Bhangra
High-energy Punjabi folk dance built on the dhol. Explosive jumps, tight formations, and boliyan that land like a drop, full-out for eight straight minutes in vibrant phulkari.
The families of Raas & Bhangra request the pleasure of your company at the tenth East Coast Showdown.
A Shaadi: ten years of the East Coast Showdown
The intercollegiate Bhangra and Garba Raas competition, celebrating a decade the only way we know how: as the biggest Indian wedding Charlottesville has ever thrown.
Can't make it to Charlottesville? Tune in when the tenth edition goes live. For now, here's the replay from ECS IX.
East Coast Showdown is the intercollegiate Bhangra and Raas competition hosted at the University of Virginia. What began as a way to bring South Asian folk dance to Charlottesville is now a stage that draws teams from across the country, and for the tenth year, we're throwing it like a shaadi: the garlands, the food, the family, the whole affair.
High-energy Punjabi folk dance built on the dhol. Explosive jumps, tight formations, and boliyan that land like a drop, full-out for eight straight minutes in vibrant phulkari.
Gujarati garba-raas danced with dandiya, spinning formations, mirror-work sharp enough to catch the light, and stick-work that has to land in perfect sync across the whole team.
East Coast Showdown is an official RAS Bid Partner
Two ways in: the show itself, and the afterparty once the trophies are handed out. Pricing and purchase links are on their way.
Watch the tenth East Coast Showdown live at the MLK Performing Arts Center.
Keep the celebration going after the show with the official ECS X afterparty.
Bring a team, score the competition, or help teams feel at home for the weekend. Here's how to be part of ECS X.
Collegiate Bhangra teams: submit your bid for a spot in the tenth lineup.
Collegiate Raas teams: bring your set and your sticks to Charlottesville.
Know the circuit? Help score the competition and shape the results.
Apply →
East Coast Showdown is partnering with Sakhi for South Asian Women this year. We aspire to spread cultural awareness through a medium where Bhangra and Garba-Raas are performed and celebrated, and we're just as committed to giving back to the South Asian community.
Sakhi is a nonprofit whose mission is to represent the South Asian diaspora in a survivor-led movement for gender justice, honoring the collective and inherent power of all survivors of violence. They serve survivors through a combination of efforts including, but not limited to, direct services, advocacy and organizing, technical assistance, and community outreach.
Over the past six years, ECS has donated more than $10,000 to South Asian charities. This upcoming year, we're committing 100% of our proceeds (the net total after operating expenses) to Sakhi's mission.
Learn about Sakhi →ECS runs on the businesses and partners who believe in the culture. Want your name on the mandap?