India, May 21 -- Saturday night in the state capital will reverberate with classical musical notes during the first-of-its-kind overnight Vibhavari baithak event. Starting at 10pm till 6am, the overnight classical music event will bring alive the old tradition of baithaks.

The event will witness 13 performances by artistes from New Delhi, Chandigarh, Pune and from all over the state.

"Our endeavour is to revive these kinds of baithak and help people gather to informally join this kind of music. In Awadh, it was a tradition to have overnight music nights, but it's no longer held. In Lucknow, plays, kathak, vocals used to happen often, but music concerts were missing. So, we started with small baithaks and now we are doing it every Sunday...