YouTube FanFest Returns to India for the 3rd year Starring global and local YouTube stars

YouTube and Branded Ltd are delighted to announce the return of the YouTube FanFest to Mumbai, an exclusive live show and festival bringing together established and emerging YouTube stars from India and around the world with fans.

Now returning to India for the third time, YouTube FanFest gives fans the unique opportunity to meet their favorite internet heroes in person. This year, YouTube FanFest is set to take center stage on Friday, March 18, 2016 at DOME@NSCI SVP Stadium in Mumbai. Over 5,000 fans will get face-to-face with some of YouTube's biggest stars, local internet sensations, and up-and-coming talent performing live on stage.

This year’s show features a dynamic mix of music, comedy, dance, fashion and much more, all together on one stage and strutting the red carpet pre-show. The stellar line-up for the YouTube FanFest Mumbai encore features over 35 widely popular YouTubers from around the world, including Lilly Singh aka IISuperwomanII, Connor Franta, All India Bakchod, SANAM, Kanan Gill & Biswa Kalyan Rath, East India Comedy, Bryden-Parth Music, Abish Mathew, Kaushal, Kenneth Sebastian, Kurt Hugo Schneider, and many more.

“Over the last few years, we have seen Indian YouTube creators capture the imagination of youth and win fans around the world. We’re delighted to host YouTube FanFest again in India for the third time to celebrate this new generation of YouTube stars and welcome some of our most popular global YouTube stars back to India,” said Gautam Anand, Director of Content and Operations, YouTube Asia-Pacific.

“This FanFest in Mumbai is going to see the biggest line up of YouTube stars we have ever had and they are all excited to be in India. More stars, more fun and more screaming fans in one of YouTube’s largest Asian fan bases,” said Jasper Donat, CEO of Branded, co-producers of YouTube FanFest.

To make this day more memorable, fans will have chance to get up close and personal with the stars at meet and greets and promotions run by the YouTubers themselves. Lilly Singh aka IISuperwomanII, Kurt Hugo Schneider and Connor Franta will join several other global and local music sensations for their performances in Mumbai.

“I’m pumped that I’m coming back to Mumbai for the third YouTube FanFest—the fans are some of the best in the world and I’m excited to perform for them again!” said Kurt Hugo Schneider.

“This will be my first time taking part in the YouTube FanFest in India and I am beyond excited. If the energy is the same as the other FanFests, it's going to be an amazing evening,” Connor Franta enthused.