Jhabua to hold district-level Youth Festival on November 20 with competitions in five categories

A district-level Youth Festival will be held at the Government Girls College in Jhabua on November 20, 2026, from 10 am. The Sports and Youth Welfare Department is organising the event on the directions of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. The festival aims to give a platform to the creative and cultural talent of young people, promote youth integration and cultural exchange, and ensure their active participation in nation building.

Every year on January 12, the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda and National Youth Day, the Government of India holds the National Youth Festival. In line with the Prime Minister's Viksit Bharat 2047 vision, a new format was fixed from 2025. It now has two main parts: "Young Leaders" and a "Cultural Track". The 2027 National Youth Festival will be held in New Delhi from January 10 to 12, 2027, with the theme "Yuva Shakti Se Jan Bhagidari".

Young artists aged 15 to 29 can take part in the district-level festival. Age will be reckoned as on August 17, 2026. This year, the Cultural Track has competitions in five categories on the theme "Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat": group folk dance, group folk song, poetry writing, street play and painting.

Artists who wish to take part must register on the MY BHARAT portal. Participants must fill in the prescribed registration form and attach two passport-size photographs, a birth certificate or Aadhaar card, and a photocopy of their bank passbook. Participants must bring the materials and equipment they need for their performance. Artists attending the district-level competition will not be paid travel fare and must bear their own travel costs.

Participants selected at the district level will get a chance to take part in the divisional youth festival. Artists selected at the divisional level will go to the state-level youth festival in Bhopal. Participants selected at the state level will be able to showcase their talent at the National Youth Festival 2027 in New Delhi.

The Sports and Youth Welfare Department has appealed to eligible and talented young people of the district to register in large numbers and join the district-level Youth Festival.