Kaytranada Is Finally Coming To India
The Grammy-winning producer finally makes his long-awaited India debut this December
On December 14, Mumbai will be hosting one of the most quietly influential producers in the last decade.
Yes, Kaytranada is coming to India. In the flesh. In the NSCI Dome, a cavernous venue usually reserved for sporting events and arena-sized pop acts.
For anyone who’s followed his career from afar, this feels overdue. India has spent years consuming Kaytranada through headphones, Boiler Room sets, and algorithmic playlists, while cities everywhere else — Montreal, New York, London — have had the luxury of seeing him in real time. The Mumbai show, produced and ticketed by District by Zomato, finally closes that gap.
But who is he really?
If you’ve somehow managed to avoid his name while still dancing to his music, here’s the crash course.
Louis Kevin Celestin—aka Kaytranada—was born in Haiti and raised in Montreal, where he started making beats as a teenager. His unofficial remix of Janet Jackson’s “If” blew up online and quietly changed the course of his career. Instead of chasing viral fame, he took the long route: collaborative EPs, remixes, and a production style that stood out for being warm, textured, and effortlessly rhythmic.
His debut album 99.9% (2016) won the Polaris Music Prize and a Juno Award, putting him in rare territory for a producer straddling dance, R&B, and hip-hop. Then came BUBBA (2019), which topped the Billboard Electronic Albums chart and scored him two Grammys—including Best Dance/Electronic Album. In between all of this, he teamed up with H.E.R., The Weeknd, and dropped Kaytraminé with Aminé in 2023.
Kaytranada is not your big-drop, pyrotechnics-style DJ. His live sets are clean, precise, and built for listeners who appreciate groove over gimmicks.
India’s live-music scene has been expanding, slowly but noticeably. Boutique festivals, better club programming, younger crowds who care about who’s behind the decks—all of it has paved the way. But even with that growth, India hasn’t seen enough contemporary, globally relevant artists like Kaytranada. Touring Asia is expensive, and promoters have historically played it safe with guaranteed crowd-pullers. This booking shifts that pattern in the right direction.
When asked, Rahul Ganjoo, CEO of District by Zomato, said that India's appetite for world-class live experiences is growing immensely. "We’re bridging the gap between what happens in New York, London, or Montreal and what happens in Mumbai.”
So then I guess it’s less about competing with those cities and more about finally being part of the same timeline. Kaytranada’s debut doesn’t suddenly transform Mumbai into a global music hub, but it does signal a new phase—one where forward-facing artists aren’t exceptions but expectations.
On December 14, Mumbai won’t just be hosting a big international name. It’ll be hosting an artist who has shaped how people dance today. And for a scene that’s been ready for this moment for years, it feels like the right move at the right time.