The 53rd Rencontres d’Arles opens with a big party featuring music and images from the Indian subcontinent and nearby countries. The quays of the Rhône go all out to whisk us off to the banks of the Ganges.

8 PM > 1:15 AM
A PÉTANQUE CONTEST HOSTED BY PERFORMER SÉBASTIEN BARRIER

8:30 PM > 10 PM
VICTOR KISWELL
Victor Kiswell loves vinyl. He’ll play seventies to nineties disco and funk from Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India.

10 PM > 10:45 PM
OHM DUO 
Tamil artists OHM Duo perform a live concert of spellbinding, rhythmic mridangam music. 

10:45 PM > 00:15 AM
LOYA
Loya offers an immersion into Indian Ocean sounds with a sunny DJ set. 

00:15 AM > 1:45 AM
PUTA! PUTA!
Arles DJs Puta! Puta! spin an eclectic mix.