It’s October & can’t you sense the buzz in the air already?

Kingfisher presents ‘The Great Indian Octoberfest 2009′, a weekend full of music, fun, frolic, & Good Times. Catch India’s hottest event in Bangalore from 23-25 October, 2009 at Palace Grounds. We assure you pure Good Times for you – full of breathtaking music from India’s best known bands & artists (KK, Indian Ocean to name a few), fun games that keep you on your toes, a glimpse of some tasteful art at our exclusive art zone, a fully loaded flea market for the shopping lovers, a sumptuous spread from some of the best caterers in town, some vintage Fiat cars & the Force India F1 car! If this was not enough, be sure to have a cool chillout zones with lots of beer – the Good Times way. You will also have the pleasure of tasting (for the 1st time in Bangalore), India’s most premium beer – Kingfisher Ultra.

Can’t wait for it already? Here’s a chance to get invited to the event the easy way. We are giving away 50 passes! All you have to do is one of the following (do both to increase your chances of winning):

On Facebook:
1. Become a Fan of Kingfisher on Facebook .
2. RSVP ‘Attending’ to the Kingfisher OctoberFest Event.

On Twitter:
1. Follow @kingfisherworld
2. Retweet this message: Win passes for Kingfisher Octoberfest(23-25 Oct). Follow @kingfisherworld and retweet http://bit.ly/26nGeT #TGIOF

Winners will be selected by lucky draw. Conditions Apply.

Enjoy the Good Times!

The Good Times are back!!

This ‘Champions League’, Kingfisher – the Good Times partner of all 3 Indian teams participating in the league (Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Daredevils, Deccan Chargers) brings yet another fantastic opportunity for cricket fans to win amazing prizes.

Presenting the ‘Kingfisher Champions Of The Day’ contest. From the pool of 48 players of the Indian teams in the tournament, select your choice of the Champion Batsman & the Champion Bowler of the day and score points basis the performance of your selected players.

The higher you score consistently during the tournament, the quicker you rise in the leader board. The participants with the top scores stand a chance of winning Kingfisher Airlines tickets while daily winners can win Official Team Merchandise hampers!

To play, click here & log in using your Facebook/ Twitter/ iKing ID.

Go select your Champions & Enjoy the Good Times!

Follow the footsteps of Yana Gupta, Katrina Kaif, Tamara Moss & Deepika Padukone.  If you think you look good in a bikini, then send in your photographs to us. Who knows, you might be living the Goodtimes.

A chance to live your dream! A chance to be a Kingfisher Calendar Girl!!

Click Here to know more.

Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009
Venue: Haze, New Delhi
Bands: Amit Heri & Sanjay Divecha

Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009
Venue: Kyra, Bangalore
Bands: Dream Out Loud

Date: Friday, September 4, 2009
Venue: Downtown, Bangalore
Bands: No Safe Word

Date: Friday, September 4, 2009
Venue: Valley View, Manipal
Bands: Undying INC

Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009
Venue: Blue Water, Manipal
Bands: Illuminati

Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009
Venue: Couch, Bangalore
Bands: Them Clone, Slain

Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009
Venue: Someplace Else, Kolkata
Bands: Galeej Gurus, Span

Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009
Venue: The Mezz, Delhi
Bands: Demonic Ressurection, Guillotine, Acrid Semblance

Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Venue: Chicane, NOIDA
Bands: Perestroika, Tear Cube, IIIrd Sovereign

Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009
Venue: Firangi Paani, Mumbai
Bands: The Split, Circus

Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009
Venue: Opus, Pune
Bands: Great Society

Date: Friday, September 11, 2009
Venue: Stone Water Grill, Pune
Bands: HFT

Date: Friday, September 11, 2009
Venue: Someplace Else, Kolkata
Bands: Lucid Reccess, Krosswindz, Cassinni’s Division

Date: Friday, September 11, 2009
Venue: Quaish Qai, New Delhi
Bands: Parikrama, Seven Degrees, Bridge To Elsewhere

Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009
Venue: Someplace Else, Kolkata
Bands: The Hobos, The Supersonics

Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009
Venue: NJJTTB, Pune
Bands: The Circus, Silver

Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009
Venue: Spuerstars, NOIDA
Bands: Frequency, IAFWAY, Paradigm Shift

Date: Wednseday, September 16, 2009
Venue: Firangi Paani, Mumbai
Bands: Something Relevant, HFT

Date: Thursday, Septmeber 17, 2009
Venue: Firangi Paani, Mumbai
Bands: Half Step Down (Acoustic), Zodiac (Acoustic)

Date: Thursday, Septmeber 17, 2009
Venue: Stone Water Grill, Pune
Bands: Shaa’ir + Func

Date: Friday, Septmeber 18, 2009
Venue: One Lounge, Pune
Bands: Galeej Gurus

Date: Friday, Septmeber 18, 2009
Venue: Butter Lounge, Goa
Bands: Something Relevant, Kixmet

Date: Saturday, Septmeber 19, 2009
Venue: Tito’s, Goa
Bands: Half Step Down, Bad Blood

Date: Sunday, Septmeber 20, 2009
Venue: Opus, Pune
Bands: Soulmate

Date: Wednesday, Septmeber 23, 2009
Venue: NJJBTB, Mumbai
Bands: Zodiac, Medusa, Vertigo

Date: Thursday, Septmeber 24, 2009
Venue: Zenzi, Mumbai
Bands: Shaa’ir + Func

Date: Friday, Septmeber 25, 2009
Venue: Kamimaze, Guwahati
Bands: Soulmate

Date: Saturday, Septmeber 26, 2009
Venue: Silver Streak, Guwahati
Bands: The SUpersonics, Lucid Reccess, Faith

Date: Saturday, Septmeber 26, 2009
Venue: Cloud 9, Shillong
Bands: The Verbs, Soulmate

Date: Sunday, Septmeber 27, 2009
Venue: Polo Tower, Shillong
Bands: The Supersonics, Almost Famous

Date: Wednesday, Septmeber 30, 2009
Venue: Bonobo, Mumbai
Bands: Another Vertigo Rush, Rosemary

It’s 5 and going stronger than ever! The Kingfisher Pub Rock Fest is back with a bang, ready to rock 19 Indian cities with over 70 gigs. With an amazing mix of emerging local talent as well as established artistes from different parts of the country, the event has just returned in its biggest avatar, ever!

Here’s the schedule: 

Date: Saturday, August 1, 2009
Venue: Mocha Bar, New Delhi
Bands: Galeej Gurus, Lazy River October

Date: Sunday, August 2, 2009
Venue: The Mezz, New Delhi
Band: Scribe, Undying MC, Artillerie, Rabbit Is Rich

Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Venue: 10 Downing Street, Chennai
Band: Soulmate

Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Venue: TC, Gurgaon
Band: Indigo Children, The Circus, SHM

Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009
Venue: Mocha Bar, Delhi
Band: Teddy Boy Kill, Higher Conscience

Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009
Venue: Xtreme Sports Bar, Hyderabad
Band: Indigo Children

Date: Friday, August 7, 2009
Venue: Bottles & CHimneys, Hyderabad
Band: Half Step Down

Date: Friday, August 7, 2009
Venue: Ananda Inn, Pondicherry
Band: Rainbrow Bridge

Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009
Venue: Haze, New Delhi
Band: HFT, Lou Majaw (Acoustic Set)

Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009
Venue: Zest Beach House, Pondicherry
Band: Soulmate

Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009
Venue: Bike N Barrels, Chennai
Band: Half Step Down, No Safe Word, Public Issue

Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009
Venue: 10 Downing Street, Hyderabad
Band: Soulmate

Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009
Venue: Club 18, Gurgaon
Band: Great Society, English Wine Shop, Five8

Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009
Venue: Xtreme Sports Bar, Hyderabad
Band: Galeej Gurus
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Date: Friday, August 14, 2009
Venue: Chicane, NOIDA
Band: Undying INC, Bhayanak Maut, Gates Of Assault

Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009
Venue: 10 Downing Street, Hyderabad
Band: Sajid Akbar

Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009
Venue: Cafe Morrison, New Delhi
Band: Lucid Reccess, Half Step Down, Jester

Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009
Venue: Opus, Bangalore
Band: Soulmate

Date: Friday, August 21, 2009
Venue: B Flat, Bangalore
Band: Lounge Piranha

Date: Friday, August 21, 2009
Venue: Someplace Else, Kolkata
Band: Indigo Children, Insomnia

Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009
Venue: Someplace Else, Kolkata
Band: Another Vertigo Rush, Crystal Rush, Dark Project

Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009
Venue: Firangi Paani, Bangalore
Band: Galeej Gurus

Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009
Venue: Cafe Morrison, New Delhi
Band: The Supersonics, Spark, Under Seige

Date: Thursday, August 27, 2009
Venue: Kyra, Bangalore
Band: Indigo Children

Date: Friday, August 28, 2009
Venue: Opus, Bangalore
Band: Great Society

Date: Friday, August 28, 2009
Venue: Zero Degree, Lucknow
Band: Raghu Dixit Project, Warm

Date: Friday, August 28, 2009
Venue: The Rock, Jaipur
Band: Half Step Down

Date: Saturday, August 29, 2009
Venue: B Flat, Bangalore
Band: Lounge Piranha

Date: Saturday, August 29, 2009
Venue: The Rock, Jaipur
Band: Faridkot

Date: Saturday, August 29, 2009
Venue: Aura, Lucknow
Band: Swarathma, Feedback

Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009
Venue: Aura, Lucknow
Band: Faridkot, The Original Brats

This August, strap your dancing shoes on. Now you have the chance to dance your heart out at the international level workshops organized by Kingfisher and Lourd Vijay Dance Studios at the Kingfisher 4th India International Salsa Congress, taking place in Bangalore between 7^th and 9^th August.

The Kingfisher 4th India International Salsa Congress 2009 comprises of special dance workshops, where a slew of national & international instructors hone the skills of amateur and professional salsa enthusiasts, which is accompanied by performances by world-renowned performers showcasing the best of international salsa dancing. Kingfisher Salsa Congress 09 is stated to be this year’s biggest bash with over international instructors, hot salsa parties across 4 cities accompanied by  international DJs – the 2009 Congress will be the meeting ground of Salsa lovers from as far away as the USA, Spain, France, South America and other parts of Asia, giving this Kingfisher India International Salsa Congress a truly global flavour.

Prepare yourself to experience the very best with Kingfisher India International Salsa Congress – 09.

You can win 6 Full Festival Passes and 20 passes to the performance and party nights party through Facebook, Twitter and Orkut.

Facebook (2 Full Festival Passes, 8 performance and party night passes):
1. Become a fan of Kingfisher
2. Leave a comment on the Kingfisher Fan page on Facebook

Orkut (2 Full Festival Passes, 4 performance and party night passes):
1. Become a member of the Official Kingfisher community
2. Leave a reply in this thread

Twitter (2 Full Festival Passes, 8 performance and party night passes):
1. Follow @kingfisherworld
2. Retweet this message: Just entered to win passes for Kingfisher Salsa Congress. You can win by following @kingfisherworld and retweet http://bit.ly/o34k4.

Winners will be selected randomly. Conditions Apply.

Are you camera friendly? Fluent in English? Original and Creative?

If you have answered ‘YES’ to all three questions above, you could be the next COOL Q Anchor on NDTV Good Times!

Walk in for auditions 6 pm onwards at the following locations:
19th June, 2009: F Bar, Delhi
19th June, 2009: Opus, Bangalore
21st June, 2009: Zenzi, Bandra, Mumbai

All the best to everyone.

Pray and be preyed upon

Pub crawlers now have more reason to cheer during this IPL season. Wild life in the form of sleek Kingfisher cheerleaders will descend on popular pubs, bars, lounges and hangouts in your city.

It’s open season and the Hunt for the King is on. The popular pubs and bars in your city are going to be the hunting grounds for the Kingfisher cheerleaders and a Kingfisher drink in your hand just makes you fair game for on-the-spot fun, games and contests.

All participants will be judged and rewarded on the spot. The winners at each outlet then move on to participate in the city finals. Lucky winners from each city will be hunted down and crowned King. The fortunate few from each city will go to South Africa and join the cheerleaders in the trenches during the matches.

Gentlemen – the cheerleaders are on safari and you’re being hunted!

The Hunt for the King will be held at 8pm in these spots in your city:

Kingfisher is laying down the law for IPL2 and this one’s for you:

THOU SHALL HAVE A GOOD TIME!
Once again, Kingfisher brings back the best of times with the second season of IPL. Since the venue is distant South Africa, we’re bringing all that pounding action and adrenaline down to the fans.
Your plunge point is www.kingfisherworld.com/ipl. Click through to find tons of goodies – and that’s just the froth off the top. There’s great contests and content inside for you.

THE HIGH FIVE
Kingfisher is the official Good Times partner of the Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils, Rajasthan Royals, Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers. Visit your favorite team pages for wallpapers, team badges, widgets and downloads.

SHOOT FOR LOOT – THE KINGFISHER CRICFLICK VIDEO CONTEST
The theme is “Why are you the Biggest & Truest Fan of your IPL team?”

Get your camera and shoot the funniest video to prove that you’re the Biggest & Truest Fan of any one of the five Kingfisher-partnered teams. The winner and a friend get to go cheer their team in South Africa. There are loads of team merchandise and cheerleader calendars for second and third places.

ASK A QUIRKY QUESTION AND GET AN AMUSING ANSWER!
Centered on the lighter side of cricket and IPL, the Good Times Fans Quiz is designed for eager enthusiasts by fervent fans. This quiz is online from 11 AM to 11 PM every day of IPL. Users who answer correctly get to ask the next question. There are daily and weekly prizes of Team merchandise and air tickets for the winning quizzers.

NOODLE STRAPS AND NEWS
“The Cape Town chill might just force me to change my wardrobe,” observes Mandira Bedi, Kingfisher’s first lady of cricket. Fans of Mandira (and IPL) can read her take on IPL, the partying and the social happenings.

Mandira Bedi’s Telly Scope is yours for the reading – a personally branded and exotic view of the game as she covers cricket and couture with her Gucci-shaded eyes. All this delivered with wit, charm and a sparkling smile. Cricket commentary has never been sexier.

Kingfisher is proud to present the very glamorous Mandira Bedi.

GOOD TIMES FOR THE WIRELESS GENERATION
Kingfisher’s good times guarantee something for everyone – even for fans who can’t bear to be separated from their mobiles. Popular hangout spots in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi and Jaipur have been turned into hot spots. Walk into a Bluetooth spot and get invited to the IPL photo contest, download wallpapers and Kingfisher ringtones.

Kingfisher rules the waves.

Last year The Hindu described it thus,
“If there ever could be a one-day indigenous Indian ‘Woodstock’, this certainly was it.” and “…probably the biggest ever tribute paid to indigenous Metal Music in India.”

And now, Rock Ethos is back with 20 bands performing their original music on one stage over 2 days.
Bands performing: Catalyst, Culminant, Schikados, Eccentric Pendulum, Whitenoiz, Stond, Illuminati, Galeej Gurus, Kryptos, Infernal Wrath, 5 A.m., Abandoned Agony, Today’s Special, Shamans, Theorized, Divine Connection, Motherjane, Myndsnare, Bhayanak Maut .

Apart from head banging to the music, you can also try out the bungee jumping, tattoo studio, paintball arena and the gaming zone at the venue. Not to mention, KINGFISHER will be available throughout the day.

Date: 14th and 15th March 2009
Venue: Palace grounds, Bangalore

Visit the Rock Ethos website for more information and updates.