1. Baithak Style Music Concerts: In an intimate Baithak setting, the artist and the audience experience the music together, and the performance can reach great heights, an experience often lost in large halls.  Shadaj events feature some of the world’s most revered and celebrated Indian classical virtuosos.
2. Annual Shadaj Music Festival: Shadaj Music Festival is a very popular annual event attended in large numbers by diverse communities, a wonderful platform for cultural Integration through music.
3. Music appreciation sessions, lecture-demonstrations, and dialogue with the artist: These sessions provide the audience a unique opportunity to learn about the intricacies of music in an interactive session with the artist.
4. Open Mic Sessions: This is Shadaj platform for the talented local musicians and advanced students of music to showcase their creative side.  This is a great eco system for emerging musicians to gain performance experience while building an active community of students and listeners.
5. Teaching Music: Shadaj offers students a unique opportunity to study Indian Classical Music with both local teachers and visiting master musicians from India.
6. Community outreach and Cultural Integration through music: Shadaj actively engages with diverse communities by hosting outreach events through collaborations with organizations such as Berklee School of Music, Handel and Haydn Society, Lexington Community Education, Lexington Public Schools and Lexington Symphony.

Key highlights

• During the pandemic, Shadaj became the first organization in the world to pioneer ticketed, live-streamed Indian classical music concerts, providing a lifeline for artists and audiences during challenging times.
• Teaching Indian Classical Music as part of the regular performing arts curriculum in a leading Public School System in USA – In this historic partnership with Lexington Public Schools and Lexington Community Education, for the first time in the U.S., Indian classical music (Tabla) is taught as part of the regular curriculum to nearly 8,000 students from diverse backgrounds across 9 schools. This is not just about learning music. It is about preserving our heritage, cultural integration, and building bridges.
• Governor of Massachusetts issued a proclamation declaring April 5, 2025 as “Indian Classical Music Day”, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Shadaj; a historic achievement.  

We are proud to participate in the Card to Culture program, a collaboration between Mass Cultural Council and partners by breaking down the financial barriers to cultural programming. Shadaj events are free to EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders and students with valid ID. To secure a seat, qualifying attendees need to RSVP“