Happening!
This is our Fort Kochi insider guide for you — 32 paw-picked experiences, updated regularly by the cats who call this place home. Whether you're here for the Biennale, the food, or just the light on the harbour at dusk, we've got you.
![4 Ceramics: Be inspired by 4 Women of Golden Bridge Pottery in Fort Kochi [Feb 6-23]](/content/images/size/w320/format/webp/2026/02/teapot-svgrepo-com.svg)
Clay has a way of carrying time inside it. Every crack, every glaze mark, every curve of a vessel holds the story of fire and patience. At 4 Ceramics, You are looking at four different lifetimes of listening to what mud wants to become. 6 to 23 Feb 2026 in Fort Kochi
![A Workshop to Sit With Conflict, Not Solve It. Fort Kochi [Feb 12]](/content/images/size/w320/format/webp/2026/02/talk-to-the-hand-svgrepo-com.svg)
In a world that keeps demanding we pick sides and reach consensus, the Conflictorium approach is honest. Is conflict something to be solved or should it be something that is understood, felt, and held? A participatory workshop on conflict at ABC Art Room, Fort Kochi. Free entry, 12 Feb.
![The Vanishing Sea: Baħar Biss Film Screening at Fort Kochi [Feb 7]](/content/images/size/w320/format/webp/2026/02/sea-svgrepo-com.svg)
What happens when a thousand-year-old tradition meets a modern, empty ocean? Join us on 7 February for a screening of Baħar Biss. Watch a story about Malta's ancient fishing traditions and the changing Mediterranean Sea.
![Saving Our Shores: A Guide for Fort Kochi [5 feb]](/content/images/size/w320/format/webp/2026/02/coast-svgrepo-com.svg)
Fort Kochi is changing. The risk of Coastal floods is real. Join experts in Fort Kochi to find practical solutions that could actually work for our beautiful historic city. Let's find out how Mangroves or brick walls can stop the sea from swallowing our coastal neighborhoods.
![Beyond the Mudra: Dismantling the Classical in Indian Dance | Fort Kochi [Feb 7-8]](/content/images/size/w320/format/webp/2026/02/movement-of-items-svgrepo-com.svg)
Think of a dancer. You likely see a figure of perfect symmetry, performing "classical" movements honed over centuries. But what if those movements—and the labels we give them—are actually walls? What if the distinction between "folk" and "classical" isn't just about style, but about power?
![Mattancherry Food Walk: A Culinary Journey in Fort Kochi [Feb 13]](/content/images/size/w320/format/webp/2026/02/eating-and-drinking-partition-svgrepo-com.svg)
If you want to understand the soul of Mattancherry, you don’t look at the maps or blogs; you look at the plates. From the crunch of a Gujarati samosa to the legendary Erachi Choru at Nooriyas, this town is a map of migration you can taste.
![Short Stories, Long Shadows: Contemporary Malayalam Voices at Fort Kochi [Feb 4-6]](/content/images/size/w320/format/webp/2026/02/writing-svgrepo-com.svg)
From Feb 4–6, the Bastion Bungalow, Fort Kochi becomes a hive of literary giants. NS Madhavan, Sara Joseph, and Paul Zachariah gather to discuss why the shortest stories cast the longest shadows.
Most kitchens are ruled by parents. In a small corner of Fort Kochi, the kids have taken over the menu—and the memories.
![Tales From The Table: Peruvian & Mattancherry Food Traditions Meet in Fort Kochi [Feb 4]](/content/images/size/w320/format/webp/2026/02/cooking-pot-svgrepo-com.svg)
In the spice-laden air of Mattancherry, the story of a culture is usually told through what remains in the bottom of a cooking pot. But this Wednesday, the familiar scent of coconut oil and cardamom will face a quiet, revolutionary interloper: the sharp, Andean acidity of a Peruvian kitchen.
![Math Meets Art at Kochi Biennale [Feb 3,4]](/content/images/size/w320/format/webp/2026/02/geometry-dash-svgrepo-com.svg)
Free two-day workshop at ABC Art Room, Fort Kochi explores hidden mathematics in art through Islamic tessellations, hands-on making, and playful inquiry.
When does a photograph stop being documentation and become an artefact itself? Can pre-historic artifacts be art? Visit Mohamed A's Exhibition at Kara, Fort Kochi
![Nammu Haada: North Karnataka's Hidden Soundscape Arrives at Kochi Biennale [Feb 8]](/content/images/size/w320/format/webp/2026/02/headphones_poly.svg)
Songs grandmothers sang while grinding grain. Songs that lived in kitchens and fields, not archives. What happens when young musicians refuse to let their grandmother's songs fade? Kalaburgi Kala Mandali answers at Kochi Biennale, Fort Kochi this February 8th, 2026.
![Upcycled Giant Soft Sculpture Workshop [Feb 2-4]](/content/images/size/w320/format/webp/2026/01/cat-svgrepo-com.svg)
Can Old clothes become a giant stretching cat? This February, artist Rashi invites Fort Kochi to do exactly that—stitch by stitch, at ABC Art Room, Fort Kochi. Feb 2-4, 2026.
Early Bird invites children aged 8–15 to discover migratory and wetland birds on a morning walk in Kochi this January.
Murthovic and Gopika of Nadabramha Studio invite you to a sensory evening of field recordings, live sound, and conversations at Forplay Society, Mattancherry.
Poet, novelist, and activist Dr. Meena Kandasamy delivers a reflective lecture on Tamil identity—exploring womanness, Tamilness, caste, and the politics of language.
Join Blaise Joseph and the ABC Art Room Team for rhythm activities and non-competitive games—a full-day workshop exploring play, movement, and collaborative creativity without winners or losers.
Drop in to the ABC Art Room for a day of creative exploration—work with natural materials, experiment freely, and make art in a non-competitive, fearless space open to all ages.
Experimental sound, noise, and multichannel sonic practices return to Mattancherry. Wetspace Noise Drips 4.0 brings DIY electronics, custom synthesizers, and cross-disciplinary performance across three days at Forplay Society.
Your complete guide to Cochin Carnival 2025 in Fort Kochi—event timings, venues, competitions, and the famous Pappanji burning.
The Peta (turban) and Mancha (rope bed)—two objects that carry a farmer's life. When the turban is placed on the bed, it signifies rest, grueling work completed, earned repose.
Visual storytelling outcomes from a three-day mobile phone workshop screen at ABC Art Room. Exploring observation, sound, light, and narrative—stories born from the device we carry every day.
Experience Pappanji, Fort Kochi’s New Year ritual. This midnight burning of a giant effigy celebrates Kerala’s deep Portuguese and Jewish history.
