A two-day music festival will be organised on December 14 and 15 to commemorate the first death anniversary of legendary tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. The tribute event, titled ‘Maestro Forever – A Tribute to Zakir Hussain’, will be hosted at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Nariman Point, and will feature performances and discussions involving over 50 eminent artistes from India and abroad.

The festival will take place on December 14 and 15, 2025, from 9 am to 9 pm at the NCPA. Live screenings will be held on both days from 6 pm to 9 pm. Besides the main venue at Nariman Point, live screenings will be arranged at three locations across Mumbai—Prabodhankar Keshav Sitaram Thackeray Theatre in Borivali (West), Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Olympic Swimming Pool in Dadar (West), and Anna Bhau Sathe Theatre in Byculla (East).