Importance of Music Festivals 

Music festivals offer a unique sense of engagement within a community that binds group members of a larger culture, allowing them to participate in social activities. It provides a platform for self-expression and mood enhancement. Researchers believe engagement with music contributes to self-identification. It develops a sense & place of belonging that helps people engage effectively in social activities and make them feel accepted, valued and needed in lifelong learning.

Punjab Colleges has always been the torchbearer in enhancing students’ learning experiences. For years, Punjab Colleges has arranged multiple musical concerts on all its campuses. Music festivals are not just cultural activities but also have massive positive impacts on students’ overall health.

The following are the benefits that students gain from music festivals.

1-Improves Emotional Development

Several researchers have found a connection between emotional development and music. One can experience mood enhancement and self-expression with music. Such musical events create a sense of belonging for people to relate to, thus developing emotional abilities in people. Therefore, such events promote emotional development that helps students in lifelong learning.

2-Works as a Stress Reducer

Music is a widely known stress reducer. The right kind of music and the environment of music concerts help students de-stress and relax to prepare them for the big exams. In addition, research explains that music around 60 beats per minute can cause the brain to synchronise with the beat, causing alpha brain waves.

3- Improves Mental & Social Abilities

Music events provide a platform for students to interact socially with each other. Such opportunities improve social skills. Improving social skills directly impact students’ mental abilities and enhance their mental skills. A break from hard-long study hours also plays a role in the development of mental & social skills.

4-Enhances Concentration & Focus

The introduction of music concerts in the middle of lengthy courses breaks the monotony and helps students concentrate better on their studies. Such music concerts are much needed for students to relax their minds and enjoy the moment to have a better focus on their goals.

5-Provides Motivation & Inspiration

Music events provide a much-needed break from the monotonous routine for students, relaxing their minds and motivating them to strive harder towards their goals. It provides a new rush of energy that motivates & inspires them to move forward with a clear vision and hard work. In addition, the high-beat rock music genre beats can boost motivation and inspires students to fight for their struggles.

6- Acts as a Learning Aid

Music events help students study better and more effectively by de-stressing, inspiring, and strengthening emotional and mental skills. Soft music collections help people to work on their focus, and sleep, get rid of anxiety, and many other peaceful activities can be boosted in the brain with the help of music. the frequency beats and musical instruments have distinctive effects on brain waves.

PGC Music Festival’21

This year, Punjab Colleges has organized a musical event under the name of PGC Music Festival 2021 with the favourite artists of Pakistan. Asim Azhar, Aima Baig & Sahir Ali Bagga will be performing Live at more than 50 concerts in 18 cities of Pakistan.

Schedule of Music Festival:

	City	Date	Timings	Director/Principal	No. of Shows
	Okara	4-12-21 Saturday	09.30 am	Mr Hamid Iqbal	2
		4-12-21 Saturday	02.00pm
	Multan	5-12-21 Sunday	02.00pm	Mr Osama Qureshi	2
		6-12-21 Monday	02.00pm
	Bhawalpur	7-12-21 Tuesday	10.00 am	Mr Irfan	2
		7-12-21 Tuesday	02.00pm
	Rahim yar khan	8-12-21 Wednesday	11.00 am	Mr Asif Jalil	2
		9-12-21 Thursday	11.00am
	Buraiwala	13-12-21	10:00 am	Prof Majeed Akbar	2
			2:00pm
	Vehari	14-12-21	10:00 am	Prof. Khalid Mehmood	2
			02:00pm
	Jhang	15-12-21	10:00am	Prof Naveed	2
			02:00pm
	Wazirabad	16-12-21	10:00am	Prof Asif Usmani	2
			02:00pm
	Kasur	17-12-21	10:00am	Prof Osama Dar	2
			02:00pm
	Faisalabad	20-12-21  Monday	02.00pm	Mr Riffat Iqbal	4
		21-12-21 Tuesday	02.00pm
		22-12-21 Wednesday	02.00pm
		23-12-21 Thursday	02.00pm
	Gujranawala	24-12-21 Friday	03.00pm	Mr. Shahzad Rafique	4
		25-12-21 Saturday	03.00pm
		26-12-21 Sunday	11.00am
		27-12-21 Monday	11.00am
	Phalia	28-12-21 Tuesday	09.30am	Mr.  Mian Ilyas	2
		28-12-21 Tuesday	02.00pm
	CUST	29-12-21 Wednesday	10.00am	Mr. Umar Toor	2
		29-12-21 Wednesday	03.00pm
	Islamabad/Rawalpindi	30-12-21 Thursday	02.00pm	Mr. Akram Ch.	6
		31-12-21 Friday	03.00pm
		1-01-22 Saturday	10.00am
		1-01-22 Saturday	02.00pm
		2-01-22 Sunday	02.00pm
		3-01-22 Monday	02.00pm
	Peshawar	4-01-22 Tuesday	10.00am	Mr. Rana Mazahar	2
		4-01-22 Tuesday	02.00pm
	Sialkot	5-01-22 Wednesday	11.00am	Mr. Akmal Rehman	2
		6-01-22 Thursday	11.00am
	Gujrat	7-01-22 Friday	09.00pm	Mr. Rana Yunas	2
		8-01-22 Saturday	11.00am
	Sargodha	10-01-22 Monday	10.00am	Mr. Rao Asif	2
		11-01-22 Tuesday	10.00am
	Lahore City, JTC,CRC, Shalamar and MPC	12-01-22 Wednesday	03.00pm	Girls	2
		13-01-22 Thursday	03.00pm	Boys
	Lahore Muslim Town	14-01-22	03.00pm	Mr. Arif Ch	4
		15-01-22	03.00pm
		16-01-22	03.00pm
		17-01-22	03.00pm
	UCP	18-01-22	03.00pm	Mr. Amjad Niaz	2
		19-01-22	03.00pm
	PGC (Family)	20-01-22	03.00pm		1
Total					54