster
KunwarrFestival poster
Neon NightsOn SkillBox's bill · to confirm
BirFestival posterGurinder GillSat 3 Oct · headlinerBirSat 3 Oct · with DaakuDaakuSat 3 Oct · special appearanceKunwarrSun 4 OctArmaan BandSat 3 OctGurinder GillFestival posterKunwarrFestival posterNeon NightsOn SkillBox's bill · to confirmBirFestival posterOn sale now · SkillBox
Pick a day, pick a pass
Prices as listed on SkillBox; taxes and fees may be added at checkout. Each pass is for one day; the Group of 4 covers four people.
SAT 3 OCTPhase 1 GA Passadmits 1General access for one.SAT 3 OCTPhase 2 Grub Star Loungeadmits 1Express entry, an area closer to the stage, lounge toilets.SAT 3 OCTGA Group of 4admits 4General access for four.SAT 3 OCTGrub Chambersadmits 1Private bar beside the stage with ₹2,000 of bar vouchers, private viewing area, limited capacity, lounge toilets.SUN 4 OCTPhase 1 GA Passadmits 1General access for one.SUN 4 OCTPhase 1 Grub Star Loungeadmits 1Express entry, an area closer to the stage, lounge toilets.SUN 4 OCTGA Group of 4admits 4General access for four.SUN 4 OCTGrub Chambersadmits 1Private bar beside the stage with ₹2,000 of bar vouchers, private viewing area, limited capacity, lounge toilets.
On the ground
Eat first. Then find the stage.
What a Grub Fest ground holds, drawn — hover or focus a tile for a photograph from past editions.
White Fox · official Grub Fest show photography
Walk the ground
Nine places to be
Choose a spot on the plan. Zone names are the ones the festival has used; the 2026 NSIC layout is still to be published.
Zone · 01 of 9
Grub Arena
What
The main stage. Headliners on both nights — Gurinder Gill on Saturday, Rabbi Shergill on Sunday.
Who
Every ticket holder. Grub Star and Chambers guests watch from closer in.
Zone names are from past editions. The NSIC layout for 2026 has not been published; this sheet is indicative.
Kitchens from past editions — named in press coverage, 2015–2024
Come eat
Two days at NSIC
Passes from ₹999 a day, sold on SkillBox. Entry by QR and photo ID.
Get tickets
Bring your stall
Restaurants, QSRs, homegrown brands
Stall bookings for the Legacy Edit opened in late August. Tell us what you cook.
Book a stall
Host with us
Private, corporate, brand
The festival’s kitchens, bars and stage, scaled to one company or one celebration.
What we runThe Legacy Edit campaign
The mood, in motion
Clips from the 2026 campaign — AI-generated visuals, not photographs of the festival.
The sign
Hard to miss
First bite
Burger o’clock
Front row
At the barrier
Long table
Under bunting
Night market
Neon and noise
Voices
What a weekend sounds like
No guest or vendor quotes have been cleared for publication yet. Every card below is illustrative, and labelled so.
“Came for one headliner, stayed for four hours of eating. Plan the food before the music.”
“Our stall sold out of the signature dish by eight on Saturday. Bring double the stock you think.”
“The Group of 4 pass is the move. Split it, split the food, find a spot near the sound desk.”
“Easy load-in, power where the plan said it would be, and a crowd that actually wanted to try things.”
“Chambers was worth it for Sunday — somewhere to sit, a bar without a queue, and the stage right there.”
“We brought the kids in the afternoon and left before the headliner. Both halves of the day worked.”
“Wear shoes you can stand in for six hours. The dessert row is at the far end; walk the whole ground first.”
“The festival crowd is the best test kitchen in the city. We launched two items here.”
“Sound was huge, the flames on stage were huger. Get there early for a place near the front.”
“It's a food festival first. The music is the reason you stay late.”
“The market stalls were a surprise — we left with more tote bags than food.”
“Clear allocation, clear timings, a team on WhatsApp through the whole build.”
Since 2015
Twelve years on one line
3 – 4 Oct 2026
6 – 7 Dec 2025The Grub Fest 2025 · New DelhiJLN Stadium, Gate 14 — Aditya Rikhari. 100+ food brands.28 – 29 Sep 2024The Grub Fest · September · New DelhiJLN Stadium. 100+ stalls.30 – 31 Mar 2024Tenth-year edition · New DelhiJLN Stadium, Gate 14 — Talwiinder, Anuv Jain, Gajendra Verma. 10th-year milestone.4 – 6 Nov 2022The Grub Fest 2022 · New DelhiJLN Stadium — Imran Khan, Dino James, Raga. 75+ restaurants and pop-ups.1 – 3 Nov 2019The Grub Fest 2019 · New DelhiJLN Stadium, Gate 2. From ₹399.27 – 29 Oct 2017The Grub Fest 2017 · New DelhiJLN Stadium — Harrdy Sandhu, The Local Train. Opened a nine-city tour.3 – 5 Mar 2016Grub Mile · GurugramDLF CyberHub. A food walk through CyberHub.Legacy Edit · NSIC on saleGurinder Gill and Rabbi Shergill headline the Grub Arena.
From the archive
Past editions, in pictures
White Fox · official Grub Fest show photography, and grub fest archive · stills from the festival's own films.
3 & 4 October · NSIC Estate, Okhla
One ticket, the whole night.
Food from 1 pm, the arena after dark. Passes are per day and sold only on SkillBox — up to nine per order.
- Years
- 12
- Cities
- 7
- Editions
- 25+
- Brands, 2025
- 100+