“Though Hologram is a community festival, it basically caters to a younger audience and showcases all the exciting art in the city, across mediums—visual, musical and performance-based,” says 26-year-old Ajesh Shah, one of the co-founders of the festival. Designed to inspire curious minds, Shah says that the idea came up because of a lack of venue and events for something large. His tribe of creative minds eventually zeroed in on a massive, 16-acre abandoned, mill property smack in the centre of the city. “Creative consciousness should not be lost in Mumbai as the economy booms. Hopefully, it will open the eyes of the audience to an arts-based event previously inconceivable,” says Shah.

Tim Collins’ dance enterprise arrives a month after the Hologram festival—he discovered Lindy Hop, after a friend dragged him to a high school swing dance session. He was 15 then, and studying Martial Arts for several years, which he quit instantly and dedicated himself to dance. “It’s a special kind of social dance. The energy created in just doing one basic move, coupled with great Jazz music, is really unique. The dance is about raising the other person’s spirit,” he says. Collins travelled through Mumbai in 2004 and found it vibrant, rich in culture, with established dance halls and clubs, and full of energy: a place that Lindy Hop would absolutely thrive.

One space you might consider flashing Collins’ moves is Bling, the soon-to-be-launched Andheri cousin of Bandra superclub Poison. One of Mumbai’s few resident deejays, Priyanjana is apparently set to rule the decks, with DJ Pearl and the internationally renowned DJ Diamond spinning music, once a week. The Leela’s spokesperson refuses to confirm details but the word across the city’s bars is that Bling is set to be opened on their premises.